I turned 40 this year. So did my friend Scott. For 20+ years we’ve been adventure-seeking friends. For the past 10+ years we’ve gathered each fall for a weekend camping and surf trip to catch some waves and have some fun around a campfire. They’ve all been great trips. But this year we wanted something worthy of our 40th birthdays. […]
Holiday surf surprise
At the beginning of December, we spent a day and night in Santa Cruz. The surf was flat so we enjoyed a walk along West Cliff Dr., had lunch at Kelly’s Bakery, and stumbled into a new shop (well, new to me) in the Swift St. Courtyard called Sawyer Land & Sea Supply. As is […]
On ‘The Twenty’
I spent five years of college in San Luis Obispo, most of which included surfing everywhere imaginable in SLO County. While my friends and I had plenty of great waves and sessions nearby, it’s also a fickle stretch of coastline that lent itself to many, many disappointing drives back and forth to the beach. So […]
Surf stories: Right of way? Wrong.
It’s awesome to surf a SW swell, except when you get snaked and yanked off your board. What would you have done?