january civic couch isuue
DESCRIPTION
Civic Couch's online magazine covers the surfing lifestyle through out the South Bay region of Los Angeles. This issue includes pictures from the early January swell, the South Bay Board Riders 1st event, a road trip to Morro Bay and more.TRANSCRIPT
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CiviC CouCh South Bay
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COVER: Los Angeles has never looked so good!
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RoAD TRiPCentral Cal
December Swells
South Bay Surf Series #1
Ken Pagliaro and Brad Jacobson
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January opens With A Bang
Cover: Colin Weinberg
photo:jacobson
Contributing Photographers: Jeff Yusa, Ricky Lesser, Ken Pagliaro and Brad Jacobson
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CiviC 2 CouCh
DECEMBER SHOTSJalian Johnston getting and early Christmas presentphotos: Jacobson
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CiviC 3 CouCh
DECEMBER SHOTSJalian Johnston getting and early Christmas present
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Red SkieS At NightDane Zaun photo: Lesser
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Clearing the sand in Ventura. A legend at a legendary spot. Mike Purpus still going strongphoto:jacobson
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Andy PrunAuerPhoto: Yusa
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QUALITY ~ PRECISION ~ INNOVATION ~ SERVICE www.oakfoils.blogspot.com
WELLSCHRIS
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CiviC 4 CouCh
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shAun Burellphoto: Jacobson
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MArcelO MAlincO Photo:Jacobson
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sOuTh BAy BeAch BreAk Photo:Jacobson
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chris WellsPhoto: Yusa
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PAT WeBBerKing of Burnout Photo:Jacobson
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JAliAn JOhnsTOnDouble vision. photo: Yusa Insert photo: Jacobson
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Ahhhhhhhphoto:jacobson
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photo: Yusa
WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES
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WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES WAVES
photo:jacobson
photo: Yusa
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kelly ZAunphoto: Lesser
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WAllphoto: Lesser
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MATT PAgAnFlying over the bushesphoto: jacobson
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eMPTy rOllerphoto: jacobson
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sTeve hOWeSlottedphoto: jacobson
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chAd yOAkleyphotos: Jacobson
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WAve PlAygrOundJalian Johnston photo: jacobson
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SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #1 (wRITTEN BY THE SOUTH BAY SURFRIdERS ClUB)
IN THE mEN’S OpEN, Old gUY TEd ROBINSON, 48, pUT ON A ClINIC FOR HIS YOUNgER CHAllENgERS. THE FORmER ASp pRO, TURNEd lONg BOARd pRO, TURN BIg wAvE TOw-IN SURFER pROvEd HE’S NOT FORgOTTEN HOw TO RIp THE ONE-TO-THREE FOOT mANHATTAN BEACH SlOp wHERE HE gOT HIS START. ROBINSON SqUEAkEd THROUgH THE SEmIS wITH A COUplE OF THIRdS, THEN TOOk CONTROl OF THE FINAlS. BEwIl-dEREd SOUTH BAY SURF lEAgUE STARTS kEllY ZAUN ANd kENT NISHIYA HAd TO SET-TlE FOR SECONd ANd THIRd.IN THE wOmENS OpEN, YOUTH dId pREvAIl wHEN mIRA COSTA SURFER RACHEl TOmI-NAgA EdgEd OUT BECCA ROSEN ANd lAST YEARS SERIES wINNER NATAlIE ANZIvINO.TO ACCOmOdATE THE lARgE NUmBER OF ENTRIES, CONTEST dIRECTOR mATT wAllS ANd BEACH mARSHAl wRIgHT AdAZA RAN 2 HEATS SImUlTANEOUSlY THROUgH THE dAY. THE E.T. SBBC CONTEST, THE SECONd IN THE SERIES OF mONTHlY CONTEST IS JANUARY 21ST AT 26TH STREET IN mANHATTAN BEACH.
