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 Bro



