For surfers at Tourmaline Canyon Surfing Park, the walk to catch waves was half the battle in the surf experience as they grappled with potholes and cracks at every step in the park’s parking lot. After two decades of disrepair, the surfing park has finally been smoothed over with a fresh coat of asphalt in a resurfacing project paid for by the city’s general fund. “The parking lot has been in poor condition and disrepair for many years,” said longtime Pacific Beach Surf Club member Greg Miller. “There were huge cracks and deep potholes — some up to six inches deep — throughout the parking lot. Chunks of asphalt and gravel were scattered around, making a barefoot walk to the beach quite painful. It was not uncommon for beach users to stumble in the potholes while walking across the parking lot.” The repaving and re-striping of the parking lot is just one of the local surf club’s many successful beautification projects to transform the area. Other recent upgrades to the surfing park include replacement of the north side’s chain-link fence, restoration of the surfing park mural and fresh paint on the exterior and interior restroom walls. “The feedback received on all the upgrades, the surfers’ mural, bathroom repainting, parking lot resurfacing and re-striping, and the chain-link fence has been overwhelming,” said Miller. “Everyone is very pleased and thoroughly enjoying all the enhancements at the park.”