bear mountain

Thursday afternoon I put in a last minute request for the
next day off...success! So Friday morning we woke up early
and headed to bear mountain (just east of L.A.).
Everyone claims it's a 2.5 hour drive from SD, but 3.5 or
4 hours is more realistic...especially if you miss a turn in end
up in morning traffic going into L.A.! Ha. When we finally got
to the mountain we found out chains were required. Even
4-wd vehicles! Really? For Real? B.S. So we kept driving.
You wouldn't believe how many people were pulled over
putting on chains and generally preparing themselves mentally for
the drive ahead...All I've got to say is that Californians are lucky
they don't have to navigate the LeRoy drive way!

THEN after we made it the resort, parked and were getting ready,
we had some "rise against" playing (or jamming really). In between
songs I noticed the old dude next to us was telling something, not
very nicely, to K..."you don't hear me playing my shitty music!...
blah blah blah" So of course I hit the next song and continue to rock
out, when he tells me "thanks dude"...."sorry bro; your hybrid
can't help fight this pollution..." (or something lame like that).
When I finally turned it down, the car accross the way was polluting
with Garth Brooks..."see our music isn't that bad! you could be next
to that guy!!!"Pretty funny though. He eventually apologized and we
offered him a fruit leather (which he happily took).

We had a great day riding. about 4 new inches +4 inches the day
before are pretty much epic conditions for bear mountain. Even
with all of our delays we still got tons of fresh tracks! (the result
of everyone else stopping to put chains on)...
Already planning the next trip!

Snow here...no snow there



My name is Cyrus and I approve this message.

much to do about weather

we need the rain to wet the forests...
...so they won't burn.
but when the rain does come; everyone is still on the run...
...from the mud slides.
the surfers are bummed they can't go in the water...
...because of the pollution.
aaahhhhhh earthquake!

my pony tail saved my life

Thanks Berly!...for MAKING me grow my hair out! Foe Real.
As my friends can never get it together in time, today I had to pull
a quick solo session on my lunch break. The winds turned off shore,
only a few people out and barrelyn'. Super fun. At least until I pulled
into one that was so big some other guy thought he should join me in
the green room...(bummer). Any who when me and my board got sucked
up over the falls and slammed into the sand, I hit first. Then the board.
On top of me...lucky for me I ride a small board and also lucky for me it
connected with the half assed ponytail/bun that sits on the back of my head.
Too bad I can't grow back hair because that would have been useful for the
rest of the ride.

hump day

this week is drraagging by. and staying super busy at work
doesn't let me reflect on the great weekend we just had.
we did all kinds of stuff...from hanging with the neighbors,
soccer, surfing both days (K is starting to rip!), watching
some good football games, poker and more poker. also,
my childhood friend Rick D just move to Cali and came
to visit! he finished his border patrol school and is now
stationed here is S.D., Stoked! too bad R is going through
some tough times...

K has an interview within her company today! Wish her
luck...

another beautiful day...i didn't grow here

The weather couldn't have been any nicer the past
few days...identical every day without a single cloud
in the sky, beautiful. So what better to talk about?
It's pretty funny because everyday around 3 Ralph
(my neighbor), Melvin (texas dude), and myself
go to the beach and either R or I always mention
how beautiful it is (R just moved here too). Mel
has lived here a few years and is over hearing how
nice it is "it's like this every day....get over it".
He has only been here a couple of years and already
has the "I grew here, you flew here attitude"...I hope
after a few years we don't get like that?

Did I mention today is supposed to be a carbon copy
of yesterday? 75, sunny, surfs up! What a winter, I can't
even imagine what summer is going to be like!

I just finished reading my post:
Ralph, Melvin & Cyrus? Hilarious

You tell me how big...

Here are some pictures from the past few days of epic surf.
You can see the people surfing on the waves, so you tell me
how big it is...(you probably have to click on the picks to
actually see the surfers)

Winter time in Cali is Slamn'



Enough Said

This weekend the tide was finally low enough during the day
to take Kimberly to one of the spots I've been surfing lately.
On a low tide you have beach access and can root around in
the tide pools for all kinds of little critters. One critter to note
wasn't living anymore, in fact you couldn't tell which end was
which of the seal...always fun to see on the beach you surf at.

We found this little cave at the waters edge,
a shot from inside...


From the outside with cutie on the inside...



me and the tide pools...i think just outside the cave



Yesterday we grilled it up with the neighbor crew. Met some
more people, watched some foot ball, ate some good food, and
K's favorite, played some 'guitar hero'! f-ing hilarious...If you haven't
played this game it's pretty damn funny...
We ended the night with some community poker. Met some
more people and made some cash...always an entertaining evening.

Poor K has to work today...

I would like to think my hair is a result of the pollution
in the water, but it started getting crazy way before we
moved to Cali. Maybe it was in the snow? After all, we did
quite a bit of riding last year when my hair first started growing.
But it gets crazier every day. It was all good for a couple of weeks
and then bam...the frow is back. I don't know if my hair could sense
K's desire to go riding again, but damn....so now we're making plans
to head up to mammoth mountain in a couplefew weeks. Too bad we wern't
there three days ago.

On another note, it's good to be back in my element. Liquified, not frozen.
A little cold, but still not frozen. And now that I'm warm (Thanks Lee!)
it actually looks like I can surf. No more wearing TWO wetsuits just to
try to stay warm.

There is no snow on these cliffs!
Sunset cliffs...(that's me and my buddy down there, sorry
no close ups...(I don't want anyone to see my hair))



The rock in the bottom of this pic is the ledge
of the cliff...maybe 60 - 80 ft?

The line up...



School of mullet (mullet = bait fish for all of you nonfisherpersons)



This photo is in La Jolla. No ridding all the way to the beach here...

poo poo patrol

That's what they call it when you go surfing after it rains...
especially after the 3 day dumping we had. It seems every
time a Texan moves to Cali, the sky cries a little. This time
we can blame Stephen's cousin from Corpus.
Today the waves are real good and it has been 36 hours since
it stopped raining...time to bust out those calculators!

My baby is getting....

...Cuter every day!

Happy Birthday Kimberly

Lookin' Good!

in the spirit...

...of PJ

Cop Jokes:
(don't click the links, they came with the jokes)

20. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
19. Sorry officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
18. Aren't you the guy from the village people?
17. Hey, you must have been doing 125 to keep up with me, good job.
16. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical shape to be a police officer.
15. I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
14. Bad cop. No donut.
13. You're not going to check the trunk, are you?
12. Gee, that gut sure doesn't inspire confidence.
11. Didn't I see you get your butt kicked on cops?
10. Is it true that people become cops because they are too dumb to work at McDonalds?
9. I pay your salary
8. So uh, you on the take or what?
7. Gee officer, that's terrific. The last officer only gave me a warning.
6. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
5. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there is no other cars around,
that's how far they are ahead of me.
4. What do you mean have I been drinking? You are the trained specialist.
3. Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off of my lap and got lodged between the brake and the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.
2. Hey, can you give me another one of those full cavity searches?
1. Hey, is that a 9mm? That's nothing compared to this 44 magnum

Congrats dude

HAPPY NEW YEAR

So what's your resolution?
Yesterday we were invited by our neighbors
to a new years eve dinner...sushi, yuck. Because
it's Kimberly's favorite, and I'm a good 'bend',
I played along. Pretty funny thing to have a NYE dinner
with a group of people you don't know...even funnier
when they share their resolutions. Ha.

-I pledge to change nothing. Life is good!

Happy New Year