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yeah, I know I've been lagging on the blogging. The truth is, things are happening really fast. I feel like I can't just write a 5 minute explanation of whats going on. But I can. It can come out in spurts and it probably should.
I just moved offices. I rented some office space across the street from the surf camp, this is the new WRSC Admin Office. The Reservations Office is going where the Admin Office was, to be connected to the new surf shop we are currently building and that will be open by the end of the month I hope. We are finally opening the Zephyr Eco Store where the Reservations Office is currently, on the right hand side as you enter the camp. That's gonna be sweet. Lots of moving and building in other words. Planning is key, and I suck at planning. I have commitment issues all over. Its all working out though.
My left ear has water in it and it hurts. I've surfed every day except for today, the Rivermouth has been pretty fun. It hasn't been epic, but fun, every day something to surf. I do find myself sharing waves with tons of SUPs lately. When I'm on a 5'9 and they're on a 12'6 and they're paddling for every set wave that comes in, well... that just kindof sucks. Then there's the longboarders who get all of the waves but still find they need to drop in on you and take your wave too. Like a little kid that can't share. Then you have to get over it because you see those guys every day and thats just the way they are, and I just want to surf. They want waves. SUPs are wave hogs, face it. Thats why I don't carry them in the surf shop. The last thing I want is to be responsible for a herd of SUPs running over everyone else in the Tamarindo Rivermouth line-up and taking all of the waves. I don't care how popular they're becoming. Its ironic, seeing longboarders that used to complain about all of the crowds now themselves riding SUPs. I think its pretty selfish to sit on the main peak on one of those things. If I can catch waves on a 5'9 then your normal longboard should be good enough. You don't need a battleship SUP to get all of the waves. I hope I don't become a bitter old man surfer.
Our biodiesel reactor is built, WRSC is turning our used cooking oil from Eat @ Joe's into biodiesel and powering our vans, my truck, and the Zori. October means that most all of the restaurants are closing, so it might be a little difficult to collect a ton of used oil this month, but we're going to try. I just bought an old Toyota Landcruiser that will do the pickup route. If you have a restaurant in the Tamarindo area and want to donate your used oil, I will give you back biodiesel that will work in ANY diesel vehicle. I will also promote your company because you'll be promoting sustainability. You can also buy biodiesel for your diesel engined vehicle from Zephyr Eco, email me for details. The service will officially start in November. Oh, and by the way, Eat @ Joe's is offering Joe's to Go starting on October 15th. Call 2653-1238 and order your breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, sushi, whatever whenever, and we'll deliver it to your house or hotel room (in recycled to-go containers by the nacho-powered landcruiser). Check the WRSC website soon about it all.
Zephyr Eco is opening it's store to the public in November. What does this mean? Organic market will be open daily. You can buy fruits and veggies that haven't been soaked in pesticides, from local farmers here in Costa Rica. Locally sourced organic products mean less carbon footprint. Be healthier, or at least offset your beer consumption. Find green products for the home or workplace. Green construction services in Guanacaste will be available, with our network of architects, builders, and products making living/working sustainably in Costa Rica even easier. Our Alemania residential lots will be available to the public. I will be sending a ZEP newsletter out in the next couple of weeks, once the new website is launched.
All of this blogging and new website talk. My laptop broke in San Diego and I learned to do most things on my phone. Valerie's laptop got stolen and I gave her mine because I wasn't using it much. Lately my job has been more about building things in the real world, not in a virtual one.
I never got a chance to give a HUGE thank you to Amber Shaffer for hosting the WRSC crew in San Diego for the ASR show. We moved into her house in Rolando, busted out the inflatable beds, took over the DVR and soon had a constant stream of the Office, Robot Chicken, and Reno 911. I clogged the toilet in the garage really bad. Yana sported the sleep apnea mask thingie that sounds like Darth Vader. Valerie and I got totally barreled under this bush next to Amber's garage while practicing front-side cutbacks on the Shred Sled. Mark Tucker, I know you talk shit about those boards but man are they fun, especially while rocking some Pandora via the iPhone data plan via some ipod speakers in the driveway.
