6 o'clock in the morning, I need something to wake me up.......

Arrived yesterday, one of the first to get here. Pretty stormy and the swell is a couple of foot..... Still the waves are punchy and there's plenty sandbars to choose from. Couple of sessions, a fun couple a hours outside the apartments 5 miles north of the comp with joey hall, Anth'nee bell (us east locals), Galen, Tyler, Kate from us west, and the current world champ David speller. In the afternoon we checked the contest site and as we drove through the parking lot, we spotted a competitor at the hurley pro pull into a sweet little barrel. Those guys packed up last night so I guess we can start to surf the contest spot now. Late in the evening speller and I picked up buck johnson and we headed to nags head fishing pier where there were some class chest-shoulder walls as the sunset. 6 o'clock in the morning and the little peak just south of our apartment is throwing rights lit by lightning storms way out in the Atlantic. There are waves here, and they've got some juice! Quite a few people start to arrive now, things are gonna hot up. Rooming with joey we're also getting an idea of the massive amount of work going into this from him and his team (he and Paul scrutton were planning the opening party way into the night, long after we were sound asleep). Let's hope the swell continues to look good for the contest, to give them the success they deserve. Marc