E's Surf Report

First.

should have played Fairies Wear Boots. they love that one.

Sounds like fun, wish I were still drinking. It never seem quite so much fun in bars sober.

I'm sure someone is glad you not. props.

reposter!

Word sober guy. Not drinking not smoking is really hard.

I drove right by that hells angles death scene yesterday surfed at the south end and saw dolphins, a whale and a huge sea lion popped its head next to me.

that story today was funny as hell!!

anyone know if the epoxy boards at sf surfshop are any good????

Summer is almost here!!

Thanks Tucker, felt like shit one morning (you know, hung over to the max) and just decided to quit it all. I feel better now than ever, and know that I'll be able to surf for years longer.....what a great reward!

come on, not even just one small puff?

It is often easier to completely quit, rather than just cut back.

I recently hit the point where waking up early and feeling good is more fun than crazy bar nights. Sobriety rules.

Any word on what happened to the guy on the dunes yesterday AM. Cause of death?

I'm addicted to cutbacks.

suicide. cause the fuzz was after him.

only second hand smoke gets in these lungs, and no drinks (I think if your right hand lifts a drink, the left one will date a drag).

I have to say that I still dream about smoking almost every night.....toughest drug I ever quit.

As for drinking, I'd love to have one right now, last night, and especially on weekends (Thrusday - Monday).

I'm pretty sure if I found out I was going to die tomorrow I'd start drinking again, but I'm not sure about the smoking......I'm lying, I'd smoke a pack or two and then have a couple of fine cigars.

That biker was a suicide? I wouldn't have guessed.

Congrats to sober guy, that's not easy. I've got some friends who drink like every night, it's not even a party anymore. I feel bad for them when they need booze in the morning to alleviate racking headaches, but I don't feel bad enough so I leave them behind and go surfing without them. I try to tell them cold saltwater upside the head is a great remedy, but they cannot even muster the energy to come and get it. Just...sad, waste of time.

it sucks being taken over by some substance and fooling yourself that you are having fun....what a waste of percious time.

congrats sober guy, sounds refreshing..

I still smoke weed every night after work and have for quite some time. I know that on the rare occassion when I don't I can wake up early and feel better. But at night I feel like I have to puff. Smoking about 2 qtrs per month now. Vaporizing most of it. Will have to cut back big when the kids are older no doubt. Don't really do much drinking at all. Just a major stoner leading a double life. Weed has not affected me in terms of family, success, etc...I just think it will kill me someday.

pimp and burn. peace

wake and bake.

Yeah, drugs don't effect one's career.

I have a board that was given to me that I really like riding but hate the color. I don't really care but wouldn't mind painting it. Can anyone confirm/deny that painting the bottom with some kind of epoxy paint would/would not mess up performance?

Hey ricky - How the FUCK can you speak for me, pretty boy? You have no idea what I do, what I've accomplished. Help me beat the demon rather than being a prick.

Is one beer and some puff puff give a bad thing every night? I do get herb headaches some mornings, but it does not impact me getting up early and surfing.

Why do you think it will kill you? I take great care of myself except my 1 vice.

apologies. it was nothing personal against YOU - I was just making a light-hearted joke at Ricky's expense - trying to be funny, bring in some current events. didn't want to sound like a prick, sounds like you have your life together better than I.

EG Pimp, I smoked and snorted when my kids were little. I thought they didn't know. One day my son (his 8th birthday) said he felt like he was 80 because the drugs were cheating him out of time with me...........don't wait till then to confront yourself.......we have never had a good relationship since.....I didn't stop even after that!

here's a cool vid. Best apprecaited with sound up and after a good puff

http://212.78.76.244/dayvancowboy/boc-dayvancowboy.wmv

I'm in the same boat pimp. I puff almost every day after work. Just one hit and i'm good for the rest of the evening. I don't really drink at all. But.. sometimes i wonder what i'd be like if i never puffed.. or did it only once a month or something?

I usually take a day or two off every week. When i get home and don't smoke i end up just lounging around, reading, sleeping. When i puff i'm usually more motivated to work on music, write, organize, excercise. It's almost like a cup of creative-coffee after work is finished. weed has the opposite effect on me as it does to most people i guess? It makes me active and antsy and i'm basically looking to shred in any way possible.

