Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

W WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 11 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AT 12 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON.

"Lance Johnson?...The surfer?"...
Here's a pic of the real thing...a surf contest in Vietnam, 1966...
Captain Rodney Bothelo, 1st Shore Party Battalion, and Miss Elli Vade Bon Cowur, Associate Director USO, judges for the OSO sponsored surfing contest held September 25, 1966, are shown with Private First Class Robert D. Binkley, FLSG-B, who took first place in the event; Corporal Tim A. Crowder, Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, second place winner, and Lance Corporal Steven C. Richardson, 1st medical Battalion, third place winner.

Can't get enough of Col. Kilgore:

"Just give back the board, Lance...it was a good board...I liked it..."

Local Report:

...the streak has ended. I sat there watching more crappy surf with no one out and took a chance with a friend of mine. Scored some very nice waves between hail storms. Doc said once "Paddle out to confirm it's crappyness".

~sooloo