Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... S o our fave photog Kevin Gilligan was on the scene on Sunday for this year's "Spooky Surf."  With years of chasing down action sports he was right on the scene to chronicle Doc Scale auguring into this unsuspecting citizen (#1) south of the pier.  Of course south of the pier is a "no fault" surfing zone.  Now, to the unpracticed eye it appears that Doc took off right into this guy, but what you can't see is that NO ONE SHOULD TAKE OFF WHEN DOC IS PADDLING!  His intense concentration, Olympic paddling style and lack of peripheral vision should deter even the most enthusiastic surfer from taking off within 50'.  This guy felt Doc's wrath!  For more action go to "Photos KAG"! A fter fun surf all weekend things died down today.  A beautiful morning with 20+ miles visibility under cloudless skies.  Winds were offshore by 3 to 5kts and the sea surface was smoothly brushed.  The air was a chillin' 48.8º and the water dro

Lost Boys & Co... Y esterday's "Kickoff Classic" was held in some pretty miserable conditions, certainly not unheard of in the contest realm.  Small, windy and inconsistent the Women's Shortboard Division did a great job of making it look almost good.  Redondo had a great showing placing 2 women in the finals.  10ths of a point separated many of the contestants.  Here's how they fared: Round 1: 1st: Karis Bruno 1st: Keani Honda-Snow 2nd: Abby Bosse 3rd: Ryan Jurgens 3rd: Umi Morimoto Quarterfinals: 2nd: Karis Bruno 2nd: Keani Honda-Snow 3rd: Ryan Jurgens 3rd: Abby Bosse Semifinals: 1st: Karis Bruno 3rd: Keani Honda-Snow E xpecting the worst, we gathered at the water's edge this morning only to be greeted by small, but imminently surfable waves.  (#1.)  Winds were offshore by 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth.  Mostly sunny skies and 10+ miles visibility.  The air was 55.5º and t

Lost Boys & Co... A fter a long drought of Hermosa breaking on the sand and doing nothing but clobbering the shorebreak, it looks like a couple of the sandbars have retreated to the outside and are ready to provide some waves that aren't catastrophes waiting to happen.  The RUHS team had a great session (#1) in preparation for tomorrow's "Kickoff Classic".  It's one of the biggest contests on the coast with a couple of hundred participants.  Thursday's heats will feature the women, so if you want to catch some excellent girl's surfing, come down to Hermosa.  The contest starts at 6:30 and goes until about 8:30am. C loudy this morning with 5 miles visibility.  Winds were 3 to 5kts offshore and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 64.1º and the water is 65.7º.  High tide was at 7:40am +5.4' and low tide was at 1:34pm +1.2'.  We have a SSW swell out of 195º at 3.0' and it was 2' to 3' with some well shaped zippers reeli

Lost Boys & Co... 1.)  H ere we have Suzanne on the violin with the group "Sin Palabras."  Cat Lincoln, from West Africa, is the lead vocalist and they're going to be preforming in various venues throughout the Southland this winter.  They also rehearse every Friday at the Topaz House from 6pm to 8pm.  Last week Boomfwappa sat in on one of the sessions.  If you want to hear some great contemporary music drop by and listen up! 10+ V isibility under partly cloudy skies.  Winds were steady offshore at 3kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 60.5º and the water was a wind dipped 64.4º.  High tide was at 7:13am +4.9' and low tide drains at 12:46pm +2.0'.  It's a west swell out of 267º at 4.3' and it was 4' to 5' and great if you were as fast as Christiano, but not if you were as fast as Burnsy and the Professor.  More tomorrow... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... O kay, at last we're ready to start considering Halloween.  Never you mind that stuff started appearing in the stores right after Labor Day, or that the costume closets have been vibrating for a month.  Nope, now it's time to start carving some pumpkins, breaking out the Dracula teeth and cape and waxing-up for "Spooky Surf."  We saw this ride (#1) in Kapolei a week ago in Hawaii.  There were skeletons on the front fenders as well... T alk about spooky surf!  This morning at 5:30am it was drizzling, verging on rain, with the wind blowing out of the west by 16kts.  By 7am it was blowing offshore, the bumps were calming down and Sapphire had 30 people out.  The air temperature was 61.2º and the water is 65.7º, driven down a notch by the winds.  High tide was at 6:50am +4.4' and low tide was at 11:48am +2.8' setting us up for some minus tides at the end of the week.  A west swell out of 265º at 5.2' and it was 4' to 5' with an oc

