Anything But 3 Surfboard Gathering '09

Attended another super fun surfboard gathering this morning, the annual 'Anything but 3' event held this year at Oceanside Harbor... Had a blast this morning. Showed up before dawn to reallyfun peaky surf up and down the beach. Rode a couple of incredibly fun boards as well. First I took out Kaser's Zamora mini-Sim. At 5'7", I didn't think there was any way my 6'3", 200+ lb. frame would catch waves on the thing, butthat board pics up waves like something a foot bigger.Soooo fast right out of the gate, causing me to outrun abunch of waves, but had a blast on it and could see reallydiggin one of those as an alternative shape. Also trieda Pendoflex that was not nearly enough board for me, butseemed like it would have been fun in good waves.Then tried a Zippi twin keel that was 5'9". Again, thoughtthere was no way it would be enough board for me, but aslong as the wave stood up a bit to get into it, that boardkicked serious ass. Fun, loose, and playful in a small package. So many insanely nice boards all over the beach today andgreat people to chat with, made for one hell of a morning.Great to see and surf with many of you again. IMO,this was a much better venue for this type of event since people could spread out to all different peaks and catch10x the waves you could at Crowdiff. Was really bummedI had to leave around 9 to go to a family event in the OC.Stopped by the Fish Joint around 4pm to see some great livemusic, chat with a good group of people, and see some awards given out by the good folks at Ice9.Great day...thanks Shawn, Tony, JP, JJR, and anyone elsethat was involved in putting this together.