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Below are 4 of more than 50,000 photos I have archived, err, collected.
I think that "archived" implies some sort of ability to retrieve the contents [Google Search???]
{I can barely find a matching pair of socks in one dresser drawer, find an archived / collected photo on my website - hah}
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Luckily for me, I have collected a few photos taken by real photographers, some of which are below and are also throughout my Day With BA website.
I'm stoked that they have allowed me to use their photos...
Thank you - Thank you for your courtesy!
Bill Andrews Photos La Jolla Surfing, La Jolla Characters and ...
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La Jolla Surfing Photo : Courtesy of Pete Palmer : Date Taken : Early 1968
Crowded? Yes : 3 Of Us In The Lineup!
Rick Doyle Photo of a Black's Road Wave : Uncrowded [BA and friend]
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Jeff Divine took this photo of me in Baja ~ 1969 when I was doing my best to adhere to "Follow the Curl Line"
My board was a really cool Larry Strada gun, about 18.5" wide by about 7' long.
Thank you Jeff - sorry my photo storage techniques and post processing does not do justice to your great photography!
[
by the way 1,
Corky Carroll in
1967, said this about a photo of
Jock Sutherland in Surfer Mag "...moves up and down and surfs both sides of the curl line, in contrast to the "old timers" who positioned themselves in the curl (on the curl line) and rode away from the break"]
[
by the way 2, to this day, in my surf world, just about number one at the top of my list of annoying in the water behavior is longboard kooks - note kooks - not beginners - racing for the shoulder]
[
by the way 3, I probably should not even ask why, but why would any surfer who has progressed past beginner status, want to miss the fun of staying in the curl, and possibly - gasp - getting barrelled]
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This photo was taken when I first began kneeboarding, and I'm enjoying, more and more, doing something I said I would
NEVER do!
Bill Andrews kneeboarding, La Jolla Shores : Photo by John Slavin
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BELOW ARE ENTRIES FOR JUNE - JULY 2014 : MY [BA'S] HOME PAGE
July Archived
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo July 2009
19 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 1
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 2
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 3
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 4
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 5
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 6
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 7
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 8
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos DAY AT THE BEACH for Special Surfers La Jolla Shores
Album 9
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18 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla <kindda> Surfing Photo
Another Man Vs The Wild AKA Life and / or Death at La Jolla Shores
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos Top Secret La Jolla Reefs
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Bill Andrews Not a La Jolla Surfing Photo
When I was a kid growing up in La Jolla, if my mother or grandmother had seen me walking / running / biking / skateboarding
down the middle of a street in La Jolla...
[
I turned 18 in 1962 - after that, my parents would take my threats of running away from home a bit more seriously!]
...I would have received a head-slap which would have knocked me down
Retribution for idiot behavior, whether on land or in the water, was instant!
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo
17 July 2014
Archived 17 July 2009
First things first:
In the following photos: AA 1 - AA 4, AKA Accident Avoidance 101, if you're the guy who paddled into the surfer riding the wave, and compounded the error with a board ditch, and you know me <or I know you> sorry if I've offended you with my comments below, I'll be back in the water in about 10 days, then you can punch me!
Please note - the only reason there was no carnage on the wave, was because the surfer is very good, and exhibited the skill level necessary to avoid the ditcher's board.
If I don't know you, and because you exhibited such a level of kookdom, maybe you should learn to surf somewhere else, and come back to La Jolla's Reefs in about 10 years.
BA
13 July 2014
BA's Notes -
Discovered photos from my trip to Tonga last year
Miles from shore - surrounded by sharks and unridable waves - way fun in a masochistic way
New Zealand Christine : Great surfer : One heck of an athlete
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos of Top Secret La Jolla Reefs and Top Secret La Jolla Shores
Album 1 Includes --->
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : White House Right in July
Bill Andrews La Jolla Characters Photo : Ned
12 July 2014
BA's Notes -
Discovered photos [below] of Anchovies and Leopard Sharks at La Jolla Shores 2006
BA
08 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : I took this photo to document my expanding quiver -
I noticed the American Flag attached to the post behind my car, as well as an out of focus La Jolla Reef Break in the background
I, err, we, are pretty darn lucky / fortunate to live / surf in La Jolla : I know that I appreciate every day as life goes on -
Regrets <zero>
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Max in The Arena
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Dale in The Arena
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Nick in The Arena
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
Before we had driver's licenses we wanted to surf bigger waves on the south swell days - we could see the backs of the waves about a 1/2 mile north of Scripps Pier
When we attended La Jolla High it as also a Junior High, grades 7 - 12 [La Jolla Jr. - Sr. High School] and for a couple of years we would walk down Nautilus Street before first period
{We had no physical way, nor the skills to surf the uptown, highly localized La Jolla reefs}
More than 50 years ago, I wonder why we made the trek to Black's, lugging 30 - 40 pound boards over / around the rocks at Scripps?
