Global financial authorities have officially announced that interest rate plateaus and energy shocks will drag on indefinitely, plunging the civilized world into despair. Meanwhile, down here in Baja California Sur, the six-foot rights are pumping at San Pedrito and absolutely nobody on the beach gives a flying taco about core inflation or the Strait of Hormuz. Chad is too busy trying to figure out how to pay his $40 monthly Telcel bill with a pocketful of smooth river stones and pristine tube-rides.