E's Surf Report

I went through high school in South Jersey. I lived in an area called the Pine Barrens. The official term for a person from that area is, "Piney". There's not much difference between a Piney, Redneck, or Hillbilly. It's mainly just location, location, location.

Before I would move back to Jersey, you'd have to pry California from my dead, cold hands ;^)

Bertlemen Slide
The bertlemen Slide is a Old School trick seen in DogTown & Z-Boys

1. Approach the bank at a 45�ish angle with your back foot on the tail and front foot on the front bolts. As you get closer, begin to bend your knees and lower your body.
2. You are already low, so begin to reach down with your front hand.
3. Just before you plant your hand on the bank lift the front wheels just a bit, then plant your hand
4. Now with your hand planted on the bank, push the rear wheels out, into a slide. At the same time put the front wheels back down.
5. Before you stop sliding pull your board back(You have done a 180) down the bank and pull your hand up and roll away.

Tips

First tip: Try this on a bank or on a sloped driveway, because it is easier and looks much cleaner.

Casper, I am surfing left points in Mex for the next week. If I pull one Bert off, I will credit you......

Nice post.

Speaking of roots, I'm back on Long Island this weekend. Anyone with an extra board wanna go out at dawn on Sunday morning, preferably long beach to Robert Moses area? e-mail me at andrewon44th at excite. I'll buy breakfast at a greek diner afterwards.

kaiser, i've got some baja pics of the niceness crew (e, mwsf, lerm) from this wknd. what's your email so i can them for posting (since i don't know how to post pics on this blog)?

Hit me at LanceEA at Yahoo dot com

more bert

sorry Dennis, but part of the lure of California is the open space, I'm married to an East coaster so I'm just talken out of my ass. As for the hillbilly shit, when the people are in power are talked about they are not being discriminated against and the red Necks are in power.

Kaiser the idea of a "logging town" is an oxymoron. That picture is meant for people to recognize that wood makes the forest, by understanding this we are better able to conserve. I spent a lot of time protesting the Headwater Grove logging a few years back. The "red necks" were the loggers, the owners of Pacific Lumber (rich) are from Texas. Loggers were fighting against themselves, by clear cutting the forests they are also clear cutting their jobs, sustainable logging creates more work and jobs because it more labor intensive. But more importantly, it preserves the natural state of the forest as well as prevent landslides, fish depletion, and run off polution.

Notice in Mexi's picture how many of the small diameter trees they took. When you're fishing you have to throw the small ones back, but there's no equivalent logging rule (at least one that is enforced).

Mexi - Beleive me, I was not offended even a little bit. Just jokin' around. So you don't buy the Bush theory that the best way to prevent forest fires is to remove the trees? I guess he forgot about grass fires.

Hey, where's Sharkbait?

I should amend my previous statement to say that in some cases, like old growth forests with lots of small trees and underbrush (fuel), it is desirable to take out only the small trees and leave the big ones. In Mexi's picture there appears to have been no plan, other than to cut whatever was on the plot of land.

steve-o: would you rather have them cut down the old growth timber??

oops, crap, steve-o amended his post while i was writing mine. altho, in mexi's pic nothing looks terribly large, could all be from a sustainable forest?

Mexi, let me clarify my view as you didn't experience what I experienced growing up in "real" California.

I get the oxymoron and I appriciate your photo. That is why I posted it. I lived through the "spotted owl" bullshit that prevented the deforestation of certain areas which are commonly ablaze during the 100 degree summers of Northern California. I don't agree with clear cutting any forest, where ever it is. Have you ever flown from here to Crescent City? Or from Redding to Eureka? Or from Medford to Eugene? I image the rainforests in the Amazon are much the same. You hardly ever see a clear cut patch from any roadway or major thorough fare. Take the next dirt road, turn off, drive 1 mile and open your eyes. What you "think" is a forest of tall pines or redwood is nothing but a field of stumps. This pisses me off.