06 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
Matt at Right Hooker [another dominating performance by a La Jolla Shores local]
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Sunrise in La Jolla
05 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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05 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
Album 9
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Sunrise in La Jolla
La Jolla surfing photo of RK : Courtesy of Doug Moranville
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo of Hot Curl David at Squire's Reef
04 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos La Jolla Shores :
Not a vacant blade of grass / grain of sand
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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04 July 2014 Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo of Johnny Noris in The Arena
Attention kooks, some of whom happen to be my [semi] friends
If a surfer as skilled as Johnny looks before he takes off, don't you think you should follow his example?
A bit of respect and common sense just might help you if you EVER decide to surf somewhere else other than The Shores
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La Jolla Surfing Photo Courtesy of Doug Moranville
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La Jolla Surfing Photo Courtesy of Doug Moranville
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La Jolla Surfing Photo Courtesy of Doug Moranville
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
I've watched these guys grow up :
Just like all of us, a couple of steps forward, 1/2 step backward :
In my opinion, we are in good hands with this generation of La Jolla surfers / citizens!
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
There was a time, not too long ago, that even attempting to ride this wave might send one to Doc Matson's Bluffside Emergency Room
03 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo:
There is a reason, err, is there a reason why this top secret La Jolla reef has only one person in the lineup?
02 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Top Secret S***h Bird Rock
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
It took me more than 50 years plus a top secret map from Garth and Eric Murphy
plus some help from the
Surfing Guide to Southern California - I finally found it : North Seaweed Gulch
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : The Marine Room : La Jolla Shores
01 July 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
30 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
Album 1 Includes --->
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo of an Arena Left :
This place RARELY gets good, and if / when it does [get good] one [yea you] will find
death potential polluted water and very hostile locals!
29 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
Album 1 Includes --->
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
In an effort to be a better citizen [I will be back in the water in a couple of weeks] I thought it would
be helpful to provide a legitimate and accurate surf map for La Jolla's summer surfers
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
I guess either a masochist or a beginning surfer would choose
to walk out / paddle out at La Jolla Shores' Hole - this spot is a Club Med for stingrays
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
We don't go to your neighborhood and make a mess,
why
is it okay for you to come to our yard and not only make a mess, but a really dangerous mess?
28 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos
Album 1 Includes --->
Smilin' Art with a great looking homemade ? board :
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Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
R Dot
My favorite surf team members and potential members
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo :
Matt keeps getting better and better and obviously has figgered out a way to slow the hands of time
Bill Andrews NOT a La Jolla Surfing Photo :
Grandson BamBam / Nolan is on his way to
scoring 17 goals in one game :
I forgot that today's youth sport bureaucrats do not encourage keeping score or recognizing individual excellence
27 June 2014
BA's Notes -
Bill Andrews NOT a La Jolla Surfing Photo :
Left Ear : 100% Blocked : Pre Surgery on 19 June 2014
Thank you Doctor O!
26 June 2014
BA's Notes -
I was talking to Ryan this morning, asked Ryan if he knew that in this photo:
he was performing a bona fide surfing maneuver---> "Standing Island"
Just a reminder [to me] that a long time ago, I did know how to surf vertically:
BA
25 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
23 June 2014
BA's Notes -
"BA-BA, you are always referencing Mellow Cat"
[Ted Richards and I became friends when Kurt was collaborating with Ted for the comic strip in the mags - good guy]
"We have no idea about what or to whom you are referring!"
Mellow Cat's Hollywood...
There are a million photos of Kurt on the web, I'm just too lazy to perform the search
Kurt Ledterman aka Mellow Cat aka Archie and I have been good friends for at least - gasp - gasp - 50 years
Kurt made a living semi-dominating the lefts which we called Buoy Lefts, which has morphed into Archie's Lefts
Actually, I am more than a bit jealous of the spot name[s]
in my world it should have been BA's Lefts, Big Pink's Lefts, or?
