Silver Strand shreds last bit of fearsome reputation as hardened local saves boogie boarder from certain death!

Not a dry eye in the house.

Silver Strand, tucked right there in the “least fun city in America” Oxnard, California, has long harbored a reputation for its fierce surf locals. Daring to surf there, and not living there, was met with the fiercest windshield waxing, angry looks, being ordered to “beat it.”

Alas, those hardened days have receded what with everyone’s penchant to record everything on telephones then call the police. And  a human wave of adult learners so thick that the ranks of grumpy locals would have to be filled in twenty, thirty, forty times over in order to have enough window waxing resources.

And in the latest disheartening news, it seems as if an icky cloud of benevolence, care, love has descended on over the argenti shore for, yesterday, reports came out that the son of a local, making him local twice over, saved a drowning boogie boarder.

The local Ventura CBS, ABC, FOX affiliate shared the story of a husband and wife out for an evening beach stroll when they saw a distressed boogie boarder in real trouble. The husband attempted to call 911 and the harbor patrol but accidentally dialed his son Noah, instead.

Now, Noah’s dad had received a new surfboard for Christmas after snapping his during the just-wrapped California super swell event. Very core. Noah, in any case, didn’t feel like waiting for 911 or harbor patrol, grabbed dad’s gun (or maybe soft topped Beater), sprinted across the sand, jumped into the water and saved the sponge.

Have you ever heard of such a thing?

Not only the selfless heroics but father accidentally calling son when he tried to call emergency numbers?

Son being up for the challenge?

It can only be hoped, anyhow, that the boogie’s windshield was waxed while he was being saved.