January 12, 2011

Monumental Baby Steps

Pardon me sir, but can you tell me how to get to the Banzai Pipeline?

Consistency, consistency, consistency...

Or did that old saying have something to do with practice? Either way 2011 is here and it's heating up to be a good one. The shortest days winter are already behind us, and as we experience last Friday at Pleasure Point, the waves continue to barrel across the Pacific.

Each year of surfing is a tableau of beautiful rides, terrible wipeouts, boring lulls, progression, steep drops, frustrating lackadaisical floundering, and mellow evenings fading to black. So- as we pour on the sauce and get ready for the next round of flogging, sogging, and dodging- cheers to surfing half as well as these ladies this year!