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SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #1 (wRITTEN BY THE SOUTH BAY SURFRIdERS ClUB)
IN THE mEN’S OpEN, Old gUY TEd ROBINSON, 48, pUT ON A ClINIC FOR HIS YOUNgER CHAllENgERS. THE FORmER ASp pRO, TURNEd lONg BOARd pRO, TURN BIg wAvE TOw-IN SURFER pROvEd HE’S NOT FORgOTTEN HOw TO RIp THE ONE-TO-THREE FOOT mANHATTAN BEACH SlOp wHERE HE gOT HIS START. ROBINSON SqUEAkEd THROUgH THE SEmIS wITH A COUplE OF THIRdS, THEN TOOk CONTROl OF THE FINAlS. BEwIl-dEREd SOUTH BAY SURF lEAgUE STARTS kEllY ZAUN ANd kENT NISHIYA HAd TO SET-TlE FOR SECONd ANd THIRd.IN THE wOmENS OpEN, YOUTH dId pREvAIl wHEN mIRA COSTA SURFER RACHEl TOmI-NAgA EdgEd OUT BECCA ROSEN ANd lAST YEARS SERIES wINNER NATAlIE ANZIvINO.TO ACCOmOdATE THE lARgE NUmBER OF ENTRIES, CONTEST dIRECTOR mATT wAllS ANd BEACH mARSHAl wRIgHT AdAZA RAN 2 HEATS SImUlTANEOUSlY THROUgH THE dAY. THE E.T. SBBC CONTEST, THE SECONd IN THE SERIES OF mONTHlY CONTEST IS JANUARY 21ST AT 26TH STREET IN mANHATTAN BEACH.
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SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #1 RESUlTSmEN’S OpEN:1. TEd ROBINSON
2. kEllY ZAUN
3. kENT NISHIYA
wOmENS OpEN:1. RACHEl TOmINAgA
2. BECCA ROSEN
3. NATAlIE ANZIvINO
JUNIORS:1. kEllY ZAUN
2. kENT NISHIYA
3. JORdAN ROBINSON
BOYS (14 ANd INdER)1. CHRIS STImpFl
2. JACk ROwAN
3. kYlE BEATTY
gROmS (12 ANd UNdER)1. SAm REICHEl
2. COlE wARNER
3. JEFF mCBRIdE
mICRO gROmS (9 ANd UNdER)1. lUkE SNYdER
2. SHANE mOSElEY
3. mATT HAHN
lONg BOARd:1. TOmmY OSTENdORF
2. HUdSON RICHE
3. JIRO lkEdA
mASTERS (40-59):1. TEd ROBINSON
2. mATT wAllS
3. wARREN kUSHNER
lEgENdS (50 ANd OvER)1. SCOTT dAlEY
2. mIkE pURpUS
3. dEREk lEvY
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The Swell ThaT woke Up The SoUTh Bay
ThiS iS The eaSy way oUT???
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The Swell ThaT woke Up The SoUTh BayFiRST WinTER SWEll
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MATT MOhegAnphotos: jacobson
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Mike MccABeVENTURA
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mORNINg gAmE plAN - JACOBSON
Tyler hATZikiAnphotos: jacobson
FiRST
WinTER
SWEll
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-JACOBSON
FiRST
WinTER
SWEll
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dAne ZAunearly birthday presentphoto: jacobson
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rAndy MeisTrell PhOTO: PAgliArO
chArlie cArver PhOTO: PAgliArO
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sunny gArciA PhOTO: PAgliArO
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BAlArAM sTAckchArging The sOuTh BAyPhOTOs: JAcOBsOn
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TrAcey MeisTrellphoto: jacobson
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Nat YouNg
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eMPTy BOMBPhOTO:JAcOBsOn
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FEB / MARCh 6 CiviC CouCh
BAlArAMPhOTO:JAcOBsOn
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FEB / MARCh 7 CiviC CouCh
BAlArAMPhOTO:JAcOBsOn
FiRST WinTER SWEll
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MOrning gOldPhOTO: JAcOBsOn
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plEASE lET THIS BE THE lAST wAvE OF THE SET!!!
