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Matt Johnson proving patience is indeed a virtue. Here's it paying off, to say the very least. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Nick "Watty" Watt seeks shelter in Laguna. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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No takers. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Matty J again. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Sammy Orozco showing the lads in the lineup his new board. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Nobody. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Kei Kobayashi. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Isaac Zoller on the other side of the lens. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Ride and shine. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Geoff Brack always on the good ones. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Geoff Brack again. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Empty. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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As killer as the wave were the sunsets that followed. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Geoff Brack. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Pat Ryan. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Malia Osterkamp in Oceanside. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
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Watty again. Photo: Adam Bakkedahl
Surfing in Southern California can be bitter-sweet. Week-long wave droughts and disturbingly heavy crowds are way too common for anybody’s liking. There are, however, extraordinary moments when all of Mother Nature’s wonderful elements come together. Such was the case in late October when several swells, favorable sandbars, and those lovely offshore winds October is famous for simultaneously descended upon the region to produce nothing short of pure magic.
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