Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Chairman of the Board...

Monday, July 14, 2014

Some cats are cool...Any cat that's a fan of Hunter S. Thompson is good in my book....
BK, flying high and tight, as usual at what I believe is Velzyland

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Peter Maguire is an interesting and smart cat. Part surfer, military man and historian, his life has been seen from many more angles than most ever get to see. Because of his wide perspective his knowledge base makes for many interesting thoughts. His book Thai Stick on 70's smuggling and his TSJ profile on SEAL Ivan Trent are just a couple highlights of his work. The except below takes a great look at the change in surfing from a historians viewpoint. Having a history degree myself, I cant help but love this excerpt.

     Compliments of Kyle DeNuccio, and The Surfers Journal


I went to Snakes [Scorpion Bay] for the first time in 1979 and it was a rough crowd down there. Now it’s unbelievable. There are people who can’t even make the wave who are saying, “Well I have a house here.” There seems to be a greater sense of entitlement among people who just buy a surfboard and can ride to the beach—especially in California. It’s an everyman’s sport. You’ll hear, “Oh, on Sundays me and the guys from the law firm go surfing and have a big breakfast afterward.” But surfing was never a social activity to me. It was always kind of clandestine. We had our secret spots and we didn’t break with them easily.