Buddha

Buddha

a gift from Donnise.
sits in the garden, under the lemon tree, next to the turtle pond.
thank you Donnise.

socal winter surf 07

december 06 at seal beach…surfing the 6′quad zippifish.

the surf in socal this winter has sucked big time. i dont think weve ever had such an awful no wave winter. ive surfed only 4 days since january 1st. theres been very few waves, and when we have had some surf, its only lasted a day. im really ready for the next swell…

lily

this is Lily.

Lily lives at my brother David’s house with my sister-in-law Simone and my nephew Canon. feel free to leave a comment…

gmg recording studio

Check out GMG Recording Studio. This place is a Long Beach establishment of over 60 years! Gabe and Joe engineer the studio, and they do a good job at creating a mellow and creative vibe for each session. They record all types of projects……jazz, rap, opera, rock, orchestra, soloist, voice-overs, etc. If you live in the SoCal area and are looking for a top-notch and affordable studio to record your next project, check em out.

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canon’s 3rd birthday

my nephew canon blowing out his birthday candles, with a little help from cousin gia.
i luv these kids!

athf

this is from transafixion:

These are the two guys the city of Boston has arrested to make up for their outrageous overreaction to a two week old, ten city viral marketing campaign by the Cartoon Network show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The city of Boston, and the news organization covering the story (who also went ballistic with the story yesterday morning), are blaming their apparent lack of sensibility on everyone else but themselves.

I am glad these guys went up to the microphones and pointed out how ridiculous this all is. All the reporters were trying to do was cover their asses and blame these guys for “misleading” them, rather than owning up to their obvious misjudgments.

And 9/11 isn’t an excuse for this. Case and point, nine other cities had the same viral marketing take place and they didn’t even flinch. Boston didn’t even flinch for 10 days.

This is the society George Bush has created.

A society that places fear about everything else. Fear that there’s a bomb on every corner. Fear that they will get blamed for not “doing enough”. Fear, and then more fear.

What’s worse, the Boston government and media is blaming their own fear, and fear mongering, on the marketers. Here’s Boston Mayor Thomas Menino:

“I just think this is outrageous, what they’ve done … It’s all about corporate greed.”

Give me a break.

I am definitely not one to defend corporations, but this is ridiculous. You overreacted. No other mayor did what you did.

You have been played for a sucker in George Bush’s America.

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quad

me with the 6ft zippifish

twin keel set up…..before the quad experiment.

ive been experimenting over the past year with various fishy and hybrid/fun boards and fin set ups. the boards ive obtained and surfed are:

5′10″ zippifish twin…………….i love this board.
5′10″ name?……………………this board sucked. i gave it away.
6′ epoxy zippifish quad/twin…my current favorite.
6′ hoffman twin………………..i added a small trailer fin later to see how it performed.
6′8″ zippifish quad/twin……….my one board quiver.
7′ king fish twin w/trailer fin…fun and fast.
7′ corky carrol twin……………similar to a bing twin with its big boxed fins and boxed tail
7′ kane garden twinzer/twin….fun too.
7′ okamoto……………………..aka “the laker board of death”

here are my random thoughts:

i like twins.
i like a keel twin set up rather than a “regular” non-keel twin set up.
i like the feel and hold of the quad set up better than the twin.
i dont notice any loss of speed with the quad set up…..i havent surfed the quad in overhead surf yet, so that may change.
quads are much easier for me to ride backside than twins.
i can still make long carvy cutbacks with a quad.
i like the feel of a quad and twin over a thruster for waves that are not overhead.
i dont like twinzers too much…..they feel like thrusters to me. yet, i do have a 7′kingfish with a twin set up and a small center trailer fin and i seem to like it.

i have a few more questions that have not been answered.
i intend to figure these things out over the next year:

how well does a speed dialer work?
bonzer?…..i really want a bonzer….ive never ridden one.
bonzer3?
bonzer5?

and here are a few other thoughts i am aware of:

this is totally about me and the way i surf.
i am not a professional surfer.
i know what is a “dog board” for me, can be a “perfect board” for someone else.
these conclusions are just my own personal opinions.
these opinions are not meant to sway anybody else’s opinions in any way.
once again, these are just my own little conclusions and opinions.

i am also aware that if you are not a surfer, this post makes no sense to you at all!

if you do surf, and have any input, please comment.

cool…