“The wall is there for you to show how bad you want it.” (Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture)

Overhead · photo by konaboy on flickr.com

Put Your Carry-On Sorrows In The Overhead Wave. And sometimes, it’s a wall whose energy you can ride. That’ll explain the picture attached in this post.

Wishing I was there · photo by ·júbilo·haku·

A stranded (? or rather beautifully placed) surfboard kicks of a new series of pictures associated with a little something that you don’t get to see in Austria a lot: Beaches. Oceans. Big amounts of water, in general.
What comes to your mind when you see this picture? One-word comments welcome.

Santa Cruz Surfer Dude

Since I tried surfing last summer in Santa Cruz (see the surfer’s Statue to your right with parts of the SC Beach Boardwalk) and my surfing expertise looked quite semiprofessional after a 5-minutes-dry-practice, I want to keep you not-soau-courant-with-surfing guys up to date with the latest trend. Check out a video (after the jump) about surfing in a place where the common people aren’t likely to point at when it comes to top-notch global surfing spots.

Websites where you won’t lose touch with the surfing scenes are listed on Drift Surf Magazine’s blog directory. A British magazine that I like to flip through online. Love their blog. And via their website I found the entertaining video dealing with the essential question, how did they make surf boards. 70s’ style.

Since people in California (especially the friends and the extended family of the Bennetts) found out about my blog, I will do this very entry in English.

The feeling, that time is running out, makes me rather sad. I had such a wonderful time in this beautiful country and on top of that I really enjoyed being around the Bennetts and their friends. Thanks for all the warmth and the openminded way you approached me. It’s the nice people that made me feel home. I just can’t thank you enough! It is going to be pretty hard to leave behind all the new friends I have met this year.

I can totally see myself running there :) Dude, … People are heading west for going for a ski-week and what am I supposed to do? Dream of the warmth of the south and write those freaking-ish lame Spezialgebiete. Sucks. But it’s an awesome shot, so… *sigh* — Winter Surf, originally uploaded by tralain.