Met John Singer this morning in front of his Big Shot Hotel - in LA JOLLA -

John is one of my cyber-surfing buds from the Bay Area

John left a message on my machine last night something like this: "Hey BA, I'm in La Jolla, and since I am in town, the south swell will hit!"

Pretty heady boasting - but I'M used to the boasting from all of the Bay Area Alt Dot Surfers -JUST KIDDING!!

We surf-checked Green Rocks Central and Green Rocks North and South

Tide was too low and the swell was pretty crossed-up.

We checked out LP - only two surfers out, but the tide was coming in, and the wave size was increasing - soon, the 2 would turn into 20 -

Twenty surfers of varying skill levels at LP is not a whole lotta fun, so we went to Wind**Sea.

Surf was okay - and getting bigger.

I introduced John to the group of hostile locals on the outside, and to my suprise, David Nava gave Singer a Wind**Sea Day Pass - at least one that would remain valid for a few hours.

Nava caught a pretty good wave, and I got the photo -

Didn't snap any photos of Singer - Surfing, but he did snag a couple of good waves.

On a more artistic side - I thought the two below photos were pretty cool -

Same guy in the photos - and a pretty decent surfer

The take-off photo by surfshot is pretty cool - kinda low tide and setting-up a bit.

The other photo - I took - Team Fuji Disposable and tried to get a decent photo -

The tide has come in quite a bit, so the wave flattened out between the outside and Rat Land.

In this photo he looks like he barely knows how to tweak his nose and ride the wave.

From Surf Star to Tourmaline Beginner - it's all about the timing!