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My wife Val, paddling back out into the serenity. 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.