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JANUARY SHOTSBrett Simpson drives up to the South Bay and it pays off

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JANUARY SHOTSBrett Simpson drives up to the South Bay and it pays off

Green LinesRandy Meistrell Setting it up

Clearing the sand in Ventura. photo:jacobson

Backwaves produce some scenic shots

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JaMie Meistrell

He scoreD “siMpo”souvenier

Morning HaZe

pat guDauskasSlashing in the South Bay

conor BeattyRUNNING REBEL

LUcA LUHRSeN

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MisFortunemis·for·tunenoun

1.adverse fortune; bad luck.

2.an instance of this; mischance; mishap.

This had some bad mis·for·tune on this wave. Make the drop, stand up and look like a champ.

POOR GUY

tiMMy reyes

siMpo sMack

HaZarDBE CAUTIOUS WHEN RACING THROUGH THE INSIDE

DrivingThe South Bay is known for it’s fast beach breaks. This is a great example.

eMpty roller

slotteDKeith Brewer finds the barrel no matter where he is.

little WeDgesTimmy Reyes sets up for this South Bay wedge

cHris Del Moro“The Bearded One”

Wave poolThis is the design every wave pool is molded from

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tHis Wave DreaMs oF J-Bay

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SIMPO “it had a lot of punch and there were some really good waves coming through -- kinda gave me a little

feel of off-the-Wall, but you at least knew there was sand there.”

“it had a lot of punch and there were some really good waves coming through -- kinda gave me a little

feel of off-the-Wall, but you at least knew there was sand there.”

SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #2 (wRITTEN BY kEvIN COdY-EASY REAdER)

A lARgE NUmBER OF TOp, lOCAl SURFERS ANd ONE, RECENTlY RETIREd lOCAl pRO SURFER wERE AmONg THE COmpETITORS IN THE ET/SOUTH BAY BOARdRIdERS CON-TEST SATURdAY AT 26TH STREET IN mANHATTAN BEACH. THE RECENTlY RETIREd pRO wAS SHAUN BURREll, wHO qUICklY REmINdEd SpECTATORS OF THE dIFFERENCE BE-TwEEN TOp lOCAlS ANd A pRO. BURREll FOUNd SpEEd TO SpRAY wIdER ANd FlY HIgH-ER THAN SEEmEd pOSSIBlE IN THE gENERAllY SOFT SURF TO BEST NEwlY TURNEd pRO dANE ZAUN IN THE OpEN mENS FINAl.SATURdAY’S CONTEST wAS A mAkE-gOOd FOR THE CONTEST CANCEllEd THE pREvIOUS wEEkENd BECAUSE OF HIgH wINdS ANd RAIN. THE wAIT wAS wORTH IT. wAIST- TO HEAd-HIgH wAvES, STIll AIR ANd 75 dEgREE wEATHER mAdE FOR THE BEST SOUTH BAY CONTEST CONdITIONS IN RECENT mEmORY. OvER 200 SURFERS COmpETEd, INClUdINg 30 mICRO gROmS (9 ANd UNdER). THAT’S dOUBlE THE NUmBER OF mICRO gROmS REgISTEREd TO COmpETE IN All OF-SOUTHERN CAlIFORNIA’S NSSA CONTESTS, SOUTH BAY BOARdRIdERS ClUB pRESI-dENT mIkE BAlZER pOINTEd OUT.

SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #2 (wRITTEN BY kEvIN COdY-EASY REAdER)

