Endless Session, Day 184: Reef Stoke
Stop number 2. Photo By Morgan Sliff This morning, the surf check game was strong. The 11th street beach lot in Hermosa was alive and bustling at 7:30 a.m., the sound of crashing waves pulling eager surfers towards the shoreline. The gang and I walked out on the pier to witness the large, heavy, mostly-closeout sets rolling through, a little discouraged to make the paddle with our longboards. Fueled up on Brothers Burritos coffee, we hit the road for Redondo, pulling up shortly after on the Esplanade lookout spot. It was smaller and a bit shapelier, but Frank, Boris, and Jeff were understandably not feeling stoked on the beachbreak closeouts. Frank and Boris ditched the surf mission for breakfast, and I followed Jeff Phillips down to Torrance Beach to see if there was a glimmer of hope off in the distance. Bigger. Worse. By that time it was 8:30, and I was stressing that I hadn’t gotten my feet wet yet, usually being in the water by 7ish. Jeff had ventured down the road to surf the beaches with me, and they simply weren’t providing. He had one last idea, and dragged a slightly scared Morgan up the hill to one of the reefbreaks. We pulled up to a beautiful cliff and watched as the…
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