Im not sure if anyone recalls what last year's Christmas was like in California, so let me refresh the old memory here... It was raining, stormy, and 30 degrees outside. I saw frost on the ground for the first time in LA on Christmas day. It was absolutely miserable, and considering I had asked santa for good waves, i concluded that he either sucks at his job or doesn't exist. This year however, for those of you Californians who were able to elude the family long enough to get in the water, Santa Claus is very real and he loves pointbreaks just like me. 3 back-to-back NW groundswells, 70 degree weather, and offshore winds turned a cold rainy December into absolute heaven. Suffice to say there were quite a few angry wives and mothers along the coastline this Christmas. Hawaii and parts of the East Coast saw epic santa surf as well. Check out a few photos of SD, LA, and SB from the last week. (Photos by Austin Gendron, Ryan Clancy, Bryce Frees, and Janos Palko)