Somebody's Got To Do It!

“Thanks Matt. The phone isn’t ringing, again. Go figure. Nothing on the schedule this week. I will keep you posted when something comes up.” This was the email from the boss.

“Hmmm, still time to make it to the Bolinas office for second shift”, I thought."Gotta make that board meeting."

Props to Garrett who was ready earlier than ever. We made it to Bo by 11am! Though my dawn patrol buddies had likely come and gone, we did encounter Loren returning from his surf session. He told us to get out there for some long, peeling lefts in the Channel. Seeing wall to wall surf campers inhabiting the Patch, we decided that the Channel it was. We punched in for second shift and when to work.

Indeed the rides were quite long. G commented that he got “the longest ride of his life”. Does that imply that the paddle back out was his longest paddle? It was all about paddling as we encountered much current in reaching the line up. Thinking we were there we would find ourselves caught inside. That first hour yielded some exciting rides, but also expended our energy.

Then we noticed a throng of brightly colored blue and red boards glinting in the sun as they emerged from the Patch. We took our cue and headed industriously over there for third shift. During the next two hours, we met our quota. Some clean sets came through and we did our job to ride them.

Claude paddled out and I shouted “Surf Camp only”. He assured me that he was enrolled. He did have on lots of sun screen and said they fed him a hearty lunch. I expressed concern that he might get a cramp if he got in the water too soon. In fact the real surf campers actually did relinquish the waves for quite a while.

When we could paddle no longer, we decided it was quittin’ time. Garrett has been feeling the frustration and sting of job hunting lately; so I told him that this was now his job. In fact he’s been showing enthusiasm in the work place. He said that he even hopes to get Employee of the Month! Atta boy. Good job!