Lost Boys & Co... 1.)  A s much texture as you could possibly want this morning as the Redondo Team ran heats and braved the double-ups on the inside.  Despite the deteriorating conditions the team got some good waves and made it look almost rideable!  Cloudy though and 2 miles visibility.  Winds were onshore and increased throughout the day.  At checkout the air was 63.5º and the water is 66.9º.  Basically one tide today at 12:42pm +5.3'.  It's a windblown WSW swell out of 245º at 4.9' and it was 4' to 6' early and then backed off through the tide...  Check it mañana! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... 1.)  H ere we have the surge threatening to engulf the bikepath at "Burnout."  Flowing back up the outfall the high tide was cresting all along the shore from the Pier to Torrance Beach.  This, in our humble opinion, is a good thing.  Looks like tons of sand being washed out to sea to replenish the diminishing sandbars that have plagued us all summer (summer?) long.  Let's see what happens! F oggies, dense this morning with sometimes less than 100yds visibility.  Winds were light on, from 12 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temp was 64.4º and the water is 67.6º.  An early low tide at 4:50am +2.8', leading into the reported high tide at 11:46am +5.6'.  It's a WSW swell out of 250º at 3.6' and there were some 4' to 6' thrashers pounding Hermosa, while other spots flooded out on the tide.  Should be interesting mañana... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... #1)  S howing Seamus Swift in the middle of bisecting an outside headed toward the office.  He had the max wave count this morning and managed to catchy them early and get out before the doubling shorebreak had a chance to mangle his board.  He's going to be one of the standout longboarders this year in the Zack Siegel mold.  Tally:  Two boards broken, a totaled foamy, lost fins and a cut finger... O vercast and traces of fog this morning.  Winds were light offshore according to the seagulls, 1 to 3kts.  The sea surface was smooth.The air temperature was 63.0º and the water is 67.5º.  High tide at 11:07am +5.8' and low tide is late at 6:46pm +0.3'.  A 4.6' west swell out of 272º and it was 4' to 6' and some on the edge, precision surfing this morning!  More to come, stay tuned... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... A spot-on action photo by Kevin Gilligan showing Lana and Milly splitting this nice Sapphire tumbler.  If the Familia ever gets wrangled into a team event you can bet these two will be in it! C loudy this morning with offshore winds at about 3kts and the sea surface was smooth to lightly textured.  The air temperature was 57.8º and the water is a surprising 68.7º.  Almost like summer is having a last laugh.  High tide is at 10:35am +5.9'.  Low tide will be at 5:51pm +0.2'.  There's a 4.3' west swell out of 271º and it was 3' to 5' at some of the standout locales.  Looks like more of the same mañana... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... C overing the sun wherever it may be in the heavens...  Here we have the ever popular Christiano Stutzcanhang, sporting the proper eye protection, following last Saturday's partial eclipse.  Shadows, reflections and refractions were all used to demonstrate the percentage of the sun's occlusion.  Rumors and plane tickets abound in the pursuit of the total eclipse in 2024, casting a long shadow across Texas and the Southwest...  We will report... V isibility ranged from a hundred yards to 10 miles as the fog rolled in and dissipated as quickly as it appeared.  Winds were light offshore and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 57.7º and the water is holding at 68.9º trying to keep Fall and Winter at bay.  High tide was swamping the bay at 10:09am +5.9' and low tide was at 5:05pm +0.2'.  It's a WSW swell out of 252º at 4.3' and it was 3' to 5' with pounders at Hermosa and some close-to-the-shore quickies at Sapphire.  Yo

Lost Boys & Co... " T here's a beautiful sunset burning up the atmosphere..."  And it was like that at the end of the Miloe compound at Ko'Olina... S urfed Kaiser's this morning and Miloe directed me to exactly the point where I could take off, go left, grab the rail and pig-dog over the falls.  Remember to always fall  flat!  Got floated over the reef and deposited on the inside beyond the lurking coral heads and repeated this routine two more times before heading to the inside.  Water was 80°, the air was 86° and the wind was offshore.  ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... W orking on the horrible surf situation in the South Bay.  Have now remanded our agent Barry Santos to the Aleutians to scout out the weather in that region of the planet.  Talk about Fridgidia...   In the meantime we keep experimenting with our GoPro™ to hone our sub-surface skills.  (#1) LoLa holding her breath...   B eautiful day in all regions...  More as we gather intel... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... S o, we drove around the North Shore looking for someplace to dip our toes.  And we ended up at Hali'ewa, checking out Monuments and snapped a pic (#1) of the outside at Avalanche.  It looked big and there was no one out on the peaks, but it was fun to watch anyway... T he South Bay still looks calm and most pacific.  One high tide at 1:45pm +4.8' but the 2.6' SW swell isn't enough to make it happen... L ooking for the smaller south shore mañana and we'll report when it happens... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... Got some small ones at White Plains on the south side of O'ahu!  Delightful conditions and a smiling crowd... "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... E arly GoPro™ experimentation (#1).  Primitive but somehow evocative...  Really, almost art...   T he South Bay has 10miles visibility under a hazy fall sun.  Winds were light and the sea surface is smooth.  The air was 64.0° and the water is a fallish 65.3°, which we all know is the precursor to winter...  Low tide is at 6:05am +2.8' and high tide is at 12:46pm +5.3'.  It's a south swell out of 171° and it might be fun if you were in El Salvador... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... Hawaii appears to be anchored in exactly the same place that we left it last time!  And who should be on hand to great us but King Miloe I!  Here pictured in front of his O'lo with his trademark smile™. Working on the surf and will have some updates mañana! ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!

Lost Boys & Co... T ide was low this morning at 5:07am +1.6' and it's high at 11:24am +6.2', which is pretty high for these latitudes.  Clear skies and 20+ miles visibility.  The air was a chilly 54.5° and the water was 66.0°.  So there's a 3.0' swell out of the SSW and there wasn't much to ride... O ff to visit Miloe & Barbina on the westside.  Our plan is to visit his secret spot and get some waves.  It's not exactly secret, but it's pretty sharky so most discerning surfers stay the hell away.  So, how discerning are we? W e're taking our computer hoping to note some re-con.  Let's hope the space keyworksthistime... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!