October 26, 2006
Dashing surfer on my dashboard
…listen
…info about the musicSurfboard, dashboard, a board’s a board and a groove’s a groove.
Driving in Los Angeles is harrowing enough that even the non-religious turn to a patron saint or two. For the past couple of years, this fellow has accompanied me every time I back out of the driveway: so far, so good, so I’m sticking with him. Part Laird Hamilton, part Brad Pitt, I can’t go wrong.
This was the wind blown scene a couple of hours ago as I headed south from Santa Barbara to Malibu while the winds headed northwest. Could be the closest my little guy ever gets to a good wave. He got in a few sweet runs before we pulled back onto the road, and I swear he must have had something to do with that near miss a few minutes later when some oncoming jerk crossed the center line. Moral of the story: treat your icons well and they’ll return the favor. equity 100 loansloans group student access100 for mortgage loans percent financingloan home improvement afor accounting loan commitmentswith $5000 loan no credit checkloan 7 24 phoneamerican words loan indianloan atlantic aonline loan advance payday
Bobby said,
November 8, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Nice shot! – Alex, don’t use the inside lane while driving along the coast. >:-/ Uh yeah, the driving around here is quite the rush…
You should be good with Laird – he’s a professional athlete, but Brad? I dunno if Laird likes hang’n with a fake hero – (Oooo, pssst…..did I say that?)
I Love the story about drinking wine at 7am with the neighbor watching…I know you didn’t mean to show off Alex the Rave woman to the public. :O Ha, I’ll keep your secret…I mean, I don’t want my neighbors watching me nursing a bottle of wine while watching the sun come up after spending probably countless hours on maybe 8 bars or less…naw, thats not why I like wine is it? 😛
I Hope You are Well – I am stuck where I always get stuck without a deadline looming “gee, I really, really like whats going on here so far – I wonder if I can finish the piece without ruining what I already like about it….”
*sigh*
p.s. if you have not seen Riding Giants, do yourself a favor and spend a little time with it…
Take Care
Alex Shapiro said,
November 8, 2006 @ 9:36 am
“Riding Giants” is awesome! Very inspiring and beautiful. Laird Hamilton is one of my neighbors; I see him pretty regularly here on the beach paddle surfing, paddle boarding, and just being… gorgeous Laird 🙂 When they’re not in Hawaii, he and his wife live in a cute house on the other side of the pier. The day after we saw “Riding Giants,” Charles and I happened to run into him on the beach and stopped to chat. I asked him what the experience of watching a film about his childhood and his life was like for him, and he paused, became very sentimental, and touchingly said that it actually brought him to tears at places. So sweet.
Bobby said,
November 9, 2006 @ 1:38 am
Alex – you are too blessed if that is possible.
Perhaps Laird would be surprised to find out that it has the same effect on others, for different reasons. To have the opportunity to push the envelope and know the value of that opportunity is beautiful, but to get there and learn how small you really are, is timeless. Not the path of the usual celebrity, but then again I don’t see him as a celebrity. I doubt he does either. Of course, celebrities are not usually under a 30+ft wall of water either…that’s for the real guys (Laird & Co.)