Barrels and Pylons

Another beautiful day and great head high surf for southern California. I met up with my good bud Kevin Mobley in Hermosa Beach this morning, and the north side of the pier was empty with people, but plentiful with waves. It wasn't as big as the day before, but the weather was warm and the waves were kind. I was shocked to see Kevin take a nice wave right through the pylons that hold up the pier. He didn't even flinch, as he paddled out he looked at me as if I was supposed to do the same thing. I laughed, the last thing I need right now is shoot the pier and come up short. The pylons are covered with mussels that act like Velcro if you get to close, I did not want to be the other side of the Velcro.

I managed to get in the right spot as a nice set wave rolled through, I stood up, a couple of pumps down the line later I crouched down and got barrelled for what felt like 6 seconds, but was probably only 2-3. This made my day, heck this made my week since I can only count on 1 hand the amount of times I've been barrelled.

Hope to do it again tomorrow.

Craigslist to the rescue

What a long busy week it has been. My #1 goal this week was to sell my car. It wasn't looking good as I had tried every scenario to sell the car with out going through carmax. I was determined to sell my car via craigslist. But I kept scheduling appointments and nobody showed up as planned.

Every night I would post my car for sale in the classifieds section, breaking the rules slightly, but desperate to sell my vehicle. Moments away from meltdown, I decided to check my email one last time. There was another recent inquiry.

Feeling positive I called the number and described the vehicle to the potential buyer. After minutes of going back and forth on the price, he said he would be at my place in less than an hour with cash. I crossed my fingers, I had been getting smoked all week long, and I was on my last nerve. I read a book to help pass the time, which helped indeed, minutes later he arrived. We drove the vehicle around the block and straight to the bank, he was happy and I was ready for a check, cashier's check that is.

We filled out our paperwork and I gave him the keys. I could already feel the burden of my shoulders. The lesson I learned here is stay positive in all situations, and make the most of out of every bad situation. And in the end, it paid off.