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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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Feb 19, 2012 - 03:29pm PT
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I say we meet in the middle at Santa cruz :) of course I'm biased to the shortest drive haha
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Feb 19, 2012 - 08:18pm PT
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Hay trundlebum, Thanks for the comment on the MP thread. We have just under 33K page views and it's picking up momentum every day. I would like to acknowledge your creative efforts ever since the beginning back in 08. I believe we are one of (if not) the longest running active threads on that website. I have more fun with the thread than my magazine or my blog. I just feel most comfortable in the presence of climbers.
I invite the taco crew to jump in if you have an interest to share the surf/rock bum lifestyle. Cheers Olaf
I would like to share a painting by Tracy Harp she is a a great surfer and wave sailor and a dominant force in the "Kuau Yacht Club"
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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:11pm PT
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Fun surf at pleasure point at dawn patrol this morning in santa cruz
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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:41pm PT
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Dead President's Day found the Gulf of Mexico spitting benjamin's for those in the know.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 25, 2012 - 11:36am PT
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My bro Woofy
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Feb 28, 2012 - 01:11pm PT
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This is another bump for the climbing/surfing thread.
There has been no lack of world class waves here on the north shore of Maui lately. The only catch is if you are only a surfer you're limited to just the dawn patrol before the wind gets on it and blows it out BUT if you have wind skills you're in the best place on the planet to express yourself in every size waves imaginable.
Many of our core group are accomplished big wave surfers and wave sailors. Some of us are even rock climbers with many first assents and notable walls and peaks to thier credit. It's very hard to be a big fish in this pond. These days I travel back to my home in Colorado to climb. I train very little for climbing these days so my trad leading head is very very rusty but after a few days with my bro's I can still get up a few things. Climbing is always on my mind and I aspire to get the opportunity to do an extended road trip to taste some of those classics that I remember from back in the day. Cheers to all you rock/surf bums here on the Taco! Aloha Olaf
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roadkillphil
Trad climber
Colorado
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Feb 28, 2012 - 02:26pm PT
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Just back from a great Costa Rica surf trip and stoked to see all the great pics. Have been climbing/skiing many years and learning to surf for quite a few less years. Maybe was once a real climber but will probably never be a real surfer. Too much fun not to keep at it though. But I keep thinking that surfing lacks a killer learning aid that skiing has had for a long time, and realized the answer has been under my butt all along: Chairlifts!! Think about it. An elegant solution to all that tiring paddling and breath holding! The engineering can't be any harder or more expensive than building a pier or drilling platform. What with wave machines and all, I can't believe someone hasn't built one by now. And there's precedent: jumping off a pier, hiking to the point, PWC's, and boats. It would be easy to string one up on the side of an existing pier, too. Any decent beach break could be made accesible to anybody with the price of a ticket, and the whole inside would be open because everybody is riding the chair! You could even limit the onloads to thin out the lineup. And no more wasting time earning respect and giving way....just paddle back from the chair to the takeoff and go. Plus, less time in the water to contract infectious diseases after every rainstorm and runoff event. Sometimes my genius surprises even me. Looking for investors!
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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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Feb 28, 2012 - 03:20pm PT
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Haha also can't tell if he's kidding, but of course someone from colorodo would be the one to want a chairlift at the beach. That could easily be the worst thing that could happen to surfing. The day I have to pay to surf....I can't even finish that sentence! Never!!!!
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roadkillphil
Trad climber
Colorado
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Feb 28, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
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Yeah, it's a joke! But maybe a little scary, too. Who would have thought 25 years ago that climbing would actually become a competition sport with cheering crowds and circuits and indoor specialists? Lots of parallels between the sports. Now there's even a contest circuit for the big wave guys. For me, at least, surfing and climbing in the end boil down to solitary pursuits, sans crew. Cracks me up to read about people having to wait to go climbing because their photographer isn't ready. And just 'cause I'm from Colorado doesn't mean I ride the lifts.
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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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Feb 28, 2012 - 04:30pm PT
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And just 'cause I'm from Colorado doesn't mean I ride the lifts.
Touché!!! Just giving you some crap ;) joking around nothing personal.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Feb 28, 2012 - 04:46pm PT
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One winter day a while back my very attractive blond friend Lynn and I were just starting the 1/4 mile paddle out at Kanaha when this Maui Water Patrol man pulled up by us on his County Jet Ski and asked if we wanted a tow. We said " Hell Yeah!" You should have seen the looks on all da bradda's faces when he dropped us of at da peak. Oh well, That was a once in a life time experience. Every now a again I run into Lynn and we most always bring up that tow out.
BTW: Phil I was just about to express my $.02 on your chair ride to the peak idea. Thanks for clearing up the troll and not starting a sh#t storm an this very cool thread. Aloha, Olaf
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roadkillphil
Trad climber
Colorado
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Feb 28, 2012 - 06:18pm PT
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I didn't mean to start nothin', guys. Just a sarcastic cynical old fart. I wasn't joking about the being surprised nobody had done it yet part though. Seems like it would fit right in with the current adventure travel craze. Crazy big thinkers have come up with some pretty strange things. How about Abalonia? And to answer the thread question, without a doubt.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 28, 2012 - 07:39pm PT
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Somewhere in the southern hemisphere
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 28, 2012 - 07:50pm PT
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Somewhere in Arizona
Climbing and surfing take us to some incredible places.
Sometimes you just have to stand there and soak it all in.
We are fortunate.
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stokedsean
Trad climber
Waaay down there
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Feb 28, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
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Finally a post to break out of "lurking" for! We are all so damn lucky to be climbing and/or surfing--the friendships, places and experiences we take are highlighted often in both sports. These are some of my favorite days and piccys to go with...
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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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Feb 28, 2012 - 10:50pm PT
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this thread just keeps getting better. Great photos!!!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Feb 28, 2012 - 11:18pm PT
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Thank you Charles.
Those are great images stokedsean thanks for sharing them with us Dude!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 29, 2012 - 02:47pm PT
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