Time: 0930-1045
Conditions: 1-3 FT, offshore, inconsistent.
Board: Zippi
I’m not gonna let a small forecast hold me
back from surfing, especially after my last fun small-wave session just days
ago. Thanks to Surfline’s rating of today’s crappy surf, the whole Porto lot is
vacant, save for a few desperados like myself.
I spot fellow surf blogger Surf Sistah
changing in front of the bathrooms. She’s a pretty rad longboarder, to the idea
of surfing with her has me stoked. I leave the lot and find free parking.
It’s slim pickings for surf this morning,
but my expectations are low. If I can sneak away a turn or two while going down
the line, my morning will be made.
I paddle out by Surf Sistah and shoot the
shit with her a little bit. I didn’t know she lives in Crenshaw. “And I have to
drop the kids off before driving here,” she says. She always has a wide smile
underneath her dreadlocks. On the small rights, she pops up and goes left,
riding the reform that gives her an open face, but the surf looks too small for
even her board.
Meanwhile, the Zippi’s holding its own. My
best flurry is three waves I get back to back to back. Even on the tiny ones,
all I have to do is turn and go while kicking, and I’m in there.
When Surf Sistah leaves, we wave to each
other, and I hang back to get a few more. This spot is usually packed with an agro
lineup, but it’s on small days like these when you can surf the best beach
break in the South Bay all to yourself with plenty of room.
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