Pismo attracts all kinds of people even acrobats.
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was recently looking through some of my old surf magazines and came across an article in the June, 1965 edition of surfing Illustrated about a visit to Pismo Beach by members of the popular Malibu surfing Association. the article described Pismo as having “well formed waves rolling to the beach,” that stayed glassy after hours of surfing—one of the most “outstanding surf areas north of Rincon.” now that is a huge statement, as it leaves out places like hammonds, Campus Point, el Capitan and the Ranch, just to name a few. there is some irony here with a story in Central Coast folklore. the story tells of a visit Kelly slater made to the Central Coast around winter 2005. the story reports that slater surfed this part of the coast and liked Morro Bay, and a highly localized reef break, but stated that Pismo Beach was one of the worst waves he has ever surfed. now I am not going to try to make a liar out of slater, but I would like to make a case that there are many faces to Pismo and I have tried to select some photos that will make my case (a picture is worth a 1000 words). I have been photographing Pismo since 1996, and I have seen surf conditions change within a matter of minutes. there are no kelp beds at Pismo and wind conditions are critical—even more than
austin neumann, a solid up and comer who rips the Pier, is a w alt Cerny protege.
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