Oggi è stato una brutta giornata...tornando a casa da lavoro con al mia fedele Albània ( la mia macchina così soprannominata x ovvi motivi) ho tamponato in malomodo un'altra auto..

Botte, dolori a spalla e schiena non sono nulla paragonati al dispiacere di vedere la mia fedele compagna di decennali viaggi accartocciata di fronte a me...

Il danno è scoraggiante...sistemarla mi costerebbe di più...molto di più di quanto vale....il problema è che ci sono talmente legato che non riesco ad immaginarmi senza questa macchina con me...insomma....ha visto più posti di Alessandro Magno...mari,montagne....oceani e ghiacciai...laghi..città...isole...ha fatto anche l'erasmus con me..

Mi ha mollato a piedi nei posti più impensabili decine di volte....di fronte alle divinità di Santiago de Compostela è stata punita a casa del suo degenerato padrone....ho preso decine di multe a San Sebastian e a Biarritz (mai pagate per altro)..mi ha accompagnato in viaggi di 24 ore fatti solo per andare a surfare sull'oceano in fine settimana di puro vaneggio mentale...mi ha fatto da casa e da letto attraversando l'europa...

Grazie ad un incidente con Albania anni fa..con i soldi dell'assicurazione...io e un mio socio ci siamo comprati la prima tavola da surf...

Ora voi mi dovete dire come posso abbandonarla al suo destino e per colpa mia.... non mi ci vedo a buttare snowboard innevati ed infangati sui sedili posteriori di un'altra macchina...non mi ci vedo a sporcare di paraffina i sedili di un mezzo che non sia questo.....mi segue dalla maturità alla demenza senile....e io sarò demente ma non la lascio accartocciata nel parcheggio della carrozzeria e se mi lascerà sarà perchè non ce la farà più lei...

Ah dimeticavo...è anche una attrice affermata.....

p.s. video di svariati anni fa...grazie a Teo per il montaggio...grazie a teo per aver viaggiato con noi nomadi ed esserti divertito...grazie ad Andy immancabile compagno di viaggio...grazie al Molugo...forever friends...grazie a te Lista cazzaro che se mai leggerai questo post ti roderà il culo x' la mia albania arriverà a 300.000Km alla facciazza tua e della tua scatoletta di tonno a 4 ruote che ti ritrovi :)

Ale

A vitória foi garantida com uma nota 8,5 na melhor onda que  surfou na Praia do Arpoador. Ele somou 13,17 pontos e ficou em primeiro na bateria contra o taitiano Michel Bourez (12,10), o australiano Corey Ziems (9,80) e o sul-africano Warwick Wright (9,06).

- Saí mais por precaução, pois foi no mesmo tornozelo que já me contundi. Só que aqui fora vi que não foi nada demais, só um susto. Não quero arriscar, estamos no final do ano e tem coisas importantes ainda pela frente - diz.

No feminino, o título da etapa será decidido neste sábado. As brasileiras Diana Cristina e Krisna de Souza vão se enfrentar nas semifinais. A outra vaga na decisão será entre a havaiana Coco Ho e a neozelandesa Paige Hareb.

Quarta fase masculina:

1: Brett Simpson (AUS), Simão Romão (BRA-RJ), Thiago de Souza (BRA-CE)
2: Pedro Henrique (BRA-RJ), Bernardo Pigmeu (BRA-PE), Alejo Muniz (BRA-SC)
3: Yuri Sodré (BRA-RJ), William Cardoso (BRA-SC), Adilton Mariano (BRA-CE)
4: Marlon Lipke (ALE), Wiggolly Dantas (BRA-SP), Marcelo Bispo (BRA-RJ)
5: Leonardo Neves (BRA-RJ), Greg Emslie (AFS), Ricardo Ferreira (BRA-SP)
6: Hizunomê Bettero (BRA-SP), Shaun Cansdell (AUS), Dustin Barca (HAV)
7: Adriano de Souza (BRA-SP), Gabe Kling (EUA), Jadson André (BRA-RN)
8: Jihad Kohdr (BRA-PR), Michel Bourez (TAH), Raoni Monteiro (BRA-RJ)

There's a lady in the UK, Clara Meadmore who after turning 105 says that the key to a long life is plenty of walking, the odd glass of wine and remaining a virgin. Don't panic I have a plan and its going to be good as I don't drink wine.

I reckon I can safely swap the "odd glass of wine" for the odd slice of cake as they both make you feel happy unless you over do it, then they both make you throw up and they are both fattening.

Now to the tricky one of virginity, this was more of a challenge as it is a state of mind as well as a physical state. My plan is to swap virginity for surfing. They are both a state of mind, a lifestyle and in Clara's case clearly very healthy. 

So that's the plan.... plenty of walking, the odd cake and remaining a surfer.

 I think I've nailed it and I am looking forward to a long and happy life.

