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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

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.

Just a heads up…I am off on my Big Adventure tonight.  I will be away from The Surf Blog Spot for a couple days because I am auditioning for the most watched syndicated program since May 1984.  Hopefully I will make it all the way to Pat Sajak and Vanna White!!  That’s right, I am auditioning for the famous Wheel of Fortune.

I received an email last week for an audition spot on February 4.  The tryouts are in Culver City, CA and the audition will last 1-3 hours. I won’t know until the end of the audition if I made it or not.  Wish me luck!!

Does anybody have any strategies or insider tips?

Sign up for the Wheel of Fortune!!

If you are a surfer like me then you can relate to not having your camera ready on those epic days. I like to bring along my camera when I go surfing, but sometimes I manage to forget it.

Luckily I remembered my camera yesterday and got some nice photos of Sunset Cliffs (San Diego, CA) firing while the Southern California weekend swell rolled through town.

I will post some surfing pictures of the spot I surfed on Sunday. I surfed at a reef spot called Osprey.

Now it is your turn to send me your surfing photos and I will post them on this blog.

Last Saturday night the NCAA Division-I AA Cal Poly Mustang football team downed the SDSU Aztecs. The Cal Poly Mustangs secured another win this year by beating the Mountain West Conference Division-I SDSU Aztecs. The final score was 29-27. The score was closer than the box score indicates. The Cal Poly junior placekicker, Andrew Gardner, kicked the game winning 21-yard field goal with 00:00 left on the game clock. Turnovers (SDSU=5 to Cal Poly’s 1) could have contributed to SDSU’s demise or it could have been that the better team won!!

Why do I care about this game or the teams? Why is this surf blog writing about a football game? Because I am a Cal Poly Alumni!!! Class of 2002!!! I also live in San Diego and when I attended Cal Poly, the football team was a joke. I think I went to 1 football game in 5 years. Yes, one football game and 5 years of college. Actually, it was only 4 years and 2 quarters, but only 1 football game. Now the team is decent and proved that they can take on the big time football programs. Go Mustangs!!!

Full game re-cap

After taking a year off in 2007, the 2008 Globe Pro Fiji is back and firing. The contest is being held on the tropical island of Tavarua, Fiji. The perfect left hand bender called Restaurants and the hollow curl of Cloudbreak will be pitching up waves from May 24-June 6. Day 2 has already concluded and Round 3 is underway. Check here for the most recent 2008 Globe Pro Fiji results.

Tavarua Island and Fiji Islands map and location

Tavarua Island, Fiji

Ever wonder why the surf break is called “restaurants?” Well, the locals, surfers, and tourists can watch the contest from the Tavarua Restaurant. What a great way to enjoy dinner.

Watch the 2008 Globe Pro Fiji LIVE

Match-up of Round 3: Kelly Slater vs. Mark Occhilupo (allegedly retired)

Couch surfers or office surfers can even watch the event LIVE.

Visit the ASP World Tour for more information.