Painting The Town Thursday Surf & Culture Report

 
Lost Boys & Co...

Kris Hall perched on the tip.  The water looks pretty safe (although the bad stuff is always invisible isn't it?)  10 miles visibility under a hazy winter sun.  Winds were offshore by 2.9kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air felt cooler than 51.3 but the water is still 61.7 and relatively warm.  High tide was at 5:29am +5.3' and low tide will follow at 12:40pm +0.4'.  We have a west swell out of 262º at 3.6' and it was 3' to 5' and there were some fun ones if you knew where to look...

From Lost Boy Mark Cole at HippyTree:
Have something this Saturday that might interest the newsletter receiving crowd.  HippyTree is throwing the #52weeksofnature photo show this Saturday at Shockboxx Gallery in Hermosa, right next door to Jose's shaping bay.

We've been running the campaign and Instagram photo contest all year, and it's been one of the most successful initiatives in our history.  We've had over 30,000 submissions and we're still building momentum as we head into 2018.  Each week, the staff at HippyTree selects a weekly winner who is awarded a $100 gift card, and we also donate $100 in their name to their choice of the Surfrider Foundation or the Access Fund.  Everyone wins!

Saturday we will be displaying each winning image from 2017, as well as handing out a few awards.  The Professional's Choice award will be determined by a few photographers we work with regularly (Chris Burkard, Travis Burke, John Barton, Mark McInnis and Jeremy Koreski).  The People's Choice award will be chosen by the public by voting at this link: http://woobox.com/6jxts6

Headed over to the L.A. Art Show this morning at the Convention Center and there were some fabulous displays of contemporary and antique art.  One of the fun pieces we enjoyed were these butterflies constructed of foreign currencies...  The amalgamation somehow reminded us of a notable couple we've been breaking bread  with of late...

We remind you that we'll be there will be bread(s), notably pita and pretzel, to be broken at Greenbelt on the Hermosa Pier Plaza, 5:30pm Friday...  Join us, if you have the insatiable urge to eat healthy, but not boring...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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