[Paddlewise] Christmas Surfing

We had our annual Christmas Eve morning surf session at San O the other 
day with about 15 attending. People were arriving before 7am, but many 
were still in their cars until I showed up with some wood for the fire 
ring!! Soon everyone was enjoying the warmth, food and company. The cold 
morning was keeping everyone on the beach instead of the water were a 
few brave SUPs dotted the line up. Also, one guy in a real surf kayak 
was owning the gentle break. He looked like he was having too much fun 
and finally convinced Duane and I to break the ice (just a figure of 
speech here in SoCal!!) Plenty of good rides were had despite some long 
waits, with a few bigger waves to make things interesting. I stopped 
early to try to get some photos from the shore, but it's a long way to 
the break at San O, so they're not the best. Later, we were all warmed 
by a bright sun and had a short music session from Steve, Barb and me. 
Lenora's children were also there and were dubbed the San O Brass for 
bringing their trumpets to play some Christmas tunes! Twas a fun morn!

My photos:

http://www.sandmarks.net/SanOXmas/SanOXmas1.html

Duane's photos:

http://duane.smugmug.com/Hobbies/San-Onofre-Christmas-Eve/20739817_KvSz2c#1645888663_vWm2bzc


Mark Sanders
www.sandmarks.net
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