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Hi everyone!

Sorry, I was away for a couple weeks because I got married and then went on my honeymoon! Now I’m back and trying to get some surf in and get back to the real world.

There will be more posts to come very soon! Keep an eye out for some summer contests.

Liquid Lifestyles is a series of 10 episodes following the surfing action in the world’s most spectacular destinations.  Champion surfers work the waves and give their ‘take’ on reading the surf along with in-depth stories from the local viewpoint.  Learn about different cultures, cuisines and people in this energetic television series.  Unlike most travel documentaries, this series is a surfer’s view of the world. Surfing is not just about the water and the adrenalin-rush of catching the big waves. It’s about knowledge, skill, cultural curiosity, and an affinity with nature.  This surfing documentary series portrays the strengths of man and nature. It puts a human face on the sport, delving behind the images of magnificent wave riding – sharing the expert surfer’s knowledge of the craft, and the instincts and attitudes of the local surfing culture.  It is also filmed in some of the most spectacular destinations on Earth.

The series is made to explain all one needs to know before setting off for their next exciting surf travel adventure.  Think of this series as a television travel show based around surfing and not a television surf show based around travel.  This in itself gives Liquid Lifestyles more marketability and value for money.

Check out the Liquid Lifestyles website: www.liquidlifestyles.com.au



This is hilarious! It looks like it hurt.

News reporter finds out the hard way!!

Check out this local surf artist from the South Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. She has some amazing surf artwork that I would love to get my hands on, but I have a wedding to save for coming up next month. Heather is an ambassador for Foam Magazine and “Artist of the Search” for Rip Curl.

You will see popular surf breaks in her art and a unique beauty for surf and nature.

Click here to see Heather Brown’s surf art and purchase her artwork

Recent Heather Brown press write up on the Honolulu Advertiser

Photo by Deborah Booker – The Honolulu Advertiser

This weekend. 1880 E St Andrew Place, Santa Ana, CA, 92705

Check out last weeks carnage that the California winter storms brought to Pacific Beach, CA. This guy is kayaking at Pacific Beach Drive and Mission Blvd (San Diego, CA). No more sidewalk surfing during these storms!

Pacific Beach Street Kayaking

I just had to add this to The Surf Blog Spot! Just in case you missed last weeks American Idol and the “Pants on the Ground” song. Watch out William Hung!!

Video courtesy of American Idol and The Daily Beast Blog

Did you get your Major Award this year? No? Well, now is the time to own your very own Leg Lamp! Don’t let another year pass without your Major Award or a piece of the original house used in the classic movie, A Christmas Story (1983).

Get your own A Christmas Story Leg Lamp at the official A Christmas Story House Gift Shop!

Mr. Parker: [Reading Telegram and doing a little jig] Tonight! Tonight! It’s coming Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! Hot Damn, Tonight!

[Mr. Parker reads a side of the box with the prize that he won]
Mr. Parker: Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.
Mrs. Parker: Uh, I think that says FRAGILE, dear.
Mr. Parker: Oh, yeah.

Mr. Parker: [unveiling his major award] Would you look at that? Would you look at THAT?
Mother: What is it?
Mr. Parker: It’s a leg!
Mother: But what is it?
Mr. Parker: Well, it’s… A leg, you know, like a statue.
Mother: Statue?
Mr. Parker: Yeah, statue.
Ralphie: Yeah, statue.
Mother: Ralphie!

Quotes courtesy of IMBD

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Surf’s up!

Mick Fanning (AUS), has been crowned the 2009 ASP World Champion, following an excellent showing at the Banzai Pipeline over the weekend. The 28 year-old has claimed his 2nd ASP World Surfing Title! Great job Mick!The Banzai Pipeline was the last event on the ASP 2009 World Tour and Mick beat out his fellow mate, Joel Parkinson, to claim the crown. Not only did he wrap up the 2009 ASP World Title, Mick also took home a sweet $50,000 from the Vans Triple Crown bonus package. That will be a nice bonus to add to his 2009 tour earnings of $235,000. Not bad for 10 months of work this year!

Here are Mick’s 2009 ASP World Tour results:

Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast: Equal 3rd
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach: Equal 5th
Billabong Pro Teahupoo: Equal 9th
Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro: Equal 5th
Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay: Equal 17th
Hurley Pro Trestles: WINNER
Quiksilver Pro France: WINNER
Billabong Pro Mundaka: Equal 9th
Rip Curl Pro Search: WINNER
Billabong Pipeline Masters: Equal 9th

Find out more info on the 2009 ASP World Surfing Tour

See what Kelly Slater has to say after getting off a plane.  Slater is caught by a TMZ reporter in a Whole Foods parking lot.  Find out what he had to say.

Happy Cinco de Mayo to all the surfers out there!

RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
QF 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
QF 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
QF 3: Adam Robertson (AUS) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
QF 4: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)

 Watch live action!

Here is a funny quote I overheard Saturday after surfing Sunset Cliffs, CA.
“Dude, everybody is having fun! It must be surf Saturday!”

Does anybody have a spring break anymore?

Is anybody traveling this spring break on a surfing trip?  Where are you going?

Oh well, I didn’t make the final cut at the Wheel of Fortune tryouts.  The audition was almost 2 hours long and there were about 70 people total.  I had high hopes of being the next Wheel of Fortune superstar, but I guess I wasn’t good enough.

There were 4 Wheel of Fortune ”coaches” there choosing who made the cut and who didn’t.  The audition was in a medium sized hotel  conference room and the contestants all had their own chairs. There was a digital puzzle on a projection screen in front of the room and the contestants were called on randomly to solve the puzzles.  The contestants had to stand up where they were seated, choose a consonant, choose if they wanted to spin or pick a vowel, and then decide if they wanted to solve.  One of the WoF employees would spin the wheel, 2 coaches would look at us and judge us, and the other one would put up the chosen letters on the screen.  Each potential contestant only had 2 chances to “try out.”  About 3 seconds if you yelled out an incorrect letter and about 1 minute if you got a few letters in a row.  After the projection screen puzzle solving, we were given a 5 minute written puzzle exam.  We had 16 partially filled out puzzles and had to solve them in 5 minutes.  Make that 5 very quick minutes.  I filled out 5-6 puzzles and only filled in the other partial puzzles.

After the exams and mock digital puzzles, the coaches came back into the room and read off the names of the winning contestants.  Needless to say, I was not on the “Made It” contestant list.  Too bad, so sad.  Now I have to wait a full year before I can try out again.