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The Real Winter Wonderland: January in California

January was an amazing month for waves along California’s coastline. After what seemed like an eternity of flatness, the charts finally starting showing some color, and surfers shook the cobwebs off their boards and paddled out.

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Jimmy Gamboa at Rincon riding his trusty single fin 6”8 Klaus Jones, having a flashback to surfing heavy Kirra for the first time while ducking under someone going past him over the falls. Photo: Aroyan/lowtiderising.com


January was an amazing month for waves along California’s coastline. After what seemed like an eternity of flatness, the charts finally starting showing some color, and surfers shook the cobwebs off their boards and paddled out. These are some of my favorite moments from January.