Levels
There is always someone better than you.
Always someone crazier that you.
Always someone that will take off deeper than you.
Carve harder than you.
Air-drop gnarlier than you.
There will always be gorgeous women that you can't touch.
Beautiful women to swoon over.
They'll be gaga over some guy.
They'll be snuggling at night with some dude.
Not you.
There is always someone who makes more money.
Someone better looking.
Someone smarter.
Someone better prepared.
Someone more creative.
Someone more happy.
Someone more local.
Someone more ASL.
I guess you just can't let it get you down.
Maybe all judgements shouldn't be inherently comparitive.
Maybe it doesn't matter that Elvin rips harder than Alfred.
Maybe it doesn't matter that Sandy is cuter than Jane.
But maybe it does matter.
It's all in the mind!
Liquid shots from the Caribean
first post fist probst
Posted by: #1 at March 2, 2006 10:07 AMnot it.
Posted by: friend #1 at March 2, 2006 10:08 AM
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at March 2, 2006 10:17 AMwish i was there now! that water is so blue and so warm.
Posted by: lerm at March 2, 2006 10:35 AMnice one this morning, e.
Posted by: EG Pimp at March 2, 2006 10:38 AMwhat is all this ASL reference?
Acid Surfer Lagger?
Posted by: huhh.... at March 2, 2006 10:40 AMAlfred Simon Lurch?
Anyone Surf LaPlaya?
Authentic Surfing Lifestyle
those top photos is what i want grey whale cove to look like. dont own me please.
Posted by: bagel at March 2, 2006 10:42 AMThis is a community service announcement:
http://www.surfline.com/video/vids/2006/feb/conley/index.cfm?videotype=wmp
OH YEAH!
Posted by: SFKneelo at March 2, 2006 10:50 AMsometimes my ABL is more prevalent than my ASL. but I am good looking and happy either way.
Posted by: PNW at March 2, 2006 10:55 AMReminds me of a quote I heard a long time ago from a world champions father: "There are better wrestlers out there than Lee, we just don't know who they are".
Posted by: Wrestler at March 2, 2006 10:58 AMGreat post E!
Check out my new stick I just hooked up...
Posted by: Kaiser at March 2, 2006 11:04 AMOh, and I picked up Oakley as a sponsor but you should be able to notice that from the slick shades I am rolling.
My bro Bob hooked me up with hat. My trucker hat flew off the other day leaving that famous point break....
Posted by: Kaiser at March 2, 2006 11:09 AMnice tattoo on your right arm Kaiser.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 11:19 AMI like to suck cocks
Posted by: Norcheco at March 2, 2006 11:22 AMThat video is out of control, thanks SFK!
Help please anyone (sorry a repost), Is this Eraldo Guerros on his pink board during this years Mavs contest "halftime" where the dude took the giant airdrop and bounced. Or is it Carlos Burle borrowing his board, maybe?
Another random ? are any other of the surfers in that contest of latino decent (other than Alex Eraldo, Danilo)
Muchos gracias
Posted by: artifact at March 2, 2006 11:23 AMPinkocommunistpotsmokingcommunists.
http://www.thoseshirts.com/
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 11:26 AMLIke anyone should even be looking at the pink board. Check out the carcass in the barrel with the white and yellow toothpicks.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 11:28 AMdamn that Brian Conley video with all the barrels is effing sweet! More barrel time in a few of those clips than i've had my entire life.
Posted by: e at March 2, 2006 11:30 AMhttp://imao.us/peace/curtis_marine.htm
Posted by: Christian Surfing Association at March 2, 2006 11:32 AMBrian Conelly video + LSD + Robbie Shankar = sweet dude.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 11:46 AMe, I had the exact same thoughts as I watch that Conley video... He probably got more barrells in that video than I'll ever have in my entire life.
Posted by: steve at March 2, 2006 11:54 AMHe got as much toob time in that clip as I got in November!
Posted by: eric at March 2, 2006 11:56 AMactually, to be perfectly honest. My total lifetime tube-time doesn't even come close to the amount of tube time in that little video.
i fucking suck!!
Posted by: e at March 2, 2006 11:59 AMeric - thanksgiving swell?
