Think About It Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Surfing at Hermosa involves a lot of action close to the beach, other surfers and and the hook.  Here we see it done to good effect by Kenny Okuda, dodging teammates, the lip and the fast approaching sand.  He and brother Mike are co-captains of the Redondo High surf team... 

A beautiful morning with 15 miles visibility under a mostly clear skies with a few clouds bumping around.  Winds were offshore at 2.7kts and the sea surface was smooth with a slight roll.  The air temp was 60.9˚ and the water was 59.2˚.  High tide was at 8:00am +5.5' and low tide will follow at 2:50pm -0.4'.  So it was a west swell out of 265˚ at 2.3' that greeted our surfistas this morning.  2' with some fatter outsides, fun and a good morning for Celystina and Aubrie to hit the surf!

On a serious note...
You might have heard by now that there are some among us that are dealing with some considerable health issues.  This brought Richard Paine to discuss the possibility of having a "healing prayer" get-together at his home.  To that end, there will be a gathering at Richard and Donna's on Sunday evening at 7pm.  This week there will be the special intentions of Doug Ball and Ken Norris and anyone else who needs some concerted prayer and meditation.  Since it's after dinner, if you want to bring a dessert, that would be great!

In our second photo we have Kylie Kirkpatrick riding a nice one from the pier to the knee of the master...  sort of... He's not really the master, he just had the clipboard this day...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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