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.

Hulls work in Boston

Last fall, I ordered a new board from Ryan Lovelace. It's an 8'4" x 23.5" hull. Very bladed, but, extra-wide for best use around Boston. On it's first east coast session, I was lucky enough to have a picture taken:

I picked it up from Ryan in CA and used it at County Line, Topanga and Cardiff. It works well, very smooth and very fast. In the picture, it's got a single fin. But, it has boxes for keels (haven't tried it that way yet). The wave here is a clean, short and fast, typical beach break situation. I was up and over the lip before it closed out. I think the rails are more bladed than my friend Clark's Vaquero, but, less bladed than his Liddle. No question, it does what a hull is supposed to do.

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.

Capt Roman Empire Man

During Roman Times, he was the best there was at what he did. But what he did wasn't very nice, during Roman Times.

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