Beachbreak Sessions

It was a rainy Saturday morning and we'd decided to head to San Juan to catch some waves. We met up at Petron Naguillan-Ferguson at around 7am and drove down to La Union (Thanks for the ride Ed). By 9am we'd checked out several spots and decided to play at the San Juan beach break. The Beachbreak was relatively uncrowded today. There were a few students out, some locals praciticing for next weeks competition, and a couple of foreigners. So we paddled out to the line up to catch some waves ourselves.

Locals practicing

Locals practicing

By around noon time, only the four of us were left at the line up, every one had left for lunch. We welcomed the vacant beach knowing how friggin crowded this spot can become. After a few more rides, wipe outs and Jux losing his lenses we decided to grab lunch. Lan had to leave, so only Aldrix, Jux and I headed to Aling Norma's.



After lunch, we hoped to get better waves at The Monalisa Point. As we left Waveriderz (we left our boards here), a "surfer" called Aldrix and asked if the waves were ok at The Pier. He didn't want to play at The Beachbreak because there were too many beginners here. Aldrix, Jux and I shared a who-the-f^&k-is-this-guy look, and just mentioned that The Pier was dead today. Wannabe. With that we headed to Monalisa, passing by Doc Marc's aspartment on the way. Benj was at Doc's apartment, so we invited him to join us at The Point.

Lemon at The Point

There were already a handful of people playing at The Point, we settled down in a shed where the Baguio skaters were hanging out. Jones shared his story of getting wiped out by an 8 footer at The Point and how long he'd been under water. So we sat down a while and decided if were really wanted to head out. Aldrix was ready, I was still reluctant, this was the first time I was playing at The Point. After watching a couple of sets, I was convinced the waves weren't that unfriendly. They still had a good slope with the white water peeling even as they jacked up. So, okay, we grabbed our boards and paddled out. Benj later joined us at the line up. After a few attempts I paddled back to shore, there was a sudden pain from my fracture, weird. My right foot was a bit swollen and the fracture was throbbing, hmm, this should be fully healed by now. Oh well, it must be a sign, so we packed our boards and left.

We had to packup early since were commuting back to Aldrix's place and intervals between rides were quite long. By 6pm we'd finished washing up and were waiting for a ride to Baguio, Jux had to work tonight (loser). I got a call from my dad saying he was at San Fernando and was going up to Baguio. So the three of us got a bus to San Fernando, had dinner there and met up with my dad. We were at Baguio by around 9pm, Jux headed home while Aldrix and I had coffee before ending our day. Another weekend, another session.