Great POV from beginning to end — I would highly suggest clicking this link and then choosing 720p/HD from the options and viewing full screen.

“Bart Willems went for a session in 15ft surf at Mavericks on 2010-01-10 and documented a session on GoPro HD camera. A 3 hour session is condensed into 5 minutes of highlights.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ry__IN3CcU

How can you not love this.. Gerry and Herbie touring the Pipe house then sitting back to watch the show.

“And to back up Justin’s words here’s Gerry Lopez and Herbie Fletcher on Jan 29th, walking talking and reminiscing around their previous residence - the Pipe House.

Surfing, one of the world’s earliest sports, is lucky to have been defined again so recently in historical terms.

It’s easy to spout on about commercialism ruining a sport. So so make a cup of tea and sit down and spend 10 minutes watching these gentlemen tell you how it was to a backdrop of perfect Pipe. ”

http://magicseaweed.com/JOB-Done-Content/2227/12/

Loving this video by Michael Sander. Familiar spots I hope to see more of this coming spring/summer.

We bought our plane tickets ridiculously cheap through Delta (800$ for Both Linda and I / return / 1 stop / taxes in) and sent off our deposit $ for the condo we’ve rented (lawn is onto the sand).

Already contacted some buddies and internet peeps to show me around during a couple dawn patrols. Also have a great list of resto’s and cool spots to hit. And it’s Devyn’s birthday (Chris and Ralu’s daughter) the first weekend we’re there. We’re excited.

Now I have to get my arms back into paddling shape.

(Lovely photo by nathalie booth)

Brigitte at 6 1/2 months
Who says passport photos have to be crappy? This one we got for Brigitte at Magenta in Rockland is just amazing.

This is my buddy Mackenzie @ Lakey Peak, Indo (Photo by Mamat)

His words.. “A little off season swell at Lakey Peak” —— My words ” Are you shitting me — WOW !!!”

(click photo for larger version)

Premiere of Season 6 of LOST is now weeks away. These posters just reminded me — one of the things I love about the show is that can inspire such creativity.

http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/2010/01/18/lost-posters/

Video is too good not to post here. She is.

Ha — wonder how many times this has happened before ?! Surely a couple in the “Sue-Happy-USA”? Surfing etiquette’s up in court after a drop-in priority collision.

Also — from what I’ve heard about some of the NS breaks — I wouldn’t call these rules “courtesy” as doing this at many of those breaks will end with you having 4 flat tires quick.

(Here’s some rules about the etiquette and the video above isn’t NS)

“When two surfers collided off Nova Scotia last year, it set off a lawsuit that turned a small claims court into a class on surfing etiquette.

And this week, it became a $839.68 lesson for one of them.

Donald Crowe and Jeffrey Adams ran in to each other while surfing along the Eastern Shore, near Halifax. The two were on good terms, but Crowe was less than impressed when Adams told him to “suck it” and refused to pay for his damaged surfboard, according to a court document released Thursday.

Instead of fighting — the way Crowe said disputes are normally settled — he decided to sue. He demanded $750 US for a replacement board, claiming Adams broke an unwritten rule in surfing circles by paddling into the breaking point of the wave while he was riding it.

Adams argued that that rule was simply a courtesy. He said Crowe could have got out of the way but didn’t, and took a risk anyway by participating in a dangerous sport.

Crowe, who goes by the name Buck when surfing, called himself an “expert experienced” surfer. He said he even gave Adams helpful tips over the years.

Several witnesses were called to testify about surfing rules during the one-day hearing in November. They said that Adams, the less experienced surfer, should not have paddled into the breaking part of a two-metre wave when Crowe was in it.

The small claims court adjudicator, David Parker, agreed that the rules of surfing etiquette aren’t binding in law, but he concluded that Adams failed to act properly.

“If he had done or taken other action this may have been avoided,” Parker wrote.

He ordered Adams to pay $750 Cdn to replace Crowe’s board, along with $89.68 in court costs.”

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/01/22/ns-surfing-sue.html?ref=rss

Some links for January 6th through January 18th…

• Simple Desktops
  “Just lovely.”
• MotionX News » MotionX-GPS
  “Interesting tracker for iPhone”
• Revision Behavior - Revision control made easy (Articles) | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP
  “Versioning for CakePHP”
• desire to inspire - desiretoinspire.net - Anson Smart
  “Living space inspiration”
• Gmail: Tips
  “Become a GMAIL Ninja”
• pachube.apps | Data Logger | connecting environments, patching the planet
  “Track data yourself”
• Nicholas Zambetti
  “Cool projects i wish i understood better”
• California Surf Museum Home Page
  “To visit in April”
• Special J: Image transfer technique
  “Great technique !!”

Cali is getting some waves this week from what I’m told. This photo of Blacks is stunning (click it to view larger)

http://magicseaweed.com/Pulled-Back-Blacks-Content/2190/4/

brigitte
Nancy and Craig were super nice and came by to baby sit Brigitte for 3 hours on Saturday. Linda had arranged it as a surprise so we could get out and have a “downtown date”.

So great. Brigitte loved them and I think she sold them on parenthood ;-)

Nancy took a couple shots while she was over — this one is beautiful.

Rêve de vert
Water colour by my friend Stef — beautiful.

Hard to believe this is CG. Beautiful.

We have Linda’s brother’s wedding in April (woohoo) down in Oceanside, CA.

Hoping to get some sessions in (dawn patrols?). April seems like a good month to hit that area also: I don’t mind cold and there should be swell. Everyone’s been telling me all these spots to hit — fun. Hoping to meet up with Gouge a couple times for a CBad/Tamarack session — maybe even ‘bluffy’ spots.