December Board Meeting

The December Board Meeting was held at Fletcher Cove on the 11th with plenty of swell! Attendance was light with Josh Brock (City of SD), Mike Trotta (LSA) Todd Easley (SDGE) and myself (Patrick Zabrocki - http://www.pmcworld.com/).

Actually it was great to only have 4 people since we decided to surf Tabletops because Fletcher Cove was walled out and too high tide. The reef was really fun with lined up and speedy right and lefts.

If you have ever surfed TT's you know there are sections that can have some juice and that day was no exception. After pulling into a close-out, my leash broke! After a long swim I padddled back out and caught a few more all the while watching our group take wave after wave. Overall a solid session. We actually surfed so late that we decided not to go to breakfast (a first for the Board Meetings).

Check out the pics and I hope you can make the next Board Meeting.

Closed out Fletcher Cove

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The right...

Next meeting

Hi everyone. I set up the next meeting to be next Monday June 22nd at Tabletops in Cardiff for an evening session at 5pm. We are planning on meeting in the parking lot at Seaside Reef to see how things are and determine which spot to surf. Here is the predicted swell forcast:

South facing breaks in waist to chest high surf. NW wind swell should persist for waist to chest high waves around west facing breaks. Tide will be low around 2:30 PM at about 2.2 feet, and then high around 8:45 PM at about 6.9 feet.

Call or email me for details: 858-204-3701 or pzabrocki@pmcworld.com

If anybody has any suggestions on how to improve the meetings please let me know! I want to meet you all and have a fun session! Also, please invite as many people in our industry to paddle out!

June 11th Board Meeting Notes from Windansea

Today's meeting was a lot of fun with one of the best turnouts yet! With a total of 7 people we added a few heads to the lineup but there enough waves for everyone. Mike and Chip from LSA, Robert Smith from ACOE, Megan Hamilton from the SD County Parks, Brian and Lars from SIO, and myself (Patrick Zabrocki from PMC) were all out in the water with a solid south swell running. It was head high on sets but the wait for the sets took a while and although there was a little bit of a crowd I think there were enough waves for everyone to grab a few.

There was even a photographer taking pictures http://www.surfinside.com/SurfShop/SurfGallery.aspx?date=06/11/2009

Then we went to Harry's for breakfast where Megan had the best looking pancakes with fruit I have ever seen! (Or I was really hungry). But discussions were great as always with stories of flat-tailed lizards and MMRP work... but next itme we want you to show up so please leave a comment, email me, or even call to let me know how we can get more people to show up for surf and discussions.

pzabrocki@pmcworld.com

858-453-3602

www.pmcworld.com

Newest board meeting scheduled for June 11th at Wind an Sea

The next board meeting has been scheduled to be Thursday, June 11th at 6:30 am. Although wind an sea is the meeting place, where we paddle out will be entirely up to the group who finally shows up. With a chest high south, wind an sea will for sure have waves and you never know about the crowd until you show up.

I love Harry's for breakfast but if anyone knows of a different good place for breakfast please post a comment! Finishing off the session with a good breakfast is always the best part of the meeting! :-)

So I have re-vamped the rest of summers schedule for the Board meeting to be as follows...

June 22 – Imperial Beach
July 9 – Camp Pendleton
July 20 – Table tops
August 13 - PB Drive
August 24 - Del Mar River Mouth
September 10 - TBA
September 21 - TBA

Meeting Rescheduled for Wednesday

I have made an executive decision to reschedule the April 20th meeting to be the morning on Wednesday the 22nd. It is also going to change locations from PB Drive to to 20th Street in Del Mar. This decision was made due to the lack of swell for monday and the predicted swell coming in wednesday/thursday. There is a south that could be producing a few forerunners on wednesday in the waist to chest high range. These sets are gonig to be coming from 190 at 20-seconds.

I hope you make the call yourself and meet up at 6:30 to get a few fun waves and meet up with your fellow surfer colleauges! :-)

April 9th Board Meeting Notes

Seems like yesterday, but a week and a half has already passed since the last board meeting and I have yet to post the pics and meeting "notes". So here it is...

Robert Smith (ACOE), Kevin Grant (PMC), Mike Trotta (LSA), and myself showed up at north camprounds in carlsbad after a few days of heavy wind to find lingering messy peaks... but at least it was offshore! It looked surfable but deceivingly so...

On his way down from Oceanside, Mike Trotta checked out close to the harbor and suggested we make a quick run up the coast for more lined up waves. Usually, I find that the more I drive, the worse the waves get, but in this case we actually found that Mike was telling the truth and paddled out in waist to chest high waves that were overall really fun.

We found a peak that was mostly to ourselves (but Mike still managed to snake a girl that wouldn't leave him alone :-) Robert was catching a few good ones and seemed the most stoked to be in the ocean!

