Spend five minutes with the inimitable JJ Wessels – albeit vicariously – and you learn a few things. First, the man is a smooth operator. Second, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. (See also those fin-forward takeoffs).
As summer slowly settles in Southern California, there will soon be more days than not where a log will be the optimum surf craft to keep your wave count up. Allow this little edit to thrill you about that prospect.