There Is Always Some Madness In Love Monday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Let's take a look at some black and white images from this weekend.  Photographer Vania Zask joined us this Saturday to do some work with her larger format B&W camera.  #1 is the irrepressible José Bacalao who achieved fame as a SUP rider, but has been working on his longboard chops.  Already showing a lot of style this is one of him leaning out of the office on his way down the line...

Almost sunny this morning with 5 to 7 miles visibility under hazy skies.  Winds were chilly offshore by 5 to 7kts and the sea surface was rolling smooth.  The air temperature was 55.5º and the water was 68.5º, not too bad for late October.  High tide was at 7:38am +5.0' and low tide was at 1:27pm +1.9'.  There's a SW swell out of 225º at 3.6', but it's a bit steep, so we got 2' peaked up waves for some little runs to the sand...  Kinda like this little foamy (#2) thing that Morgan got five on on Saturday, but a bit cleaner...

#3 was a textured little runner that got Mr. Christian to the nose and he just stayed there for the entire ride.  He'd bend his knees then pull the nose through the next section until he found himself on the sand.  This really tests the gripping power of your toes, but if you've seen his toes, you'll understand immediately!

Covid hair flying in the breeze, the Professor (#4) does his best to dodge Vania on his way through the inside.  He waxed apologetic, but in the manner of all good surf photographers, she insisted that she didn't exist and he (and they) should just pretend she wasn't there...  Vania also happens to be a surfer of some note and she allowed that she'd join us in the fall and winter...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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