SURFING AND THE ART OF FINDING HOME

I fell in love with the ocean as a child. My dad was into scuba at the time
and I learned to body surf and swim, playing in the tidepools & beaches of Monterey Bay.
I also learned a lot about the ocean and to love it as my home.

We all grew up and apart, stopped going to the beach and went inland for a long time.

After my mother's death from cancer I started kayaking as therapy and realized
that the water is where I needed to get back to.
I Learned to sail and taught sailing for a while.
Sailed big and small boats and was still not satisfied.

While out boogie boarding one afternoon I finally realized "this is it...this is home".

kayaking got me in the right direction....

sailing got me down the road....

surfing got me home.

a long strange full cycle.

I will never look back and never again turn away from the place I love...the ocean...my home.

I make boards and etchings and pix as an extension of my love of finally finding my way back home.

ALOHA
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