Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... W ell, it's the end of another year and it's been a predictably crazy one.  We started the year with a Familia trip to Mexico and we scored good waves and some great food at places that were new to the area.  As per typical Capt. Donaldo lead the charge and we followed.  In February we made a trip to Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam with Sancho and found not much surf, but some great cultural immersion and a phenomenally bad haircut.  March took us to one of the few visits to Mexico that didn't include surfboards.  It's amazing how easy it is to negotiate airports without sticks.  It took all of April to get Doc out of his wetsuit and into May...  Where we headed out to Palm Springs with the RUHS Team to surf the Wave Pool and then to the West Side of Oahu to keep Miloe on his toes.  June Gloom on schedule... R a ining today, light in the morning and getting heavier as the morning progressed.  Winds were out of the east b...

Lost Boys & Co... Y ou can hear the mountains calling because they're right there on top of you!  Steve Jones took this shot of this looming alp somewhere near Garmish-Partenkirschen.  For this time of year there wasn't much snow, but it would be fun to go back when it's a winter wonderland.  Write that down… T en miles visibility under hazy skies.  They're actually talking about the possibility of rain later this morning.  Get your galoshes out for tomorrow though.  Winds are out of the southeast by 2 to 4kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temperature is 64.3 and the water is 62.4.  High tide was at 5:11am +5.9' and low tide will be at 12:41pm -0.3' for a pretty generous tidal swing.  We have a west swell out of 266 deg true at 2.0' and it's 1' in the surfline and by all appearances would be a good day to try out your new Christmas surf stuff for a bit of a paddle.  Doc has to check out his new helmet, you have to see if th...

Lost Boys & Co... I t was bound to happen.  B.B. has finally exited stage left.  Yep, Bridget Bardot, symbol of the sexual revolution, animal rights activist and 5 times convicted for hate speech died on the 28th in Saint Tropez, France.  Here she is (#1) with Jeanne Moreau in "Viva Maria," which we thought was her best film.  Maybe because it was 1965 and we got in the Fox Redondo and it was the double feature with "Thunderball" the James Bond flick and holy smokes it's Bridget Bardot!  Even though she got whackier as she got older, the French still think she propelled French cinema to international renown.   A  beautiful morning in the South Bay with 20 miles visibility under sunny skies.  The sea surface is smooth with winds out of the east by 4kts.  58.5 degrees in the air and 62.6 in the water.  Low. Tide is at 11:45am +0.4' and high tide will be at 5:53pm +3.0'.  It's a west swell out of 263deg. at 2.3' and that's about th...

Lost Boys & Co... W e were working at Cal State Dominguez Hills and  Maulana (Ron) Karenga was lecturing there.  He gave the background of Kwanza which came predominantly from the harvest festivals of Western Africa (where a significant number of slaves to this country came from.).  It goes from December 26 to January 1 and ends in a feast.  Every day in the seven day period they celebrate a Kwanza principle.  The principles are:  Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith.  They have a candelabra like a Menorah and the candles symbolize the seven principles.  If we all held those principles the world would no doubt be a better place, so let's today start by sharing our unity as a surf familia and embrace those other qualities as well… A nd Christmas!  Hope you all had a great day and an opportunity to get together with family and friends to celebrate the holiday. ...

Lost Boys & Co... I n case you're wondering we're still playing Ride of the Valkyries this morning.  It's an earworm that just won't quit...  It goes along perfectly with all the sturm and drang going on with the weather.  Case in point are all the palm fronds that have been raining havoc throughout the area.  Woe to the folks who parked under some of those seventy five footers and had the sharp, hard fronds scratch their rides.  #1 & #2 Suggest some clean-up is in order...  M eanwhile the rain is cutting down the visibility to several hundred feet and the clouds are right on the deck.  Winds have been predominantly out of the east with peak gusts registered at 5:20am of 42kts!  Currently it's more in the 3 to 7kt range.  The sea surface is starting to rough up a bit.  The air temperature was 55.2 º  and the water is 62.8 º , a precipitous drop for the faithful.  High tide is at 10:54am +5.1' and low tide will be at 6:2...