Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... A couple of great shots from Sting Ginther, Sunday last week.  #1 is Rooster flashing along this Topaz zipper on his "Rooster Fish."  Like makes you want one right now.  #2 is Johnny Siskowik, hanging back and setting up for some tube exploration.  He's had a great winter and surfs Topaz as well as anyone. Cold this morning, as the temps barely got above the 30's.  Visibility was 20 miles and there was some definite haze over the water.  The sky was partly cloudy, mostly sun.  Winds were variable out of the east 1 to 3kts and then changed straight out of the west about 11am.  The sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was officially 42.5°, although our outdoor sensor unit read 38.8.  The water was a brisk 55.9° and if it doesn't get any colder that will be fine with us.  High tide is at 6:17am +5.3' and low tide will be at 1:19pm -0.5'.  The buoy is reading a SSW swell out of 206° at 2.6'.  We...

Lost Boys & Co... T hree more shots from last Sunday the 20th.  #1 Has Chris holding back waiting for a little tube to shape up.  #2 Has Ché further down the line, ready to duck under this nice little section.  He's got a bit of the butt-brake going to keep from rocketing out of the whole enchilada.  #3 Explains why they call it "Sandyland."  Left, right, up, down and always really fast.  And fun to watch... T his morning Danger Boy and the Professor wandered about checking things out.  Several high points:  Breakfast with the guys at Brother's.  Yakking with Don Swift, Sandy, John Blanco and his brother-in-law and the other checkers.  Appreciating the changing scene as the weather rolled across the never dull panorama of the bay.  You'll notice that the surf isn't listed.  Well, there's 15 miles visibility and the sky is mostly cloudy.  Out to sea you can see some active rain cells dropping their liquid sunshine....

Lost Boys & Co... A ll morning long, Cory and Taurus were heckling each other.  Then they both started talking Russian.  Well, Danny Kaye Russian...  Then they started doing Mike Purpus - in Russian.  Pretty damned funny...  But they were so into it, that they kept following each other.  They'd take off together and just keep up the banter.  No. 1 is just before Cory whacked a das vedanya cutback.  No.2 is Mark dipping into a long left at SL.  He always makes it look way easy... P artly cloudy this morning with 15 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore at checkout by 1.1kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy.  The air temp was 45.2° and the water is slowly trying to warm up at 56.8°.  Low tide is at 9:09am +0.4' and high tide will follow at 3:52pm +2.8'.  The buoy is telling us that we have a west swell out of 264° at 3.9'.  The surf is right around 3' at the low tide and might pop a bit with the tidal push...

Lost Boys & Co... T he archetypal Southern California winter's day:  Sunny, cool and looks 20° warmer than it really is...  A couple of shots from last week, Friday.  #1. Has Cory way back warming up in the tube.  The water was 56° and the air was 45°, so he just broke out in a sweat.  Then we have the Professor bowing down in the temple dó surf.  He stuck his hand out and brought down the curtain in one fell swoop... P artly cloudy with mostly sun this morning with 20 miles visibility.  Winds were out of the south by 3.4kts and the sea surface was smooth.  The air temperature was 45.2° and the water is 56.8°.  Low tide is at 7:33am +0.4' and high tide will be at 1:40pm +3.0'.  The buoy is reading a SW swell out of 219° at 2.6'.  We're calling it 2' with some fatter waves occasionally.  Supposed to be some better waves tomorrow...  Check'um out Kimosabé... M ail: Thanks for the awesome news on Miloe. Although I don't...

Lost Boys & Co... S unday was one of those all-time Sandyland days.  Not quite big enough for Sappharua to break, but peaks abounded from the rocks to 615 and beyond.  To top it all off Sting Ginther was there with his camera and got some great shots of the assembled gladiators, in and out of the pit.  #1. Ché rockin' this left all the way to the lifeguard tower.  #2. Marco, stroking into this nice little smoothie - he's got the stoke and is in the water at every opportunity.  #3. "Zico" Andrew coming out of the hook at about 614½... A bit cloudy this morning with partial sun and 17 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore at checkout at 2.3kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy.  The air temperature was 45.6° and the water was 56.7°.  Low tide was at 6:15am +3.0' and high tide will be at 12:13pm +3.7'.  Our favorite buoy #46221 is reading a WSW swell out of 206° at 2.3'.  All of that translates to a small 1' and poor at most ...

Lost Boys & Co... L ike father, like daughter...  Our first two shots feature Boomerang Dan and his daughter Katie.  Dan favors soft boards, baseball caps and boomerangs.  Katie rides long boards and gets out every chance she gets.  This was Friday when that offshore gale was howling from the southeast.  In retrospect that hat was a good idea... S ome high clouds this morning with a hazy sun burning through the am moisture.  20 miles visibility.  Winds were offshore at 2.3kts and the sea surface was smooth to glassy.  The air temperature was 43.4° chilly-willy degrees and the water was 56.8°.  High tide is at 11:11am +4.5' and low tide will be at 5:05pm +0.4'.  The buoy is reading a WSW swell out of 255° at 3.6'.  Topaz has some nice waves coming through at 3' to 4'.  Sandyland is a bit smaller, but the rising tide could make things shape up to a pretty good morning.  Put on your polar-tech and get out there... S harp...

Lost Boys & Co... R emember all of those old photos of the guys checking out Malibu, or Waimea, or Trestles?  Here's a newer version of the Topaz check, as the crew waits for the tide to go down:  L to R:  Don Swift, Sandy Malpee (Q.O.S.), Mark the Pool Man, Willy, Tom Horrigan, The Professor, Kevin "Buffalo" Holmes and ace photog Vinnie Imbriale... B lowin' like an s.o.b. out of the SSE at 16.1kts, with white caps headed out to sea !  15 miles visibility and the skies are cloudy, looking like rain at any minute.  The air at checkout was 58.3° and the water is 57.2°.  High tide is at 8:44am +6.3' and low tide will follow at 3:21pm -1.1'.  The buoy is reading a SW swell out of 236° at 4.6'.  Topaz is 3' to 5' and somehow Sapphire didn't get the message, even as the tide continued to drop... O ur second photo is Andrew bisecting this long Topaz line as he ponders his next move.  No. 3 has Cory flying across this mid-sized peeler, doing abo...