Three "R's" Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

1.  The only time we ever saw Danger Boy at a loss for words was when we sat with a research wind tunnel expert at breakfast at TNT's Hawaiian place.  The guy went on for a full 45 minutes about the physics involved, filling in the blanks with equations on a napkin.  You could see DB trying to process all of this and finally he just short circuited and we had to carry him to the car...

Cloudless and bright this morning with 20+ miles visibility.  Winds were fresh offshore by 2.7kts and the sea surface was smooth with a slight wind ruffle.  The air temp was 48.3º and the water was 63.1º.  Low tide was at 7:35am +2.5' and high tide will follow at 1:05pm +4.3'.  We have a WSW swell out of 255º at 2.6' and it was 2' to 3' with some bigger outsides.  Supposed to get better next week for the break...

2.  Danger Boy on fire.  For some reason this doesn't even look outrageous...

3.  Surveying his domain from his condo complex high above the shore in Oceanside. 

4.  A research biologist never sleeps.  Shown here emphasizing the dangerous levels of toxin in the San Luis Rey rivermouth.  Oddly enough, he put his reservations aside and we hit the surf the next morning...

5.  Goggles make the man.  If he'd been wearing these 25 minutes later he might not have busted his eyebrow open.  As it was, count another 11 stitches...

6.  Claiming a SUP session on Lago de Guija in El Salvador.  He thought this was fun until Ché broke out the jetskis.  After that he was just a blur...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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