Can anyone access the songs on this page:
http://www.myspace.com/jeffersonsbrother

if so could you right click and post the link to the song "radius?"

I get an "unable to reach host" error.
Same error for all the myspace music. Worked for me yesterday though.

thanks.

solid one today e. as much of that sounds really scary and sketch, a part of me wishes i would say fuck it and drop out of school to become a biker bro!

go for it!

The article said they found a grenade at the Hells Angel's house. Anyone can buy a gun on the street, but a friggin grenade??? Glad to see they are cleaning up their image.

who would win?

hells angel's or brah boy's?

Cool vid ankors

Peps went huge this season @ tahoe, guys were even ski base jumping lovers leap tuesday

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49102

Anyone have any extra tool ticket @ the paramount?, good karma and green guarunteed!

This might be an interesting scene:
http://mustangrange.com/flash/machgun.htm

It's amazing what's legal in Nevada, kinda scary- would be fun though

Fri and Sat sometimes Thurs for me, during the week I have got to be sharp. I don't really drink. I like being sober. The rare trip is good though, I love summer vacations...

e - it has the same effect on me as well. I puff then end up getting motivated for anything - yard work, house work, music. But one puff doesn't cut it for me. I'll typically fill up that Volcano bag about two times per night. Ouch. When I try to cut back and go to the one hitter it just doesn't get me there.

mofo: i think it will kill me because of the amount. it's always much more than puff puff give. I at least quit smokin' cigs a year ago.

sober guy: sad story. my kids are still only 2.5 yrs old but I hear you. With my genes they are probably already programmed to lean towards the dark side.

cigarettes are LAME. a filthy habit for idiots.

...unless hot girls are smoking, then you know they like odd tastes, hence they probably like to swallow sperm, which is ALWAYS a good thing!!

me = i dont smoke cigarettes, but i wont spit out a good load. easier just to take it down.

Jenn Sterger for president!

EG Pimp....I feel ya. Good luck and check your Karma. My dad had the 51% rule. Do good 51% of the time and you'll be okay. Oh, he did of lung cancer 10 years ago. I have the "gene" as well.

e - i'm not so sure you can link to a specific song on your myspace music player. you can link to your myspace page but the music player is a different animal. i could access the two songs no problem by the way.

I think you'll find that it is more likely learned behavior rather than genetics.

At least it looks that way to me when I compare my usage with that of my Pops.

My siblings have struggled with various substances but in different ways.

Perhaps it is both nature and nurture.

thanks anon.. i know there is a "download" link under each of the songs. if you have a minute could you right-click on the download link for radius and post the url here? Something is screwy with myspace for me and i can't see the songs at all.

computers.

addiction.

yo!

radius

Fine female bottoms, please.

radius

the myspace music servers are often overloaded. if link times out, try again later.

big g you're the friggin man!

ok back to work for me.

I used to puff every day, but cut back to a couple of times a week because of my wife. I don't feel any better. I think it fine to puff every night, just not all day long so you have some sober reflective time. When I was daily it never interferred with work or school.

Tail question: what works better in hollow waves, a swallow tail or a squash tail?

(I know that pins work best)

I try not to puff on "school nights" and keep it to weekend only. Once a year i lay off the puff junk for a month. at the end of the 30 days i feel maybe a little sharper but not a ton. I suck at puff and surf. anyone else on this?

I can't quit smoking green. I go a few days and then someone will pull it out and the next thing ya know there is a big fat sack in my dresser. It's too bad because there are some times when it is perfect. After a great surf and all my errands are done...or after a full pow day in Tahoe...but the problem is...if I have it, I'll smoke it when I get home from work and wonder why I don't get shit done and I have trouble getting up in the morning. Don't answer those "annoying" calls from my family. I'm going to quit...one of these days.
I do OK with drinking...don't frink much during the week and sometimes I do/don't on the w/e's. I'm OK with that...don't want to stop...don't feel I need to.
But the green is a problem. It's hard to stop.
WIsh I never started...at least I'm not doing the heavy stuff I guess.

getting high is an escape....surfing is an escape.....I don't think they are made for mixing, enjoy them separately if you must.

