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Oct 30
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Photos Include:
Land of Right Points
Hostile Locals.
I revisited a place, and the results were much better than they were more than 40 years ago
Serious Signage.
First Stop:
LA Sea Line -
groms and their coaches.
This kid was a pretty stylish surfer - kindda thrown-back to an earlier time -
Second stop:
King's Point
Third Stop, oops, this one's censored! |
Oct 31
Words -
Cat's In The Cradle -
Kris' email
Brian's a daddy
Photos
Paige Jaylen Andrews
Nemo
I was very happy to be baby-sitting Nemo - we had a great time guarding Paige's new stuff, guarding the candy, guarding the stairs, and of course, teasing the trick or treaters!
[ I just had to ensure that Jen had the best view in the house ]
The Place
Cathy, Jen, Vera
Jen and Brian
The Paige
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Words
Photo of ME!
SoCals' last bastions of real surf stuff
locals were hostile
Jim The Genius
Surfboard by Will Jobson
another [stern] admonition
Ian Adult
Ian Grom
Grom Flexibility -
Photo Christmas Card -
boy and his dog
good photo
right neck!
mom's wearing the wreath
mom's applying the brakes
dragging mom,
Fido does a surf check
roll over
Pup gets a facial
Kid shows he's better behaved
kid still shines
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Matty
The Arena
Grom Ian,
Marco and Max
Hostile Local
Hostile Locals
Hostility in the waterPlus -
Photo-op 3 baby girls instead of one large dog and his brother |
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Words
Another Day of Heartbreak
Hostile Locals in Milwaukee, Iowa!
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Hunter and Ian!
red board
Hunter
how big is this wave?
sucked back out into the Rip of Death!
Ian's
how big is this bomb?
hostile locals,
"going left" hacks
"going right" hacks.
nice surf dad
classic nose tweak
sunset
A little BA reminiscing:
How many of us had a parent who not only encouraged us to surf, but would also paddle-out and surf with us?
His dad - sometimes paddles-out with Hunter and occasionally will push Hunter into a
Hunter's perfectly capable of catching waves on his own - and his dad is all smiles!
I grew-up less than 100 yards from the waves at LJ Shores - my dad NEVER saw me surf, much less encouraged me to do so!
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Photos:
BA Demonstrates Contest Poses for Winners:
Prepare Dinner - the judges are always hungry!
Cross Stepping
Bald Butt Sliding this trick won't work for most Menehunes!
The Flamingo [copyright BA]
Reverse Head Stand
Fly like Comstock - Hack like Emo
Toe Stalling for Big $$
The Two-Handed Statue of Liberty
Lap Dance for a judge
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BA at SDSL Party
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Photos:
from Awesome's News and Comment]
Voodoo Water Snakes habitat sewer pipe and bamboo patch.
snake-trap Lot Local's shoe
vacant beach-
kite surfer well outside the 200 yard boundary line] -
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Photos:
surfable tidal bore
younger kids
one of the little guys gets hurt
quite proficient
Tribal Grom Leader
sometimes get wiped-out!
Triangles
Outsides
Charlie Carter's
Tandems
Vertical Booger Zone
Classic LongBoard Stall Zone
youngest of the tribe
White Screens
White Tribe
White Tribe
squalid living quarters
Bamboo Urinals!
Voodoo Water
sign language.
Alpha Male
Booger Board
hostile locals
this hostile |
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Photos:
The Arena
surf always sucks here
The Bench
The Lot
photo opportunity
can't be Christmas
Tommy Wolfe is a dork Reef
Slavin
Frankel
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Photos:
No Surf
food service
citizens seem to be mutating
The locals are hostile in this parking lot, even more hostile in this parking lot, and even here
gender bender
advance team
assistant
Mikey Bonner
Mike
front of his house
One booger
one flippered Harbor Seal
Vertical Man
Pat
BIGGER
Pat
Pat survived
he goes CORRECTLY |
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Photos:
flipping out
flipping out
flipping off
hostile locals
b**l biting habits
Butt Sliders
Harbor Seals were mutating
Peter Wave Loch's Artifical Wave
Bad Boy Bobby
daddy survived
Rodney's board
Hornless Mountain Goat
Surf Photo Maestro
Hostile Local
I was reminded
I was reminded
west swell
I was reminded
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Photos:
Another Arena Day - Starring:
Jon Roseman
Pat Ahern
The Pat and Fernando Show
Foster Family
A Mutant Stick
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Photos:
The kids leave, the kids come home [Carsten]
The groms are still here [Jake] so are the "older groms" [Tom Ortner]
"Lynn, are you still curious why I named you the Vertical Booger?"
The hostile locals are still here
There are big $$$ to be made by leading Surfing Safaris thru the dense Arena Jungle, into Hostile Local Land -
The sand's coming back to Moids -
The sunsets still suck - especially at Lake Indigo |
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Photos:
Matty and Hunter Show
Matty
Hunter
locals were hostile
these two
Robin Hoodish encounter
Duncan
getting tubed
wave grabbing
Skim-Ette
walking on water
sand
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Photos:
The Shores Sunrise and Swamis Photos:
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Photos:
hostile local confrontation
Welcome to La Jolla?
relax on the way in
fin first take-offs
way too big for me
Deadman's
left death bomb - Deadman's -
largest wave EVER ridden
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Photos:
shrink's chair at pecker-head rock
gremmie days at La Jolla Shores
The Rocks!
led by Matty ...
Family Cobra Head
Lesser groms
kids
heads up in the surge
great practice for these kids
Robertson's Cliff Dive
Japanese tour group
closer look at the entire Grom Gang. |
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Photos:
Frappy in Frap-Land
The Chair
Sting Ray Eggs
Welcome to La Jolla
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