4.2.11 - 4.3.11 El Monte Weekend!

On Thursday, Jacob's old co-worker and our friend, Monty visited us. We asked him what he wanted to do while he was here and he said, "Surf!" 

4.2.11
We drove down to Santa Cruz since Pacifica and HMB were blown out by the 30kts winds. He rented an F-Bomb wetsuit and booties at Sonlight and he borrowed Jacob's longboard. 

Monty in his F-Bomb wetsuit

We took him to 38th because Cowells was too high tide and nothing was breaking. It was a bit tough to teach him at this spot and he even hurt his toe…he said, "I BirdSwell-ed my toe on one of the rocks!"

BirdSwell-ed toe

Even though he hurt is toe, he continued and almost stood on the board. He said he had such an amazing time and wanted to try again. 

4.3.11
Even with his BirdSwell-ed toe, Monty surfed at the Jetty with us before his flight back to Boston. This time he had success! He stood on the board two times! His first ride was short but the second ride he got was really long and rode it all the way to the beach. He was so excited when he got out of the water and said I got to keep surfing. This is (f-bomb) AMAZING!

We were so glad he had a great time surfing and even stood up on his second time out in the water. We hope he comes back and continues surfing on the East Coast in MA (yes this is possible!)

Ride Waves and Spread the Swell,
J-Bird