More Ocean Hall Exhibit Pictures

Marlon and Noe both have Green Iguanas for pets and Marlon has been studying the works of Charles Darwin - they had a particularly keen interest in the Marine Iguana. The display with the surfboard, paddles, diving and fishing tackle seemed like what they really wanted was an exhibit of me... I could have saved them the trouble and just given them a picture or two of me in the water doing all these things at once (yes you can do it - SUP paddling with fishing gear is surfing, paddling, fishing all in one - throw on a mask to go snorkeling and a speargun and you just pegged the meter on ocean coolness). If you are in the DC Metro area - this place is a must see. Despite the multiple trips we have been there, we always see something new!

Getting the Itch...

I'm getting reacquainted with my surroundings again, and with that I'm also getting the itch to shape some surfcraft. First up (since it doesn't require making a lot of noise and pissing off the neighbors in an as of yet undetermined level of sensitivity neighborhood) is a Lindsey Lord proportioned paipo using the sawed up alaia (check the way older posts - this is more a tweaking exercise) and hopefully a few (but more likely only a couple) paulownia handplanes. I'll be focusing on the 0.4 length to width ratio. This stuff isn't by any stretch of the imagination 'new' or 'modern' - just look at a Boogie Board - looks like it already has that ratio in use, but it will be made and surfed by me with care and diligence.