Imagine You're At A Luau Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

 
Lost Boys & Co...

YES!  The Dutch girls are back in town!  Marijn and Milou have made the trek and will be hanging out with the crew for the next three weeks.  This time they'll be spending more time at the beach and we'll see if they become the best surfers from Holland!

Cousin Brian and the Professor (#2) demonstrate the Portagee/Samoan method for striking fear into the hearts of their enemies.  It can be easy to skip the touristy luau's in abundance on Oahu, but the Toá family luau in Waimea Valley seemed to be more like the genuine article.  We spent the afternoon visiting the botanic gardens, which happen to be fabulous and then a quick dip in the falls and then the luau.  After 5 Mai Tai's it's easy to cruise, but the fire dancers (#3) always seem to get our attention...

If we weren't such sticklers for details we'd just say that it was small surf, windy and cold...  but no there was only 5 miles visibility and the skies were so cloudy that they turned into a storm cell that ended up evacuating Santa Monica Beach!  The winds were already gusting to 7kts at 7am and the sea surface was chopped.  Although the air temperature was 68.0 and the water was 71.8 the persistent breeze made it seem quite a bit cooler.  Low tide was at 8:20am +0.4' and high tide was at 3:13pm +4.9'.  We had a west swell out of 260º at 2.6' and it was 1' to 2' in the surfline, which was confused and treacherous...  Supposed to be sunnier and cleaner mañana...

Monday at Capt. Kidd's was the usual dinner and chatter, that is, until LoLa's dinner tried to escape (#4) from it's bowl...

Laurel Tavern, Friday evening at 5:30 for the thirsty and curious...  You look like both...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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