Santa's Surfing To Town Friday Surf & Culture Report🎄
Lost Boys & Co...
A little hat goes a long way... Here we have LoLa (#1) doing her Slash impersonation as she awaits her red and green yogurt on the Friday before Christmas. Just in case you wondered, it took us a lot of pleading to get her to fluff-up her hair and don the hat and shades...
A brilliantly clear day here on the first full day of winter! 20+ miles of visibility and nary a cloud in the sky. Winds were off by 3.3kts and the sea surface was smooth. The air was a frigid 39.7 and the water was 61.2, brrrrr... High tide was at 10:34am +5.1' and low tide will follow at 6:03pm +0.1'. We have a small west swell out of 260º at 2.0' and there were some nice little peelers coming through. Enough to warm the cockles of your heart...
Okay, here are numbers 9 and 10 in the 10 things under a hundred dollars to get the surfers on your list...
Changing Mat/Bag ($29.95)
Taking care of your wetsuit is important, and when getting in and out of your suit, it's easy to accelerate the inevitable process of wear and tear. Using a changing mat you can protect the soft neoprene of a wetsuit from pavement, gravel, and other rough surfaces. As a bonus, once you're out of your wetsuit you can cinch it up and it becomes a water resistant bag.
Traction Pad ($31.95 – $39.95)
Traction Pads are used on the tail of a surfboard(typically a shortboard) to increase grip and allow for more extreme maneuvers. They aren't easily interchangeable so I would make sure the person you're getting this for has a new board without a traction pad or is getting a new board soon. Not every surfer uses traction pads, but if they do and they buy a lot of surfboards, they will definitely find it to be a great gift. We've been using a pad on the tail of our long boards and they'll help save your toes from getting blistered and sore...
Taking care of your wetsuit is important, and when getting in and out of your suit, it's easy to accelerate the inevitable process of wear and tear. Using a changing mat you can protect the soft neoprene of a wetsuit from pavement, gravel, and other rough surfaces. As a bonus, once you're out of your wetsuit you can cinch it up and it becomes a water resistant bag.
Traction Pad ($31.95 – $39.95)
Traction Pads are used on the tail of a surfboard(typically a shortboard) to increase grip and allow for more extreme maneuvers. They aren't easily interchangeable so I would make sure the person you're getting this for has a new board without a traction pad or is getting a new board soon. Not every surfer uses traction pads, but if they do and they buy a lot of surfboards, they will definitely find it to be a great gift. We've been using a pad on the tail of our long boards and they'll help save your toes from getting blistered and sore...
"You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!" Said Scrooge (#2) to the poor counter-boy Ivan Cratchit... But You're probably just a B-Avocado...
It's what we've all been waiting for! Here comes Santa Claus with his surfing elves! And from all of us at the Surf & Culture Report, a MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"The Professor!!
