Watch: A Sandspit Session With Less Surfers Than Tubes

Sandspit is known equally for its long, shallow tubes and the millions of heads who try to stuff them. 

It seems that anytime the Spit breaks, at least 100 people are paddling against that ruthless current, trying to find “the one.” 

Unfortunately for those folk, a Santa Barbara man by the name of Gabe Venturelli already caught that unicorn wave during the Hurricane Marie swell in 2014. A ride of this caliber will likely never be replicated at the Spit. 

A 12+ second tube followed by two cute in-and-outs. The wave of a lifetime.

Nevertheless, people will continue in their pursuit of cracking a double-digit pit at the manmade sandbar.

During a recent, local-storm-driven swell, Sandspit gave its most committed adherents an afternoon of clean, chest-high runners. Thanks to local water quality issues, the crowd was at an all-time low, leaving many waves entirely unridden.

Worth it?