A lARgE NUmBER OF TOp, lOCAl SURFERS ANd ONE, RECENTlY RETIREd lOCAl pRO SURFER wERE AmONg THE COmpETITORS IN THE ET/SOUTH BAY BOARdRIdERS CON-TEST SATURdAY AT 26TH STREET IN mANHATTAN BEACH. THE RECENTlY RETIREd pRO wAS SHAUN BURREll, wHO qUICklY REmINdEd SpECTATORS OF THE dIFFERENCE BE-TwEEN TOp lOCAlS ANd A pRO. BURREll FOUNd SpEEd TO SpRAY wIdER ANd FlY HIgH-ER THAN SEEmEd pOSSIBlE IN THE gENERAllY SOFT SURF TO BEST NEwlY TURNEd pRO dANE ZAUN IN THE OpEN mENS FINAl.SATURdAY’S CONTEST wAS A mAkE-gOOd FOR THE CONTEST CANCEllEd THE pREvIOUS wEEkENd BECAUSE OF HIgH wINdS ANd RAIN. THE wAIT wAS wORTH IT. wAIST- TO HEAd-HIgH wAvES, STIll AIR ANd 75 dEgREE wEATHER mAdE FOR THE BEST SOUTH BAY CONTEST CONdITIONS IN RECENT mEmORY. OvER 200 SURFERS COmpETEd, INClUdINg 30 mICRO gROmS (9 ANd UNdER). THAT’S dOUBlE THE NUmBER OF mICRO gROmS REgISTEREd TO COmpETE IN All OF-SOUTHERN CAlIFORNIA’S NSSA CONTESTS, SOUTH BAY BOARdRIdERS ClUB pRESI-dENT mIkE BAlZER pOINTEd OUT.

SOUTH BAY SURF SERIES CONTEST #2 RESUlTSmEN’S OpEN:1. SHAUN BURREll

2. dANE ZAUN

3. JUSTIN SwARTZ

wOmENS OpEN:1. NATAlIE ANZIvINO

2. TAmARA lENTZ

3. JORdAN wIBlE

JUNIORS:1. kEllY ZAUN

2. NOAH COllINS

3. JORdAN ROBINSON

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

lONg BOARd:1. dAvE SHAEFER

2. HUdSON RICHIE

3. dYlAN ST. gERmAIN

mASTERS (40-59):1. dONNY wIlSON

2. mATT wAllS

3. NICk CHRISTENSEN

lEgENdS (50 ANd OvER)1. SCOTT dAlEY

2. NICk CHRISTENSEN

3. mIkE pURpUS

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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 Ev-ERY SpOT IN THE SOUTH BAY. I SAT AT THE BREAkwAll wITH A FEw lOCAlS dISCUSS-INg THE wINdS ANd wONdERINg IF IT wAS All gOINg TO TURN AROUNd wITHIN AN

HOUR. A HAlF HOUR wENT BY ANd NOTH-INg HAd CHANgEd. CHRIS BROwN (CB)ANd CHRIS FROHOFF wERE NORTH, SAY-INg 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

Looking up at Rincon from the 101 freeway

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-JACOBSON

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 THAT THERE wAS A SwEll IN THE wATER BUT COUldN’T TEll IF IT wAS ENOUgH TO TURN RINCON ON. AS wE CAmE Up TO THE pOINT BREAk wE COUld SEE FROm THE FREEwAY THAT IT wAS TOO SmAll. HOp-INg THAT wE pASSEd BY dURINg A lUll, wE gOT OUT ANd wAlkEd OvER. dIS-SApOINTmENT #2 FOR THE dAY. wAIST

HIgH ANd SlOw. mATT mCCABE CAllEd FROm vENTURA SAYINg THAT THE wINdS HAd CHANgEd ANd IT wAS HEAd HIgH + ANd BARRElINg wITH HOwlINg OFFSHORE wINdS. wE FIREd OFF A COUplE SHOTS ANd mOvEd ON. vENTURA IS TOUgH, YOU pARk ANd HOpE THAT THERE ARE wAvES. YOU dONT kNOw HOw gOOd IT IS UNTIl YOU wAlk OUT TO THE BEACH. ONE THINg wE COUld TEll AS SOON AS wE gOT OUT OF THE CAR wAS THAT mATT wAS NOT ExAggERATINg ABOUT THE wINdS. THEY wERE BlOwINg HARd OFFSHORE.

Making the most with a Rincon right

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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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sunny garcia pHoto: pagliaro

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One of the sets when we first arrived in Ventura

oFFsHores were howling

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Fun A FrAmes

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It was solid when we first arrived

Offshore Barrels

Whats a trip to Ventura without a Dane Shot?

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Wave oF tHe Winter?

Wave oF tHe Winter?Keith Brewer on what many people are calling the wave of the winter

Wave oF tHe Winter?

Wave oF tHe Winter?

PARTING SHOTConor Beatty, All In