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| All of these photos were taken by Blanche in march 2000. The ones on the left are Jeff and I at the Secret Spot. The ones on the right are from a marine trseet session. The one at the top is me helping a surfer out of the water. |
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| THESE PHOTOS ARE SUPER OLD. BUT I PUT THEM UP BECAUSE THIS WAS NBC. NBC WAS WHAT GOT ME REAL STOKED ON BODYBOARDING. NBC WAS JUST A CREW OF 4 SPOPNGE KIDS WHO LOVED TO RIDE TOGETHER, AND PUSH EACH OTHERS SKILLS AND LIMITS. THE BEGININGS OF NBC ARE SORT OF AMMUSING. ME AND JEFF HAD DECIDED TO GO AND RACE GO KARTS FOR A DAY. WHILE WE WERE RACING WE KEPT GETTING INTO ACCIDENTS WITH THESE TWO GUYS. ONE THING LEAD TO ANOUTHER AND WE STARTED TO TALK TO THESE TWO GUYS. IT TURNED OUT THAT BOTH WERE REALLY INTO SPONGING. AFTER GETTING THROWN OFF THE GO KARTS WE ALL EXCHANGED PHONE NUMBERS, AND STARTED BODYBOARDING TOGETHER. AS ARE SKILLS GOT BETTER WE ALL DECIDED WE NEEDED A NAME FOR OUR LITTLE CREW. THE NAME NUTS BODYBOARDING CREW CAME TO BE. ANDY PROVIDED US ALL WITH SHIRTS AND A LOGO (RIPPED OFF FROM PLANTERS). EVENTUALLY WE ALL WENT ARE OWN WAYS AND THE CREW DISPANDED. THERE ARE ONLY 4 OFFICAL MEMBERS OF NBC ANDY, DAVID, JEFF, AND MYSELF, BUT WE HAD NBC AFFILIATES, BRANDON, JOHN AND PAUL LOPEZ. IT WOULD BE SUPER COOL TO GET THE OLD CREW TOGETHER FOR A SESSION BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO ANDY AND DAVID. |
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| IN 1996 MY DAD DECIDED TO QUIT SMOKING. FOR THREE MONTHS MY DAD WAS HELL TO LIVE WITH, THEN ONE DAY HE WAS BACK TO NORMAL, OR SO I THOUGHT. ON A MONDAY MY DAD ASKED ME TO TAKE HIM WHOMPING (BODYSURFING IN SHOREBREAK). THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST BUT I SAID "SURE, WE WILL GO NEXT SATURDAY MORNING". NOW THE THING AT MARINE STREET FOR WHOMPING IS YOU NEED TO STEAL A TACO BELL TRAY, YOU RIDE THE TRAY, IT GIVES YOU SOME SPEED WHEN YOU CATCH A WAVE. MY DAD WANTED TO DO THIS WHOMPING THING RIGHT, SO ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE GREAT ADVENTURE HE WENT TO TACO BELL AND YANKED A TRAY, I WAS SO PROUD. SATURDAY CAME AROUND AND WE HEADED OFF TO MARINE STREET. AFTER A BIT OF A BATTLE TO GET HIM SQUEEZED INTO MY WETSUIT WE HEADED INTO THE SURF. I GAVE HIM QUICK INSTRUCTIONS AND WE WERE AWAY. HALF WAY THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE I NOTICED DAD WAS GETTING WRECKED BY THE SURF, SO I TOLD HIM "WHEN THE SURF IS COMING DUCK UNDER IT, DONT JUMP OVER IT, THAT WAY THE SURF DOESNT PUSH YOU BACK TO SHORE." "OK" WAS HIS RESPONSE. EVERY TIME I LOOKED AT HIM HE WAS STILL GETTING NAILED BY THE SURF. EVENTUALLY WE HAD ENOUGH AND WENT HOME. A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE WHOMPING MISSION IT DAWNED ON ME WHY DAD WAS GETTING HIT BY THE SURF SO MUCH. HE HAD TO TAKE HIS GLASSES OFF TO GET IN THE WATER, AND HE IS AS BLIND AS A BAT WITHOUT THEM. HE COULDNT SEE THE SURF COMING. POOR DAD. |
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| BODYBOARDING PHOTOS FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND CANADA. AUGUST 2002 |
| PAUL |
| LEX |
| At some point during my trip top vancouver island me and lex figured it was a good idea to go skimboarding. Usually thats not a big deal, however we decided to do it without wetsuits. I now know form experience why people dont trunk it in Canada. |