22. Paddleboard longer than I ever have before

The edge of Crystal Cove. Half way through our paddle

Today, I paddled longer than I ever had before. I would have been happy enough with just that but it happened to be one of the nicest days of the year. We ended up paddling, swimming, and body surfing for almost 3 hours and crossing 10 miles of coastline. I went with Will Conk and Eric Paine. We started around 9:30 in the morning at South Crescent Bay and passed by Emerald Bay and Irvine Cove on our way to El Morro where we spent some time swimming, messing around on the boards (Videos below) and I actually did a little bit of paddle board surfing. The SUP surfing itself was cool but I learned my lesson that you should only ride waves that you can kick off before the shore because when you take any SUP into shore break... it might crack. I was really bummed when it cracked because it is such an awesome board and I cracked it on such a stupid mistake. 

The crack goes right through the "U" in Rogue. SUPER bummed

We continued to paddle into Crystal Cove and hit the beginning of Corona Del Mar. It was a 5 mile paddle each way! I don't know the last time I walked 10 miles let alone paddle. We saw HUGE sting rays, sea lions, a sand shark, and countless fish. The visibility was awesome and there was absolutely no wind or strong current. It was a perfect day with great friends. ALSO... we came back to my house and Joo, Eric, Will, Porch, and I watched the UCLA v. TEXAS game which ended 34-12 UCLA!!!!! Who would have thought UCLA would play as well as they did. Great game. We spent the rest of the day going to the boat show in Newport which was really cool. If I ever have an extra 5.8 million dollars, I know what I will do with it. We also watched the sunset from Eric's office off Lido which is just about a perfect spot to watch the sun go down. Still looking for the elusive "Green Flash" when the sun goes down. Some Thai food to end the day and got home in just enough time to watch another college foozeball highlight and pass out. Wonderful day!!!!!

Passing by the rock with Sea Lions swimming around us

Me doing a 360... well, almost!

Will flipping off the board

Eric flipping

Lots of Sea Lions on the rock

Will checking out Emerald Cove

..."You Idiot" with his mellow hat

Will and I happy to be paddling

Eric in the super green water of El Morro

Look how glassy the water was... SO nice

Will and Eric paddling from El Morro

Relaxing in El Morro