All Posts Written by "ken"
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
The weather oracles are calling for 3 inches of snow tonight and possibly another 2 tomorrow. Even if they’re wrong by half, if we only get 2 1/2 inches around here, that’s significant. I heard that even Friday Harbor had a couple inches by yesterday afternoon. I think that would have been a beautiful sight […]
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One cool museum
It’s not a big place, a half-block off the beach in the heart of the Santa Barbara tourist zone, but it is crammed with surfing history and lore. Classic boards by Al Merrick, Dewey Weber and George Greenough, along with a variety of vintage surfing memorabilia, skateboards from back in the day and musical tributes […]
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President’s Day, 2011
Home once again, which feels very good. The Newfoundland slide show went well the other night. Good turnout from old friends and new faces alike. I know I enjoyed looking through those great old shots again, remembering the trip of a lifetime one frame at a time. I’m looking forward to the Pummel this coming […]
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A Newfoundland sea kayak journey
On February 18, which, as it happens, is tonight, I’ll be doing a slide show at the Mountaineers Hall in Tacoma. I’ll be showing images and telling tall tales from the kayaking trip I took around the island of Newfoundland back in 2000. It was an amazing adventure, three full months of paddling pleasure and […]
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Coming home
Hard to say if it was the right time to leave. It is not an easy thing to know. It seems like there is so much that still needs to be done. But there are other considerations, other forces of nature that call out for equal time. Regardless, I know that I’ll most likely be […]
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Maybe this is an off day
I’m beat up and flayed open. My right foot has been taking a beating, sort of randomly, walking through the shallows onto hidden rocks and sharp edges. Often times, if I wipe out, it seems the first part of my body to make contact with anything is the sole of that right foot. I can […]
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More thoughts on death and surfing
Sometimes I ride the wave too long. Not that anything real bad happens, it’s just that if I would have kicked out of the thing instead of riding it all the way into skinny water, I wouldn’t have to mess around with the kelp in the shallows. Or the rocks beating on my feet and […]
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One short week from today
On February 18, I’ll be doing a slide show at the Mountaineers Hall in Tacoma. I’ll be showing images and telling tall tales from the kayaking trip I took around the island of Newfoundland back in 2000. It was an amazing adventure, three full months of paddling pleasure and pain. It ended up being the […]
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Blue skies
There is a reason why people live in Santa Barbara. OK, there are probably a variety of reasons but, when it comes right down to it, everybody eventually mentions the weather. And it’s true: this is the best climate on the planet. It’s 8:00am, sunny with a light breeze, probably 65 degrees – headed up […]
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Thoughts on death and surfing
I am back in California once again. My mother is unwell and in the hospital. As her only son, my place is here for now. I was here just a few weeks ago on much the same mission. I found it was good to have the board with me, worth carrying it with me all […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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