Salem-News.com’s Tim King and Dexter Phoenix report: The Nelscott Reef in Lincoln City was going off Thursday, once again providing 25+ foot waves for the annual surf contest known as the Nelscott Reef Tow-In Classic.
Competitors like Russel Smith of Santa Cruz, say the event was another ideal day for the top ranked professional surfers in the world who travel here each year to compete, “Oh today’s been great you know, not too much wind, the water’s not terribly cold and yeah, it’s going really well.”
Organizer John Forse and his team works hard crunching data to predict the best day for the biggest and most quality waves that break over this reef located a mile offshore.
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