I See It!!!!!

Well admit it, your flying in the plane for about five hours and then, there is that moment when you finally see the Islands. It really is why you came. The planning, dreaming and as we are older the logistics of a surf trip have all been labored over and over thought. Yet when you see the Islands there is a pure sense of stoke. Now imagine yourself at 12 years old.

The first sight of Oahu.

Nanny Cam

Yesterday I went over to see my parents inbetween various work calls. This was after I had dropped off the kids at Cardiff around 8:30am.

When I got their I said I got to check on the kids. My Mom asked if I needed to call them or check with who they were with.

"No, I will show you"...I then proceeded to their computer and punched up the Wavewatch.com Cardiff Cam where I was able to see Lucas catch a few lefts.

I came back to the living room and realized that I have a nanny cam. Now when I was a kid at age young we would go to the beach in the morning and come back sometime around dark. Today in our world of paranoid parents (I am one) our kids are scheduled around the clock so sometimes they don't even know what to do with any down time.

Last summer I made the decision that both kids are good to be dropped off at our local spots. Hard decision for my paranoid self but they will always run into someone we know.

One more reason living here is good.

The Rock Shows Swell

We hit the swell. The locals are calling this the swell of the year on the South Shore. This is Populars Waikiki next to Queens.

Sometime in the summer of my teens when we had to hitch hike to the beach with our boards, we found a ride from some guy who was stuck in the 60's. After spending the good part of the day trying for our ride this guy pulls up in an old vw and takes us to the beach. We pulled up to a flat Stockton Ave in Santa Cruz to see one little wake hit a rock.
Hippie old surfer dude...... "The Rock Shows Swell"
Surf Crazed kids..."Are you out of your mind"
Hippie old surfer dude...."Mellow out man it is all in the plan"
At which time my friend came over the seat to clock the poor guy but was stopped before contact by my back pack.

Hippie old surfer dude..."Out, Out of my car"
Logan ripping the left this morning.
Lucas on an air drops in the eye of the storm.

At 5:12 AM about a week into your summer vacation

You get the News you are not going to driving to Ventura for a non surfing family vacation, you are on the way to the airport for the 8:15 to Hawaii!!!!

Just when the kids thought their summer could not get better they land on the South Shore of Oahu for the best south swell of the season. Pictures to follow.

Beacons Summer

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. H Keller


Erik giving Logan the start of his adventure.
Flight

Taking off late .

I decided I want to be my son Logan. Just finishing 6th grade he is starting to surf well. He has been able to spend time surfing with Erik Baldwin giving him some insight to the art of riding the ocean.

They used to give these out

I am going to sew it on my trunks this summer.

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