Fire in the sky

Happy full moon-autumnal equinox! This is the first time these two celestial events have shared the sky in a long long time. Unfortunately the stars didn't align quite so nicely for Igor. Sideshore and onshore winds plagued the whole event leaving us a little discombobulated from the churning seas.

Sliding Igor:
No pics, no lined up long period love, no clean faces to draw on. Just pesky onshores, big chunky-junky peaks, fat-ass shoulders, a busted out fin box, lots and lots of humbling rides and a steady stream of nose dribble to carry me through 'till the next swell arrives.

photo: snapped by a friend yesterday @ sunset, nearly fullmoon on the rise.

Earl-ee Friday Morning

Summer's Fun...
but fall is SWELL.

Paddling out to greet Earl after it lined up and organized itself a couple Friday mornings ago. Turned out to be just Good Clean Fun

Summer Anthem

Now that the Labor day weekend has come and gone, dragging the kids back to school in it's wake, summer is officially over. Through the years, certain songs have stuck in my head like summer anthems and when I hear them they instantly transport me back to those carefree days when life was much simpler. This year the aptly named "summer holiday" captures that spirit as well as any, not to mention the priceless vintage Oregon footage.