Fungiform Friday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

#1)  So bright out there the Professor had to hide behind Jetski's curls!  That's figuratively and literally as Jetski proceeded to have another day off the Richter catching everything in sight.  To put this in perspective, he was out there with Larry Dairy, Ronnie's Diner, Don Congrejo, Mr. Christian, Brendan and the Professor.  In #2 you see him on a late go and then hop to a knee knocked hood ornament turn (#3).  Lots of smoke and no mirrors!  (Props to our photog, Jah Morgan as she subbed for Mr. Simmons behind the lens.)

Hazy sun this morning and the wind was on from the start.  It's variable, but persistent from the west-north-west by 3kts and the sea surface had a bit of texture.  The air temp was 70 and the water was 72.5 for delightful conditions.  Low tide was early at 5:33am -0.4' and high tide follows at 11:55am +5.1'.  Tides flip next week with lows in the a.m.  There's a SSW swell out of 208º at 3.0' and it was like that...  A bit lined up, but still some opportunities if you hustled...

Off in the distance the Professor and Capt. Don Congrejo were on the fringes of the rip looking for that right that would bend around off the bubbles at "Outside Scotty's."  #4) features the Professor as he started to dance toward the nose.  He got one foot over the other and then hit a bump that deposited him south of his board and north of the photographer.  But this pic looked like he knew what he was doing...  sort of...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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