I would love to have a chat with 105 year old Clara who seems very pragmatic about it all saying that she was never interested in sex and "I imagine there's a lot of hassle involved". Wow, Clara your insight is shocking but like many things in life that are a lot of hassle there's also a lot of happiness and a lot of fun so my advice to Clara is that it is never too late and never say never.

I think its a lifestyle, one that most will never embrace. A lifestyle with no cares and just being chill going with the flow. Not being afraid to step out of line and a general unattached sense. Sort of an uncaring, willing to let everything just brush off your shoulder not concerned with everybodies fast paced lives and everything else that goes with that. Its a life of leisure and carelessness, just having fun and where ever you go is where you go. Not knowing what is next and not caring that every detail of your life is not planned. One of the guys off the Quicksilver Surf team put it best when said, "If you live life out of a book, you'll never have fun." So true!

I could be happy in some shanty with a board and the beach as my backyard. Nothing else would matter, of course some food and I guess if I had to a job... Other than that I could be pleased with just that, it would be even better if it was out in Cali or Hawaii or Fiji or something like that, but I would settle for Cape Hatteras North Carolina if I had to.

I miss it so much, now I live in Michigan and yeah there is not really any surf unless you want to have icicles hanging from your hair lol. Sad but true I guess the only time Grand Haven, MI gets good waves is when it is freezing cold. :(

Las economías se comportan como las ondas que ocurren cuando uno arroja una piedra en el agua. Las ondas se van expandiendo y con el tiempo van afectando a otros países. Cuanto más pesada es la piedra arrojada y cuanto más cerca del epicentro nos encontremos más se sentirán las oscilaciones.

Sin embargo, para hacer más verídica la analogía, habría que agregar que la materia (gelatina) sobre la que la piedra cae no es homogénea sino que tiene distintas densidades. De modo que la onda se propaga más para ciertos lados y con mayor velocidad que para otros. Además habría que agregar que las piedras van cayendo como las gotas de la lluvia sobre distintas zonas. No en todos lados llueve igual, es disparejo y por eso se producen ondas que se superponen a otras, se pisan y vuelven a aparecer nuevas.

Es un proceso constante de movimiento ondulatorio, así es como funcionan las economías en este mundo totalmente relacionado. La clave no creo que esté en rigidizarse (llámese cerrarse al mundo o obviar el mundo) para evitar las ondas. Sino más bien convertirse en surfista y aprender a navegar sobre las olas.

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Now is the time you have been waiting for, jumping up and riding on the surf board. Buying a Surf board: Your first board can really be the breaking point when it comes to whether you will pick up the sport or quit in frustration, many of us see the pros riding on their slick 6ft short boards slamming the lip and making it look like not only a hell of a lot of fun but also a real easy thing to do. It isn't, Taj Burrows the current world number 2 surfer claimed that surfing was without a doubt the most difficult sport to progress in period. Unless you choose the right equipment to match your level you are just adding to the difficulty. Your first surfboard should be a big buoyant soft-top fun board. Reasons, well first they are very stable so standing up will be possible within one or two attempts, they are soft so you won't slash open your flesh with the fin, or crack open your skull on the first wipeout, they are cheap and lastly they are very easy to paddle and generate speed on, which is one of the most fundamentally important part to surfing!

This is when the real work begins - paddling. Paddling will get you out to the good waves, and paddling will help you catch one. Beginners quickly learn that surfing is mostly about paddling. Paddling well takes some time to learn but you need to do it. Without the ability to paddle you will not only never catch a wave, but more than likely never even get to the line up! So many times I have seen a beginner surfer spend a stack of coin on all the latest cool hi-tech gear and then spend an hour getting thrown around in the white water, wondering how everyone else made it out the back, it is 90% in your paddling ability.

The Inevitable Wipe Out: Once you learn to paddle the first type of wipeout you are likely to experience is the cleanup, this is when a wave that has already broken slams into you and throws you around like a ragdoll, at first far from fun. The second type of a wipeout and without a doubt the most horrific is going over the falls, this is from not having enough paddling speed to catch the wave early enough, getting sucked up the face and pitched over with the lip. This kind of wipeout is very common with new surfers as they have yet to learn to read the waves properly and don't have the technique to rectify the problem! YOU WILL GO OVER THE FALLS get used to the idea, it is no fun at first, but it will make you a better surfer the more you do it.

The best way to learn to surf is to go surfing. But remember to be safe, take a lesson or two and be respectful out there, surfing can kill, but it is without question the most amazing feeling on earth!

I am now in a pattern of shadowing others... I know that it's good for my training and overall preparedness... however I don't need to have anyone questioning me about being scared to venture on my own.  I shadowed for my final time with 'The Dude' who is a easy-going guy with very natural people skills, comfortable to be around and likes to surf.

