I would like to think this week’s ramblings could be helpful to non-surfers just as much as those who ride waves. Aside from the Labor Day column and the one column I seem to write each summer after an epic hurricane swell, the annual late-November Liquid Lines is one of my favorites each year. This time, I will try to pass on a few things I have learned about the coming of December.
This period is what some of us call “Happy Winter,” which loosely translates to late fall with sugar cookies and…
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