| It was one week
of ups and downs. The week for me started off on Sunday morning
with the "Shamrock Shuffle", an 8 k race (5 miles) through the streets
of Chicago. I had a good time (for me), I averaged 8 min. miles.
My struggle to remain in surf-shape continues and will continue forever.
My new motto is, "BE ALL YOU USED TO BE" !!
That night, I got my wife
to take me to O'Hare airport with my dinged up (but virgin) 9' 10"
Dewey Weber Performer. I bought the board in FL, but Federal Express put
a fork-lift blade into the board's underside. I had arranged with Doc (our
alt.surfing ding-master) to get it all fixed up. I arrived at Logan
in Boston at about 1 AM, with my giant Performer. (hey, given the waves
we had in Rhode island the other week, such a MUSHY small wave board would
be justified) I hailed a van cab and got to my hotel by 2AM.
(Gawd, as far as being able to hailing a cab, Boston is right up there
with Des Moines!)
The week sucked, work
wise. I am being rolled off of this project in two weeks time. But after
TAX DAY I am going to visit with Mama Sus, Neal and Bud in Honolulu! Then
I'll surf another week in Maui. Jack Nordgren's friend Rex is shaping a
board for me that will be waiting in Hawaii. After the trip
I may be starting another 8 week project in Boston. At least I'll
still get to surf on the weekends. I'll be back in Chicago to catch our
"wave season" on the Lakes after that. |
Like a
good non-Bostonian I had the opportunity on Friday night to visit "Cheers",
where everybody knows your name!
Well, nobody
knew my name, Norm wasn't there (he was surfing in L.A.) and the bar didn't
even look like the set!
The building
was the same you see on TV, however!
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| We stopped at the Nauset
Surf shop, a pretty impressive little store. Tony got a board bag and I
bought myself a nice surf watch and some new 5 mm gloves for the up-coming
session. Tony has his eye on a 7'4" board, which he no doubt will
be purchasing for those up-coming Lake Michigan overhead tubes he will
be getting in Chicago (April Fools)!
Thereafter we dropped
off my damaged board with Doc. Doc explained that he had fixed a
whole shipment of Robert August boards with forklift wounds. I had
a pressure ding and the gaping hole in the board's skin. We left Doc with
the stick and headed for the nearby Coast Guard Beach. Doc shared with
us some lore about surfing in Cape Cod during the '60's and '70's. It musta
been pretty different back then. He told us of the giant waves he's
had and how he doesn't bother with the small ones...(that are just right
for me..waist to shoulder!) He showed us the new board he's bringing
down for alt.surfing-palooza in Panama. Wish I were going, but I will be
sure to get to Hatteras for Guido-Palooza 2000!
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Doc after giving me "spider"
eatin' instructions during my last Cape Cod trip. Some of my pics didn't
turn out from this trip, sorry!
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