you can't deny the small lazy LB sess and puffing = very good

Puffing and surfing almost always mix well, imho.

radius is cool too, e, but more jamband trippy. i think i like salamander better. i will be waiting for your version of hand of doom.

i've been sober for just over a year and i have to say that i am, in general, really stoked on it. there's some things i miss. not the 3 or 4 beers, sit around and chill nights (almost every night) and certainly not the hangovers. but i miss those nights of total insanity, the crazy, i can't believe we did that kinda nights. i miss being out of control. i think that's why i like surfing so much. you are never totally in control out there because the ocean is so much bigger than you and so unpredictable and you are pretty much guarenteed that you are gonna get tossed around a bit (unless you are a whole lot better surfer than I am). but in general, i really like the significant increase in clarity and focus and presentness-for-life that has come with sobriety for me. for me it was always booze, i got the herb-heebeegeebees at about age 19 after smoking since i was twelve. and there's nothing like potanoia to turn you off that stuff real quick.

puff/surfing doesn't work for me either. maybe if i puffed more regularly it wouldn't be an issue....but my head and my body just don't get along in the water.
i remember the first time i ever puffed....i surfed 3 days after that puffing and was still messed up. the paddle out in florida crap waves seemed to take forever......the waves were no bigger than chest high and i had major shark paranoia.

surf+puff=big wave paranoia

steamwand.........I miss those crazy times as well the most, till the next day when I feel great and my cohorts probably feel like quiting.

Jim

wine everynight with with dinner and herb on the weekends only for me...if I puff during the week I lose track of my inner inventory of things I need to do ergo motivation goes out the window and all I want to do is surf paint play guitar....agreed too...puff and surf is ok if it's mellow out there but if it's big or crowded it's a noid fest...btw, anyone slurf ahoy?

I love beautiful women who smoke pot.

word, jim, and we will be in the water sooner.

so...live streaming AUDIO of the roxypro fiji? who thought that was a good idea? i mean, I can understand an audiocast for baseball: they are just gonna run around the bases all day, there's not that much to watch. but for surfing, i think you need the visual. oh well, i will get more work done and finish my day sooner, i guess.

Jenn Sterger=YAWN x 2

'Pot-anoia' My gawd thats funny!

Smoking before a surf to me is just a waste of weed. The cold water just sobers me up so I don't really feel high. Then if I smoke afterwards again it is a waste because the tolerance level is higher. It's not the first hit of the day, if you know what I mean.

I'd much rather save the spleef for after a surf.

That way, I'm more creative in my claiming and naming on this here blog.

smoking mega dank right now.

fog4lyfe.

Yawn, you must be just a jealous fat chick.

dont worry, some guys like that, especially when you call yourself "curvy". more cushion for their pushin'

Cat fight!

I cant wait for summer!
small waves and fog means most culos stay away from the beach. Yahoo!!!!!!

Well said, friend #1, agree 100% on that. IMO surfing 56-degree OB destroys a fair amount of buzz and it takes another 30 minutes to get out of "useless herbal static" and back to a semi-clearheaded state, all the while a little cloud-brained on the take-offs. I follow a semi-nightly pattern very similar to e an EG Pimp (e your reaction and actions while puffing are just about identical to mine), and shun the booze out of sheer distaste for it (a rare beer or two per month, just never been really into the drink). Plus booze got the best of my dad back in the day, and my mom had to divorce him when I was 5 over it. Little kids pay attention to all that stuff, and learn from their parents mistakes (kind of like "sober guy"'s unfortunate story). SO these days, typical surfer, OK to hit it up nights, but vapor only (not smoke), makes a huge diff on the lungs. I have some friends who can smoke only, they just like the ritual of spliff, etc. I'm like "Here try this (vape), just a litle bit...now wait like 10 minutes, don't get anxious...yah see...vapor dude, you're proper noodled, you're stuff's going to last longer, and your lungs aren't covered in a curtain of tar." Next day they're at Pipe Dreams looking for the little wooden box with the heating element in it, ha ha.
I'm so hyper it kind of brings me down to other people's "normal" level in some respects, and I get tons of productive, real stuff done. I know others just crash out and it's funny how different people react. It's also perfect for mindless, mundane chores like laundry, cleaning the bathroom etc. Wow do I hate doing that shit, have to occupy my mind somehow.

geez, get a blog

Wow sorry, I thought we could think aloud here.

naw, ancient jetties keep posting.

wow, a fanclub.