Loggers are not all rednecks. Loggers are folks that are trying to make a living in more remote regions where they enjoy to live. They rarely have any other means of employement given their education level. If they had some other means of making a buck, I am sure they would jump at it. You ever pull green chain in a mill? That shit is not fun. No one WANTS to be a logger, they just have to be one. Rednecks are rednecks, but no always loggers.

To conclude, I would much rather see aggressive, select cutting of natural growth forests then to watch 1,000-100,000 acres of forest land go up in flames because some jackass working for CDF wanted some overtime pay!

Don't play with matches! At least when it hasn't rained for 30 days and it is 100 degrees out with winds blowin 30 mph. Bad news.

"He let the man go unharmed at Stockton and Sutter. The 5-foot-10, 160- pound suspect, who had a mullet hairstyle, was last seen by officers running at Sutter and Stockton streets, Buono said."

So who is sporting a mullet around here?

My Fav book is about a logging family up in Oregon, "Sometimes a Great Notion" by Kesey. Great book if you have spent anytime up in oregon.

Besides, my family discovered better uses of redwood trees. Much more sustainable and have a longer value:

And yes, any niceness folk is welcome to tour the tree without paying the $2 donation. Just tell Aunt Judy that Kaiser sends his best.

I agree with everything you said Kaiser. Except that in Oregon, Wshington they do clearcut all the way to the road.

I 've taken many of those dirt roads, driven from shlter cove to Honey Dew I have friends that live in Petrolia, Brookings and Trinidad and I know there are good people there. Unfortunately many of them are spoon fed a bunch of crap by rich logging companies and radio evangalists who own the media there.

Oh and I've planted hundreds of them there redwood trees in my time.

oh those CDFs... Aren't those the 3 lowest grades you can get?

Sorry one more thing.. East LA is the "real" California.

Lots of rain, watersheds are over capacity, plenty of undergrowth. Let's hope late summer isn't a repeat of previous years.

pics of e from cabo! pics of e from cabo!

In my redneck of the woods-South Jersey, the forest would die without fires. The pine seeds don't germinate until the ground temperature reaches 500 degrees. Old growth trees get diseases and die. How 'did' these forests ever survive without us managing them???

The formal definition of a redneck is a poor white person living in the southern US. I grew up thinking the term originated to define a farmer that rode on a tractor all day and had sunburn on the back of his neck. I suppose most poor white folk in the south are farmers. My definition is an undereducated individual lacking sophisticated social skills who happens to be white, rude, and perhaps hostile. Damn, I guess I am a redneck.

"Rode on a tractor?" Damn, Dennis, you know some mighty fancy rednecks.......

Sequoia Gigantica need fire to release seeds from the cone. I'm not sure of the coastal redwoods.

redwoods do not need fire to germinate. #1 sticker up here is "Maxamm No, Logging yes". And old growth is multi layered not just big trees.

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out of town forever helping a friend move from OR to OK. That's a lot of bugs on the car bumper. In Oklahoma City my friend perused a Potter Barn store and while waiting I flipped open their catalogue...to a page w/ a Hickey board in the display. The whole catalogue is a gem, check out this beauty local cafe where it will soon be donated.

sorry, but isn't "real" california cheese?

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Fires Good/ Smokey the Bear Bad

"Only you can prevent forest fires" is a load of crap and has caused the devistation seen in recent years.

The active campain by the USFS to prevent the fires and put them out has resulted in insane overgrowth and resulting giant fires

Fires are just part of the renewal process and pretty amazing (unless it's your house that burning!)

school's out for summer. surf is, too, apparently.

yeah, letssee them baja pix!!

thanks to kaiser and mexi for great pix & words.

There is more to life than just redwoods

I am planning a trip to El Salvador. Does anyone have any tips on where to go and where to stay away from. I have have heard mixed things on safety there. I just got back from Nicaragua and has an epic time. I highly recommend it

I know nothing about logging but i like to hit the trees and get irie.

Thanks for the 411, K.

I wanna rip like Larry.

Paul Ferris, Small Smerris- start taking pics of chickie babies, no more trees...

My last post on fire - I promise.

