Vaccine Day - Indonesia Surf Trip to the Mentawais

Today I went to my general practitioner, Dr. Fred Salley at scripps Encinitas to get my shots for our surf trip to the Mentawais in Indonesia. Dr. Salley, on top of being the best doctor I have ever had, has traveled the globe surfing, and even spent substantial time in El Salvador in the seventies back when they were filming Big Wednesday there with Gerry Lopez and co. Dr. Salley knows what's up with pretty much everything surf and health related and he got me dialed in for the trip and even helped me clarify my feelings about malaria medication.

This is what I got while I was there:

• Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis Vaccination
• Hepatitis A Vaccine
• Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine
• Typhoid Fever Vaccine

He also prescribed me a few items as well

• Malarone - (Newer malaria medication with very few and very minor side effects) He said he has never had problems with it and I need to start taking it two days prior to my departure.
  
• Cipro - A broad spectrum antibiotic that should cure me of any mysterious ailments or diarrhea
• Ambien / Lunesta - to help me sleep on the plane ride there.
  

Things I Hate

I need to set some things straight. I hate this shit.

909 stuff

1. flat hats (people with flat brimmed hats)
   
2. jackasses that wear bandannas
   
3. desert moded trucks (it's probably 2wd)
   
4. tall socks with shorts

Teen / Mens Styles

1. emo kids
2. tight pants
3. hipsters / alex knost
4. Gay ass hair on dudes
   
5. men who use hair ties

Surf Related

1. longboard-shortboarders : you know who you are, you surf like a longboarder but ride your 7'6" pintail
2. hipsters
3. alex knost (you make kids dress like idiots)
   
4. knee boarders
5. body boarders

Driving on PCH

1. Cyclists - GOD I hate the Cyclists, you want to be treated like a car and take up the whole road but you can't go the speed limit, or use the bike lane and you don't want to come to a stop for traffic lights and stop signs. One of these days I am going to get a super soaker fill it will my piss and wait on PCH and just hose your fucking spandex clad asses.

1. 

Cell Phone Etiquette

1. people who call back before listening to their voicemail (JOSH L)
   

Ordering Boards in the next week!!!!

Yo fools! I will be placing an order this week for some freshies (Aftermath) for Indo. Give me a ring if anyone is interested. Aftermath has some decent stock boards at good prices too! Check out the site and let me know.

http://www.aftermathboardcompany.com/

The Day That Swami's Slept

Indo Medical Travel Insurance | Medical Recommendations

Blakes in his mosquito gear

Everyone needs to call Jeff at 949-493-5231 and he’ll hook up the medical/travel insurance for cheap. $60. This is required for our trip.

It is also recommended that we get our shots for hepatitis and tetanus current prior to the trip.

Malaria: Meds are optional; however, most surfers who frequent the resort do not take malaria meds but do take repellent and apply at dusk!

Remember to bring some long sleeve shirts and linen pants (ford has plenty if you don't have any).

Ice & Blakes Score Epic Blacks During Barry White Concert

I don't need to elaborate too much on the fatal Great White attack today in Solana Beach, I am sure you all have heard about it or have read the news. If not, these are the two best articles I have seen about the incident.

Barry White #1
Barry White #2 (eyewitness account)

On a related note, Blakes and I were in the water this morning at Blacks well before 7am scoring chest to head high waves with a very limited crowd factor. It was probably the best conditions I have had in a month or so, and we both surfed great sessions. I am looking forward to surfing there again tomorrow.
Blacks Beach, for those of you don't know, is about 3 miles from the shark attack location and sits on top of one of the deepest underwater trenches in the east pacific. The waves are good at blacks due to the underwater canyon there. It is well known within the surf and shark communities that Great White Sharks breed in the deep waters off of Blacks Beach. Furthermore, It should be noted that the last fatal shark attack ON A SURFER was in 1959 in La Jolla just to the south of blacks.

I'm Not moving to Florida - Gator in my Kitchen!!

An 8-foot alligator made its way into a kitchen in an Eastlake-Woodlands area home Monday night.

PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- An Oldsmar woman had an interesting, although uninvited guest in her home Monday night.

Sandra Frosti heard a noise coming from the kitchen of her home on Evelyn Court in the Eastlake-Woodlands area.

"I heard a noise from the kitchen and it was much too loud to be my cat," Frosti said. "So I went to check it out."

When she went to investigate, she found an 8-foot alligator - in her kitchen.

