So its a new year. 2011 was pretty significant, now that I think about it. Otis and Happy are no longer babies. I started making surfboards with Robert August. My company opened a microbrewery in Lake Arenal. I spent six months not surfing because I tore my MCL. Lots of other shit happened, both good and bad, but in the end all good because it helped form a better me. And as I reflect on it all, I want to make sure that in the future I take the time to write down the micro details. So, in 2012 I’m going to do my best to keep this blog going strong by writing a blog every single day.

I woke up with a New Year’s hangover and found myself yelling at Otis for stealing my pillow and hitting me in the head with it while I was still not quite awake (not the best way to start the new year), but I got over it and tried my best to recalibrate the day in the ocean, healing things with some micro rights in the rivermouth on the longboard. The wind was howling hard offshore, sand was flying everywhere. The wind got too strong mid-day. I took Otis and Happy surfing after the tide dropped out, they both impress me with their comfort level in the surf. They inspire me to continue my passionate love affair with the ocean, as I see myself in the things they do. Life is very good when your life is spent on the beach surrounded by those you love.

Besides surfing, I took a drive with Pira south of town looking for a boa constrictor. People look at you funny when you ask them if they know where you can find a boa, like you’re crazy or maybe they heard you wrong. But then we tell them that we need a snake to help remove any rodents or skunks or other animals that find their way off from the beach. Its mother nature’s way of taking care of things. Over the years we always had a boa cruising around in the rafters above the bar, but I took the last one out when Happy was an infant because I was worried that the snake was too big and Happy was too small (and we had a lot of holes in the floor). But now Happy is big, and I’ve got a family of skunks that are living under the deck outside of my office, and thats not OK. A snake should take care of things, as soon as I can find one.  If you’re reading this and you live nearby and you have a decent sized boa that needs a good home, let me know!