Showing posts with label Waves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waves. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Communes and Characters

After coming back from Mexico, we were excited to be able to attend a dinner that some people at the Yellow Deli had invited us to attend. We drove for quite some time deep into the back roads of the Mountains. After many twists and turns we came upon the "Ranch" of the Twelve Tribes. Close to 100 hippy Christians opened up there home and way of life to us for an evening. 25% was out of shear love and hospitality, 75% was out of an effort to convert us to there commune (thought to be a cult by many scholars). After some light conversion efforts, we broke into circle dancing, and sang folk songs and danced with the 1850's looking group. Some one announced thanks that we had come to visit and a a standing ovation lasted far beyond the point of being awkward. They finally stopped after several minutes when Ricky raised his hand like the Pope to silence them. We dined under candle light and thanked the fish for giving their lives, and then ran out of there as one overly enthusiastic convert tried to take Sharaya as his wife.

The majority of our days are filled with surfing, talking about surfing and then sitting on the bus. We enjoyed some famous breaks such a Pt Loma for a few days were we got many days of head high, slow rolling, fun to ride waves, and Black's Beach. At Black's we met some very interesting characters. One guy had worked for the CIA since he was 13, had been gassed by Osama, and has at least $89 Billion in the World Trade Center. Certified Wacko. His told us many Sci-Fi plots he believed to the core were his life.

It seems that it is obvious to everyone else that if we live in a bus, surely we smoke weed and may also sell as well. If you know us at all, you know this isn't true, but everyday we have people either ask us for weed or offer it. Maybe if Kelly would cut off his dreads that might help our image. But for now we are trapped as hippy, dread lock surfers and forever the cops will be suspicious and the locals jealous.


One night we decided we needed something else besides Ramen for dinner and headed to Panera to take our turn begging. Through a fortunate series of events and many conversations with Panera, we left Panera that night with ALL of the baked goods they had. We have more than 4 trash bags full of bagels, pastries, and loafs of phenom bread. Bread is our greatest currency.


Yesterday we surfed Upper Tressels. Surfing through the rain ran off many surfers. Thecrowd especially thinned out during the lightning and thunder. Today we awake to more rain and less waves.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Mecca. Finally Waves



We seemed to have progressed from ramen in the wal-mart parking lot. Tonight we dined to a delicious home cooked meal in an incredibly designed 8,000+ square foot home, over looking the crashing waves of Baja Mexico.

After AZ, we headed to Southern California and enjoyed the company of Sharaya and Tiffany and Ricky. Sharaya took us to a great show (her brothers band: Get Back Loretta), and on Sunday took us to the Yellow Deli. The Yellow Deli is a Restaurant owned by Hippie Christians who live on a compound and grow all things natural. They had built the entire restaurant by hand. After talking to one of them for quite some time, they tore up our bill, and invited us to dinner at their house next Friday. They said it will be great food under the stars and will be sure to include good conversation and circle dancing around the fire. Clint is especially excited about the dancing.

The first few days in California proved to be flat, so decided to take our chances and try to cross the border again. We crossed our fingers and once again headed South. We got to the border and the young female agent boarded our bus. After looking around for a bit, she told us we needed a permit to drive the bus into Mexico. Clint and I smiled and made some jokes with Nadia, and then told her we don't need a permit. We said we had recently passed into Nuevo Laredo with no permit and didn't need one there. Shje smiled and waved us on and we passed into Baja! Driving along the coast, our eyes were glued to the ocean looking for a good break. We found a gated community, and after talking to hostess and the guard, they agree to let us surf there, even though it was normally forbidden. We had waves, and all to ourselves! After waiting for so long, it was quite exciting to paddle out into overhead waves. We got pummeled for a while but got some fun rides.

We cruised further south and came to Aunt Pat's house. Right on the beach, her husband had spent great time developing the most amazing house ever. Clint's friend is actually the nephew of Pat, but Clint is adopted in. She welcomed us into her house with open arms and us blessed us so much. She gave us her husband's truck (who passed several years before) and we went out scouting more breaks. After hunting for quite some time, we came across a great point break. Super clean over head waves peeled of consistently. This session alone was worth the drive. The water was covered in sea weed and once, while coming off a turn on a head high wave, I hit a patch of seaweed so thick, the board literally stopped dead and I flew forward!

We will stay here a few more days and probably head back up this weekend. Only time will tell.