Got the latest issue of FreeSurf magazine from Jamba Juice ...


I have to say that for a locally published magazine the quality of writing is quite good [well-written AND interesting which is no small feat when writing about surfing]. I want to write for it! Alas I do not know the right people who know the right people. :(

This issue is the "travel issue" which describes surf trips to Tasmania and Tahiti. Mari and I have been talking about a surf trip to Kauai for forever now and we still haven't managed to pull it off. But we WILL one of these days [if we can swim Waimea we can fly to Kauai for some surf]. I've never been on a surf trip but it's definitely somewhere up there on my "to do list." I envy all the old guys at the beach who go on surf trips/surf cruises with their buddies. I wish I were a guy [I know, surf trips and being male are seemingly unrelated but they aren't too much!].

Morning surfing = Happy Crystal.
There was the ocean junior lifeguard competition which meant that there was a more limited amount of parking spaces than usual [taking into account the group of people that do exercises on the beach, the senior citizens that bring their coffee to watch the h2o, the surfers, etc]. Watched Steve do his Tai Chi and told him he was crazy. Then made him paddle out with me. Had Earl tell me that he would find me a boyfriend. Warren was out early and said that he came out early just to see me because I always go in when he gets out though the REAL reason was because he was going to Kona to go fishing. Caught exactly 5 or 6 waves. Went in. Got yelled at because some kid asked me when I was leaving and I said 10 minutes and when I actually left I was giving my stall away to some other guy, so the stupid lady who claimed that she was waiting for my stall started screaming about how she had been waiting for me to leave when "waiting for me to leave" really just entailed parking her car illegaly until she could snag my stall. BLAH. People are such bastards.

But tomorrow it should be smaller so my ankle and I are overjoyed.