It's Tuesday NOT Friday the 13th Surf & Culture Report

 
Lost Boys & Co...

So, did we mention that there are a generous number of urchins dotting the rock reefs that make La Barra work.  Boris was the first to discover this as he did some bottom testing at Chicken Bowls...  #1 is titled "Urchint Care."  It features Jetski, a bowl of hot water to soften things up and a bottle of duty-free Jameson's for anesthetic purposes.  In case you think Jetski is overreacting, we pulled out a couple of spines there in Nicaragua and he got SIX more out when he went to see Dr. Bob at home...

Overcast this morning trying to decide whether or not to rain.  Winds werre on by 2.9kts and the sea surface had a slight bump.  The air temperature was 58.0 and the water is 58.6.  High tide was at 7:37am +4.9' and low tide will be at 2:32pm -0.2'.  We have a SW swell out of 220º at 2.0' and it was a high tide fueled 1' and poor.  More rain in the forecast and wind as well.  Check it early and see if you can beat the weather...

#2 is our friend Luis who shared his local knowledge with us, managed La Barra and kept us out of more trouble than we realized.  He had all these spots wired and rode farther back than everyone else...  Here he is at a place called Miramar, waiting for it to throw.  Capitan Donaldo and the Professor were surfing it and thought they were doing pretty well and then Luis showed up, sat twice as far in and snagged all these slabs over the almost visible reef.

#3 Donaldo at Miramar.  If you look close you can see that there's a bump in the lower face of the wave.  That turned into a suck-out and rolled the Capitan for a considerable distance...

The crew #4, from L. to R.  The Professor, Jetski, Capitan Donaldo, the Sensei Joey, Suzi, Mr. Christian, Jah Morgan and Tom.  This was at a place called "Transito" that was a beach break that was touted as being shielded from the wind.  It wasn't exactly, but we got some fun ones anyway...

For your consideration, happy hour will be at Laurel Tavern this Friday...

✠
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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