I spent last week in Southern California at the US Open of Surfing. The crowds and concrete jungles were a fun change of pace from a lazy summer at the lake, and paddling out in trunks at Huntington pier was one of the more enjoyable surf experiences I’ve had in a while. The above photos, from top to bottom: the Open is THAT way; a super-rad rattan bike; the view from the competitor’s area; Kolohe Andino, larger than life; head-high surf and marine layer; the smoothness on the south side of the pier; the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum; fresh sticks by Lee Stacey at the Hurley office; heading home after a surf in Newport.