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.
Former U.S. surfing champion Mike Purpus said the season opening South Bay Boardriders/Jack’s Surf contest “looked like Rincon, on a good day.” Purpus has been known to exaggerate, but he wasn’t on Saturday at 45th Street in Manhattan Beach.