maiden voyage!!

when i posted pictures and the story of how i came upon this board, i received many comments about the fin. a peanut gallery started. oh! that fin will do this! (mind you the people saying that have never ridden a board with this fin, much less this board with this fin. let the record show ye that wish to know how this board rides, show up at the san onofre bluffs between trail 3 and 4 on the weekend of June 22 - June 24. I will let you shred it.) i am not going to type words that describe my feelings about the way this board rode. I am not going to type words that describe what my perception of the fin's influence. ye that wants to know, come to the luau and giver a go.

I'm super stoked to have the boards I do. I'm sure everyone is stoked to own the boards they do. when I started this blog , I never thought I'd have the boards and the experiences I have today. I feel like everything has come together so nicely. every pig I have owned, or still own pushes my understanding that much further. this years luau should be great. I hope to see some new faces and a variety of pig boards!!!

Mark from stay covered picked up blackstoke I and took it to Marc. He also brought blackstoke II down the coast. He is making all kinds of surf products. He gave me some of his wax, I am currently using it. I am SUPER STOKED on it. I'll be buying it when i see it.

looking forward!

this year's pig roast is going to be MENTAL. so stoked to have it set up the way it is. however, the campsites are fairly small. getting a campsite there on the bluffs might be a good call if you are planning on sticking around for a bit... regardless of the puny sized , meager camp sites, the idea of walking to shred some of these boards has a good ring to it. that and the copious food and beverage.

i've been scoring sliders lately, got to love your spot!!!!
"north of sliders"... check back soon, i will have this year's pig luau flyer. it's going top be SICK!!!!

a few hours ago.

pelican's magic carpet, sliders point...a gewd day!

little video my wife shot with her cell phone!

lazy wednesday!

southern california.

just me and the birds.... and the pelican's magic carpet, and SLIDERS POINT!!
that'l slide!!!
i'm getting this board figured out!
nice and GLASSY!

if it aint broke don't fix it!

well yet another day at sliders. seriously?! so stoked to have this as my local!!!!!!

yep.
margaret calvani sent me this link to mypaipoboards.org . she received the link from Glen Sakamoto . its a link to an interview with john wegener. he has this and another bing belly board. SUPER SICK!!!!

12/11/11

had a great day today. tutored in the morning, cleared the "honey do" list in the late morning, caught a MAGNIFICENT "in-between shift" sesh at sliders. so many people were walking up as i was walking down. ...yeah! today was a day that reminds you how important every decision you make is.

worlds best surfers.
this next sequence had to be posted.

a clean one , screaming "pig city!!"
yeah, i was ready to own that shit.
i'm digging the sky.
a bit inconsistent, and at times the peaks were scattered.
my buddy texted me this photo. i don't know who made this installment, but got dam is it NUTZ!!!

sliders point.

this is the hog wallow.

its been a fun august so far.

i am not sick of this!

dallas sweeping off the bottom!

...another great day with a buddy!!!!!

scored some clean ones today with my buddy andrew.

pigs in the bush.
a 3 pic sequence of a little insider. i love these guys.


some pelicans.
bay wave.
best seat in the house!
andrew stretching out his back, digging the flag.
how's this rig?
thank you for another great day sliders!

another good day!

got to love it!

a good day!

i woke up today at 4:50. i rolled over and slept in. got up at 8:30, did about an hour and a half of chores. went and tutored for two hours, came home kissed the wife, blew a kiss to the sleeping baby, then went and surfed glassy surf.

while getting many nose rides, cut backs, curl shoots...and bottom turns
i couldn't help but think how different life is today than it was 1 year ago.
so stoked to be where i am.
i am not tired of empty right point surf.
cha!!!