Man Of War Monday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Monday's dawning cool and overcast with 1 mile visibility and plenty of haze. Wind's already onshore by 3.3kts and the sea surface is glassed to a bit of light tack. Winds will pick up throughout the morning, ramping up to about 10-12kts this afternoon. The air temperature at checkout was 60.3° and the water is 61.3° - brrr...
Low tide is at 7:22am +2.1' and high tide will be at 2:43pm +4.8'. The buoy is reading a SSW swell out of 197° at 2.6' and we're calling it 2' and poor. That being said we saw some folks at Sapphire scoring some nice little sliders into the hook of the jetty. We also noticed that there were signs warning about swimming in the area, due to contaminated water. We don't know what the issue is, but we'll try to find out!
Continued from Friday...
So we walk over to the Petzel Gallery on W. 27th St. and we find more boards and the curator, Ms. Yolanda Miró. Ms. Miro could pass for a surfer, athletic and tan and she was excited to see someone who knew a bit about surfboards. Working with a number of collectors she brought all of the artwork and boards together for a fairly comprehensive view of surf culture. In the course of our conversation she mentioned she was from El Salvador. We quickly mentioned that one of the best shapers in Southern California was from El Salvador - José Barahona! We called José right there and they had a spirited conversation about boards, home and art. She told him that she'd be in touch and we were all pretty happy that we could in some small way be part of the connection. Of course we were interested in the boards, but none of them were quite as wild as the black and white number, that defied our notions of what surf craft should look like. This thing was about 7'6" long, 24" wide, had parallel rails and rectangular fins. Advertised as a surfboard it looked like something you should tow behind a car down the beach at Pismo. Guess everyone's got an idea of how these things should work...
Re: the $15,000 Hynson Red Fin
I have a Hap Jacobs green fin I'll sell for $14,500.
T.J.
(And worth every penny! Ed.)
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
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Monday's dawning cool and overcast with 1 mile visibility and plenty of haze. Wind's already onshore by 3.3kts and the sea surface is glassed to a bit of light tack. Winds will pick up throughout the morning, ramping up to about 10-12kts this afternoon. The air temperature at checkout was 60.3° and the water is 61.3° - brrr...
Low tide is at 7:22am +2.1' and high tide will be at 2:43pm +4.8'. The buoy is reading a SSW swell out of 197° at 2.6' and we're calling it 2' and poor. That being said we saw some folks at Sapphire scoring some nice little sliders into the hook of the jetty. We also noticed that there were signs warning about swimming in the area, due to contaminated water. We don't know what the issue is, but we'll try to find out!
Continued from Friday...
So we walk over to the Petzel Gallery on W. 27th St. and we find more boards and the curator, Ms. Yolanda Miró. Ms. Miro could pass for a surfer, athletic and tan and she was excited to see someone who knew a bit about surfboards. Working with a number of collectors she brought all of the artwork and boards together for a fairly comprehensive view of surf culture. In the course of our conversation she mentioned she was from El Salvador. We quickly mentioned that one of the best shapers in Southern California was from El Salvador - José Barahona! We called José right there and they had a spirited conversation about boards, home and art. She told him that she'd be in touch and we were all pretty happy that we could in some small way be part of the connection. Of course we were interested in the boards, but none of them were quite as wild as the black and white number, that defied our notions of what surf craft should look like. This thing was about 7'6" long, 24" wide, had parallel rails and rectangular fins. Advertised as a surfboard it looked like something you should tow behind a car down the beach at Pismo. Guess everyone's got an idea of how these things should work...
Re: the $15,000 Hynson Red Fin
I have a Hap Jacobs green fin I'll sell for $14,500.
T.J.
(And worth every penny! Ed.)
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
.
