Turnbuckle Tuesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Maybe you remember last week when the wind blew like crazy.  The next morning we found the dunes trying to take over the Hermosa Pier...

Gray and drizzly today.  2 miles visibility and the clouds are buffing Palos Verdes to a brilliant green.  Winds are 6.0kts out of the west and the sea surface is remarkably smooth.  The air temperature is 57.4° and for the second day in a row we beat 60 with a 60.4°.  High tide at 5:58am +4.1' and low tide will be at 12:19pm +0.5'.  We have a SSW swell trying to turn the corner at 196°.  It's registering 3.0', but inside the bay it's 1' and poor at most spots.  If there are waves, the wind is already up and the drizzle bumps things down a bit.  Danger Boy is calling this a rain day.  We are not.  We bow to his superior water knowledge, however it didn't look like the gutters were running enough to warrant a call...

Speaking of Danger Boy, today is his first full day of retirement.  So far he looks like he's handling (considering the gray-drizzle-rain...  It's not his fault...  We don't think...)

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DUDE and fellow Lost Boys......
I surfed Calif water for the first time Sunday....since April of 2010... Trip to Indo in May 2010....back out...back operation in July, recup...and that was the cold water of 2010....back to surfing in Nov but only in Hawaii....tree and heart incident in Feb....recup ...surf Hawaii one day in Sept...melanoma operation next day, recup...surf Hawaii in Jan..can't get up or stay up...ick...again in March and did ok...still 'afraid' to go in COLD  water in Calif....Sunday beautiful....struggled into New wetsuit I got in Jan of 2010....rode a bunch of waves ok. ...... That was a test...passed. I leave with Brede and group for Saladitas tomorrow..for ten days
Miloe
(We expect a full report, although it doesn't take much imagination...   Ed.)

You forgot to mention that the portrait is painted with high quality (banned in the USA) lead based paint!
Sea Wolf
(I thought the guy who sold it to us said, "Don't you like it?"  What he said was, "Don't LICK it!"   The Professor!!)
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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