Wow, it was an emotional weekend for my family. My cousin’s husband Jamie Patrick became the first to swim Tahoe twice, 44 miles — 4 English Channels! — and he literally nearly died doing it. The doc said he was so dehydrated, another hour might have been it. I have no idea how he powered [...]
Come meet the Surf for Life crew and help us fundraise for the high school we’re building in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. The party is going to be a blast. Two of my favorite bands in the world, Nine Pound Shadow and Jodie Ellis’s The Scribes, are going to play. The raffle is going to [...]
I just had the luck to and review Michael Scott Moore’s new surf book, Sweetness and Blood, for San Francisco Magazine. Here’s the review. Definitely recommend it. Buy it here.
MICHAEL SCOTT MOORE: SWEETNESS AND BLOOD
(Rodale)
The king of Morocco institutes a surf school to combat Islamic radicals. Punks in Munich dodge local police to surf urban [...]
The environmental non-profit Seagatoo has released Saltwater Buddha
in Italian. Leave it to the Italians to come up with such a cool cover.
Can’t wait to get down there to help. Check out more at www.surfforlife.org
Check out the new video. Surf for Life just made me their spokesman and I decided to donate all my Saltwater Buddha author’s profits from now until next May to this project. For those of you who have read Saltwater Buddha, you know that if I hadn’t had a supportive family that encouraged me [...]
As of last night, you, the people of San Francisco, officially voted a Surfing Buddhist writer who likes to draw pictures on his blog as the Common Wealth Club’s “New Face of San Francisco Media.” This is huge — huge! Being that every president since FDR has spoken at the Common Wealth Club, and that [...]
Dear Loyal Blog Readers,
There seems to be a disturbance in the force (or the dark side, depending on your view). I was just nominated for the Common Wealth Club’s “New Face of San Francisco Media” award. It’s an honor that will be announced at the “If Not The Chronicle, Then What” party on March 24th, [...]
My friend Jamie Patrick, who is training to swim Tahoe 3x (a world record) led us on an awesome swim to and from Alcatraz on Sunday, along with his training partner, former US Olympic swim team member Greg Larson. Jamie’s doing the big Tahoe swim — 66 miles non-stop! — to raise awareness about environmental [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Full weekend. I showed drawings in my first art show, a benefit for the non-profit Surf for Life, (thanks to all who came out!), drove up to Mendocino to do interviews for an upcoming story on the redwoods, and made it back in time to catch the Cottontails rock the Riptide. Caught a few waves [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My friend Monica Terzian, amazing photographer & wonderful person, took this at China Beach
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I’ll be showing some of my little doodles and signing Saltwater Buddha copies at this Surf for Life benefit this Thursday. Looks like a crazy time. The proceeds will all go to the cause. More details here
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sperm whales have the biggest brains of any living thing on the planet, ever.
Let’s all go to this and try to blow the goal of $10,000 away! My friend works for Paul Farmer and I know the money will be well spent.