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[*] posted on 7-12-2005 at 09:22 PM
Surf spot gone


KPBS SAN DIEGO (2005-07-12) San Diego big wave surfers are mourning the destruction of a surfing spot know as Harry's near Ensenada Mexico. KPBS Reporter Erik Anderson has details.

Construction linked to a Sempra energy Liquefied Natural Gas terminal has apparently destroyed a big wave surfing spot along the Baja California coast. Wildcoast spokesman Serge DeDina says the energy company is building a jetty in the exact location where the waves break.

Dedina: The waves come out of deep water really close to shore and the waves just jack up. Its sort of like a Baja version of pipeline but it's a right hander. And for years it was a secret spot. Very few people knew about it.

Dedina says the location of Harry's was kept secret by a handful of big wave surfers. They worried the spot would become over-run if its location was made public. Dedina says surfers who've been fighting to protect the wave from development are devastated. Erik Anderson KPBS News.

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[*] posted on 7-12-2005 at 09:39 PM


Damn, and to think I never surfed there while living so close. I guess it's too easy not to travel too much for surf having the cliffs in my back yard. My loss. Is this the area just south of bajamar? I've fished thru there in a small boat and noticed a bunch of good looking breaks from the backside..... they were grading the hell out of that area when I was down there last time.

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[*] posted on 7-12-2005 at 09:56 PM


Don't know exactly where it is - guess it really was a well kept secret . . .:cool:

I know the area you're talking about is the proposed LNG site.

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[*] posted on 7-12-2005 at 10:04 PM


How can I lose something that I never knew existed?....
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[*] posted on 7-13-2005 at 11:03 AM


Obviously we were out of the super secret loop. I would guess that would be the area since that is where all the heavy grading has been done...... I think I read somewhere that is the location of the terminal. I have been wrong often, though.



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[*] posted on 7-13-2005 at 03:07 PM


Idiots! they kept it to themselves for years, and now they want the rest of us to help? too late.
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[*] posted on 7-13-2005 at 07:20 PM
In memorium


http://www.surfline.com/video/windowsmedia/slvideopop4.htm

http://ttvv.tv/Users/General/IntroBillabongOdyssey.wmv




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[*] posted on 7-13-2005 at 08:25 PM


Any local insights on the LNG project? It certainly must translate into jobs . . . :?:
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[*] posted on 7-14-2005 at 02:06 PM


Holy Moly! Thanks FrankO!! That got my adrenalin pumping!! Awesome clips! Where was that Billabong video taken? Some huge a** wave:O
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