Submitted for general disapproval: This video, in which Spat commits a sin against the art of surfing that is so grievous that censors intervened.
Dubbed the Dirty Goleta (derived from the contemporaneous paint job on the Devereaux Grafitti Hut, where the atrocity took place) the offending man-eu-ver proves that kook DNA runs deep ...
Names that echo through surfing: Big Bonzai Pipeline, Critical Ghost Tree, Scary Puerto. And, of course, Knee-Slappin' Devereaux.
Spat out in Glory has had about three false starts getting more footage since the return from Nicaragua's golden surf spots. Finally it came together this week. Time, waves (of a sort), functioning camera equipment. At Devereaux. Where it all started back in '81. (Video after the jump.)
Surfing, Video, Video gear, Wipeouts | tagged Devereaux, GoPro, Longboard, Spat Out in Glory, Surfing | Oct 29, 2010 at 4:31 PM 
Aside from an exploratory go-out at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz, Spat Out in Glory has gotten damn dried out recently. Until last week.
It promised to be epic: A Santa Barbara surf safari. The forecast said June gloom would be defied by unseasonably blue skies. Swellinfo.com called for a little energy to roll in Sunday, maybe showing early on Saturday. The Camera Monkey had blown town to bring in some jack. The agenda was blank. Why not lay down some video? Shoot some Super 8 surf magic?
The answers to the questions came too easy. The fog monster sat down on Santa Barbara the whole time. Hard. A low pressure trough sat inland, sucking wind and moisture off the ocean. West winds blowing down the latitudinal coastline, pushing windswell over on itself. Mush. Malaise. No sunshine, no energy. ...
Evolution doubters suffered a terrible setback today at Devereaux Point in Santa Barbara. Exhibit No. 1: The embedded video from Spat Out in Glory conclusively demonstrating that ape DNA runs strong in humankind's veins.
This is the kind of thing that could end up in Geico commercial. Note the dull gaze. The tiny, low forehead. The haunchy, straight-backed crouch. The knuckles dragging on the surfboard deck. A dead stick hanging from the evolutionary tree. This specimen, like many recent iterations of the hominid family, lacked body hair. It also seems to lack the instincts and athleticism of its arboreal cousins. Darwin is rolling in his grave. ...
Surfing, Video | tagged Devereaux, GoPro, Longboard, Spat Out in Glory, Surf, Surf Films, Surfing | Apr 23, 2010 at 4:04 PM 
There was bound to be blood.
Spat Out in Glory's inglorious return to Devereaux Point in Santa Barbara left an indelible impression ... above the left eye. Surfboard, meet supra-orbital ridge.
After three months of Nicaragua's steep, speedy beach breaks, the slow right-hand rollers off California's points promised a cake walk. And sure enough, Devereaux delivered the usual goods: Knee high crumblers with some waist-high stuff. Perfect conditions, if the goal is surfing solitude. An hour and a half in the water, accompanied only by a couple on a tandem 'yak (*killing it*), a softboarder in my usual slot at the kook break, and three UCSB kids comparing notes on who had hooked up with who last weekend. Perfect. ...
Day two on Santa Barbara test shoots. Dawn patrol at Devereaux. Disastrous clownage.
It was hollow on the point. That never happens. Swell pushing from west southwest, wind from straight south. Swell peaking up on the point reef, with the set waves wrapping around to the inside break. High tide peaking. Maybe 6 guys out. Old men posted up on the peak, riding 100s of yards. There was a cross swell from the south, and the peaks popped up and disappeared inside in the interim between sets.
