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JanuarySwells
South Bay Surf Series #2
COVER: Los Angeles has never looked so good!
January Ends Strong
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Cover: Timmy Reyes
all photos:jacobson
JANUARY
Brett Simpson drives up to the South B
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Bay and It pays off
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Green Lines
Randy Meistrell Setting It Up
Backwaves produce some scenic shots Clearing the sand in Ventura. photo:jacobson
Dane Zaun
CHRIS
WELLS QUALITY ~ PRECISION ~ INNOVATION ~ SERVICE
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Morning Gold
Jamie Meistrell
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Haze
Pat Gudauskas Slashing in the South Bay
Conor Beatty RUNNING REBEL
Luca Luhrsen
YEEEEEEAAAAWW
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Timmy Reyes
Simpo Smack
HAZARD
BE CAUTIOUS WHEN RACING THROUGH THE INSIDE
DRIVING
The South Bay is known for it’s fast beach breaks. This is a great example.
Empty Roller
Slotted
Keith Brewer finds the barrel no matter where he is.
Little Wedges Timmy Reyes sets up for this South Bay wedge
Chris Del Moro
“The Bearded One”
WAVE POOL This is the design every wave pool is molded from
Luca Luhrsen
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feel of Off-the-Wall, b
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but you at least knew there was sand there.�
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Bay contest Over 200 That’s doub Southern dent Mike
BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #2 (written by kevin cody-Easy Reader) number of top, local surfers and one, recently retired local pro ere among the competitors in the ET/South Bay Boardriders conaturday at 26th Street in Manhattan Beach. The recently retired pro haun Burrell, who quickly reminded spectators of the difference bep locals and a pro. Burrell found speed to spray wider and fly high-
seemed possible in the generally soft surf to best newly turned pro
aun in the open mens final.
’s contest was a make-good for the contest cancelled the previous because of high winds and rain. The wait was worth it. Waist- to h waves, still air and 75 degree weather made for the best South contest conditions in recent memory. 0 surfers competed, including 30 micro groms (9 and under). ouble the number of micro groms registered to compete in all ofouthern California’s NSSA contests, South Bay Boardriders Club presie Balzer pointed out.
SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #2 RESULTS Men’s Open: Long Board: 1. Shaun Burrell 2. Dane Zaun 3. Justin Swartz
1. Dave Shaefer 2. Hudson Richie 3. Dylan St. Germain
Womens Open:
Masters (40-59):
1. Natalie Anzivino 2. Tamara Lentz
1. Donny Wilson 2. Matt Walls
3. Jordan Wible
3. Nick Christensen
Juniors:
Legends (50 and over)
1. Kelly Zaun 2. Noah Collins 3. Jordan Robinson
1. Scott Daley 2. Nick Christensen 3. Mike Purpus
Boys (14 and inder) 1. Peter Healey 2. Jack Rowan 3. Trevor LaShure
Groms (12 and under) 1. Shane Moseley 2. Dylan Hord 3. Ryan Ulrich
Micro Groms (9 and under) 1. Shane Moseley 2. Noah Steinmetz 3. Aiden Carter
Natalie Anzivino Ted Robinson
South Bay Surf Series #2
Kelly Zaun
ROAD TRIP Last Minute Search by Brad Jacobson
Looking up at Rincon from the 101 freeway
Friday, January 27th was suppose to be a good to great day here in the
South Bay. We had waves earlier in the week and Friday was to be no exception. Reports had this as the biggest day of the week long swell. I woke up early in antisipation that there was going to be waves. I was expecting to check my phone and read text telling me how good all the spots were across the South Bay
...instead I got dissapointment. The winds were all wrong and killed every spot in the South Bay. I sat at the Breakwall with a few locals discussing the winds and wondering if it was all going to turn around within an
hour.
A half hour went by and nothing had changed. Chris Brown (CB) and Chris Frohoff were north, saying that it looked like it was going to get good once the winds turned around.
CB is wired with wind and swell direction knowledge. I had to make a decision. Stay and hope or travel and trust. Another south bay photographer, Ken Pagliaro, was with me at the Breakwall as I was running through the options. “There are some cool angles we could try at Rincon�. The winning reason was that the drive would give the wind a chance to turn around.
Rincon could be epic by the
Road Trip
Making the most with a Rincon right time we made it up the 101.
So
we packed up our gear and headed north.
We were both excited to shoot Rincon on a good day. As we headed north on the 101 we could tell
high and slow.
Matt mcCabe called
from Ventura saying that the winds had changed and it was head high +
and barreling with howling offshore
but couldn’t tell if it was enough to
We fired off a couple shots and moved on. Ventura is tough, you park and hope that there are waves. You dont know
the point break we could see from the
to the beach.
that there was a swell in the water turn Rincon on.
As we came up to
freeway that it was too small.
Hoping that we passed by during a lull, we got out and walked over. Dissapointment #2 for the day. Waist
winds.
how good it is until you walk out
One thing we could
tell as soon as we got out of the car was that Matt was not exaggerating about the winds. hard offshore.
They were blowing
-Jacobson
We walked onto the sand right as a set was approaching. Overhead a frame. As our luck would have it, the swell started dieing as soon as we set up.
Within an hour it dropped to waist -chest. All-in-all it was a fun day. We chased a swell and missed. It wasn’t the first time and it will not be the last.
Hopefully next time we’ll get
to grab a few more shots and drive less.
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Matt McCabe
Road Trip One of the sets when we first arrived in Ventura
Sunny Garcia
photo:
Pagliaro
OFFSHORES were howling
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Fun A Frames
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Nick Rosza
It was solid when we first arrived
Offshore Barrels
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Whats a trip to Ventura without a Dane Shot?
Wave
e of the
Winter?
Keith Brewer on what many people are calling the wave of the winter
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Wave
of the
Winter?
PARTING SHOT Conor Beatty, All In