Big Wednesday: Redondo Breakwall, El Segundo Jetty proves it’s not a myth
Chris Rodriquez at the Redondo Breakwall on Big Wedesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Photo by Robert Sheer (spiritshadows.net) Redondo Breakwall surfer Chris Rodriguez planned to go by boat from King Harbor to surf Indicator in Palos Verdes last Wednesday morning. He had a new, 7-foot-6 Pat Ryan board he wanted to test in big waves and the Breakwater didn’t look big. But while he was screwing in the fins on his new board, his boat left without him. So, mid morning, with encouragement from fellow big wave charger Jeremy Griffin, Rodriguez paddled out at Breakwall. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2133″ display=”masonry” captions_enabled=”0″ captions_display_sharing=”1″ captions_display_title=”1″ captions_display_description=”1″ captions_animation=”slideup” is_ecommerce_enabled=”0″] Photos by Robert Sheer (spiritshadows.net) “I saw Derek Levy and Randy Meistrell sitting way outside, wondering what they were doing. And then we saw a set about to break even further out. I didn’t want to go for it, but I was in position and knew if I didn’t go, Derek or Randy would,” Rodriguez recalled. In the back of every local surfer’s mind that day was the South Bay Boardriders Big Wave Challenge, which Levy won last…
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