Getting back to Tamarindo from the family road trip and 2 trade shows was a relief. I love the condo that I'm renting for the family, though living above the surf camp bar with live music nightly and waves right out in front wasn't bad at all. But now we have more space, its twice as big. I have a huge bedroom with room for everything. We have 2 tvs with cable instead of just one, and the big screen is in the bedroom. No more Lazy Town marathons, I get my CSI Miami or whatever AXN is playing. Chargers are on the restaurant TV every Sunday, besides that I don't have much of a schedule. High tide vs. low tide. Time with the family vs. time at the surf camp. A never-ending list of things to do. I just hired a CFO so that's going to help. His name is Carlos Silva, his brother is Jose, a lawyer here in Tamarindo. We have another trade show next weekend in New York City so I guess that means I should buy a plane ticket sometime soon. I don't know how long I'll be gone, but my original ideas of staying for some time and getting some surf has been replaced with ones involving getting the new surf shop built and open in weeks, not months, organizing the business now that we finally have a full-time CPA working for WRSC. It was good timing too, because we got served with a late tax bill the first day he started the job!
It is very hard to believe that this is low season. It hasn't rained much at all. If this keeps up, next season is going to have water shortages and power outages. Today and tomorrow, most of our guests check out and we have only a few rooms booked. Only 4 weeks to do the construction projects, reorganization of everything that needs reorganizing. In 4 weeks the 2009/2010 surf season officially starts. Looking at the calendar, the hotel is going to be pretty booked up starting next month. Isn't this year going by fast?
I just moved offices. I rented some office space across the street from the surf camp, this is the new WRSC Admin Office. The Reservations Office is going where the Admin Office was, to be connected to the new surf shop we are currently building and that will be open by the end of the month I hope. We are finally opening the Zephyr Eco Store where the Reservations Office is currently, on the right hand side as you enter the camp. That's gonna be sweet. Lots of moving and building in other words. Planning is key, and I suck at planning. I have commitment issues all over. Its all working out though.
My left ear has water in it and it hurts. I've surfed every day except for today, the Rivermouth has been pretty fun. It hasn't been epic, but fun, every day something to surf. I do find myself sharing waves with tons of SUPs lately. When I'm on a 5'9 and they're on a 12'6 and they're paddling for every set wave that comes in, well... that just kindof sucks. Then there's the longboarders who get all of the waves but still find they need to drop in on you and take your wave too. Like a little kid that can't share. Then you have to get over it because you see those guys every day and thats just the way they are, and I just want to surf. They want waves. SUPs are wave hogs, face it. Thats why I don't carry them in the surf shop. The last thing I want is to be responsible for a herd of SUPs running over everyone else in the Tamarindo Rivermouth line-up and taking all of the waves. I don't care how popular they're becoming. Its ironic, seeing longboarders that used to complain about all of the crowds now themselves riding SUPs. I think its pretty selfish to sit on the main peak on one of those things. If I can catch waves on a 5'9 then your normal longboard should be good enough. You don't need a battleship SUP to get all of the waves. I hope I don't become a bitter old man surfer.
Our biodiesel reactor is built, WRSC is turning our used cooking oil from Eat @ Joe's into biodiesel and powering our vans, my truck, and the Zori. October means that most all of the restaurants are closing, so it might be a little difficult to collect a ton of used oil this month, but we're going to try. I just bought an old Toyota Landcruiser that will do the pickup route. If you have a restaurant in the Tamarindo area and want to donate your used oil, I will give you back biodiesel that will work in ANY diesel vehicle. I will also promote your company because you'll be promoting sustainability. You can also buy biodiesel for your diesel engined vehicle from Zephyr Eco, email me for details. The service will officially start in November. Oh, and by the way, Eat @ Joe's is offering Joe's to Go starting on October 15th. Call 2653-1238 and order your breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, sushi, whatever whenever, and we'll deliver it to your house or hotel room (in recycled to-go containers by the nacho-powered landcruiser). Check the WRSC website soon about it all.