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 12:05 PMhow to deal with the stinkbug
Posted by: ha ha at March 2, 2006 12:08 PMI just spilled my drink...
Posted by: Kaiser at March 2, 2006 12:14 PMThat was a sick video! I love the perspectives on those shots.
Looks like swell is in. Time to rock it.
Posted by: MSG at March 2, 2006 12:15 PMmy total life tube time maybe amounts up to 6 seconds of that video. that shits in slow mo though, so im sure those tubes were like 1 second each, ya..
Posted by: bagel at March 2, 2006 12:15 PMdoes it count when you get tubed paddling out? over and over?
bring on the wimpy spring surf if it means i can surf more than twice a month.
Posted by: kloo at March 2, 2006 12:37 PMbefore
after
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 01:01 PMsomebody PLEASE buy that chick a
Posted by: korewin at March 2, 2006 01:05 PMcouple of cheeseburgers, damn.
imagine the bruises she'd leave on you....
is Brian Conely actually Jennifer's brother?
Posted by: Dr. Perry Cox at March 2, 2006 01:12 PMsactomex -- The central coast had some bars that absolutely lit up for some of the longest tubes of my life in late November and early December.
Posted by: Eric at March 2, 2006 01:12 PMAnybody have a Timmy Turner update? Still in a coma?
Posted by: Dr. Perry Cox at March 2, 2006 01:13 PMAnybody have a Tina Turner update? Still sucks?
Posted by: Bob Kelso at March 2, 2006 01:17 PMConley has such control in there too. There are a few sections he connected that were really impressive, especially since he's sporting camera gear.
Posted by: SFKneelo at March 2, 2006 01:20 PMhelmet cam?
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 01:20 PMyeah helmet cam.
My Eyes Won't Dry is a sweet vid. Tons more barrel perspectives, from helmet, from board, from tail, from hand, Brian's shots are insane.
Posted by: kookdom at March 2, 2006 01:43 PMAnyone know the helmet cam he uses?
A buddy (Roman) has some sweet helmet cam shots, although Brian's looks a bit better
Artvalanche
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3419292403502195822&q=roman+nelson
Kirkwood hucks
Posted by: artifact at March 2, 2006 01:46 PMhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6019848605481244406&q=roman+nelson
lucky.
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 01:46 PMI got some of my best barrels ever here at OB in November...just before Thanksgiving..
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 01:47 PMWe had that really clean, long period swell, perfect tube sections up and down the beach...
"I love all women. Sometimes, when I'm driving around, I'll look for the fattest ugliest woman I can find, and I'll say, 'I love you too.'"
Posted by: hee hee at March 2, 2006 01:47 PMIs that Lindsay Lohan before and After Meth?
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 01:47 PM
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 01:52 PMThe reason I always go to Cowells!!!
Posted by: I Got scared... at March 2, 2006 01:58 PManyone get into the water today? looks pretty blown out again.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 02:14 PMOB Grave Yards -
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 02:21 PMWas surfing a few weeks ago and was right by
Graveyards. Is that big pier/posts/pole still around?
Artifact, is that you? Alaska in Febuary, sweet. My wife has put in a proposal to speak at a conference in Anchorage in April. I'm crossing my fingers she gets a slot. I've got the green light for a heli day or 2. Where was the video from?
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at March 2, 2006 02:36 PMYeah I got in. It was all right where I was. Go get some!
Posted by: MarkFrank at March 2, 2006 02:44 PM
Posted by: AI Locals Only! at March 2, 2006 02:50 PMSweet 3/5 email me if you need info- ABA is the way to go.
Posted by: artifact at March 2, 2006 03:00 PMYes that would be me- AK last year, end of March. First 2 weeks in April are the best for the insano steeps.
lindsay lohan is pretty cute.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 03:01 PMi like her jubbilies.
Art, That powder run looks sweeeet!!
Posted by: Mexi at March 2, 2006 03:08 PMlindsay lohan is a chain smoking idiot dog. how ugly can it get?
Posted by: Jenn Sterger at March 2, 2006 03:23 PMshe needs to do lez porn with nicole richie, that other one that got all skinny doing coke in the past year, . U.G.L.Y.
Artifact. Epic Vid!