I say your posts aren't worth reading until some anon calls you names.

Question for AJ, can you vaporize while driving?

yes. its called rapture.

or was that total nuclear annhilation.....I forget

sorry, I usually answer to Almighty Jeebus so I just figured you were asking me.

I like to puff for the drive home. It makes me feel different than all of the commuter drones.

While they are all stressed out from working too much, cleaning up kids diapers, and their wives nagging them. I feel in a different mind set since i get to surf in the morning and use my brain during the day and relax on the ride home with a content feeling while listening to NPR.

ditto anon. right down to the NPR.

So we're now able to deduce from this interesting discussion that everyone is different.
I've known people to stay out all night, drink, sniff, puff and still be first in the office inking the biggest deals of the year, having the hottest wife and still putting you to shame in the gym at lunch time (or afternoon surf).

Sactomex goes on vacation and there are no titties or ass picture postings? Did he elope with Kaiser or something?

MAS CEBOLLAS!!!

further proof that only 3 or 4 people actually post here under numerous identities.

Fuck..

Heavy story E. Always good to have some of them on your side.

You’ll never read this, little girl, but…

I grew up an only child. I had friends, but sometimes they weren’t around. I had both parents and we went places and played often. But I enjoyed listening to my radio and coloring in my Spiderman coloring book in my room as much as I enjoyed playing with my friends or parents. I learned early on how to enjoy myself when I was alone. Not that way you sick monkey...well, at least, not yet.

It also meant that when someone left, it wasn’t a huge loss. A friend would move away, I would miss them, but it wasn’t devastating. An uncle would die, I would be sad, but it didn’t bring the world to a screeching halt.

As I grew into adulthood I began to treasure my time alone. Again, I had friends and we would go out and drink, hit on women way out of our league, and laugh about it later, but I enjoyed reading in my apartment listening to music alone as much as I enjoyed going out.

Girlfriends came and went until I met your mother. She had the most beautiful legs I’d ever seen. We met at work and dated secretly for six months before we didn’t feel like hiding it anymore.

We got married four years later. Then you came along a couple of years after that. There has never been anybody in my life that I couldn’t live without. I don’t think it’s a psychological issue (but crazy people really don’t know their crazy, do they?) Even if my beautiful wife left or died, I’d be despondent for some time, but life would go on. I never needed anyone before…until you.

You were so noisy and bothersome that for the first 6 months of your life I begged my wife to let me sell you on the black market. You were cute and had all your fingers and toes so you would have fetched a hefty sum; enough to put a nice down payment on a new house. But your mother just looked at me with daggers shooting from her eyes and I would slink out of the room. Damn her.

Then one day…it was close to my birthday, I was holding you and I made a funny face and you laughed. It was all downhill from there. I began to love you. And it only got worse as time went on. No one in my life has ever gotten in as far as you have.

My favorite time is bed time when we’ve finished reading “Where the Wild Things Are,” and “Guess How Much I Love You” and I turn out the light and get the covers snuggled up under your chin. I kiss you on the tip of your nose and tell you, “I love you, big girl.” And you say, “I love you too, daddy.”

I get choked up every time I hear that. I’m glad the lights are out.

How I wish to God I could keep you this age, but I know that you’ll eventually become a teenager, and may very well break my heart. That’s okay; it’s yours to break.

i like the herb. it's helpful at times. it took some abuse to figure out when and where it makes sense. i get wired on it too. i rarely puff anymore before the first surf or skate session of a day. but if the day calls for a second session and the surf/skate/snow conditions aren't critical, a stony session brings out a different focus and flow that I find beneficial. i love getting baked and going on long bike rides. and occasionally at work, when i have an afternoon of cold calls, a puff helps too. moderation is key. oh shit 2 minutes to go......HA!

you want it straight up or on the rocks

"Guess how much I love you"

Man, I hate that book. Seems like big brown hare is just trying to one up little brown hare.

"Love you Forever"

Now that book brings me to tears at every reading.

