Silva and friends charge 16th Street Hermosa Beach ‘slab’ waves

Video/photos by Brad Jacobson [imagely id="249"] by Kevin CodyThe reason Dayton Silva left his Encinitas home at 3:30 a.m. the Saturday after Christmas was the same reason no one was surfing in front of the 16th Street “Geebs” storm drain in Hermosa Beach when he arrived there at sunrise. (“Greeb” was the nickname of pro surfer Greg Browning, who surfed 16th Street until stricken by ALS and passing last year from the incurable disease.)The surf at 16th street was “sl