Posted by: Dr. Perry Cox at March 2, 2006 03:26 PMlooks like the winds are going to be on it the whole weekend till next week. screw it, i'm going snowboarding instead.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 03:27 PMit bothers me when you post those pix of women all the time - I am a teacher and when I scroll down as I read it shows the pix - just buy your playboy and do it off line
Posted by: sweetie at March 2, 2006 03:31 PMGood. Go snowboarding.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 03:32 PMwhy are you reading a surf blog on the job sweetie?
Posted by: principle at March 2, 2006 03:41 PMwhy not - do you work? or is that you putting the pix on line cause you are unhappy
Posted by: sweetie at March 2, 2006 03:48 PMGo to your PTA meeting and STFU. Free thought, no ads, blog of love and hate, the agony and the ennui. The Precious, we likes it.
e, bury rail and hand deeeep, no worries whether you emerge or not.
Posted by: Pu Insai at Eagles at March 2, 2006 03:49 PMUh... ok...?
LOST HAT:
Posted by: Cowboy Up at March 2, 2006 04:01 PMFunked out about my lost 'Peterbilt' truckers hat. I should learn to be cooler whilst tilting my head upwards into the wind window down checking blown-out OB. I wear it sideways with scruffy hair and lambchop sideburns out the sides. Yellow with green logo and white trim. Small burn hole right side, unmistakable!
Last seen headed east on the Great Hwy.
High sentimental value - my chick in SD left it for me when she went away to college.
REWARD - 40 bucks.
wavesnowsurfskicritter@aol.com
Oh I work, obviously harder than you. I suggest you give up now or lest you be completely moted..
Posted by: principle at March 2, 2006 04:01 PMok! you win that battle sweetie!
Posted by: principle at March 2, 2006 04:04 PMHi Sweetie,
The pics are part of this site. They happen daily and for as long as I have been lurking. They must not bother you too much as you are here.
As I tell my kids. To me, a woman's body is art. The pleasures I receive from seeing, smelling, touching them are similar to what you might get from seeing, smelling and touching a beautiful rose or viewing, smelling, touching a beautiful wave. Everyone has their favorite art.
On this site, it appears that many of the people's favorite art is boards, babes, waves and music. I could live on that stuff!!!
Please, don't teach my kid that there is anything wrong with a woman's body.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 04:15 PMthe principal is your pal
Posted by: kloo at March 2, 2006 04:15 PMSactomex, Kaiser, it's time for some Shock&Awe for "sweetie". Back up the onion truck...
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 04:17 PMPooditang
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 04:22 PM
Posted by: pura Vida! at March 2, 2006 04:33 PM
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 04:35 PMbeep, beep. bring it, I got an exam I'm trying not to study for.
Posted by: hee hee at March 2, 2006 04:35 PM
Posted by: sactomex at March 2, 2006 04:40 PMJust when I was going to find something to post, Sacto dropped an "A-BOMB"!
Solid my friend, SOLID.
Sweetie, you should know better!
Posted by: Kaiser at March 2, 2006 04:42 PMHilarious, Kloo...
Posted by: Q at March 2, 2006 04:46 PM
Posted by: Dr. Perry Cox at March 2, 2006 04:49 PMi can't stop staring at those onions
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 04:55 PMthis is one of my friend Xaq's research topics:
Why do octaves sound the same?
I don't think anyone knows. So, I've written a research proposal to find out.
Abstract
The octave, a relation between two tones whose fundamental frequencies stand in the ratio 2:1, is a foundation of tonal musics worldwide: notes separated by an octave are considered harmonically equivalent, and melodies are often sung or played in parallel octaves yet are considered identical melodies. Why do octaves sound the same? I hypothesize that our perceived similarity of octave-related tones derives from other properties of the octave interval -- namely spectral fusion, sensitivity to interval tuning, and generalization of response to the common fundamental -- which are qualitatively similar to properties of larger intervals in the harmonic series. Consequently, double-octaves (ratio 4:1) should have less similarity (in the above sense) than twelfths (ratio 3:1) have; the octave equivalence present in music is the result of a learned transitivity applied to the natural perceptual similarity. I further hypothesize a mechanism for these properties in which neural circuits in the brainstem inferior colliculus detect coincident firing of neurons tuned to harmonics of a fundamental to compute the periodicity pitch; occasional skipped firings lead to excitation of subharmonically tuned neurons, causing a note to sound like its subharmonic octave. Psychoacoustics experiments to measure musical and nonmusical humansU tuning sensitivity, generalization, and spectral fusion of twelfths and double-octaves should serve to evaluate the first hypothesis. Animals trained to respond to one note generalize this response to other notes (Blackwell and Schlosberg 1943); raising these animals in artificial acoustic environments may alter the patterns of generalization and thus provide a test for learning of octaves. Direct extracellular recording from the brainstem of animals could provide evidence for the proposed neural mechanism of harmonic equivalence.
