smukes , i and sliders today

summer is here. i think i'd rather watch a morbidly obese person eat a twinky than see another chubby dude flap their arms on a thruster. thankfully those dudes believe a "thruster" is what they should ride. i suspect this time of year brings these dudes to the point.

i am getting my new sled dialed in. this board likes to go. great pig waves today. check the video!

smukes giving "ezzy" a go.

i am a lucky person. i don't know how to count as high as would be required to enumerate all the various ways in which i am lucky. suffice it to say, i hope a meteorite doesn't strike me down anytime soon.

smukes is a good friend. i believe if you surround yourself with good people you are a lot less likely to get into trouble. not only that... life is better when shared with friends. thanks mike for being there. this shot is on the slider magazine blog.

smukes and the magic ham

jim phillips

smukes had jim glue this blank up. smukes was gunna have a go at shaping, then he figured "why not have jim shape it?"
mike is getting some mid century jetson type fabric inlay on this swine.
so clean.
i am looking forward to the finished product.
no D fin on this fella.
jim looks involved!

NICE!

time for glass.
thanks be to andrew for the pics!

surfing with a friend is fun

shredded with smukes today. SICK. friends are good. its something i don't really think about. i am always happy to do my thing...walk down the trail and surf ...chill with the usual suspects...but to show up with a friend you haven't surfed with in a while, is a entirely different experience. smukes brought the "aloha spirit" with him too. we scored. it was a super fun day. i had this one great wave ...i pulled my camera out and was STOKED. I was deep in the critical part of the wave, pulled up into a beautiful pit. it was nicely lit, the lip threw out a blocked the sun for a second. it was sureal .. to hold the camera and be dealing with a heaving pit on my blackboard was intense to say the least...i was so stoked. i couldn't wait to see how it looked on video... i finish the wave laughing because of how sick of a barrel i just got...and to think it was on video! i check the camera...it wasn't on. CLASSIC. its shit like that that makes me laugh at myself. i am just PUMPED i didn't blow the wave fucking around with some piece of technology.

there were a lot of dolphins today.