back in SD

My head is literally spinning from my last two weeks in Costa Rica. Unlike before, I was actually living at the surf camp. This will be really nice in the future when I'm coming down to CR every other week or ten days here or a long weekend there. I'm changing the upstairs area above the bar, the "original wrsc rooms". I have my office there, the Skybox, but it is so full of crap and only with a couch, not a bed, so I decided I should clear out some rooms and make my casa there above the bar ironically, and then I'd be stoked. I love hanging out at the camp and surfing right in front, its really sweet. The surf finally cleaned up the last couple of days and I had some fun waves right in front of the parking lot. The sand bars are really strange now. All of this rain has made Ollie's Point literally close out and not very good. The river of Tamarindo washed out so much rain that it exposed a giant section of lava rock right in front of the surf camp. This is never there, as most people know, and its only the second time I've seen these rocks exposed since moving to Costa Rica seven years ago. I'm super stoked on that web cam by the way, as it has incredible zoom and focus. We're still experiencing some down time here and there, but its getting better. It is really awesome to be able to use it to check the waves, so, as internet gets better in CR and people further and further inland get high speed internet, which is now the case, some gas will be saved by people literally checking the surf online. The downside of this is that you'd think there would be more people. I had thought this, but to be honest since spending time back in SD, it doesn't really change much even with all of the cams here. Everyone has a cell phone, so if its going off they're on the phone anyways. Ugh, that Charger game was painful. I actually decided to leave the house and go to the mall, which I never do, so obviously I was sick of football for a while. I got some shoes, the guy in the store saw my WRSC shirt and asked me if I'd ever been there before, making me think of how I'd respond. I have some great photos from this trip which I get to now organize for the new website. From the plane I saw the Tempisque River going up towards Rincon de la Vieja, and from 10,000 feet I still saw the ruined river beds from where the floods had torn down thousands of acres of trees. Then to come back to San Diego after two weeks, after literally having missed the town burn seriously. My truck is all covered in ash, so is my patio furniture. I've had a headache since getting here due to the air quality. That or I'm just exhausted from this trip. I'm the only guy I know who falls up the stairs, and on this trip I did just that, and yes of course it was my big toe that took the hit, as it always is. I didn't surf for a week as a result, which sucked big time. BIG TIME. At least I got a ton of great things in the works at the surf camp, like pillow top mattresses for example. (twenty minutes later) Ugh, I just ate half of a Pizza Hut pepperoni pizza with cheese in the crust, way too much food. Full now...ok, so about the Witch's Rock surfboards, they are now getting unpacked and ready for the new board cage, which is being completed finally. These boards will be available for rent at WRSC starting by November 15th. You want to be down here and riding these boards, and all surf camp guests get insane prices on surfboards to take back to the US/Canada/UK/etc. I am so stoked on these boards. The best part about this is actually designing what the surfboards are going to look like and ride like. I imagine this would be really fun for any product that you get to make, but to make surfboards a profession, it is now filling a desire that was always there. Levy is an awesome shaper and his shapes are proven. If there are tweaks that the WR surf team can suggest and Levy can make, we are at the leading edge of making surfing equipment and it feels awesome. Being at the camp was rad, it always is. I can't believe how many guests have been down 5-6 times or more. Really, its incredible. I feel totally at home at the camp and I guess everyone else does too, so it works out perfectly. Otis seems to agree 100% as well. I'm exhausted though, as I'd been gone so long. And now I leave for Chicago in two days for the Greenbuild Expo, which is going to be insane in itself. I have been in communication with some companies there and I plan to do what I can to bridge the gap between these green technologies and Costa Rica. Its like, if I could do anything, this is what I'd want to do, so it feels pretty much perfect. Zephy is going to accomplish some amazing things, I can just tell. Too bad the trade show is so soon though, as I could just chill out in SD for a few days and recover, eat some breakfast burritos on the pier, get in some frisbee golf, and sleep. a lot.