bajacalifornian - 6-22-2013 at 08:10 PM
Dabbled with a body board on arrival to San Diego in 1976. Along the way, learned something of the lifestyle from old surfers in Baja. That's it.
Sum total of my relationship with surfing.
Now I find myself camped atop this bluff, a spectator with coffee overlooking this famous area. Surfers to the left of me. Surfers to the right.
Friggin' awesome!
Today a guy appeared, possibly from Australia, way outside off to the right, too far to see his long board and paddle. He traveled a long arc in
front of me, rode a wave in at 38 1/2 and disappeared behind the rocks at Club Marena. No wetsuit!
"Dude, it was epic!"
woody with a view clearly knows it this place.
tiotomasbcs, the Tecate Can endures.
BornFisher - 6-22-2013 at 09:22 PM
Pablo Dude-- Stoked you`re digging your new front yard. Hey........ how `bout those colorful coconuts at the Tiki Bar last night???
Again great meeting you, your wife, daughter and future son-in-law. What a shock it was to meet you, welcome to your new home!!
bajacalifornian - 6-22-2013 at 09:47 PM
A pleasure being here and meeting you Mr. BornFisher . . . one of us shoulda made a picture last night to share . . . 
No body painting at the watering holes in Loreto yet.
[Edited on 6-23-2013 by bajacalifornian]
bajario - 6-23-2013 at 06:57 AM
K38 I believe is where I used to camp after partying in Rosarito for spring break back in High School. 1990 I believe. It was a nice flat open bluff
top before the Morena. I believe it was the same spot because we'd surf in the day and party all night but I can't find it anymore. Could barely find
it then. It was the first times I wasn't with my parents and felt like a big kid all on my own. Free at last I thought. Pre job days that was.
woody with a view - 6-23-2013 at 07:05 AM
Gus Cota used to have the house there and was an old Sunset Cliffs guy. rumors abound but ol Gus is still alive and well!
Phil C - 6-23-2013 at 11:48 AM
My first time there was 1967, Dude!, was I over my head !Goofy foot tambien. Over the years learned to love it. Surfing was different in these kind of
spots in the days before the leash. Lots of torn up surfboards, everyone traveled with a ding repair kit (duct tape?) and learned to walk the rocks.
Sometimes a guy would hang on the beach to rescue boards on the rocks.
bajacalifornian - 6-23-2013 at 03:09 PM
Phil I was a western mountain boy in 1968, one year outa high school as you, but I did listen to the Beach Boys . . .
paranewbi - 6-23-2013 at 04:42 PM
Early '70s cops used to come around at night and if they caught you smokin' of holdin' the hooch they took everything..wetsuits, boards, stereo,
money.
Got to where the regulars packed up and split as soon as they pulled in the dirt lot above the break.
tiotomasbcs - 6-23-2013 at 05:13 PM
Far out! You have wandered into Surf History, Jeff; and present. Big, Fat wave that was an early staple for NOB Surfers. Now you could chronicle
all the other spots? I've forgotten most of those early days. Pictures, Woody! Lots of fun to be had in the area. Enjoy. Tio
willardguy - 6-23-2013 at 05:27 PM
you cant bring up K38 without busting out the story from the early 60's when a young mike hynson and bill fury famously scratched "vini vidi vici" in
the cliff after a legendary session. somewhere in a early surfer magazine I remember seeing the photo. anyone?
[Edited on 6-24-2013 by willardguy]
