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Fred Sears is packing his white F-350 truck for his annual trek from his home in Morro Bay, Calif., to Baja, Mexico, its enormous bed filled with surfboards, wax, wet suit and sunscreen. He is as stoked as any surfer dude in his mid-20s, which by some accounting is what he is. Sears grew up in Hermosa Beach, Calif., and surfed as much as he possibly could during his teenage years. At 15, as soon as he got his driver's license, he began sweeping floors at Hobie SurfBoards, eventually working up to glassing and polishing the boards...
...drove to Mexico in a little pop-up cabover camper, with his old 9 ft. 6 in. long board strapped to the shell because, why not? "What a wonderful physical experience!" an exuberant Sears says of his time that first winter on a little-known beach in southern Baja. "You know, it all came back to me--the physical connection with nature, the spiritual connection with nature." After returning home to California's central coast, Sears bought a new board and drove to Mexico again the next winter, this time staying for six weeks, long enough to get back into...
...almost three years on a menu that's not just about low carbs, Hirshberg thinks he has the recipe for success. As he puts it, "It's about the food, stupid." And with more on-the-go diners already ordering salads and frequenting quick-casual alternatives like Panera Bread, Baja Freshand Pret a Manger, O'Naturals may soon be looking pretty smart. --By Daniel Eisenberg
...avoid baking in the dry sun, sunbathers stay cool while browning in the pool on shallowly submerged platforms. Often a foot or so deep, so-called Baja steps are custom-made and can be narrow enough for solo tanners or wide enough for tanning parties...
...enough for surfers to know how to mount and ride a 100-ft. wave. They needed to know where and when to find the giant swells. Enter Sean Collins, a college dropout and son of a Navy navigator, who began compiling surf forecasts while riding the waves of Baja California in Mexico in the 1980s. Using data from ships at sea, weather reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, satellite photos and readings from ocean buoys, he began predicting with remarkable accuracy where and when the big swells would hit. In 1985 he launched Surfline, a pay-per-call...