Sacred Craft

Interesting afternoon in Ventura checking out the latest and greatest on offer at Sacred Craft.  I was really excited to see Gerry Lopez mow some foam and tried to get a decent spot to view him in the booth along with all the others.  It was somewhat anti-climactic when he showed up with a computer shaped blank.  I know he doesn't have to prove his skills to anyone but it sure woulda been nice to see him create a board start to finish.  I was really impressed with Wayne Rich but would be amazed if he shaped his production boards in the same way as he did at the show.  He was very meticulous and his John Bradbury replica turned out beautiful.  Kinda strange that they have Firewire and Surftech showing boards.  Seems like they've let the wolf into the chicken coop there.  A celebration of hand shaped surfboards right.  Why are the pop-outs there???

Afternoon surf's are good...

We've had a nice run of small combo swells the past week.  Unfortunately we've also been plagued with Catalina Eddy morning's.  South winds don't do Southern California waves many favors.  We had a couple of mornings with a mid morning clean up, but better than that we've had some really fun late afternoon sessions with that beautiful California glass-off.  

Dog Beach

Ran Shackleton down to the dog beach and he was loving it.  Running with his favorite toy and showing off to all the other dogs.  I tossed his ball out to sea a few times and he swam right out there to bring it back in.  I decided to really heave it out there and gave it my best throw and ended up with the rope still in my hand and the ball about 40 yards out.  Shackleton raced out after it while I thought about the consequences.  As soon as he reached the ball he tried to grab the rope in his mouth, of course without any success.  He kept at it all the while pushing the ball further out to sea.  Meanwhile I was taking off my shirt and shoes and swimming out to get to him before he made his way to Catalina.  He was pretty far out by the time I reached him and I could tell he was tripping out that he couldn't grab the ball.  I threw the ball towards shore and he kept after it.  Chilly and wet drive home...