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Photo of the Day / Photos / Surfing

Photo of the Day (12/24/2006)

by Erik Olsen on Dec 24, 2006

I caught this excellent photo on yesterday’s cover of the Los Angeles Times and had to swipe it for the Photo of the Day. The shot shows the “Surfing Santa”, a.k.a. Michael Pless, who’s been hanging ten as St. Nick since 1996.

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