keeping score

swell courtesy of danielle, pics courtesy of guru steve

i scored a great monday(+25 pts.) log session with dand. missed sunday surf(-50 pts.), but had a fantastic day with my daughter(+ where's the infinity key?).

blandoland update request by guru steve(+80 pts.)

happy to be here.

later

been surfing

i surfed a great 4 hours session on saturday with Rev Jeff and Mortgage Man Kent.

i had a great session this morning.

i don't have any surf photos, but this video of my daughter is way radder.

Cheers

7 week dry spell broken.

Buena bunny

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Stay gold

Semi fun little session with Rev Jeff. Bing gold standard, it's been too long girl.


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should have been there yesterday

strong early winds kind of pooped on the waves, but i managed to score a few on my Billboards Billzer.

Local bike thugs

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@ work of art

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Huhh

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mothers and daughters

and matching vans.

this is how i roll

michaela finding her light.

oh yeah...

i grabbed a surf with dand on friday. we had fun.

first father surf

so if if surfing as a dad means being out of shape, no paddle, exhausted and slightly bloated from too many tasty IPA's, then maybe i've been a father longer than 3 weeks. thank you heather for being cool with me surfing. Guru steve make sure Shawn pays up. Happy 3 weeks old Michaela! a happy sighhhhhhhh....

nicknames

kaela, mikki, mica, critter, terror-dactyl, li'l bland....

welcome girl

Michaela(mick-A-lah) Patrick Bland. 3/10/10. 8.3 lbs. 21.5 inches.

with this much love, i hope my heart does not explode.

nursery wall

elephants, giraffes, balloons, robots and skateboards. little bland due sooooo soon.

been working?

boards i've loved before

channin cl2, 9'4.

as if

planes and cranes

snowy session

it was a fun log morning. clean peelers. i was surprised to see it snowing when i pulled up to the beach. it lasted for the first half hour of the session. it was nice.

birthday surf

37 today, that goes for age and water temp. monday surfs always kick ass.

bowling for two

a must have surf rig

1st.

the simple life i live

some/sum of oh nine

another year. lost some. found some. found some that were lost. created some. visited some new places. didn't return to some places. some things remained the same. some things will never be the same. in the end, 09' was just fine, thankfully. cheers to 2010.

kisses.

our trash is sucker free

unfortunately philadelphia is not.

steve snap

guru steve sent me this back in november. he was milking the last day in his 3/2 before his winter hibernation.

photo

winds and waves

dan with his new-to-him, Anderson brothers marshall. a fun monday surf. the swell held up despite the winds. i was wishing i had other brought other board choices. still had fun. the new rubber kept me toasty.
merry chrISIStmas!

re sent

nativity hipsters.
i suckle.
that's right, i tag it up. and it's true.

terminal cupcakes

reading terminal yummy-ness.

sudden sneaky snowman

heather woke up to this 5:30 the other morning. someone set it up on a timer. she was wonderfully amused.

in the aeroplane over the sea

first i hesitated.

then i took advantage of what may be the last warm surf day for a while.

next, i surfed.

finally, neutral milk hotel all the way home.

yay cafe!

Publish Posta new expresso machine makes monday better.

a harmonically scenic backdrop

greyday

ho-hum.

surreal sunday

65 degrees and sunny and waves. if only the ribs didn't hurt as much.

donde'?

wonderbland

a warm and fun november th3rd

we were tricked

not my house.

heck, yeah!

nyc 2oo8