Well, we pulled out of Malibu yesterday morning. The swell was fading and the wind was starting to come up. After 2 full days of scoring, we figured it was time to get out while the getting was good. Short our cameraman, having fired him the day before, we found ourselves with a much lighter and streamlined operation. We drove down to Venice where we spent the day cruising around, and also stopped by Mollusk surf shop. We had the opportunity to meet Mr. Chad Malibu Marshall, who turned out to be a cool, straight up nice guy. Mollusk was a sweet shop and it was a pleasure seeing the place. Skating around the walk along Venice beach we did some people watching and also found a poke spot. Wasn't the best but it brought back many fond memories of the poke bowls from Malama market in Haliewa that we love so much. As the sun started to set, Nick switched into full freestyle mode- using the water hose at a gas station to take a shave and shower. After that he was dropped off at a bar to meet a lady friend and I continued on to find a covert space to set up camp. The wagon allows us to put all the boards inside the car (even the 10' noseriders) and also have room for at least one person to crash. With a total of 6 boards in the car, plus all our other gear it's pretty awesome to have the extra space to stretch out. I met up with our friend Kevin Butler and we had a beer and talked about old times and good friends. Kevin does marketing design for Apple and had a lot of insightful thoughts that he passed along, many thanks. I slipped back to the wagon and crashed out waking up this AM short one Crow but well rested and looking forward to heading to San Onofre. Now if I can only find Nick... Hard to do when he dosn't have a cell phone...
Carl signing out.
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