The Dude has the credentials and knows the product from a user and rep point of view. His sales approach is one of buying coffee's and answering questions when asked.  The couple of 'business' situations I did observe he took them with serious yet relaxed attitude... like trying to catch the next wave.  He wants to be a friend and give everyone the biggest discount or extended warranties without negotiation... he wasn't looking for confrontation or angles.

Quick list:

fix the Jetty shower
Moonstone shower?
remove styrofoam dock moorings from beach
beach clean-up efforts
Rise Above Plastics
wave energy forum
stance on port development, offshore oil drilling, MLPAs and other relevant area political issues

Add your own in the comment section.

~JS, SFHCVC

Woohoo! Spread the word. Get on your cell like you’re calling your buddy to say XXXXXXX is going off!

The return of Surfrider Foundation’s Humboldt chapter officially begins Friday, Oct. 10 with a party at the Wharfinger Building from 6 to 9 p.m. Free beer! Snacks! Surf flicks! Music provided, appropriately enough, by Ukesperience, Humboldt’s greatest ukulele band. Membership in Surfrider encouraged, but not required – membership forms will be available for those interested. Everyone who signs up gets a free raffle ticket and discounted T-shirt featuring the awesome new Humboldt logo by Matt O’Brien.

Note the amazing amount of killer raffle items!

hair care sets from Jessicurl;

gift certificate to Plaza Grill;

“Misadventures in Surfing” from Northtown Books;

a sweet skimboard from the Pro Sports Center;

free float at Chumayo Spa;

a two-pillow and blanket set from Arcata Exchange;

a Humboldt Brews hoodie;

ding repair certificate from Johnny Redboard;

gift certificate to Tomo;

gift certificate and pint glass from Six Rivers Brewery;

“Surfing Women of the Waves” from Plaza Design;

a North Coast Co-op hoodie;

soaps from Ingrid’s Garden Therapy;

gift certificate from Video Experience;

handcrafted wooden boxes from Born Again Boards;

a pair of tickets to Mason Jennings;

a $100 gift certificate to Greenhouse, courtesy Tony Andreoli;

a Greenhouse hoodie, also courtesy Tony Andreoli;

massage certificates from Kirsten Lamski;

gift certificate to Catch Café;

Salty’s T-shirt and sweatshirt;

gift baskets from Ohana Organics;

gift certificate from Figuerido’s;

free surf lesson and T-shirt from Humboldt Ocean Adventures;

Mad River Brewery sweatshirt and pint glasses;

AMPT T-shirts and skate deck;

gift certificate from Doggy-Do salon;

gift certificate, mug and EPIC coffee from Beachcomber Café;

photography session at Arcata Photo Studios;

***Greenhouse Boardshop T-shirt, skate deck and awesome 5′11″ fish surfboard!***

Opportunities available to volunteer and otherwise express concerns affecting Humboldt’s oceans,
beaches and waves.

Thanks to all our generous sponsors and to Ree for helping gather the goods.

Further info via humboldt@surfrider.org.

Then i see a picture of something from home. It brings back taste, sight, smells, heat.

Like a shot of someone drinking out of a coconut. I remember how we used to drip gula merah into coconuts, before scraping them out. The sugar mixed with the weird flavor of the mix, and it was delicious. Some people mixed sopi in with theirs, but I was young and didn't care.

I remember sobbing when i had to write a paper using vivid descriptions; i talked about the houses that were built on stilts over the water in Sentani. The air smelled like salt and rotten fish; the sun was always way too bright. The boards creaked as you walked over them, the houses swayed. And it was so beautiful.

I miss bakso, sate ayam and rendang. My favorite rendang place was a crappy little joint that we always stopped at on the trip from Camplong to Atambua, in West Timor. It was cheap and relatively clean. I remember I had to use the bathroom once and so I had to walk around inside gloomy rooms and through the kitchen, so the squat pots that the dogs cleaned out for you.

I miss sleeping in late and playing with my friends. Once we went and stole star fruit from a neighbors yard. At least, that was the idea until my friends saw that the tree had been wrapped in dried bannanna tree husks. Apparently that meant it was cursed it you stole fruit some it. I laughed at them, and ate it anyways. Then I lived in fear for three or four days waiting to die or gain an extra nose or something.

Fuck I'm homesick. I feel like crying but my stupid nosy roommate is probably going to come in soon.

I miss the ocean like i cut out part of my heart and tossed it away. I remember the first time i stood up on a board. It kinda wobbles, but it's moving really fast, and it still feels really sturdy. When I wiped out I ate it good, but it was incredible. In those days we knew it was time to get off our boards and come in because we could see the reef. Once i fell, opened my eyes, and was only three inches away from the coral. I came back up, told the girls it was time to jet. I'm still beautiful, so it didn't matter.

