Esterillos Oeste New Year's Day Surf Photo 2014

This morning I got an e-mail from a friend who has never been to Esterillos but has followed my blog for all the years I' v done it. She was asking me about the New Year's Day surf photo.  Even tho I was not there, she was very aware I was the one who started this tradition now 6 years ago and wondered what happened.  

Well...what happened is - before I left for California, I made arrangements with last year's photographer, Beau Maisel, to take it again this year.  Then a few days before, I posted a message on FaceBook that reached just about everyone.  I sent out a few e-mail reminders and finally realized that those who were in Esterillos and were interested would make it....or not.

Before I left EO, I had a full size photo of my face printed.  My friend Judy who is now staying at my house, somehow or another managed to get my board down to the beach with my "face" taped on the nose.  My friend Desirae is the one holding my board in the photo.  She looks way better than I so that was the one good thing about me not being there :)

Later that day, I saw this other photo of a friend sitting apparently after the photo was taken.  Look closely - in the background is my "face" stuck on the back of the town map.....OoooK? 

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