Another successful strategy is their dependence on fire. Redwoods need fire to survive. The bark of the coast redwood contains tannins, chemicals which resist burning. The last fire to burn at Muir Woods was 130 years ago. Walking among the trees, the scars of this fire are visible. If the protective bark is broken, either by insects or animals, the fire can get inside and burn the inside flammable part of the tree. If a fire is hot enough, the fluids inside the tree explode, letting the fire in.

As fire sweeps through the redwood forest, it burns other plants and debris, enriching the soil. The redwood seeds then have a hearty supply of nutrients to encourage growth. Since fire has been suppressed for so long on public lands, few young redwo ods have sprouted from seeds. More often they rely on two alternate methods of reproduction: sprouts and burls. Sprouts are young trees which grow from the roots of a "parent" tree. This is a common sight in the redwood forest. The young tree s get nutrients from the roots rather than the soil. In the event the older tree dies, the sprouts continue to grow. As you walk through a redwood forest you'll notice these "family circles." The young trees survived in a circle around the empty space left by the parent tree.

Burls, the third method of reproduction, are large, bumpy growths noticeable along the trunks of the redwoods. These burls are masses of growth tissue. If the tree falls or dies, the burl will sprout a new tree. The combination of these three repro ductive strategies have helped the redwoods survive millions of years of glaciers, climatic changes, volcanoes and earthquakes.

dennis, post again about trees or fire.......and i'll kill ya.

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Aloha from Maui. Little to no waves so far. Its even too small for the fish. Expecting a south to arrive tonight and last for a number of days.

Maui is a cool island to explore. Im still getting used to going to a tropical destination which is part of the US (and safe).

Welcome back Korwin. Catch ya when I get back.

Fire is cool as long as Mom Nature is the one starting it.

When some clown takes Mom Nature's job and lights the forest on fire, they ought to be tide to a sandbag and dropped into the Mavs impact zone to feel her wrath. Period.

Baja pics coming soon.

Aqua is opening a new tourist trap, er. surf shop, on Haight Street.

AQUA's Private Opening June 4th 6-9pm

After four months of sawdust and Varathane we have
finally finished the construction of our new store. We'd like to invite you to a private opening at the new Aqua before we open to the public.

Please join us for food and drink on June 4th 6-9pm at the additional AQUA address:

1742 Haight Street (cross-street is Cole)
San Francisco

Is that Aqua store going into the old Goodwill space? I used to live right around the corner from there.

No more trees, I promise, it's all chicks from now on...

I used to live in the upper Haight, but haven't been near there for years, so I have no idea what was in that spot recently. A couple of years back there was a gallery called Redfive that was there, according to a Google search.

Kaiser, can we please get back to our regularly scheduled program??? Uh, I mean I need to shop for a nice bikini for my wife- any ideas? How bout a parting shot of a cold water barrel.

lates

Mexi - more trees pleeeeese! That's the scariest looking broad I've ever seen. Prolly be seeing her in front of the new Aqua store. Her face must get really hot in the sun, eh?

Ok, try this one on for size:

Oh, and I would recommend these bottoms:

Oh, this is the Gay Pride edition. A favorite as well. No better way to show your support!

Kaiser- you are a goog man, keep up the excellent work.

yeah i heard rumors of that aqua shop on haight months ago but i've walked around that area a ton and still can't tell which store it's gonna be in. place should make some serious $$$...

and bring more surfers to the beach.

I might have to reconsider my surf shop allegiance again.....

E's Baja Pics from DRDY:

Does Aqua have anything to do with Aqua Culture? I remember Aqua Culture closed down for a while, then Aqua opened up. Then same owner of Aqua Culture opened HMB.

I don't keep up on surf shops much. They're about as interesting as a teen hip clothing store at the mall, but this Aqua thing is pretty interesting. Maybe.

Alright Team Baja! Looks fun down there. Send more pics.

what are you waiting for?

it's head high...........

baja looks siiiiick. waves. yum. go team baja.

Tony Canada's the Mav's photographer owned Aquaculture and Aquaholics in HMB then SF, he sold the SF Aqua to Alex and Devon, and it is doing well under them.

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