I don't think I'll ever be able to go home. I don't think I'll ever be able to leave. The longer I stay here the more sucked in I am. It's killing me. Every day, bit by pits. Memory by memory. Action by actions. I'm losing myself and I fucking hate it.

Starten darf, wer vorab mindestens drei edle Spender überzeugt hat – von der Oma bis zum Chef – ihm oder ihr pro Runde eine bestimmte Summe Geld zu sponsern. Die gesamten Einnahmen kommen dem Sylter Projekt „Therapeutisches Wellenreiten“für krebskranke Kinder zu Gute. (www.foerderkreis-syltklinik.de).

Sieger der Challenge sind diejenigen, die am Ende die meisten Runden gepaddelt sind. Auf alle Teilnehmer warten erstklassige Sachpreise, zudem trifft man beim nächsten Surf zwischen Klitmöller und Westerland sicherlich auf viele bekannte Gesichter.

Mit einem deftigen BBQ und kalten Getränken ist natürlich auch für das leibliche Wohl gesorgt. Am Abend gibt es dann in der City eine Party mit chilligen Drinks und feinsten Beats, um den Tag entspannt ausklingen zu lassen. Für alle Teilnehmer der Coldwater Charity Challenge ist der Eintritt dafür frei!

Wer bei der Coldwater Charity Challenge dabei sein möchte, ist herzlich eingeladen sich bei charitychallenge@cwsc.deanzumelden. Weitere Infos HIER!

Don't be fooled . This ain't true! but still is nice isnt it?  More of such archival articles here! This again is the result of my extensive (ab)use of the BSNL DATAONE (world's crappiest braodband service!), and am proud as this site is a real something!

While temperature is falling in big parts of the world, people from Oceanian countries are welcoming the warm weather and planning their perfect summer.
Summer is a perfect time to have fun & relax. Go down to the beach with some friends, have a BBQ, drive around in a convertible, take a sunbath, swim & surf or crash a pool party.

Last year, Coca-Cola New Zealand promoted "Summer As It Should Be" with a series of modern pin-up prints, featuring local bikini beauties ready to dive into surf and sand with their board-size bottles of Coke.

K surfed in the contest (year six), as did Nick (first time). Conditions were about as bad as they could be: K's heat was on Saturday, when the swell hit 14 feet, the tidal surges flooded the booths and the current swept "the gals" hundreds of yards down the beach. All whitewater, all the time. Fortunately, everyone not only survived, but the ridiculousness of trying to surf in that situation made them laugh – having friends in the heat definitely helped keep the mood on the lighter side. She didn't advance, which was a bit disappointing, but also a relief, especially when we found out the gals' semifinal was at 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning. (We did get up and watch our friends, however.)

Nick fared slightly better – "better" in the sense that the swell had dropped a few feet. But the menahunes were stuck with whitewater, too. The excitement of being part of things had to be enough, because the actual surfing wasn't providing much pleasure.

But later, when Nick switched back to his regular board and we walked together to the South Beach jetty, Nick and I had fun on the waist-high waves. Nick, because he caught several. Me, because I enjoyed watching Nick have fun – the waves didn't have much to offer me besides an anticlimactic short, slow ride. The locals call that spot on the beach "Fizzles," I was told – certainly appropriate.

As always, we had a great time despite the cold, wet, windy weather. For the first year, we eschewed camping and stayed in a hotel. The break with tradition saddened me somewhat, but having a warm, dry place in which to seek refuge was undoubtedly the right choice. (Quite a hit to the funds I didn't really have to spare; fortunately booking online saved me about $40 as compared to over the phone.)

We also ate, after a friend raved about it, at the Thai House restaurant in Crescent City. I'd always wondered whether it was good. It is! Plus, with a table of 14, we were in, seated, served and done in an hour – the speed of the service was only surpassed by the yumminess of the food. I opted for yellow curry, as did Bobby. Nick had egg flower soup, served in a flaming tureen (followed by a flaming banana dessert!). K had crispy tofu with mango sticky rice for dessert. The menu offered pages and pages of options with a sizeable vegetarian chunk. We would have thought Thai House quite decent in SF; to eat there in CC was amazing.

#43: Quick dash to Power Poles. Not much time, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't paddle out into that glassy head-high surf, especially with the north winds expected to come on for the next several days. Miraculously, instead of the "I really need to go in" causing a dearth of waves, a perfect set arrived, providing a long, beautiful ride that took me a hundred yards, all the way to the beach, peeling and reforming all the way.

This video impresses me and allows me to appreciate the art of pipe surfing. The speed that is generated from surfing across the wave is amazing and whilst in the crouch position the strength and balance in the legs shows why these surfers are true professionals. The wipeouts that i have viewed on other videos seem painful as the waves full power crashes on the surfers head. Luckily however these surfers have polished off their technique and nearly mastered the pipe allowing them to reduce their wipeout rate putting them into pole positions!