Giancarlo Cotta, 21, fire and emergency technology major, one of surf instructor Kurt Peters’ students, rides in front of a wave at The Strand Friday, Oct.11. Peters’ surfing class is only available during the Fall semester. “There is just something about being in the water, being on your own, you’re out there with your own thoughts whether you’re surfing with friends or by yourself,” Peters said. Rosemary Montalvo/The Union
By Jose Tobar
The half-mile stretch of beach bordered by the El Segundo Chevron oil refinery looms against the northern sky, extending out to the southern pier. Silhouetted figures of surfers scattered outside the beach break can be observed sitting atop their surfboards since the crack of dawn, idling over the swells of El Porto where the Manhattan…
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