Posted by: e at March 2, 2006 04:59 PM
Posted by: you are getting very sleeepy at March 2, 2006 05:01 PMSweetie, I gave up that battle a long time ago. Nice job keeping it after 3 dudes, and dang Sancto!
Posted by: Mexi at March 2, 2006 05:02 PMBut anon, c'mon with the art thing, I ain't fucking no painting.
this board rips
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at March 2, 2006 05:04 PMthis could be cool tonight.
Thu 3/2 8:00 PM Simple Pleasures Cafe [3434 Balboa @ 36th Avenue (Richmond District) SF]
Posted by: e at March 2, 2006 05:16 PMSVEN LEEBACK vs. espresso machine [ Alan Anzone: reeds, Christopher Brown: Bass, Kurt Morgan: Guitar, Curtis Hollenbeck: Cornet ]
let me know if you check that out e..ill be in the hood watching tv or something..
Posted by: bagel at March 2, 2006 05:30 PM
Posted by: yes please at March 2, 2006 05:36 PMyo bagel.. i actually have band practice in west oakland tonight.. psyched for band practice but bummed to miss a possibly groovy show at Simple Pleasures..
rock on.
Posted by: e at March 2, 2006 05:37 PMyeah basically im gonna kill myself cuz this surf aint very great... AAAGH I MISS MEXICO!!!!! I just got my CAR fuck yeah
Posted by: Brian at March 2, 2006 05:44 PMword to big bird
Posted by: bagel at March 2, 2006 05:48 PMcheck out my ASL, suckas
Posted by: Dicky Mora - ASL at March 2, 2006 05:50 PMmy idol
Posted by: PNW at March 2, 2006 07:04 PMNice Big Sur ASSHOLES.
Posted by: Agnes at March 2, 2006 07:17 PMOh I'm sorry Brian there in the back I forgot to call on you. Oh wait, there's the bell, FUCK YOU!
Posted by: Teacher at March 2, 2006 07:19 PMM.M.M.Mora smellith imposters.
Posted by: at March 2, 2006 07:22 PMNO LINK TO THIS STINK.
OINK.
Posted by: B.V.B. at March 2, 2006 07:23 PMWe've got 5, maybe 6 posts by BVB
Posted by: niceness Patriot Act link alert system at March 2, 2006 07:46 PMsigning off with different names, I
think we'd better alert Homeland
Security.
"Nice Big Sur ASSHOLES."
NOT Big Sur.
Posted by: at March 3, 2006 07:11 AMdora stories influenced me heavily as a grom. there i said it.
Posted by: 3to5setsof7 at March 3, 2006 08:01 AMtruelove nightmares affected me heavily as a child. there i said it.
Posted by: baby mex at March 3, 2006 08:39 AMMexi,
Posted by: surfingsam at March 3, 2006 09:11 AMI forgot to sign my name on my "naked ladies are art" post above. I know I was pushing the limits for example sake. A naked lady is much superior than a rose, but she is art none the less. and yea, maybe you aint fucking no painting but I'll bet you one of your best cameras that you've blown your wad while looking at a picture of one!!!
word 357. the influence, at least of the myths, endured and remains to this day. but do we dare to diminish the myths by reading the facts? or to hope that the myths have been treated kindly and not tarnished with the less than idealistic reality?
Posted by: KIX at March 3, 2006 09:21 AMor just read the book, detached from the evolved influence of the myths in our lives? damn. I just farted a nasty one. run away!