There is nothing better than salt in the air and sand in my hair (what's left of it).

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Terry Martin Project

$7,000

The Terry Martin Project

Wow.

The Terry Martin Project

One week in Costa Rica at Casa Chantaco. $3,750 X 2.

The Terry Martin Project

Skip Fry $5,500

The Terry Martin Project

Stussie $750

The Terry Martin Project

7' 2" Mandela $1,750

The Terry Martin Project

Jackson Brown Gibson guitar $5,250

The Terry Martin Project

$1250

The Terry Martin Project

This Pavel sold for $2,000

The Terry Martin Project

Terry's econline van sold for 6K. Complete with board notes, lucy's t-shirt, San onofre sand and foam dust.

The Terry Martin Project

The Terry Martin Project

Some of the boards for auction.

The Terry Martin Project

Pre-auction entertainment.

The Terry Martin Project

I'm told the event is sold out. It's 5:05 and we're all lined up. Can't wait to see the boards for auction.

Lay Day

Couldn't make it today. Steve tells me it was a tad smaller than yesterday with better shape. Lite crowd early, you know the rest of the story. Thanks for the pics and report Steve.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Martin: Greatest of All Shapers

Here's a link to an article by Corky Carroll on Terry Martin.

Martin greatest of all shapers | terry, martin, years - Home - The Orange County Register

Glad I Made The Effort

After babysitting two of my grandkids till 12:30 last night, got them to bed by 9:00, I almost decided to sleep in.  Turned my alarm off at 4:30 but got a text from Dave at 4:45 that woke me up again, so I hauled ass and was in the water by 5:20.  That first hour was great.  Only a handful of us in the water and plenty of shoulder high wave action.   Things started to slow down as the tide filled in and of course the participant level increased as well.  Glad I uberized this morning.  All in all a pretty fun sesh.
Dave









Friday, May 18, 2012

Looks Like I Blew Chunks

Arrived at Christianitos at about 5:10 this morning.  No cars and a really hard south wind.   Probably should have rode down but there were plenty of reasons for me to get to work early.   Took PCH to work and looked at Brooks and Thalia Streets in Laguna, while not as windy, also not very good.  Went to work dry.  Checked Surfline cams later in the morning to find that the wind had died off in San Clemente.   D’oh!




Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hot Pants!

Check this news article out.   Someone collected some phosphorous contaminated rocks at uppers that caught fire in her pants!   WTF!

Rocks from beach catch fire in woman's pocket - exclusive | abc7.com


Cleaner and Less Crowded

Paddled out at 5:15.  It was a crystal clear morning with nice off shores.   The first hour was pretty fun  but as the tide filled in things slowed down.   I patiently waited in the bay for the occasional set that swung south.  Probably the best option; didn't see too many point waves that looked all that good. 




The Bay was the way