This weekend the largest swell so far this winter hit the Oregon Coast.  Sidelined by an injury, I trekked to Cape Meares with my roommate Mike to check out the scene.

The waves were mushy, disorganized, and huge.   They just kept coming.  Just standing on the beach I was intimidated.  There’s something about the vast enormity of these waves that hits me in the chest.  Watching Mike charge out in his 15+ year-old Perception Saber was a humbling experience.  He got throttled several times, called it quits as the sun set and came out of the water with a huge grin on his face.

You can just barely see Mike’s paddle blade to the right of center.  He was buried.