Thersites Thursday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
It's pretty flat in this part of Idaho, so people take any advantage they can get in reaching altitude. You might recall the first iteration of this instrument of mirth and reverse peristalsis, known to most baby-boomers as the "hammer." Two bullet shaped vehicles that swung in opposition to each other, swinging higher and higher until they did twin loops. You had to rely on centrifugal force to keep any emissions glued to the floor/ceiling until it stopped it's wild pendulum swing. Our recollection is that Dale Rush threw up a candy apple that could have been reassembled in less than 5 parts...
Gray morning, giving way to partly cloudy skies mid-day. 12 miles visibility and plenty of marine haze. Winds were calm to light onshore early at 1.9kts and the sea surface was lightly chopped. The air temp was 60.3° at checkout and the water was 64.2°. High tide was at 9:49am +3.7' and low tide followed at 2:06pm +2.3'. The 46221 buoy is reading a West swell out of 260° at 2.6'. We surfed Hermosa this morning and we're calling it 1' to 3' with fair shape. Tide was a bit high, but there were some nice little knee slappers. Should be slightly bigger tomorrow and then some general confusion for the weekend. Maybe winds?
Our second shot features a machine that was strikingly similar to the hammer. However this craft, which held three rows of about ten, appears to have been built expressly for worshiping the sun. It is shown here just a few degrees short of reaching high noon.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
It's pretty flat in this part of Idaho, so people take any advantage they can get in reaching altitude. You might recall the first iteration of this instrument of mirth and reverse peristalsis, known to most baby-boomers as the "hammer." Two bullet shaped vehicles that swung in opposition to each other, swinging higher and higher until they did twin loops. You had to rely on centrifugal force to keep any emissions glued to the floor/ceiling until it stopped it's wild pendulum swing. Our recollection is that Dale Rush threw up a candy apple that could have been reassembled in less than 5 parts...
Gray morning, giving way to partly cloudy skies mid-day. 12 miles visibility and plenty of marine haze. Winds were calm to light onshore early at 1.9kts and the sea surface was lightly chopped. The air temp was 60.3° at checkout and the water was 64.2°. High tide was at 9:49am +3.7' and low tide followed at 2:06pm +2.3'. The 46221 buoy is reading a West swell out of 260° at 2.6'. We surfed Hermosa this morning and we're calling it 1' to 3' with fair shape. Tide was a bit high, but there were some nice little knee slappers. Should be slightly bigger tomorrow and then some general confusion for the weekend. Maybe winds?
Our second shot features a machine that was strikingly similar to the hammer. However this craft, which held three rows of about ten, appears to have been built expressly for worshiping the sun. It is shown here just a few degrees short of reaching high noon.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
