Last morning in California. At the Day's Inn last night, so finally got a shower after many days of camping and surfing 2x a day. Sand everywhere, especially in the car, which i've lived out of for two weeks. Drove to Blackie's, surf spot in Newport Beach made famous by Alex Knost in "One California Day." Famous to me anyway. Today it was 1-2 feet, clean but gutless.
Among the regulars were a guy who had a surf wagon converted from a Mercedes utility vehicle, complete with weather vane on the roof. Weather vane was a miniature surfboard. He wore a "MOGFEST" T-shirt made up when some friends threw a party on this massive truck, which he'd bought from a NATO sale. Another guy, a personal trainer named Randall, was seemingly obsessed with Robert August boards. The star of the "Endless Summer" was originally from Huntington Beach, just up the beach. Had three on the beach. An 8-0 egg came from Jericho Poppler's daughter and had "JERICHO" written on the deck. A longboard, around 9-0, he bought used for $450. A third board, another egg shape, was shaped by Robert himself. Randall said he'd worked with Sam August (Robert's son).
Cars in the parking lot included a freshly painted blue VW van, with a beautiful, brand new 9-0 DANO Surfboard next to it. An old Ford wagon had a longboard out the back window and two fluffy dogs inside.
Blackie's gets its name from the bar of the same name: A dive with all kinds of surfing pics, vintage boards and beer collectibles on the walls.
Down the street, a fish market --the Dory Fishing Fleet -- was selling stone crabs and fresh fish to mostly Asian customers.
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