A Trip Down Memory Lane

I know, I know, I'm late. But all of you surfers know why though.

Are you kidding me? The surf [Sunday] was going off! Hey, I was working. For you. Shooting stills and video all day long. This was one of those days that you just had to document. And I did.

I bet I shot over 300 photos [Sunday] and at least 15 minutes of video. You kidding? The light, the color, the perfection, and the talent that was out there. I was working my friends. Working.

So that's why I'm late. But I think most of you surfers here in New England can forgive me. You Californians might not, but you local surfers certainly understand. You'll see a taste of what's coming next week at the bottom of this blog. And trust me, next week's blog is gonna be rocking.

So I took an unexpected trip down memory lane this week.

On Wednesday, 9/19/12 I stopped by the exact spot that I caught and rode my first wave in 1964. It was on the North Shore of Massachusetts. There were little waves. And I could just imagine what it was like back then. My dad used to take me and my friends to the beach. We never knew when there was surf. I mean we never knew if it was big, small, clean or junk. But we had so much fun back in those days. And my dad took photos.

[First photo] This is the spot. Only this photo was taken a year later in 1965.

I thought about how cool it would be to be able to surf there with one of my kids, or all three of them. At the very least, to surf there with my son Mackey. That would be cool. Then I thought about the reality of me surfing for 48 years. Then it dawned on me. In two years, I'll be able to say that I have been surfing for fifty years! Wait, is that possible?

My math is not very good as a rule, but yes it is. 50 years in the year 2014. I hope I'm still around. After all, that is reason to celebrate. 50 years of surfing in 2014. Yikes.

Speaking of milestones, this coming April will be 10 years of this blog. Are you kidding me? Where has the time gone? I guess that's reason to celebrate as well.

[Second photo] Speaking of celebrating. Our good friends Brian and Sam Nevins got married this week. So a big congrats to the newlyweds Mr and Mrs Nevins...a bit of advice to you guys...HUMOR. That's the key. Keep smiling and laughing. Sure surfing, snowboarding, hiking, and all the rest is important. But it's humor that has legs. So keep smiling and keep laughing.

And love will stay with you forever.

I know I am not alone when I say I am a pet lover. My young dog Patch turned two today. Sgt Patch USMC. He's such a treat. I took him out in the woods for a run, and he got to find and point a couple of birds. The latter of which was a large Tom Turkey. It was so funny. In fact, this is the photo of him pointing a turkey. Only I had no idea it was a turkey he was pointing until it flushed. Happy Birthday Patchy!

Now for Some Of My Weekly Global Observances:

The insanity continues at the US Embassies in the Middle East. Nice to see those idiots burning our flag. Isn't it great? I mean we give billions
of dollars worth of aid to some of these countries and they are attacking our embassies and killing Americans over some freaking low budget movie? Or is it what we all think? Al Qeada raising it's ugly head again.