Archive for July, 2008

Ocean Man

July 31st, 2008

I’m playing this song over and over again, its called Ocean Man by Ween. If you don’t know Ween I highly recommend that you get to know Ween.OceanMan.mp3Ween is great, pretty much every song is entirely different. Check out the album Chocolate and Cheese if you’re bored, its awesomeYou’ve got to love that album cover, right? The music is unexplainably better. If you’re still bored you can hear the surf report for tomorrow’s El Punto …

remember to say thank you

July 22nd, 2008

I sound a lot like a lot of people I’ve heard over the years, but lately I’m finding myself thanking everyone and everything. I will get bummed out for something that, in the scheme of things, is really really minor. Then I think about the fact that I have a great life and a great family, everyone is happy and healthy, I’m paying my bills and living in Costa Rica with the world’s best job. …

Friday on the beach

July 11th, 2008

I’m just chilling after a solid week. All is good in the surf hood. My wife and boys are here, I’m seeing them as much as I want. No hurrying up and doing a ton of work just so I can waste another day in an airplane or an airport. I’m surfing every day without a wetsuit, work is going well, the world seems to be falling apart everywhere but here. My buddy Chris told …

witch’s rock

July 6th, 2008

Yeah this is Witch’s Rock Surf Camp. Where is Witch’s Rock? In the middle of nowhere, drive a long way, then hike or jump in a boat, sooner or later, depending on the weather you’ll find it. You’ll know it when you see it. Perfect waves, nobody out, just you and ma nature getting your fill of waves on a Sunday afternoon. That was me today, a great way to spend the lord’s day getting …

getting back into the groove

July 3rd, 2008

I’m not really sure what I was thinking when I moved my family back to San Diego last August. I mean, at the time it made perfect sense. We had been living in Costa Rica since the beginning of 2001. I was 23 when I moved here. I’ll be 31 in a couple of months. This place has become a part of me, so much so that I didn’t realize it. We were about to …