Its Been a Long Time...

I haven't been in the water in weeks, which really struck home when I took a quick detour past the beach on my way to work. Some lucky guy pulling into a perfect little head-high barrel. Its slow season at work, which in sales means you work twice as much and twice as hard for the same results. One more month and business will start picking up! I hope the waves stay good.

One a brighter note, my job does lead to meeting some cool people. I was lucky to be able to help out a couple good guys last week, here some picks of them from Reef's website.

Not a whole lot going on

I went out Monday morning and got a few fun, choppy waves at San-O. I actually took my longboard out this time. I havent ridden it in months, ever since I got my fish. Its amazing how easy it is to catch waves on now! I've completely forgotten how to walk though.

Its kinda frustrating to be driving to work and seeing people with surfboards everywhere and I'm getting out once or twice a week. I just have to remind myself that maybe thats what they think of me on the days I'm heading to the beach and they're going to work......

Mindsurfing for the 9-5 Part 1

Every average joe surfer needs to keep his spirits up while he's sitting at his desk for 8+ hours. I've done my share of mindsurfing in pictures from various sources. Its a bit of an escape to insert yourself into a great photo. These pictures are just a small part of several years of browsing misc. online surf mags, blogs, and websites....

"Yeah, I got barreled at work today."

"The crowd on shore was cheering me on..."

Work...

Small, glassey, and fun looking this morning while I was driving to work. Didn't get out though. Maybe tomorrow morning if the wind doesn't blow everything out. The Southern California grind doesn't lend itself to paddling out on a daily basis. At least not when you're paying a mortage with a 100% commission job. I can't complain though. I have a good life, I just need to work a little harder now so I can play a little harder later. I don't want to have to put in this kind of hours when rugrats come along in the future.

Coming from surfing daily and working at surf shops for years, I kinda feel like a kook now. I'm that guy in the suit going to work where at one time I'd be "sick" and taking the day off when the surf was good. Its still feels weird when its firing and I drive by to work without a second thought, well maybe a second thought, and a third, but I do end up at work. Yeah, I'm a surfer.....