Thursday Dec. 17, '98 "North Beach" East Coast(KMCAS) Fairly pounderous sandbar action. We scored rare (for this spot) offshore/glassy condtions. Inconsistent, but the sets were well overhead. Only about 3-4 other surfers.	Rich looks down the throat of a pretty thick North Beach thumper That's Makani deep in a closeout (you can just see the tip of his back and head) Bud on a small insider. From the beach Makani's new stick became a victim of a crushing closeout tube