Saltwater for Breakfast

Dawn Patrol. First light. The alarm chimed at 5:30 this morning; I was in the car by 5:40, everything sorted. The preparations now are...

It starts with my hand. I notice that my right hand feels strained and achy. I flex my fingers and roll my wrist to see if the pain is...

There is a division in the surf group. Yes, it's not all perfection over here -- just very close to it. ;) The division exists between...

There's no actual surfing here. If there was, then I'd never leave. On the home page of my website is a quote from Jon Kabat-Zinn, "You...

I had the opportunity to apply for a new job the other day. It was a "real" job: one in which I would need to wear "real" clothes and...

Saturday, there was a shooting on the pier. Someone accused of shooting another human in another town drove their car to Newport Beach,...

While a common phrase in surfing is "When in doubt, paddle out," there was no doubt the other about the conditions. Water temperature 56...

Let's first focus on the absolute decadence of this surf sesh: clear blue sky, crystal clear cold water, the bright sun warming my...

In a Facebook post on the Surfing Life, Tibetan Buddhist monk Anam Thubten wrote, "When I first came from Tibet, I found the ocean to be...

Awhile back, a couple of us drove up to Santa Monica to see a screening of the film Maya and the Wave . Maya Gabeira  is a big wave...

Happy Halloween, Witches! Our surf coven surfed in costume this Halloween season and had a wonderful time on a glorious morning. A...

We had a wonderful experience the other day with our awesome surf instructor, Paige , at Doheny. A number of us commissioned her to take...

From Google AI: "The marine layer is a weather phenomenon that occurs when cool, moist air from the ocean meets warmer, drier air from...

I went to the beach recently on my own. I sat in the sand on my deep blue cotton towel south of Balboa Pier and stared at the ocean for...

This has been such a big summer – expansive in many ways. I continue to stand up now and stay up on the board nearly every time. After 16...

I can so do it now, people. I don't know what has happened, but it has CLICKED. I can stand up on every wave I catch now. My feet just...

We did another class with Waterlogged this weekend -- a 6-hour extravaganza -- practicing breathing, feeling more comfortable when we...

After getting held under water a bit too long by the enormous waves at surf camp, one of the goals that emerged from our group...

I started this blog one year ago. Last year, I was out on my own at Blackies on Father's Day, the June Gloom blanketing everything in its...

I now know why surfers love this place. The waves break far out into the deep. Multiple lines of waves rolling in for what seems like...

Three Months Before Surf Camp Big plans to swim every morning, lift weights, and generally increase my fitness for surf camp with Endless...

Happy First Anniversary to the Surfing Sisterhood! And to Haley, who celebrated her third Surferversary this weekend! Woot! We've had two...

I did it! After a year of surfing, I finally stood up on the board like I meant it and sailed several waves alllll the way in! I didn't...

A couple of the girls and I signed up for a different surf school this spring. They started earlier than our Favorite Surf School and it...