Fuller Brush Friday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys and Co...
How many people can say that they learned their trade at their father's knee? Well, John Mangiagli can. He's jumped into learning all facets of the surfboard industry, including laminating, sanding and finishing. Steve, is arguably one of the best laminators in the industry, so John is learning from the best. The board? A Barahona-Paine balsa twinny...
20 miles visibility this morning with hazy skies breaking into sun about 10am. Winds were out of the south by 7.0kts and the sea surface was lightly chattered. The air temp was 64.5° and the water is 64.0°. High tide isn't that high at 5:04am +2.9' and low tide isn't that low at 10:14am +1.9'. We have a SSW swell out of 199° at 3.0' and that's exactly what it is. Buck and the Professor after consulting with Boomfwappa on the status of their retirement packages, hit the Cove as the tide was going down and got some nice ones all morning long...
Wearing what looks like a demented party hat, we have James Wheatley standing in his shaping bay. James was in the "Rock to Rock" classic paddleboard race this weekend and finished right square in the middle of the pack. Look for him in August at the Catalina Classic. He would have been right up there, but his rudder broke and he had to prone paddle for the last leg of the race... He got a bit of a thrill when a Mola Mola (sunfish) surfaced in front of him. He had never seen a dorsal fin that high and immediately imagined the worst. This one wasn't that big, maybe the size of your dining room table. Still, if it jumped on you, it would be like being rolled in a VW...
Finally we have Oscar Barahona, ace laminator, affixing these aluminum-impregnated glass sections to the tale of this board. Like carbon fiber, they're supposed to resist being dinged and de-laminated.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
How many people can say that they learned their trade at their father's knee? Well, John Mangiagli can. He's jumped into learning all facets of the surfboard industry, including laminating, sanding and finishing. Steve, is arguably one of the best laminators in the industry, so John is learning from the best. The board? A Barahona-Paine balsa twinny...
20 miles visibility this morning with hazy skies breaking into sun about 10am. Winds were out of the south by 7.0kts and the sea surface was lightly chattered. The air temp was 64.5° and the water is 64.0°. High tide isn't that high at 5:04am +2.9' and low tide isn't that low at 10:14am +1.9'. We have a SSW swell out of 199° at 3.0' and that's exactly what it is. Buck and the Professor after consulting with Boomfwappa on the status of their retirement packages, hit the Cove as the tide was going down and got some nice ones all morning long...
Wearing what looks like a demented party hat, we have James Wheatley standing in his shaping bay. James was in the "Rock to Rock" classic paddleboard race this weekend and finished right square in the middle of the pack. Look for him in August at the Catalina Classic. He would have been right up there, but his rudder broke and he had to prone paddle for the last leg of the race... He got a bit of a thrill when a Mola Mola (sunfish) surfaced in front of him. He had never seen a dorsal fin that high and immediately imagined the worst. This one wasn't that big, maybe the size of your dining room table. Still, if it jumped on you, it would be like being rolled in a VW...
Finally we have Oscar Barahona, ace laminator, affixing these aluminum-impregnated glass sections to the tale of this board. Like carbon fiber, they're supposed to resist being dinged and de-laminated.
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
