So. Cal. Pastor: Big Wednesday

Friday, August 10, 2007

Big Wednesday

On Wednesday of this week I got to go up to San Onofre for the annual "Big Wednesday, skip work and surf" day. This is an event that our Bus club (sv2s.com) hosts on the second Wednesday of every August. In this photo to the left, my bus is in front of the white canopy on the far right.

We all had a great day hanging out, talking about Buses and surfing. It was a classic summer day at San O, good fun longboarding waves. The water was nice and warm which made trunking it easy. I ended up surfing with Skip Frye for an hour or so (who goes to our church) so I can sort of count it as a work day, right?

Here is the great thing about these photos. This last one is from I book I have. It was taken in 1963 and not much has changed. Notice the VW Bus on the left side of the photo.

San Onofre is truly a timeless classic surf spot. I've been surfing it for about 25 years myself, so I feel like I'm a small part of the rich history that is San O.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thanks for the lesson, Evan! The "Evan Lauer School of Surfing" maintains its' near perfect record!

I even have proof, thanks to JoeFlare...

http://www.sv2s.com/community/album_mod/upload/5936df1126f7e3a1a3a1b6d04bac66ec.jpg

Next year it falls on my wife's birthday, but she asked if families were there, so sounds like she might be interested!! But on her birthday, well, we'll have to see...; August 10, 2007 at 3:32 PM
Evan Lauer said...: Sounds like next year we'll have to bring the families and make it a combined birthday celebration for Jana and me. Mine's on the 18th.

Way to go Brooks! He's surfing now!; August 10, 2007 at 4:26 PM

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