Santa Cruz’s John Mel won in his opening heat Friday at the World Surf League’s Vans Jack’s Surfboards Pro, a Qualifying Series 4,000-point event in Huntington Beach.

While she is off earning money to keep them housed (albeit in an RV) and fed, Goat and her best friend Nate (Leandro Guedes) have plenty of unstructured time and opportunity to hang out and get into ...