It’s fair to say that was a fantastic July 4 by pretty much all measures. The waves were a little lacking, but it was surfable all weekend. The weather was simply incredible, especially when you stack it up to the previous weeks – the May rains, the bundle-up weekends in June, the nights that melted your ice cream all the way down your elbow before you could take three licks, and the ever-present threat of thunderstorms.