Momentary Monday Surf & Culture Report

 
Lost Boys & Co...

Yep, you turn around and it's Monday, just like that...  But every night is Saturday night in Nashville.  Especially at Robert's Boots and Beers (#1) where Robert wasn't in but everybody else was.  The bands don't get payed a salary.  Nope.  They play for tips!  So if they play crappy they don't get paid (as much.)  So you can bet everybody was playing like their pocketbooks depended on it...

Clear as the proverbial bell this morning with 20+ miles visibility.  Winds were light out of the SE by 2.2kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 50.0 and the water is 58.6.  High tide was at 10:20am 5.3' and low tide is at 4:55pm -0.2'.  We have a west swell out of 264º at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4' with the occasional peak before the high tide...

Probably the most famous bar in Nashville is Tootsie's (#2.)  It got famous because it backs up to the alley behind the Ryman Auditorium, which is the home to the Grand Ol' Opry.  Guys like Hank Williams, would know the set list of the acts that were on before him and hang out in the bar until they were scheduled to go on...  They were just talking...  Or writing songs...

#3 Looks like Ryan Hughes or Ben Oien or one of the kids who wear hoods on these chilly mornings during surf class.  They've been practicing especially hard after beating PV and are getting ready to take on Mira Costa.  Costa hasn't been beaten in something like 9 years and maybe it's about time...

It's about time we returned to Samba, so we'll be hanging out there on Friday at 5:30pm.  If it's raining we'll go to Plan B...  Okay, so we don't have a Plan B, but we'll make one up...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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