Try A Wrench Wednesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Since we spend a lot of our time confounded by events, we were wondering about Danger Boy and how long he has to stay out of the water. We couldn't exactly remember if it was two or three weeks. So, we thought we'd check with the experts on the length of time you should be out of the water for various procedures. It turns out that a number of things like Scrotal Surgery, Stone Blasting, and Adult Circumcision allow you back in a week or under. Of course that may vary with the amount of TNT they use for stone blasting (ask Buck, he's had his stones blasted!) On the other extreme a Nephrectomy, Radical Prostatectomy or Radical Cystectomy (anything radical in this case really is) will sideline you for a month or more. So Danger Boy is in the Bladder Neck Suspension or Transurethral Prostate Surgery time frame. Geez, it didn't look THAT bad! We've got to stop taking pictures at the urologist's office...
There was so much dew on the lanai of the 11th floor Trump Tower Suites this morning that it looked like it rained! Ten miles visibility under a hazy sun. Winds were calm and the sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 55.7° and the water at 61.9° continues to slowly drop to winter temps. High tide was at 8:59am +6.2' and low tide will be at 4:26pm -0.5'. The buoy was reading a 3.3' swell out of the west at 265°. But we lucked out and caught Hermosa at 3' to 4' with some finely brushed high tide peaks. SeaWolf caught a couple of nice ones before he headed back up to the north country, while Gidget and Alec were out trying some different equipment this morning. Gidget is trying a shorter board and got a fast little right that made her think she had made the right choice. Alec has graduated to fiberglass and all of this upper body work has turned him into a credible paddler.
From: Tyrone James
I spent the day in Acapulco and the surf along those beaches was the smallest I've ever seen it. The swell they have right now can hardly push a wave through, it has to be low tide to even break! Very unusual for this coast. The weather is identical to a day in Troncones - warm, humid, nice. No cold fronts here. Adios amigo.
(We hate it when we're in Acapulco and that happens - mostly because THEN Tyrone James wants to go cliff diving! Ed.)
Finally, from NEW YORK - Get lost, Hugh Jackman. This year's "Sexiest Man Alive" is once again Johnny Depp.
Since we spend a lot of our time confounded by events, we were wondering about Danger Boy and how long he has to stay out of the water. We couldn't exactly remember if it was two or three weeks. So, we thought we'd check with the experts on the length of time you should be out of the water for various procedures. It turns out that a number of things like Scrotal Surgery, Stone Blasting, and Adult Circumcision allow you back in a week or under. Of course that may vary with the amount of TNT they use for stone blasting (ask Buck, he's had his stones blasted!) On the other extreme a Nephrectomy, Radical Prostatectomy or Radical Cystectomy (anything radical in this case really is) will sideline you for a month or more. So Danger Boy is in the Bladder Neck Suspension or Transurethral Prostate Surgery time frame. Geez, it didn't look THAT bad! We've got to stop taking pictures at the urologist's office...
There was so much dew on the lanai of the 11th floor Trump Tower Suites this morning that it looked like it rained! Ten miles visibility under a hazy sun. Winds were calm and the sea surface was smooth. The air temperature was 55.7° and the water at 61.9° continues to slowly drop to winter temps. High tide was at 8:59am +6.2' and low tide will be at 4:26pm -0.5'. The buoy was reading a 3.3' swell out of the west at 265°. But we lucked out and caught Hermosa at 3' to 4' with some finely brushed high tide peaks. SeaWolf caught a couple of nice ones before he headed back up to the north country, while Gidget and Alec were out trying some different equipment this morning. Gidget is trying a shorter board and got a fast little right that made her think she had made the right choice. Alec has graduated to fiberglass and all of this upper body work has turned him into a credible paddler.
From: Tyrone James
I spent the day in Acapulco and the surf along those beaches was the smallest I've ever seen it. The swell they have right now can hardly push a wave through, it has to be low tide to even break! Very unusual for this coast. The weather is identical to a day in Troncones - warm, humid, nice. No cold fronts here. Adios amigo.
(We hate it when we're in Acapulco and that happens - mostly because THEN Tyrone James wants to go cliff diving! Ed.)
Finally, from NEW YORK - Get lost, Hugh Jackman. This year's "Sexiest Man Alive" is once again Johnny Depp.
Depp nudged aside Jackman to get the coveted endorsement from People magazine Wednesday. It's the 46-year-old actor's second time as "Sexiest Man Alive." He also won in 2003. Kate Coyne, senior editor at People, said on CBS' "Early Show" that Depp has achieved an almost "iconic status in terms of sexiness."
Says Coyne: "Johnny Depp was someone who was sexy 10 years ago. He'll be sexy 10 years from now. He's someone who appeals to multiple generations of women."
Depp joins other double winners Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Richard Gere.
(And they said working with Oompaloompas would ruin his career! Ed.)
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