THE BEACH lOOkEd gOOd TOO
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ONE lAST lOOk - pHOTO: JACOBSON
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Matt PaganIN-BETwEEN SwEllS lAUNCH
pHOTO: JACOBSON
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Matt PaganFiRST WinTER SWEll
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BAlArAM lining Up The wave phoTo: jacoBSon
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JAmIE mEISTREll
mATT pAgAN
All p
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TOS:
JACO
BSO
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SNEAkINg A vIEw
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dAne ZAunphoTo: jacoBSon
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sTAnding TAllMatt Mohegan stands tall, ready to run through
photo: jacobson
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SUNNY gARCIA pHOTO: pAglIARO
dEREk lEvY pUTTINg ON A SHOw pHOTO: pAglIARO
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dANE ZAUN wAlkINg OUT - pHOTO: pAglIARO
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“SURFINg, AlONE AmONg SpORTS, gENERATES lAUgHTER AT ITS vERY SUggESTION, ANd THIS IS BECAUSE IT TURNS NOT A SkIll INTO AN ART, BUT AN INExplICABlE ANd USElESS URgE INTO A vITAl wAY OF lIFE”— mATT wARSHAw
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“SURFINg, AlONE AmONg SpORTS, gENERATES lAUgHTER AT ITS vERY SUggESTION, ANd THIS IS BECAUSE IT TURNS NOT A SkIll INTO AN ART, BUT AN INExplICABlE ANd USElESS URgE INTO A vITAl wAY OF lIFE”— mATT wARSHAw
pHOTO: JACOBSON
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Tyler hATZikiAnhOlding his line
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MATT MeisTrellPhOTO: JAcOBsOn
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reAdy...seT........
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JAmIE mEISTREll-ROdEO pHOTO: lESSER
dANE ZAUN pHOTO: lESSER
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kEllY ZAUN pHOTO: lESSER
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dAne ZAunDrawling lineS
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BeAch sceneFiRST WinTER SWEll
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NOAH COllINS pRE-pAddlE OUT
seArching nOrThcivic coUch Took Seven SoUTh Bay SUrferS, a cameraman anD a
viDeographer on a Search for waveS
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NOAH COllINS pRE-pAddlE OUT
seArching nOrThcivic coUch Took Seven SoUTh Bay SUrferS, a cameraman anD a
viDeographer on a Search for waveS
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CENTRAl CAl SURF TRIp (wRITTEN BY BRAd JACOBSON)
THE SOUTH BAY BOARdRIdERS “BIg wAvE CONTEST” wAITINg pERIOd STARTEd ON dECEmBER 1ST. THE CONTEST HAd EvERYONE ON EdgE FOR THAT NExT BIg SwEll. AS lUCk wOUld HAvE IT, THE SOUTH BAY wENT FlAT ON dECEmBER 1ST.
