Roxanne

Went surfing two days ago with a couple friends up here in Santa Cruz, and my bro brought his dog Roxanne with us to the beach.  She is really smart and extremely well behaved, so it was a shocker to all of us that she took off from the beach and was not waiting for us when we came in from our surf.  My friend ran up and down the beach looking for her, but unfortunately she was nowhere to be found.  He went back to check the beach later that day and early the next morning but didn't find her anywhere, everybody was pretty devastated.  Then when he woke up today he said she was waiting by the back door to his house, and other than being a bit muddy and pretty tired, she was happy as ever!  Pretty incredible, whether she chased some cat in the neighborhood or whatever initially got her off the beach, but she made the journey of around 8 miles to find her way back to her house on her own over the course of the last 2 days!  So stoked to see her back home!

Roxanne the super dog

Avocado Bowls

Super stoked to come home from Hawai'i and score one of the last winter swells of the season before the North Pacific goes into hibernation for the summer.  Another amazing reminder from the universe that everything is happening right on schedule in accordance with universal time and that I am in beautiful alignment with these energies and existing in harmonious flow.  So incredibly thankful for the wonderful blessings I receive continuously, and especially stoked that Surfline ran a photo from this magical session to provide me a fresh perspective on this special day, along with a visual reminder of the beauty of nature and the joy of special sessions with good friends.  

Good Times :) 

Photo by Billy Watts

Trip To The Farm

I took a trip to my buddy Barry's Farm to pick up some fresh organic produce, so thankful to have a direct source for the food that I choose to nourish and fuel my body and life with, and a beautiful reminder of the bounty of California welcoming me home.  

The Goods :) 

cherimoya, sapote, avocado, cara cara, passion fruit, macadamias

Cherimoya

One of my favorite foods :)

New Blades at Moonlight

Coming home from 3 months in Hawai'i is a lot easier when you know you are coming back to a brand new quiver of hero blades from Channel Islands.  I have been riding Al Merrick's shapes for well over a decade now, and they are the absolute best surfboards in the world! This batch of boards includes the copies of my magic board that I dropped off at the CI factory before I left for Hawai'i, so I was really excited to see how they came out.  I am so thankful not only to have the opportunity to have the best shapes ever, but also for the fact that my boards have been finished since day one by the best glassing shop in the universe, Moonlight Glassing, which prides itself in the highest quality work and produces the best surfboards ever!  Without the best glass jobs my boards would disintegrate under my feet in a couple of months, but all of the boards I have had finished by Moonlight are still around and solid (some close to 10 years old), a testament to the quality of their work.

 

Moonlight Glassing is a North County San Diego surfing staple, a family operation that was founded in 1979 and still going strong today thanks to the hard work and efforts of the talented team in house.  Peter St. Pierre is the Pinliner extraordinaire, airbrush artist to the stars, while wife Sally handles the books and phones, and son JP is responsible for the finish sanding, putting the quality touch to the finished product.  JP is a busy guy, also responsible for the highly popular Surfy Surfy blog and is opening the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop in Leucadia in the next couple of months.  And with Moon Kitty keeping an eye on the shop, everything keeps running smoothly around here. Thank you so much for the amazing efforts to everyone at Moonlight Glassing!  

New quiver of blades ready to shred with Bamboo Fins from 101 Fin Co

The Cali Hex board looks like a perfect copy of my magic board

JP with stickers for the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop opening soon

Moon Kitty guarding the front door (and soaking up a little sunshine)

Natural Products Expo West

The Natural Products Expo West took place Friday - Sunday, March 12 - 14 at the Anaheim Convention Center.  Expo West is always an amazing time, with so many awesome people coming together in one place to make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and generally celebrate life, while also accomplishing some business, and this year was no exception.  

I worked the show as an Athlete Representative for two of my sponsors, Manitoba Harvest and Sunfood and split my time at the show between their two booths, with a little time to walk around Sunday and check a couple other products.  Vapor Brothers threw a phenomenal party on Friday night in their hotel suite, with live sitar and drumming, 4 different vap stations, open bar, and catered by Au Lac!  Definitely one of the best gatherings I have ever attended in my life!  All of that was just warmups for the Julian Marley concert later that night, all time! Then Saturday night was the Organic Roots concert that takes place every year, another awesome show, and Sunday finished up the show with a dinner at Au Lac with the Sunfood team, and this incredible weekend became one future Expos will be compared to for years.

Working the Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods booth with Certified Nutritionist Meghan Atkinson 

President and Co-Founder of Manitoba Harvest Mike Fata with the Founder of To-Go Ware Stephanie Bernstein, creator of reusable bamboo utensils that help you reduce your forkprint

Co-Owner of Sambazon Jeremy Black helping provide information on acai at their booth

Sunfood COO Brian Bowers with a raw cacao pod

Vapor Brothers party was one of the best ever!  Their booth rocked too!

Julian Marley sharing some irie vibes with the Natural Products family

Coconut Bliss and their vegan coconut milk dessert, while not raw a very worthy substitute for ice cream

Cole Meeker at Artisana with their mental coconut butter to sample

Sunfood team dinner at Au Lac to finish out one of the best Natural Products Expos yet!

Aloha Also Means Goodbye

Heading home

Friends In The Yard

Today I hung out with some friends in the yard.  I decided to enjoy some soursop outside in the beautiful Hawai'ian sunshine, and when I sat down in the yard I noticed all of the friendly little braddahs that came to hang out with me for lunch.  It was a nice reminder, taking a little time to look around us and appreciate where we are right now opens up a whole new awareness of things to be thankful for.  They were all happy, smiley, friendly little guys that pretty much just cruised together in our own little group celebration even while they were on their own unique lunch missions, taking down any mosquitoes that came near.  I love them!  Such great company, I am so thankful I decided to join them for lunch, and another glorious day continues...

Happy

Smiley

Friendly

Soursop :)