BA
22 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
21 June 2014
BA's Notes -
When I was a La Jolla Shores Gremmie ~ 1956 [some will argue - rather convincingly - that I still am] there was very little interaction between the older surfers and the gremmies.
[Back then, in my world, an old surfer was about 25 years old, and we were all about 12 years old]
Most of us were not born in California, I was born on an Army / Airforce Base in Illinois
[we moved to California in 1950]
Most were the spawn of WW II Veterans and stay at home mothers [I am too old, by a couple of years, to be a "Baby Boomer"]
The majority of our fathers did not surf, in fact, even though we lived less than 200 yards from the beach, my father [from Virginia] probably watched me surf less than 5 times.
Way too many of my friends - it appears to me - have lost their surf stoke, some have even lost life's stoke -
I am pretty good at dishing out unsolicited advice, so here goes:
Groms, enjoy your youth, relish your surf stoke, or whatever it is that gives you the stoke - old guys drop into some of the beaches which you used to visit when we were kids.
[Get there early, in the summer or any weekend, holiday, there ain't no parking after about 9:30 AM]
Absorb the same things we used love - you'll be stoked, as well as surprised at how graciously you're accepted, and how unbelievable the surfing level is now!
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photos :
Groms in The Arena Album Photos Include:
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo : Surf Sacrifice 2014 style
I was telling the Groms that they looked dangerously close to the way we looked [as Gremmies] about - OUCH - 60 years ago!
I stuck
Ron Greene, Photo Guy Supremo, with my camera for this photo at
Bird's Surf Shed
Want surf shop stoke - go to
Bird's!
Thank you
Doctor O'Leary and your right hand man, PA, surfer Brett.
Apparently you yanked that thing out of my ear right before I would have become the proud recipient of a massive ear infection -
Thank you - Thank you!
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo of La Jolla Shores 5:30 AM
Bill Andrews La Jolla Surfing Photo of Hostile Locals Reef 5:45 AM
19 June 2014
BA's Notes - Beginning with my first surgery / downtime in January of this year, my television viewing hours have been lengthened because of my introduction [self induced] to daytime TV.
The number of see you in court, see you for lie detector / DNA result / caught you cheating shows is mind numbing -
I'm speaking only for myself - most certainly out of jealousy - cuz the shows are making millions of $$$
BA
Thank you
Doctor O'Leary and your right hand man, PA, surfer Brett.
Apparently you yanked that thing out of my ear right before I would have become the proud recipient of a massive ear infection -
Thank you - Thank you!
Bill Andrews photo of the bedroom accessories I NEVER thought I would see, let alone use!
After ear surgery I had to sleep at about a 60 degree angle - used one of my many junkola crates to ensure that I would not roll over to a more comfortable horizontal position.
Bill Andrews Photo of one of my favorite TV programs - only of course - if it shows a meth head getting tasered!
Bill Andrews photo : I'm sure some find this show entertaining / informative -
for me I only watch Phil if Jerry Springer, a real therapist, is not available
Bill Andrews photo :
Passages Malibu ad shown on every channel during "self improvement" programs...
Affordable, of course, it's only $80,000/month according to link on photo below.
I found the link on Al Gores' internets, so it's gotta be true:
Bill Andrews La Jolla surfing photo : Here's my therapy :
18 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
16 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews Photos La Jolla Surfing, La Jolla Characters and ...
Album 1 Includes ---> Rolf inside The Arena :
Sand Out after only 24 hours of NW swell :
Bill Andrews Photo : La Jolla, CA :
Rolfie, a legitimate Style Master at all of La Jolla's Reefs
Bill Andrews Photo : La Jolla, CA :
Lifeguard Approved?
Bill Andrews Photo : WindanSea La Jolla, CA :
One of the most famous parking lots
- surf or non surf -
in my - as well as in Tommy Wolfe's World
15 June 2014
BA's Notes -
Father's Day / Granddaddy Billy's Day at Moonlight Beach, Encinitas [by the way, the surf was pretty darn good]
BA
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Bill Andrews Photos of La Jolla Surfing, La Jolla Characters and ...
