Rum & Coca Cola™ Friday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

Redondo went head to head with El Segundo in a dual meet surf competition this morning and came out on top 86 to 58!  Pictured are the RUHS Women's Longboard team (#1) with Riley Friedman (5th place), Bekkah Assad (2nd), and Bridget Swift (1st).  Often in a close contest the women are the deciding factor in the results.  These guys hung tough in some difficult conditions!

Cloudy and gray for the contest with about 5 miles visibility.  Winds were variable onshore 4 to 7kts and bumped up the playing field.  The air temp was 56.5º and the water is 59.9º.  Rising tide throughout the morning with high at 10:09am +5.0' and low tide at 4:10pm +0.2'.  There was a 3.3' west swell out of 265º and it was 4' to 5' waves with some bigger outsides.  Just when you thought you might be in the right spot a macker would clean up the area and wash you south.  Some great waves... at a price!

Jane Miho, artist, swimmer and bon vivant got a surfboard from the Professor and proceeded to paint this great scene (#1) on the "A" side of the board and an equally brilliant design solution on the "B" side (#3).  Very pop, we know where we're going for our next board graphics!  It'll be on display in Hermosa as part of a public art show.  We'll let you know when we find out exactly where...

Don't get rid of those empty Coke™ liter bottles, they make cheap Molotov Cocktails (Ukraine), storage for rendered pig fat (El Salvador) and Cambodian life preservers (#4).  A new twist on a Coke™ float...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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