More Information

• Watch the Story
• 911 Call
• Gator Trapped (Video courtesy of Pinellas Co. Sheriff's Office)

"Much to my surprise a very large alligator was in my kitchen," Frosti said.

Frosti hid in the bedroom and called 911. Her call to 911 even had the dispatcher in disbelief.

Dispatcher: What's going on?

Frosti: There's an alligator in my kitchen.

Dispatcher: Are you sure it couldn't be like an Iguana?

Frosti: Oh-no, no, no, no, no.

The gator hisses as the trapper lures it out of the kitchen.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the gator pushed his way in through a screen door and managed to get in through an open sliding glass door.

The reptile then began walking around Frosti's home, maneuvering through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen.

No one was injured and a trapper hauled the gator away.

The trapper said because of its size the gator will most likely be killed. Spring time is mating season for gators and a time people usually see them in odd places, according to the trapper.

"He looked awfully well fed," Frosti said. "The police seem to think he was checking out my cat."

New Surfline Feature on Surfing in Indo

check this out....

http://www.surfline.com/travel/photo_bamp.cfm?id=14785&ad=1

Bird Dogs For Sale

I WILL SOON HAVE BIRD DOG PUPS FOR SALE


ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ME,

THE LITTER WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 7 - 10 PUPS

WHICH I WILL SELL AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.


I ATTACHED A PICTURE OF THE MOM AND DAD SO YOU

WILL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PUPS WILL LOOK LIKE.


PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOON, AS THEY MAY GO FAST - THANKS

Find the Smythe

Much like a where is waldo poster, here is a new game called "Find the Smythe".
Click the picture to See if you can find Chris in this photo.

UNDER 80 DAYS DONKEYS!

This shot is of Ebay's right down the street from Kandui! I can already hear Shea and Ford saying (in a whiny voice) "that's too big for me and my mangina hurts! I will just sit hear and film Smythe and Lagahan as they paddle battle for the stand up barrels." Click on the title for the link to Wannasurf. It has a ton of pics for our viewing pleasure.
I think we should have a contest for "pic of the day" while in Indo with the caveat being that everyone has to film! Each day the winner would be posted on the site so that all of the Donkeys that didn't make the trip can salivate over the mass amounts of barrels!

Old Autographed Photo

Donkeys, A friend of mine just emailed me a photo that I autographed for her about 10 years ago. I thought I would share it because I think it is funny.... check it out.

The Capitan gets a new Rig

As some of you may know I sold the prius about a month or so ago and have been taking the train and having Dianne drive me to and from work in Encinitas. Well, today I scooped up a new rig for $900 that *should get me through the summer. It is a 1987 VW fox with 150,000 miles on it.Its like half sedan / half wagon and it's pretty bad ass for a beater. Check it out and please let me know what you think I should name it, here are the ideas that I have so far.

1. blue bomber
2. blue baller
3. foxy
4. makua
5. can-do-ee (recommended by Jesse Somberg)
6. stolen (recommended by Kozai)
   

Boogie Boarding is Bad : Barry White Regulates

Dear Barry, please visit so-cal and remove kneeboarders too...

April 8 (Bloomberg) -- A 16-year-old surfer was killed by a shark today off Australia's east coast, police said.

The teenager, who was on a bodyboard, was attacked at about 8:15 a.m. local time at Lighthouse Beach near Ballina, about 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of Sydney, New South Wales state police said. He was pulled from the surf suffering severe lacerations to his upper and lower leg and heavy blood loss.

``His mate raised the alarm after finding him floating unconscious in the water,'' police said in a statement. The boy died at the beach after rescuers were unable to revive him. Beaches at Ballina were closed after the attack, police said.

Shark attacks in Australia are rising, according to the University of Florida. There were 12 attacks last year, up from 7 a year earlier, and second only to the U.S. where there were 50 in 2007. Prior to today's incident, there have been 11 fatal shark attacks in Australian waters in the past 60 years, according to the Shark Research Institute of Australia.

An Australian woman fought off a Great White Shark last October in Byron Bay, north of Ballina, after it knocked her into the water from her surf ski. The woman beat the 2.5-meter shark with her paddle until it left.

There were no indications of the type of shark that attacked today. The boy was bodyboarding about 50 meters from the shore when the shark bit him.

Blacks Beach Surfing Gallery

All Kandui Video - Check it out.

Shaping The Future

Birthday Blast

Does anyone know how the entire party got kicked out of El Callejon last night?

I know something happened with Forest and Josh, anyone know the details?