Bobbing up and down in waves that sparkle in the morning sun, the Boys of Late Summer — as they don’t mind being called — look like mechanical toys, as if an unseen hand wound them up on the beach and ...

If some Seattleite told you they chase tug boats wakes out on the Puget Sound and surf head-high peeling waves for up to a half mile, you might think they'd consumed too much craft beer and espresso.