After our session we made a stop at Longboarders Cafe for an always satisfying breakfast and conversation about how the economy is changing the dynamics of our insdustry. Good waves, good food and better company... the best meeting I have been to in a LONG time.

New Schedule

Due to some feedback I have been getting the Professionals "Board" meeting has been changed to have meetings on Thursdays instead of Fridays.

So the new schedule looks like this:

April 9 – Carlsbad Campgrounds
April 20 – PB Drive
May 14 – Oceanside – Surfrider Way
May 25 – Bird Rock
June 11 - Tamarack
June 22 – Imperial Beach
July 9 – Camp Pendleton
July 20 – Wind’anSea

And at any time that anyone wants to suggest an "emergency" meeting for when there is a great swell, just repond to everyone via the Evite or just email me and I will send out an email alert.

Thanks and feel free to get a hold of me if you have nay questions or suggestions. Hope to you can paddle out at the next meeting! :-)

Patrick Zabrocki
PMC
858-204-3701
pzabrocki@pmcworld.com

3.23.09 Meeting Notes

Hi this is Patrick Zabrocki from PMC with the meeting notes for the 3.23.09 Board Meeting at Scripps Pier.

Mario Covic (County of San Diego), Mike Trotta (LSA), Todd Easley (LSA), Dan Rosie (LSA), and I (Patrick Zabrocki, PMC) showed up to a bitter cold and storm-beaten but large morning.

The waves were borderline out of control and overhead. Although we watched it for a long time, it seemed to only get worse and the paddle out looked intense...

So as a collective group we jumped into our warm cars and headed to Papalulu for breakfast to talk utility and fire danger, water issues, and other random surf stories underneath the Palm Trees in the patio (look out for those Night Herons!).

Although we pulled out every excuse in the book not to paddle out and fight the heavy conditions, I think we all regret not suiting up...

3.13.09 Meeting Notes (Del Mar)

Meeting Adjourned...

Nobody showed... waves were bad. Although a few people called me to see if it was good, I gave them the honest report and we all decided that it was better to spend time with family.

Meeting Notes February 23

Hi Everyone, this is Patrick Zabrocki with your meeting notes for the Professional's Board Meeting on February 23, held at OB Pier (previously Sunset Cliffs).

So first I want to apologize for sending the evite out the Friday before this meeting. It didn't leave much time to respond or make the plans for everyone. I will be sending the evites and reminders to you (including outlook invites) much earlier from here on out. That being said...

There were only three attendees again this meeting. Christi Keller (PMC), Mike Trotta (LSA) and myself, Patrick Zabrocki (PMC). Garbage at Sunset Cliffs was exactly that... garbage. There actually were a few sets that looked rideable but they were rare and very soft. There was a 6 foot high that was drowning the reef so after 25 minutes of waiting we headed over to OB Pier to find solid head high waves!!

There was a left off the pier then a fairly consistent peak to the north that had less people and a lined up left. Although it was a lot better than we expected the waves were still pretty shifty and soft. There was a funky crowd (it IS Ocean Beach or course) but it was light and plenty of waves for everyone. Despite the all that it was a fun morning to be in the water and probably the best waves we have had at a "board" meeting thus far.

We then had breakfast at the simple but yummy Tower 2 Restaurant. Nothing fancy but we could still get a few glances of the sets getting better as the tide dropped... It was difficult to go back to the office.

The next Professionals Board Meeting is going to be held in Del Mar on March 13th. More details to come... Hope to see you there!

THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN POSTED

Below is a tentative schedule for the next 6 months. As you can see, they are planned for the second Friday (north county) and last Monday (central/south county) of each month.

February 23 – Sunset Cliffs (Garbage)
March 13 – Del Mar (11th St.)
March 23 – Scripps (North Side of Pier)
April 10 – Carlsbad Campgrounds
April 20 – PB Drive
May 15 – Oceanside – Surfrider Way
May 25 – Bird Rock
June 12 - Tamarack
June 22 – Imperial Beach
July 10 – Camp Pendleton
July 20 – Wind’anSea

January Meeting - Crystal Pier and Konos

The January "board" meeting was held at the Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. It was a beautiful morning and the conditions couldn't be better with clear skies, no wind and no crowd... unfortunately there were no waves either! It was knee to waist high with a rare chest high set that were fairly backed off but actually pretty fun on a longboard.

Only Kevin Grant and Patrick Zabrocki showed up for the surf but it was a great morning just to be in the ocean.

Breakfast was at Konos and it never dissappoints!! Christi Keller was a late riser but rallied for the food and beautiful view! Since we all work at PMC we discussed the normal projects we work on but are hopeful next meeting there will be a better showing. :-)

Hope you can make the next one!