Spain in 3 weeks ...

For the surf situation on the Basque coast, check out:

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/maesl/camara05.htm

Three weeks from now, I'll be in San Sebastian for the summer with my wife & kids. We will be a block from Playa Gros. What to do a log? For great looking boards from that part of the world, take a look at http://magic-quiver.blogspot.com/. Rui, who runs it, is a great guy. He's been helping me find a high quality log for use while I'm there.

In addition, I'm taking a 6' x 24" x 3" mini-Simmons with me. I'm glassing it now. It will have Probox fins & Probox-Larry is making me a set of Simmons keels to go with. The airline we're using, British Airways, will take boards under 6'3" for free. I'm going to find out if one can really grovel summer waves on a Simmons.

Saladita/Troncones/Gouache Drawing

Just got back from a great trip to Troncones and La Saladitas -- great longboarding waves. Last time I was there, I did a bunch of Gouache and ink drawings. When I'm in Mexico, it's very easy to be influenced the folk art and the ruins. The imagery is very dense and very appealing.

Good days of surf

Here is by brother-in-law on a great wave at M*****. It was an insanely good day and we each got just a few waves. Usually, I never bother driving down there when you have W********* and S****** right there in I********. He couldn't look more like Greg Noll if he had stripes tattooed on his a**. He was riding the same board (same a** too) during Hurricane Bill and looking just as good.

Here’s, one of me on a nice little wave in S*******. Some of you know it’s paradise for logging. I’m on my favorite board, an A*** K**** that’s *’*”, single f**. This was small day of the trip, though it never really got bigger than a consistent chest-high. A surfer from AL, staying on the beach for the winter, took the pictures then burned me a CD in his hut. We’re back there this winter.

King of Nahant Surfboards

The best stick for winter surfing on the North Shore.