I pull up to the beach… and Josh Autrey says to me “Why didn’t you do the report this morning?”
To which I explain… “I did.”
“I did the Internet surf report with photos and the sunrise was so good this morning I shared them to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram..“
He said “I called, and it was yesterday’s report.“
So I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and called it myself.
Sure enough Josh was right, it was the Wednesday afternoon report still up.
It was 10:30 in the morning with no update. I usually do the call in report first, but I was up starting at 4:30 am , extra early, too light to see… and when the light came… the sky was so red and awesome, I had to capture it before anything else
I got hung up doing photos and completely forgot… the call report.
Fitting that Josh still calls the call in. He’s old school. Super old school. In the parking lot he was waxing up his old heavy 1968 cc rider with an over 10” glassed in fin
I was there to do the next surf report, and on a schedule. But wanted to get a few shots of Josh. I stayed for 3 waves. All 3 were awesome! A tube, a hang ten, and a long backside hang five, all the way to the beach.
Check the photos for a few images from this morning of one of the great core surfer/shapers you will ever come across, Josh Autrey. I was fortunate to come across him today, or yesterday’s report would still be up 🙂
-Tory Strange
