These are from a junky little evening at my favorite institute in LJ. When I came in I found out Anthony Tilley had snapped some photos of me. I don’t know why but when I did this collage I could just hear in my head an Australian commentator saying…

“Ohhh mate…he picked off a really good one here. The conditions are pretty bad but with the high tide these little waves have found a pretty smash able inside bank. I think he’s going to be a bit frustrated with himself on this one because had he landed the aerial I think the judges would have gone into the good to excellent range with their scores. In this case I think he’ll be lucky to land himself a 3.”

Thanks for letting me use the photos anthony.

Out of my need to surf and chasing a 175 degree south swell I jumped on the bus with Jacob Szekely, Will Salvato and everyone else in Southern CA and headed to lowers! There were some fun waves and I got to see plenty of good friends I hadn’t seen in a while so as always it was a good trip up. Here’s my documentation of the event. We were behind the bus on the way back an it was too good to not take a picture of!

Results are in!!

One year Transworld Surf subscription winners:
Austin Helm
Jonathan Nelson
Paul Ho
Ryan Wilson
Sam Peffer

X-Trak traction winners:
Kiku Ross
Erik Rinear(crossing your fingers is all it takes I guess…)

It’s a bit off but I still liked it. Looking towards downtown from baypark.

Here’s another look at me getting axed in case you wanted to laugh again!

If you see me having way too much fun in junky waves this could be a good reason why! It’s a 5’4″x19″x2.125″ Choppa. Pedro Battaglin shaped it and Bobby and John kept it in the super flyweight division.
I also hadn’t drawn on a board in a while so I hit this one with one of my longtime heros Slow Poke Rodriguez! If you forget who he is, it’s the cousin of Speedy Gonzales. YouTube him and watch the similarities unfold before your very eyes lol.

It’s COACH what the Schnell?! to you, lol. If you didn’t already know I have been coaching Michael Gumina recently. If you haven’t heard of him….here are a few clips from the last couple weeks. For those of you already in “the know”, check out what he has been up to the last few weeks.