nervous, bloody, and cloudy mtns

watching neil young, blown away

I want to live,
I want to give
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.
Its these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.

Ive been to hollywood
Ive been to redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
Ive been in my mind, its such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.

Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.

tools for the bike rack and around the place...

the bike has an engine guard now, as well as mounts for the rack...
2 shots of the tools i had to buy here - one with the fisheye, other backlit with the 85.

the umbrella - the final day, just before the rain, the sponsor gave them out to all the photogs - stoked i got one!

a few from the final day at the pipe masters...

kelly slater was by far the best surfer in the water today - the one barrel he made may have been the craziest wave ive ever seen live....
some are slowed down and blurred due to the lack of light - i think i should have slowed the shutter a bit more actually, but is kinda cool...

since building an arc today would be more possible and appropraite today than shooting pix

here are a few more from the first day at the pipe masters...
the dude on the bomb right and broken board are the same - all those dudes helped him out of the water - i think it is that dude laurie towner - got knocked out a bit, and heard he does not remember it...
occy, dusty paine, wardo, and laurie towner....

one wave... even leaving about 10 pix out of the sequence...

i think this is the second round jamie oʻbrian - who usually is the best guy in the water here when the contest is not going...
i need to dig through and pick out some good ones - dusty paine is an amazing surfer, and chris ward had 2 completely amazing waves - i think i had some good shots of both.....

tyger....

while riding around the south coast to the windward side, this popped into my brain - specifically seeing allen ginsberg sing it years and years ago.... not sure why, but it was there, and stuck a bit in the mind... looked it up and saw this, thought it was cool....
i think an amazing arrangement of words....