It's not whether you win or lose IT"S ALL ABOUT THE HARDWARE!!!!

In the biggest event of the IFS season with 300 surfers and 11 teams, Lucas places 3rd.
Ed told me to medicate myself to not be such a stage mom. To no avail of course. I was absolutely crazy and pumped up.






Lucas 'History teacher and coach Mr. Schockney posed with hardware!

The Diegueno Team stays undefeated!

Here is his brother Logan getting him psyched up for the Final.
Lucas spent the last two weeks working closely with Erik Baldwin. He took quickly to Erik Coaching him and was able to ramp up his surfing. Harder turns and better nose rides = glory and fun.
A good vetting process for your surf coach is how high he can go! David Gray captures Erik's skills.



Erik told Lucas that this is just the begining. He expects more excitement moving forward!

Not a Cold Water Enthusiast

Bobby Jindal V Mr. Rogers

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Bobby Jindal's Republican Response

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Political Humor
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Is he the new Sarah Palin of fun

Not only is he Mr. Rogers and Kenneth, but can perform Exorcisms in his spare time.

From CBIC

Ok I will let it go but his creepy demeaner has inspired me to dig up all kinds of fun stuff on him including him making up his claim on working with the sheriff to let unregistered boats go save people during Katrina.

Bobby Jindal V Kenneth

This is too funny to let go of my latest obsession with Govener Jindal

Advantage Gained

A cutback is a learned skill.












Lucas is venturing into headhigh waves with some encouragement from his coach Erik Yes, Erik can absolutely kill it on a longboard!


ADVANTAGE - noun
1. A beneficial factor or combination of factors.
2. Benefit or profit; gain: It is to your advantage to invest wisely.
3. A relatively favorable position; superiority of means: A better education gave us the advantage.
4. Sports
a. The first point scored in tennis after deuce.
b. The resulting score.

As opposed to

CHEATING -Verb.
1. To deceive by trickery; swindle: cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.
2. To deprive by trickery; defraud: cheated them of their land.
3. To mislead; fool: illusions that cheat the eye.
4. To elude; escape: cheat death.
v.intr.
1. To act dishonestly; practice fraud.
2. To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards.
3. Informal To be sexually unfaithful: cheat on a spouse.

ISF Contest on Saturday. Erik Balwin has been working with Lucas.

I was a bit worried....was this cheating...unfair or am I too much of a stage mom

The wide ear to ear grins as my kid gets out of the water tells the story! Confidence buit and new skill sets seem to be coming faster than we expected. Then as all surfers at some point there is a play by play on how hard he was ripping........17 times last night.

Teahupoo has more Teeth then we knew

Another reason I won't be able to surf Teahupoo right now

From Tahiti Press
A tiger shark weighing in at 1.3 tons was accidentally caught at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The renowned wave has been surfed by many visiting, and local, pro surfers over the years, and hosts the Billabong Pro Tahiti, an ASP World Tour event.

Last Thursday, two local brothers, Didier and Grard Parker, had been catching the Crown of Thorn starfish with fish nets, ridding the reef of the invasive species. As they pulled up one of their nets it became obvious there was something tangled in it bigger than a starfish, at first they thought it was a swordfish, but to their surprise it was a massive tiger shark. The shark had already drowned and was no threat.

It had always been rumored that a big tiger lived around Teahupoo, and now that rumored has been confirmed. The wave breaks about a quarter mile out from the beach, and although some surfers take boats to the spot, there are many that make the paddle. Now, they may have something else on their mind besides scoring perfect barrels as they paddle out.

Bobby Jindal quick drive by politics

So Slater took the first wave of the set, then this guy had to follow.....................

Kook (Websters)
Pronunciation : \ˈkük\
Function: noun
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from cuckoo
: one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane : screwball

Urban Dictionary

kook (also kuk) - 1. a surfing beginner 2. someone who gets in the way or into trouble because of ignorance or inexperience (see dork, geek) 2. someone who pretends to be something they're not. 3. a completely awkward or bad surfer (highly derogatory)

I don't think he's Bush bad, but maybe he needs a new advisor. Who told him to follow up after Obama tonight without listening to the speech.

Bobby who is the GOP's great ethnic hope claims that they 'fixed' the Katrina problem with good old Americans and not big government. He forgot to count the $175 Billion in aid the Federal Government has given to help them so far.

Not to get all political, but it was painful watching his response to the Presidents speech today.