Zephyr Eco is opening it's store to the public in November. What does this mean? Organic market will be open daily. You can buy fruits and veggies that haven't been soaked in pesticides, from local farmers here in Costa Rica. Locally sourced organic products mean less carbon footprint. Be healthier, or at least offset your beer consumption. Find green products for the home or workplace. Green construction services in Guanacaste will be available, with our network of architects, builders, and products making living/working sustainably in Costa Rica even easier. Our Alemania residential lots will be available to the public. I will be sending a ZEP newsletter out in the next couple of weeks, once the new website is launched.
All of this blogging and new website talk. My laptop broke in San Diego and I learned to do most things on my phone. Valerie's laptop got stolen and I gave her mine because I wasn't using it much. Lately my job has been more about building things in the real world, not in a virtual one.
I never got a chance to give a HUGE thank you to Amber Shaffer for hosting the WRSC crew in San Diego for the ASR show. We moved into her house in Rolando, busted out the inflatable beds, took over the DVR and soon had a constant stream of the Office, Robot Chicken, and Reno 911. I clogged the toilet in the garage really bad. Yana sported the sleep apnea mask thingie that sounds like Darth Vader. Valerie and I got totally barreled under this bush next to Amber's garage while practicing front-side cutbacks on the Shred Sled. Mark Tucker, I know you talk shit about those boards but man are they fun, especially while rocking some Pandora via the iPhone data plan via some ipod speakers in the driveway.
Getting back to Tamarindo from the family road trip and 2 trade shows was a relief. I love the condo that I'm renting for the family, though living above the surf camp bar with live music nightly and waves right out in front wasn't bad at all. But now we have more space, its twice as big. I have a huge bedroom with room for everything. We have 2 tvs with cable instead of just one, and the big screen is in the bedroom. No more Lazy Town marathons, I get my CSI Miami or whatever AXN is playing. Chargers are on the restaurant TV every Sunday, besides that I don't have much of a schedule. High tide vs. low tide. Time with the family vs. time at the surf camp. A never-ending list of things to do. I just hired a CFO so that's going to help. His name is Carlos Silva, his brother is Jose, a lawyer here in Tamarindo. We have another trade show next weekend in New York City so I guess that means I should buy a plane ticket sometime soon. I don't know how long I'll be gone, but my original ideas of staying for some time and getting some surf has been replaced with ones involving getting the new surf shop built and open in weeks, not months, organizing the business now that we finally have a full-time CPA working for WRSC. It was good timing too, because we got served with a late tax bill the first day he started the job!
It is very hard to believe that this is low season. It hasn't rained much at all. If this keeps up, next season is going to have water shortages and power outages. Today and tomorrow, most of our guests check out and we have only a few rooms booked. Only 4 weeks to do the construction projects, reorganization of everything that needs reorganizing. In 4 weeks the 2009/2010 surf season officially starts. Looking at the calendar, the hotel is going to be pretty booked up starting next month. Isn't this year going by fast?
posted by Joe Walsh at
4:07 PM
5 Comments:
It's karma for all the years you spent hogging waves on your 9'0" at Black's :)
Gandoff
i think thats funny that you clogged Ambers garage tolet...
Glad to hear you're doing well man! I'm trying to come down Thanksgiving. What exactly is a "Shred Sled"? LOL!
Shred Sled, Rip Stick, call it what you want, think Walmart! you can blame John Alexander (actually you can blame his 7 year old daughter since we stole her pink Rip Stick when we went on our Cali surf trip).
yep these sup are show up everywhere, we have one down here also joe but(so. cr.) , he,s like over 60
an understand what surfing is all about, its sad when you see someone 20 to 30 on one an think they are surfing.
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