SLO County Surf Spots

Call me weird, but some times I just like to look at surfboards.
That weird?
I’m the same way with drums and guitars. I’ll go into a store, and I’ll just . . . feel them.
So it must have been quite a sight to see the entire stock of Central Coast Surf Boards being moved from its […]

Footloose and Fancy Free in the Surf

It took a lot of hustle, but I did it — I achieved the surf nooner.
I honor of International Surfing Day, I high-tailed it down to Pismo Beach Friday and jumped in the water over my lunch break. As it turned out, the balmy weather made it a perfect day for a noon-time stoke. And […]

Save drowning tourists!

The lifeguard stations are out at Pismo Beach again, and you know what that means:
The tourist season has begun!
When those lifeguard stations resurface, I’m not sure whether I should be insulted or flattered.
Think about it: The coastal cities only provide lifeguards when the tourists are in town. So that leads to two possible conclusions:
1.) They […]

Say It Ain’t So, Pismo

Since it was such a lovely day, I recently drove to the Pismo Pier for lunch, figuring I’d breathe in the ocean air and what-not. And as I pulled into the parking lot, I thought: How cool that you don’t have to pay to park here! In this day and age, you figure, the city […]