Battle of the Saints.. February 26th, 2011

Santa Barbara's own Brawlin' Betties Roller Derby Team kicked off the season in front of a standing room only crowd that included Matt Damon, and the Mayor. Under the threat of snow, and rain the Mission City Brawlin' Betties flat out killed the visiting Santa Cruz Derby Girls by a score of 202 to 40, holding Santa Cruz to only 2 point in the second half. It was a blowout but since it was my first derby I had to keep asking Kim what was going on the whole time anyway. Ok I get it now. Full contact pro flat track roller derby. They are hot, sexy, and can kick your ass. Can't wait for the next bout...

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Locals Only aka.. The day surfline missed it..

It's easy to get good shots of the pros with their colored wetsuits, and ridiculous talent. But we do have a lot of locals that rip Rincon day in, and day out. Here's a pro free session from December 8th which I think was the day there were only 25 people out stretching from the cove to the Indicator at 8:00 when I paddled out. I'm pretty sure Surfline had the swell coming in on the 9th. Surprise. Waves were pushing double overhead with some thick barrels through the rivermouth section all morning. I didn't get one this day but there were a lot of rides going to the freeway. This session is from a few hours later. The word got out and it got a little sectiony but still plenty of fun for everyone there..