Big Wednesday, 12-21-05
It was Wednesday. It was big. It was well forecast, which meant it was crowded. Campus
Point was a circus. Parking was ridiculous. The crowd in the water was as big as the
crowd of lookieloos on the beach.
Then a leash broke, a board washed up on the beach, and a concerned citizen called 911.
They assumed the owner of the board must be in trouble. As if the crowd wasn’t hectic
enough, now we had a helicopter in the lineup. Buzzing everybody, full search and rescue
mode. Then the lifeguard broke out the jet skis, zipping in between all the surfers. Now the
circus was complete , as the surfer with the broken leash watched from the beach…
A few more folks have sent us their photos of
Big Wednesday; here’s some good ones!
See the little tiny surfer about to be consumed?
These are of Coal Oil Point ;sent in by John Walker.
This is a beautiful shot of John Shields at Campus ; sent in by Andrew Schoneberger.
Below are some photos by Alexey Koyfman, a graduate student at UCSB. He was on his way to work
when he was surprised by the size of the surf and decided he needed to record this day.
Check the gang on this wave. No manners.
