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July 26 how much is enough?
PHOTO: The Surfer's Path "...as for my own surfing, let's just say that when the waves start pushing 10 feet, I get this tremendous urge to make a sandwich." July 05 baseball in the summertime...I’d be lying if I said that I’ve grown up a Yankee fan or even a baseball fan throughout my life. In all honesty though, I do remember listening to Phil Rizzuto do radio broadcasts of the games during those nights when the sun never seemed to set. As a 11 year old, staying out in the backyard till 9:30pm with my younger brother seemed like the coolest thing ever. We’d listen to the AM/FM transistor radio we shared with the huge telescoping 3 foot antenna for hours (the theoretical equivalent of today’s iPod in a sense). For the last 4 years that same little brother has shared the Yankee experience with me and my kids by taking us to a game once a year. It’s become a tradition that is not only looked forward to, but is envied by those who we share the details with because it gets better and better each year. Sometimes I think no matter how much you thank someone for sharing an experience with you…it’s just not possible to elaborate on the impact that those experiences have over time. So although life continues to throw us metaphorical curveballs, there are still those moments when you are able to simply tee-it-up and hit it for all it’s worth. Thanks Bobby-B for making me a Yankee fan too!
My favorite player Mariano Rivera coming in to close it out for the win!
June 24 it's all coming back....
PHOTO: The Surfer's Path
"In surfing, live like a grom: just enjoy every surf.” JC Pierce (surfer, founder of Island Researcher Insitute, father of two groms)
June 06 yeah it's been a while..."Surfing is a religious act of commitment; with commitment comes faith, with faith comes the blessing, with the blessing comes the reward of a perfect day on a perfect wave. It is what we make of it. " - Tom Pohaku Stone (surfer, surfboard builder, cultural historian) Last weekend I took my son out for his first surf of the summer season on his new (used) board that he bought for himself. Although the water was still cold, and it wasn't all that good...he had a blast, and made me feel like a kid again too!
May 12 Sundays..."If you talk to God when you are out surfing on Sunday morning, that may be better than going to church, a priest once told me.” Steve Sipman (unrepentant felon surfer)
There is kind of an unspoken rule in my house that basically pushes the notion that Sundays are for doing NOTHING. It is the one day a week that should be formally observed as a "day of rest" and should not be filled with friends coming over, sporting events, work of any kind, or gatherings. It should be used to relax, refresh, and prepare for the coming week's trials and tribulations. Without this day of easy-living, we end up thrust back into a routine of stress and coping that can completely wear one down and affect the well being of your overall health. If a surf session does occur on a Sunday it is either done early in the AM, or very late in the afternoon. Surfing on the weekends during the summer months does not occur at all, due to the crowds and lack of respect in the water for the gift of Sundays in general. Ahhhhh, Sundays!
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