Can't Buy A Thrill Thursday Surf & Culture Report



Lost Boys & Co...

The bad news first.  No one on the Surf & Culture list has made People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive contest.  They started in 1985 and this year's recipient was Jonathan Bailey.  Four men have won it twice, George Clooney (DUH!), Brad Pitt (more DUH!), Richard Gere and Johnny Depp.  They need to give other people a break...  And who judges these things?

The good news is that today is Jodi Flicker's birthday!  Here she is (#1) with Anupa and Morgan checking the surf.  Really all you need to know about the surf is in that little spot of ocean on the left.  It looks like that all along the beach.  AND the tide is still coming up!  High at 8:39am +7.2' and sand blasting low at 3:51pm -1.3'.  Winds were offshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air was a chilly 54.9º (this is going to be the rule until May) and the water is 65.8º.  Swell is turning west out of 266º at 3.9' and it was 3' to 4', scheduled to continue to get bigger throughout the day.  And Happy Birthday to Jodi!

Kickoff Classic contest wrap-up at Hermosa manana.  6:30 start with some of your favorite groms, including some of our pier buddies like Edith Perez, Evan Jablonski, Charlie Lentz and Stone Erikson!
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!





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