Oh Yeah, and in case you think it's cold here in Oregon...

CON Surfhouse rennovation

I've been out at the coast lately, working on our surfhouse. Major Water damage repairs, a new woodstove, mantle and stone, and some much needed paint and upkeep have kept me busy at a beautiful time to be on the Oregon Coast. Friends, like Alejandro have volunteered to help, so that we can enjoy a few moments out in front of the house like this...

My uncle Scott has his first board down at the beach house, and we are looking into restoring it as well. It's apparently an old Con Surfhouse board, possibly from as early as '58.

She still rides well, but needs some love and affection, and a place on the wall at the house, once we finish the house. Swell is still around 5', and there's been nobody out. We have had a couple of shark sightings, though.

Sissyfish...

Sissyfish is a great surf blog to take a look at - Check out this "Spring Runoff" concept in the following video: http://sissyfish.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-nau.html

Balboa Peninsula Summer Fun!

Check out the nice, round keg this guy just got spit out of at 39th St! Gettin a groove on at Scotsmans' Cove Rights! It's great to back at my "home break" 3112 Ocean front (the tall white one) - Our beach house for the week.

Scott, ripping it up on the bodyboard in the warm, (74 degree!) water!

The locals "forecast" from Mutt Lynch's bar- Newport Beach is in the "949" area code - 909 and 951 are for the masses from inland, where temps hovered just below 100 degrees last week. Obviously, many 909 / 951 'ers (and a few 541'ers!) made their way to the cooler (80's) temps at the beach...

Many of the best waves last week were at the 'RJ's" break, right in front of the Santa Ana Rivermouth, where enough partially treated sewage to fill Anaheim Stadium two times runs into the ocean everyday. This is what can happen if you 'eat shit' on a wave at RJ's...

Back from the beach!

The views changed dramatically from summer fun on the beach yesterday, to some considerable expsoure while taking in the views from "Wherever I may Roam", a 5-pitch new-school classic at Smith Rock in the afternoon. Here I am, trying to snap off a couple shots while leading the second pitch.

As we got even higher, we found everyone else climbing the usual routes...I'm pretty sure this is Alejandro climbing, with everybody else looking on... Finally, we topped out, and rather than the usual rap down, we went looking for a supposed walk-off we had seen another party pull off. This is John, ledging away from the safety of the rap while I ran off to look for the way down from the top of the Smith pinnacle.

We never found an easy way down the west side, and the east side had lots of slings and rotten gear, so we bailed back to the anchors, and rapped back down for some well-deserved beers with the rest of the Tues. night climbing crew....

Summer's here, and the livin's easy!

Great Surf yesterday - Even went out for quite a while in trunks, sans wetsuit!

Surf was fun 3' peaks, with nobody out in the water at all, dead glass. We also went out this morning and 'caught' several clams at the beach out front. They ended up being Clam chowder dinner, with bread, salad, and a couple of Alaskan IPA's...

You're not Old....

Think you are an old climber? - Check out Fred Beckey, having the "time of his life" on the latest Patagucci catlog - Be sure and pick one of these up if you don't receive it - Some GREAT photos and stories, as usual...