Mournful Monday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Thanks to all of the folks who responded with condolences to our announcement of Ken Norris' passing.  We include a little montage of some of the pics that Ken had prominently displayed in his home.  He often told us how much he liked the photo of Gen and him in the Tiki Bar and often mused that he could have been in the islands and no one would have known the difference!  In answer to a few questions, he spent his working career as a rep for Rolls-Royce jet engines.  Until a couple of years ago the airlines regularly called him to certify planes they were pulling out of mothballs.  He made it a practice of test flying everything he certified (something many reps won't do!)  He and Gen met in a walking class at Torrance Beach after his wife had passed.  They had no children and he was looking for some healthy activity.  They were together for fifteen years!  In the last few years he had suffered from advanced Chronic-Obstructive Pulmonary disorder and that, plus a case of the flu, did him in.  

A few high clouds this morning and 15 miles visibility.  Winds wee sideways out of the SSW by 2.3kts and the sea surface was a bit bumped.  The air temperature was 58.5˚ and the water is 62.8˚.  Low tide was at 6:18am -0.3' and high tide will be at 12:30pm +4.2'.  We have a west swell out of 265˚ at 3.6' and it was a fun 2' to 4' and got better as the morning progressed.
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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