AFTER A wEEk lONg FlAT SpEll, lO-CAl SURFERS wERE gETTINg ANTSY FOR wAvES SO wE wENT OUT IN SEARCH OF THEm. CHECkINg OUT THE SURF CHARTS, IT lOOkEd AS IF THERE wAS A BIg, STEEp SwEll COmINg IN A FEw dAYS. THIS SwEll wAS TOO STEEp TO CATCH THE SOUTH BAY BUT wAS gOINg TO HIT THE mORRO BAY AREA. I STARTEd plACINg CAllS. IT’S NEvER A gOOd IdEA TO BRINg A BUNCH OF SURFERS TO A STRANgE BREAk, ESpECIAllY CENTRAl CAlIFORNIA. THE lOCAlS THERE lOvE TO kEEp THEIR SpOTS qUIET. I FIgUREd THAT I wOUld CAll A BUNCH OF pEOplE ANd ONlY gET A FEw pEOplE AvAIlABlE. FIRST CAll wAS wEllS, HE’S AlwAYS Up FOR A gOOd SwEll. “HEll YA, I’m IN!”. I NEEdEd A gOOd “gUIdE” SO I CAllEd JAlIAN NExT. HE lIvEd Up THERE FOR A FEw YEARS. “I lOvE THE IdEA, lET’S dO IT”. JUSTIN gENEST lOvES BIg SURF. CAllEd HIm ANd gOT AN INSTANT “YES”. Ok, 3 Up ANd 3 IN. mATT pAgAN HAd gOT BACk FROm HAwAII
THE dAY BEFORE I CAllEd. I FIgUREd HE wOUld BE TOO JET lAggEd ANd TIREd BUT I mAdE THE CAll ANYwAY. FIRST REplY, “NO”. UNdERSTANdABlE. YOU NEEd YOUNg ENERgY FOR A gOOd SURF TRIp. I TExT CONOR BEATTY ANd HEAR NOTHINg BACk. NOAH COllINS IS STOkEd ANd REAdY TO lEAvE NOw. HIS pARENTS ONlY REqUEST wAS THAT I gOT HIm BACk By 5pm SUnDay TO ATTENd HIS FATHERS BIRTHdAY pARTY. NO pROBlEm. I FEEl gOOd ABOUT THE CREw. 4 SURFERS ,mYSElF SHOOTINg STIllS ANd mIkE pA-gAN SHOOTINg vIdEO. TIgHT FIT FOR ONE CAR BUT dOABlE wITH RACkS. wE SET TO lEAvE AT 6pm ON SATURdAY. I gET A TExT FROm CONOR AT 1pm SAT-URdAY STATINg THAT HE mISSEd mY TExT ANd wANTEd TO gO IF wE HAd ROOm. Hmm, CONOR IS mR. pERSONAlITY ANd wOUld mAkE THE TRIp A lOT mORE FUN. wE COUld TAkE ANOTHER CAR ANd Ev-ERYONE wOUld BE mUCH mORE COmFORT-ABlE FOR THE 4 HOUR dRIvE. wE wIll
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HAvE TO STAY AwAY FROm THE lOCAl SpOTS BUT IT wIll BE FUN. Ok, CONOR IS IN. mATT CAllS mE AROUNd 3pm wITH 20 qUESTIONS. “wHERE ARE wE gO-INg TO SURF...wHERE ARE wE STAYINg.”. HE SAYS HE IS STIll THINkINg ABOUT IT ANd wIll gET BACk TO mE. wHAT IF HE dECIdES TO gO? THAT wOUld BE 5 SURF-ERS....NOT REAllY SmIlEd ApON IN CEN-TRAl CAlIFORNIA. CONOR CAllS BACk AFTER I HANg Up wITH mATT. “IS IT COOl IF I BRINg ANgElO lUHRSEN?” SURE, wHY NOT. IF wE ARE gOINg BIg THAN lET’S dO IT. I’vE HEARd gOOd THINgS ABOUT ANgElO BUT NEvER mET HIm. “THE kId CHARgES BIg wAvES”. gOOd TO HAvE HIm AlONg INCASE wE FINd BOmBS.mATT CAllS mE BACk AT 5pm, ONE HOUR BEFORE dEpARTURE. I pICk HIm Up ON THE wAY TO CONORS.
CONTINUEd ON NExT pAgE ->
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JUSTIN gENEST, ROCkY TAkE-OFF
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wE gOT Up BEFORE THE SUN ANd HEAdEd TO mORRO BAY FOR A SURF CHECk. STIll TO dARk TO SEE mUCH. wE COUld TEll THAT THERE wAS A SwEll BUT HAd NO IdEA HOw BIg. EAgER TO SEE A HEAvIlY lOCAlIZEd SpOT JUST A FEw mINUTES dOwN THE ROAd, wE lOAdEd Up ANd HEAdEd dOwN. mAYBE wE’ll BE Ok IF wE STAggER 7 OF US dOwN THE wOOdEd TRAIl ANd lEAvE 2 gUYS Up IN THE CAR. IT dIdN’T wORk. EACH TwO-SOmE IN OUR STAggEREd gROUp gOT AN EAR FUll FROm SOmE lOCAlS. wE dE-CIdEd TO RESpECT THE SpOT, vIEw IT ANd lEAvE. SOmE OF US SHEd A TEAR AS wE lOOkEd AT dOUBlE OvER HEAd, pEElINg SURF THAT wE COUld NOT TOUCH.
