it takes a pro...

...it takes a professional photographer to make me look good in the water. This photo was taken on Surfy Surfy Sunday in beautiful ********, a secret spot in San Diego, by Maggie Marsek. Check out her website to see some more high quality shots.

in the commercial it went through mud...

...in reality it gets stuck. I've lost to puddles of water myself, but I always steer clear of mud. Waves were good this day too. I wonder if the owner went out surfing or waited for the tow truck?

Folly Beach West...

...if Folly Beach was in California, it would be Ocean Beach in San Diego. Dirty hippies (which I love), a quirky little vibe (most likely drug induced) and a world famous eatery (like Planet Follywood) are the common themes. Hodad's holding it down for Ocean Beach.

sleeping aloft a cloud of dog farts...

...don't know if anyone else is having this problem. My dog keeps eating these acorns which give him the most god-awful gas ever. After cropdusting me with air biscuits all night while I was on the couch, he brought it to the bedroom. It took me at least 2 hours to get to sleep because every few minutes he would squeak one out, each hitting a different octave and having a distinct odor. Most of them were "oaky" to the palate while others were quite "briary", every last one of them showed signs of "cork taint". He accidentally played Mozart's 5th, which is what finally put me to sleep.

5'8" Channel Islands Biscuit

WEEN!!!

travel day tomorrow...

...tomorrow is my travel day back to SC. It's not that I'm afraid of flying but being all couped up like chicken for 12 hours doesn't appeal to me. I get real eggy close to travel days. At least you can get some trippy photos.

another reason to keep Nike out of surfing...

...because they will make this a reality. Think Frisbee golf, dude. Frisbee golf.

somebody's doing something...

...I mentioned this in the last issue of Mckevlin's Lines. Here's an update.

my true love...

...the real reason I keep coming back to San Diego. Hope you guys liquid shred the hell out those waves today and have a great weekend!

bro...

...after scoring good waves again (this time at Cardiff Reef, shoulder high, clean, with 7 guys out, 4 of them friends of mine, but 1 of the other 7 was a French stand-up paddle boarder which is the equivalent of adding 20 people to the lineup... sacre bleu!) I ran into old friend and Folly Beach ex-patriot Ed Glinecki. It's a small world after all...

almost forgot...

...surfed Trestles again today with Justin Matteson from ...Lost. He remembered me (well, kind of) from when he stayed at my house for the ...Lost Surf Jam in 2003, and was ripping as usual. Justin was doing all the tricks Ozzie Wright became famous for 10 years before Ozzie, just never got the recognition. Check out all the old ...Lost videos, for real...

you thought charleston wasn't skate friendly...

...every buttery ledge in San Diego has these stupid skate-stoppers on them preventing anyone from doing a backside tailslide frontside shuv out. Frustrating...

sorry so late...

...I'm on west coast time. Just finished surfing Uppers with 8 guys out, shoulder-high sets, oil glass...sorry.

but I thought you guys didn't sell...

parabolic Sharp Eyes...

...got some PU/PE parabolic stringer Sharp Eyes in the other day. Haven't ridden one of the PU/PE parabolics yet, but my XTR epoxy parabolic (sd4 from ...lost) has been great in waves. It's not magic in your everyday Folly crap, but when it's got a little push behind it...you know what I'm saying? They're a couple hundred dollars less than Firewires, they are customizable and you know the rest.

Try to follow each stringer from nose to tail with one eye on each stringer and see if its possible.

FCS opens new factory...in Springfield???

...never really suspected that the Simpson's Springfield could be in toxic China. Homer is obviously at the controls over at the Springfield FCS factory...

...looking a lot like Blinky.
*These are FCS knock-off fin plugs, probably made in China. Not talking bad about FCS, the surfboard, Homer Simpson or Blinky.

Ween "La Cucaracha" listening party Tuesday night...

...come down to Woody's Pizza on Folly Beach for the CD listening party tonight. Come around 6:30 or so (or earlier if you really need a drink) and enjoy drinks specials and great pizza with the music of Ween starting @ 8:00pm. Their will also be t-shirt, poster and "other neat stuff" giveaways from Ween's stash. No, they won't be there. Or will they...

Jersey juice...

...woke up this past Saturday before dawn with the anticipation of 2-3 foot peaky and offshore nuggets to find barely 1 foot burgers. I got online to check the rest of the East Coast and immediately found a shot of Belmar, NJ, overhead and offshore, just minutes from my brother's house. I called to wake him and tell him to get his ass out of bed but was directed to his voice mail, and left the same message. Within minutes, as I looked at the pathetic showing of swell in front of my house @ 10th block, I received this picture of Belmar, NJ via cell phone. Life is not fair...

surf culture book...

...world renowned graphic artist/designer DC and C.R. Stecyck III and a few others put this great book together. Here's a Maurice Cole quote from the book:

"Think about what you are doing. The surfing industry rests on the shoulders of a couple of thousand craftsmen worldwide. A lot of these guys have spent years grinding out miserable existences just so they can surf. Beware of embracing anything that threatens the livelihood of dedicated individuals like these. They are the sport. Don't f--k with them."

great way to end the week...

...this was the only necessary 'Goofy vs. Regular' contest ever needed. Obviously, stance is not an issue.

And if you could do the turn at minute mark 3:06 in the video, your name would be Tom Curren. Final.