Ahhh Summer...

Been a while since I have posted anything....been busy with work and life last couple months. Summer arrived at last and to our surprise a special treat... Surf. Winston scored three days of surf, whereas I only had the one session Wed night. It was awsome, totally feeling the stoke. Definately needed it to feel alive again, can't wait until the next sesh.

Winston sporting his new custom 5'10". Wicked!

Random wave from Wed night.

Hit up the Wake the Giant wakeboarding competition today. Was pretty rockin good times, Tons of people and a helicopter that was zipping around with a film crew.

new foal

Our friends horse had her baby after long waiting. Here she is her first time out in the sun. Believe it or not she is only 5 and a half days old in this video. She is going to be a big girl.

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Midnight run

Went out to do a mindnight run for smelts Friday night. Brought Aidan with us, he was pretty excited. When we arrived at the river it was like a circus. I don't think I have ever seen that many people out for smelts at one time. It was a finely synchronized motion with both side lined with people. Dip, sweep, lift...Dip, sweep, lift. We caught around 60 or so, which was not bad considering the gauntlet they had to run just to get to where we were. Arrived home at 1:30am with two soakers, a tired boy and smiles on our faces.

Surf last week

Here is the video from last week, busy with work and family to be able to post. It was a good time totally stoked after.

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Horsing around

Our friends horse is expecting to have a foal anytime now. We went out to set up a video camera. The camera will allow them to watch live on the computer in her bedroom to check in at night without disturbing the horse. So while I was there I took this shot of a beautiful welsh pony that we were going to buy for my daughter. (she ended up chosing a different horse)

his name is Coal.

Coffee with cream

After working 12 to 16 hours a day for the last 5 weeks and out of town, there has'nt been much time for, well, much of anything. As the forecast changed daily, upgraded and down graded, surf was enevitable. A message to Eric and we were off. Surf in the time between the end of work today and the begining of sundown. The conditions were well, not exactly epic. When we first arrived there were some sets coming in that were heavy and thick like a can of spam, and brown and frothy like the color of coffee mixed with cream. The wind was strong and undecided in which way it wanted to blow. But it did blow. The waves were heavy and everywhere, not very organized and unpredictable. Waves were had, however nothing to write home about.

Eric dropping in on one that almost got away.

surf compilation

Winston's Surf Compilation

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