Sierras with Elliot

Went up to Mammoth for a little fly fishing trip with my bud Elliot. It was good to get back to the mountains again. ( and good food from the Lee Vining Mobil Station) .

My custom M13 Quad..sold.

This was my first Russell Hoyte custom Channel Island M13  Quad. I sold it yesterday. It was a great board and it got me back in shape to try smaller faster boards. The guy who bought it was a really cool guy that has been around for awhile and has grew up with the famed Malcom Campbell and surfed Silver Strand. This board will serve him well.

Moto Guzzi in Julian.

This is a Moto Guzzi three wheeled car in the little town of Julian east of Escondido Ca.The cool thing in Europe was that  they put skinny tires on that helped in sliding into corners at speed. This one has wider tires that looked really cool! Above is a Messerschitts three wheeler using the old Messesrschitt 109 cockpit.

OBX 5/2010

This was my trip back to North Carolina to see family and friends. I took along my Hoyte quadfish that ended up leaving with Mike Dupuis for him and his kids to enjoy. I hadn't surfed with Mike in twenty years. It was great to see him.

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Well summertime has flown by. South swells, trips back east. I will need a few weeks to catch up. I finished my new Keel Fish that I made myself. Big thanks to Russell Hoyte for being a awesome teacher. And Moonlight Glassing, Elliot & Marlin for the Bamboo fins and glass job. Now to get ready to DJ Camp Hollywood!

Post Lasik 2 weeks.

Had a great time last weekend with Tina in Leucadia. It was a busy Saturday! Got up early to join the " One Surf Fly" fishing tournament. It was a great showing. At least 70 contestants with Brian Hasting winning with a total of 17 fish. Then to Carlsbad to Legoland. Didn't really have any great exspectations but it was really fun. The lego San Francisco and New York was awesome! Then to JP St.Pierre's new Surf Shop " Surfy Surfy".It was a amazing crowd and nice to support JP. I took some shots of the new shop. They had awesome ukes for sale! I want one! How are my eyes? Well they seem to get a little dry and tired if I don't use my drops every hour. They get really red at times but the artificial tears really help. I'm really ready to get in the water but I need to wait a few more weeks.

Frankie Manning

So today is the one year anniversary of the death of one of our most treasured American dancers, Frankie Manning. There has been no other dancer that has truly and without fail inspired me to keep dancing. No matter what I'm into , surfing, fishing or something so contra to dance that when I see video footage of him dancing, it reminds me of the gift of dance that will always remains inside of me. Watch the video clip of "Hellszapoppin". I've seen it a thousand times and every single time I'm just amazed at the just pure talent of this guy. He has the magic of musicality that we will never see again. He thinks he had a great deal of coming out of retirement to teach, well we got the very best part of the bargain.