3to5, we need to talk.

amazing how many heads on here are alike. I get the same way from the herb, it makes me skate and run around and do errands etc. I also like to do all of that un-baked too. The key is mixing it up, not getting in a rut. I have nothing against either way though, do whatcha like when ya like, just don't overdo it. Burnin', to me, is more fun than drinkin' with buddies. And more good comes out of it too whether it be creativity or just learning about people and understanding everything. Whatever. It is just past that time I believe. Might be some surf down here tomorrow finally. Nothing but red tide, dirty brownness since Saturday and I am jonesin'!

hb always stoked. rad.

big NUT brown hare and little NUT brown hare.

"The giving tree" is a great book too.

"Go Dog Go" was my fave

I'll roll with you on "Guess how much I love you" but I think "Love you forever" is creepy. Kind of wierd, obsessive-like.

The only ASL approved kids book:

Maybe it makes me cry because my mom died before she had a chance to meet my daughter.

a great one for the kids:

Oh I love that book. Great one for all the "kids" in their 30s, too.

absolutely 357. I'm a big fan of the rhinos.

wow. nobody on here quit the weed from paranoia? i was a stoner for years, and one day i got really stoned and really paranoid. from then on, i got the noids everytime i smoked. it sucks!

i've really cut down on drinking over the last couple of years. got sick of trying to surf all dehydrated and hungover at 6 in the morning.

Well folks, might as well give the college persepective...
My housemate is a pot dealer. We just harvested our hydro- yielded 12 oz of romulin. High quality shit, let me tell you. I myself am pretty good at moderation (compared to my housemate). A spliff or two a day is the normal routine, but right now I'm actually not puffing. I try to cleanse a few times a year for at least a few weeks.
I woke up friday morning after 4/20 and tried to remember what had happened the day before. What had I done? Where did I go? I realized I had done nothing, really, except to sit around and be stoned, for 12 hours. What a waste. So now I'm taking a break.
I have mixed feelings about ganja. Its a good drug-its fun, relatively safe, and a perfect way to get the creative juices flowing. But it's also smoke in the lungs (if you don't vape), hard on the memory, and a substance that one can develop a dependance for (yes its true- I know a girl who can't eat a fucking meal if she's not stoned).
I'll always respect the herb, and value it. But I don't want to regret wasting time being high, or have an expirience like sober guy (with the 8 yr. old).
They say drug use is most influenced by the people around you, and in college, it's definately the truth. Pretty much everyone I know smokes bud, even that computer nerd guy from the dorms. Will I be a life puffer? ONly time will tell...

smokin's like surfing. do it when the condiotions are right!

"... even that computer nerd guy from the dorms"

now that's funny.

You young guys are working hard at something. That's why the pot or beer helps when something doesn't work out. Take a break from the thing and hang out with your family or friends.

I loved herb way back. Still love it, but it makes the wife paranoid, so highly infrequent use.

Rhinos Who Surf is pretty cool. Surfs Up for Kimo is good, too. But the Walter the Farting Dog books just rule...

Walter the Farting Dog books? I gotta get on that!

Hey Spiderman. Don't forget what The Bible says:
"The first shall be last and the last shall be first".

Or was it 'Frist'?

Whatever.

I went kiting yeterday, but I have very little idea what I am doing (yes, I took a lesson last year). There were three guys helping me launch my kite, then another guy helped me at the end of the day. I felt like the third place athlete in the special olympics.

If anyone wants to buy my old shitty windsurfer, I'm now selling it for $40. If you wait two more months, I'll pay you to take it out of my house. Andrewon44th on my excite account.

the going price for windsurfers in san francisco is 2 hours labor to pick up, transport and dump fees. they are harder to get rid of than an old car.

AIJLS-
don't know how to post a graphic but this is all you really need to know

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/04/27/NSGFAIEG5V1.DTL&o=1

Lets ride biatch!

People giving up on windsurfing never got good.

It's one of the most difficult, equipment intensive sports and subject to fickle weather conditions, but one of the most rewarding.

With the advent of kiting many have predicted it's demise, but windsurfers have continued to explore what can be done with wind and water.

For me, it's the ultimate high wind sport.
When the wind backs down below 20, bust out the kite. When the wind's under 10, go surf. It's all good.