Field Notes

shaper’s mark by Danny Hess
Arrrggg, I am in moving hell. We’re doing the biennial “schlep all your crap from the old house to the new house” thing. This new house is something different. It’s ours. For the second time in my life, I am a homeowner. It’s the first time for Marcia. We are both wonked out from the home buying process. We’re also walking zombies, Luca is keeping us up all night. Our days are filled with packing, sweating, moving, cleaning, sweating, throwing crap away, packing, cleaning, sweating, moving, etc…. It’s a new house, so nothing works. Construction dust everywhere. Scorpions and spiders. All I can think about is getting wet.

The new house won’t have a telephone line for easily another month, so I’m looking into a 3G tether service for my computer. what. a. hassle. can someone say iphone plus 3G tethering?

I spent the 4th of July sliding water hills on a slowly growing swell. I test drove a friend’s Danny Hess 5′7″ quad. It was slightly heavy out of the water, but inside, it’s quite amazing how floaty it is. The waves I was on were a little mushy so I need another go ’round but I’m in awe of its tight response. Add this board to the dream quiver list.

Two nights ago I had one of those sunset sessions that you spend entire years waiting for. Picture perfect sunset and head high swell with overhead clean up sets. I had some really nice, fast rides with the single fin pumpkin seed. I managed quite a few ‘cheater fives’, did I mention the board is 6′2″? I love that pumpkin seed. I sat in the water and watched the entire sunset from start to finish, maybe 15 minutes of pure zoned-outness. The sky was super clear with a few puffy storm clouds on the horizon. The blues, purples, yellows, oranges and reds were crisp and uninhibited, there wasn’t a single shade of grey to be seen. Amongst a million other things that the heart desires, I need to “acquire” a water housing.

Working on an exciting, big, new project here in Q.Peepslandia. Still in the conceptual stages, but really hoping this thing takes off. It’s a family business (the best kind). I’m totally stoked on it. We’ll see where it leads.

In other news, they say that the army has closed highway 200 about an hour south of Pascuales, so if you’re thinking about going down to Michoacan via 200, try to contact locals in the area for more info. Supposedly, there is some altercation between the semi-autonomous communities in Michoacan and the army. Obviously I don’t know much, but that’s what I hear. If anyone knows anything more and has links, have at it in the comments.

WRT lack of internet: posting will be very light. stay tuned.