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Sunday, January 15, 2012

California English

::John Wesley::
::Daniel Heffernan::
::Alex Swanson::
Photos::Erica Burtrum

Saturday, January 14, 2012

JW//Cardiff

Friday, January 13, 2012

The Point

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Joel Tudor//Cardiff Reef

Lazy Winter Days

Glassing under an unusually warm winter sun...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Hahaha

Salty Sliding

A cool little film from Callen and Hayden from over at Salty Shapes from a few weeks ago...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Two More...

Finishing touches...

Monday, January 09, 2012

Surf Check//Rincon

Photos: Erica Burtrum

Birds On Birds On Birds

Low tide bird dodging with Greg and John...

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...

Callen Busch|Ten Piggies Over

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."

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

Greenhousin'