Finishing touches...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 09, 2012
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Paipo Testing Day II
Erica and I took the opportunity to take the paipo out to a well known Orange County beachbreak this evening to enjoy the sunset...
Saturday, January 07, 2012
The Sutro Baths
"The Sutro Baths were a large, privately owned swimming pool complex in San Francisco, California, built in the late 19th century. The building housing the baths burned down in 1966 and was abandoned...
A visitor to the baths not only had a choice of seven different swimming pools—one fresh water and six salt water baths ranging in temperatures—but could also visit a museum displaying Sutro's large and varied personal collection of artifacts from his travels, a concert hall, seating for 8,000, and, at one time, an ice skating rink. During high tides, water would flow directly into the pools from the nearby ocean, recycling the two million US gallons of water in about an hour. During low tides, a powerful turbine water pump, built inside a cave at sea level, could be switched on from a control room and could fill the tanks at a rate of 6,000 US gallons a minute, recycling all the water in five hours...
The baths struggled for years, mostly due to the very high operating and maintenance costs. Shortly after closing, a fire in 1966 destroyed the building while it was in the process of being demolished. All that remains of the site are concrete walls, blocked off stairs and passageways, and a tunnel with a deep crevice in the middle."
A visitor to the baths not only had a choice of seven different swimming pools—one fresh water and six salt water baths ranging in temperatures—but could also visit a museum displaying Sutro's large and varied personal collection of artifacts from his travels, a concert hall, seating for 8,000, and, at one time, an ice skating rink. During high tides, water would flow directly into the pools from the nearby ocean, recycling the two million US gallons of water in about an hour. During low tides, a powerful turbine water pump, built inside a cave at sea level, could be switched on from a control room and could fill the tanks at a rate of 6,000 US gallons a minute, recycling all the water in five hours...
The baths struggled for years, mostly due to the very high operating and maintenance costs. Shortly after closing, a fire in 1966 destroyed the building while it was in the process of being demolished. All that remains of the site are concrete walls, blocked off stairs and passageways, and a tunnel with a deep crevice in the middle."
Friday, January 06, 2012
Paipo Testing
Had the chance to test out the paipo at a few fickle Santa Barbara points with Erica and Greg today...
Needless to say, it was one of the most fun times I've had sliding in a long time!
Photos (and new header!): Erica Burtrum
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Winter Break Buddies
Thanks for waking up at 6 am most morning to surf with me!
(Trevor and John too :))
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Monday, January 02, 2012
San Francisco Part I
Just returned from a great little trip up North with Erica
Big thanks to Beamer and Mollie for letting us crash their weekend and for showing us around!
Stoked we could meet up with Trevor and Christina too!
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