Bill Andrews La Jolla Reefs
Album 1
Includes ---> Sand In, In The Arena, La Jolla, CA :
The Shack, La Jolla's Historical Icon :
The deck of my board
Bill Andrews photo : WindanSea, La Jolla, CA :
Even in my most careless / selfish days, when I was a dog owner, I picked up my dog's poo -
Bill Andrews photo WindanSea, La Jolla, CA :
This guy watched his dog dump on the beach, and just walked on by...
...No baggie?
You can probably afford to sacrifice your remaining Starbucks Coffee, and use the cup as a poo container
Bill Andrews Photo: WindanSea Sunrise in La Jolla
Bill Andrews photo: WindanSea's Water Therapy. La Jolla, CA is wayyy better than the "couch" [at least in my opinion]
Bill Andrews Photo : Dale in The Arena
14 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews Photos La Jolla Reefs
Album 1 Includes --->
Doc Julie at Surgeon's Reef, illustrating the typical BA photo, out of focus, crooked horizon, no zoom, etc.
Bill Andrews Photos La Jolla Reefs [and LJ Shores]
Album 2 Includes --->
David at Nava Land :
David at La Jolla Shores :
Erik [student / surfer, or is it surfer / student] in The Arena :
Bill Andrews Photo : Sand In - La Jolla 92037
Bill Andrews Photo : Custom Board : Below The Shack : La Jolla, CA
Bill Andrews Photo : Custom Board From The Water : La Jolla, CA
Bill Andrews Photo : Looking Toward Bonair : La Jolla, CA
Bill Andrews Photo : Top Secret La Jolla Reef, 92037
13 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BABill Andrews photo of the bottom of my board, The Lot, La Jolla 92037
Bill Andrews photo of the deck [complete with handles] of my board, The Lot, La Jolla 92037
Bill Andrews photo of Doc Julie...
In a very short length of time,
Julie's surfing skills have improved to a point where she is getting dangerously close to becoming one of the top docs in La Jolla's death defying lineups!
Daughter Emma and Dad Jeff -
Fashion Mag quality out of the water / Surfer Mag ability in the lineup
06 - 12 June 2014
BA's Notes -
Taking a week off - Going to practice serious meditation at La Jolla's Redwood Hollow
I guess I have to internalize / rationalize the difference between becoming a senior citizen - incrementally - or as is happening now, at light speed
- OUCH!
BA
04 - 05 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Photos
05 June 14 Album 1
Bill Andrews La Jolla Photos
04 June 14 Album 1
Top Secret La Jolla Reef - Action is always high speed
I would not attempt this maneuver on dry land, even with a foot of padding [my bu*t] as a safety precaution
Just like everything else in La Jolla, construction NEVER ends!
Over Budget - Completion dates pushed back by days, weeks, months, and yes, often years
Public projects which fail in La Jolla, punish tax payers everywhere, not just in La Jolla
Bill Andrews photo of Ryan :
Every day, he, and a select few others at The Shores, improve their surfing!
One major reason for their improvement: They use the right board for the waves they are riding
02 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Reefs Photos
Album 1
Bill Andrews Photo : Thom :
Naturally, I was too slow on the trigger to capture one of the best waves ever at this top secret reef!
Thom was totally buried in the barrel, but I was captivated by another spectator, no $$ shot for me
Bill Andrews photo of La Jolla Shores escapee, Raw Meat Matt
01 June 2014
BA's Notes -
BA
Bill Andrews La Jolla Shores Photos
Album 1
Bill Andrews photo of Teddy Cassidy, La Jolla Shores, CA
Going thru archives:
Way, way back, there was a gang of young guys, home-based primarily at The Cliffs, who would come to Black's.
A number of these guys were kneeboarders, outstanding surfers by the way, but they were still "Half Men"
They received a lot of crapola from us, and I remember very well adding kneeboarding to my list of "I'll never..."
My I'll never list included: ...Ride a foam board, ...wear a wetsuit, ...use a leash and so on.
All I can say is that my longboard surfing was never that good, but I sure am having a lot of fun doing something I said I would never do so many years ago: 1/2 manning it!
This photo was taken when I first began kneeboarding, and I'm enjoying, more and more, doing something I said I would
NEVER do!
BA' s Last Blast of BS:
"For me, I'd rather be an old 1/2 man still surfing South Wind Shores [below photos was a great day], the LJ Reefs and Black's,
than an old whole man surfing Tourmaline.
[No offence to old men and my friends at Tourmo]"
