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It’s only February and while the water temps in the bay are still in the 50’s, and old man winter is still hanging around, we already have charters booked for April. March is wide open! People ask me all the time if there is a season for tanker surfing and typically my answer is yes. [...]
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A rare opportunity arose to hit the bay and run the boat before what will probably be 8-10 weeks of cold, miserable conditions. With the water temperature in the bay being somewhere around 54 degrees, the air temperature today topping out at 70 degrees on a calm, sunny day, conditions were superb! Low and behold, a big container ship [...]
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After a long summer of too much wind, not enough rain and no beachfront surf, September and October turned out to be perfect for several groups wanting to catch the wave of their lives! I had several charters in a row that I never blogged about and to them I apologize. Here are some photos [...]
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I try to blog about every group that comes to tanker surf because each and every trip is unique. So is each and every group! The 3 from the big D (Dallas) were 3 surfers who were all stuck working in Dallas but were surfers from Hawaii,Massachusetts and California originally. They all had been planning this trip [...]
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Olukai Sandals are the best sandals in the world–hands down. I was fortunate enough to become Galveston’s exclusive dealer of Olukai 3 years ago, thanks to their regional representative Bert Wagner and my belief in their product. Bert is one class act and one of my favorite reps I have worked with in my 26 [...]
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With the 4th of July holiday festivities behind us, and the weather finally working in our favor, a tanker surfing charter that had already been rescheduled 3 times was finally a “GO”! Longtime friends Steve Levy and Johnny Carson, along with Johnny Carson III jumped aboard Capt. Fulby’s boat “Surf Bored” at 6am sharp at [...]
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A perfect tanker surfing adventure begins with perfect conditions–calm seas and calm winds. So far this season, those elements have eluded us. Records have been shattered pertaining to persistent wind, rain(lack of) and now temperatures. June has now been recorded as being the hottest in history in Galveston. A religious zealot will exclaim “end of days”! Personally, I [...]
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Ok-we hate to kick dead horses around these parts but…….It’s been really windy. So windy in fact, we have had fairly consistent surf along the beach front and for late June…well, that is virtually unheard of. If you haven’t been living under a rock, you are also aware of the lack of rain for months…and [...]
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As the old saying goes, “the 3rd time’s the charm”. Our 3rd tanker surfing expedition for the 2011 season was a go when a (what seems to be) very rare weather event, light wind, was forecasted for only the 3rd time in 45 days! It has been so rare this season to have a day without winds [...]
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As April 2011 came to an end, history will reflect the windiest April on record. Fishing guides were pulling their hair out and tankersurfcharters.com was dead in the water, since windless days are the call. We ran the new boat in the back bayous to break it in and work out the kinks. The new 23′ [...]
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