wE ROll INTO mORRO BAY SHORTlY AFTER 11pm. THE ORIgINAl HOTEl THAT I FOUNd ONlINE TOOk ONE lOOk AT US ANd TURNEd US AwAY. “wE NEEd A NEw Ap-pROACH” SAId JUSTIN. “EvERYONE STAY IN THE CAR ExCEpT 4 OF US. wE wIll gO IN ANd gET THE ROOmS.” THIS wORkEd BETTER. THE gUY BEHINd THE COUNTER AT THE SECONd HOTEl wAS RElUCTANT BUT wE TOld HIm THAT wE wOUld ONlY BE IN THE ROOm FOR A FEw HOURS BECAUSE wE wERE gETTINg Up EARlY TO SURF . HE gAvE US THE kEYS ANd lOCkEd THE “mAN-AgERS OFFICE” dOOR BEHINd US. AFTER TESTINg THE 1970’S STYlE “mAgIC FINgERS mASSAgINg BEd” wE ClOSEd OUR EYES FOR A FEw HOURS.
mATT ANd THE “mAgIC FINgERS” mACHINE
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maTT Taking a whack aT oUr firST STop
The view from The line-Up waS increDiBle
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FROm THERE wE HEAdEd NORTH. wE mAdE IT AS FAR AS CAmBRIA BEFORE TURNINg AROUNd. NOTHINg wE SAw wAS AS gOOd AS THE “lOCAl SpOT”. THE ONlY THINg THAT SpOT dId FOR US wAS SET OUR STANdARdS TOO HIgH. wE FOUNd A pUNCHY BEACH BREAk JUST NORTH OF mORRO BAY. IT dIdN’T HAvE THE SIZE wE wERE HOpINg FOR, BUT THE HEAd HIgH SETS lOOkEd FUN. JAlIAN STROkEd IN TO THE FIRST wAvE ANd SCOREd AN IN-ANd-OUT BARREl! IT wENT dOwNHIll FROm THERE. THE TIdE dROppEd BASICAllY ClOSINg OUT THE BEACH BREAk. THE gUYS SURFEd lONg ENOUgH TO wORk Up A HUNgER. JAlIAN kNEw A gREAT mExICAN RESTAURANT IN mORRO BAY SO wE pACkEd Up ANd HEAdEd SOUTH. wE dECIdEd TO gET OUR lUNCH TO gO ANd EAT IT OvER AT mORRO BAY FOR ONE lAST CHECk. AS wE pUllEd INTO THE dIRT lOT wE SAw wAvES ROllINg Up THE SOlO ROCk IN THE BACk OF THE lINE-Up. STOkEd, EvERYONE CRAmEd dOwN THEIR lUNCH ANd SUITEd Up. IT wAS gOOd TO FINAllY SEE wAvES wITH SIZE. THE SURF wAS SO FUN THAT I HAd TO BREAk THE ONlY pROmISE I mAdE. TO mR. COllINS...SORRY THAT YOUR SON wAS NOT AT YOUR BIRTHdAY pARTY.
The crew in oUr lovely hoTel room
Back row, l-r: maTT pagan, jUSTin geneST, conor BeaTTy
fronT row, l-r: angelo lUhrSen, noah collinS, jalian johnSTon, mike pagan, BraD jacoBSon, chriS wellS
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MATT PAgAnmorro Bay
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PArTing shOTCOVER SHOT
MATT PAgAn
JusTin genesT
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chris Wells
MATT PAgAn
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JAliAn JOhnsTOn
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PARTING SHOTGood thing the other guy was jumping out the back!
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