Tijuana Sloughs: It's morning on the Tijuana Sloughs at Imperial Beach. Surfing promoter Linc Stark finds ex-champ Mitch Yost catching an early morning surf. A mysterious young man, John Monad, appears behind Linc and says, "The end is near." Linc is trying to sign Mitch's surfing prodigy grandson, Shaun, and he's annoyed when he sees John approach Mitch, thinking that John is a competing promoter. But all John says is, "You should get back in the game, Mitch Yost." Mitch tells John to mind his own business, and tells Linc to fuck off. Highway: Bill drives Shaun to his competition.