~SBMM~

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has quite a nice and small collection to show...here are some of the highlights.

George Greenough's Flexspoon and camera used in the movie "The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun" :

Tom Curren's Red Beauty by CI:

One of Slater's first Boards by CI:

The "Rocket Fish" by local legends Clyde Beatty Jr. and Max MacDonald:

And......a very nice "Rincon" Longboard by Yatter:

The SBMM is worth a visit:

http://www.sbmm.org/

There are no words to describe atrocity...

"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money."

Cree Indian Proverb

Enjoy the Universe Tonight

Since Speak & Spell in 1981 and "just can't get enough" that I have been listening to Depeche Mode. 1987 and Music for the Masses was a turning point for Depeche Mode. I recall DM taking over the charts and taking over the "masses". I loved that record, but somehow, I disliked the "mainstream" side effect and all the media hype at the time.
1997 was "Ultra" for sure.
The last two albums have been an act of greatness. Playing the Angel, 2005, was just fantastic. A mature DM presented us with some of the older sound and feeling from 1981/87.
Sounds of the Universe, 2009, has kept up with all my expectations and has been the soundtrack of my days since last April.

I am trully excited to finally see DM live, after all this years.
Santa Barbara Bowl here I come.

She is...

3 years old. She is my life and my angel.
Thank you for being in my life....my joy, my jewel. I love you my child.

Just because....

One's inability to see or understand underlying differences doesn't make things all the same.

A Strange Kind of Love

Tri-Plane Hull by Mandala Surfboards...

I saw....and I am in LOVE.

OC

Went down to OC...Newport was kinda flat on Sunday and Huntington wasn't much better.
On my way up the 1, I saw the BU...Nice walls but the 3,568 guys in the lineup made me drive right back home...to a flat, very very flat Santa Barbara.
Here are some pics of Surf City by the Pier: