The Blue Ribbons have been flowing with a Stoli or two on the rocks thrown in. Anticipation fills the air. People are wearing local surf shop T-shirts and hats along with those of Black Flag, Pennywise and of course Descendents.
The driver of a Department of Beach and Harbors bucket truck was probably wishing he’d let a little more air out of his tires before driving on the beach at Avenue H in Redondo Beach Thursday morning.
In their final dual meet of the season, the track and field teams from Mira Costa and Redondo will face
“What makes this contest different from the others,” Spyder founder Dennis Jarvis said of South Bay Quiksilver Triple Crown of Retro Surfing on Saturday, “is that the boards are older, they’re dinged up. You have to surf a board from the ’80s. They’re totally different to ride than the boards nowadays, ‘cause this was the experimental phase of surfing. So when you see the guys out here, some are kinda bogging down and some are really rippin.’ “
There’s a reason why forecasts aren’t called thisiswhatsactuallygoingtohappen-casts. When I checked the wind on Surfline late last night, the questionable
