Monkey cow me and the trees

Early season Whitewater

XXX MAS

An old monkey. What's he thinking?

I'm on A Boat!

Costa Sunny Rica, Dominical

Legal Muffins

In n' Out. Nuff said!

Jason and Ang. Thanks for the couch!

Well I recently took my yearly surf trip to make sure I don't get to far behind in my skillz and my appreciation and awareness of freedom, health and happiness. I re-visited after a 5 year hiatus, Dominical, Costa Rica where I was able to re-connect with old friends and new sunsets. I then headed to Nicaragua where I realized my dreams of being free are best kept free and uncumbered by the non-proprietorship of land or people. I then went to Mexico for a week where I received some great waves and excellent tacos. But it was the most unplanned thing that has me where I stand today. The random meeting of someone on the street and in the bar over the course of 2 years who I have been inextricably connected via the universe and raw nature. Nelson, a town that holds more than a few beers and secrets also holds destinies and fate. What mine are, of course I don't know, but for those that know me, know this is the end of one era and the beginning of a new.

Merry Fucking Christmas! I love you All!

100th post written in under 2 mins

Last night I spent on the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador with a back pack to heavy to run with and a surfboard to awkward to hide....I was at the whim of one of the most notoriously dangerous cities in the world. It was fucking scary!

Pete Devries wins O'neil Comp

Here's the best surfer in Canada. Tofino was awesome but the rain and cold got to me again and I've decided to just follow my original plan...heading south VIA rail slowly. Back to Costa again.

Tofino Sunrise

Here I am in Tofino. Water: 12 degrees C / Air: 6 degrees C
It was a good morning session for me. Really hard to wake up but nirvana in the water. No time, no pain, no bad stuff. Only the eternity of a moment in the Ocean with a few fun rides in the mix. Three days steady now and my body is feeling the results. It feels as though I have been in a washing machine, the results of too much surfing after so much rest and relaxation. I think it is the nicest day I've seen in Tofino so I'm out to enjoy it...The old walk and sit. Have a good day!

On the road again...

Life is interesting when you live on the road.
It is refreshing when you spend only two months in each place.
It is enchanting when you are welcomed in each place and make companions and share experiences with those new friends and saddening when you leave. It is fascinating when you have the least amount of "things" of anyone you know and you get rid of half of it and pack it in a bag. It is stimulating leaving relative security and walking into an unknown world of unknown possibilities with no plan and no final destination. It is all of these adjectives to observe but it is a life to live. I happen to have a spirit that wanders and my physical body and mentality has to go with that....and I tell myself almost everyday; "It is our society and lifestyles that are Fucked...I'm just being honest" Life is hard because we want to own water, heat, food, shelter and just about everything we can, including people, when for hundreds of thousands of years we shared and worked for ourselves for these things that the world once and still offers for relative freedom. Every shelter can be palace, every morsel a meal and every domestic task of monumental importance. Make this so and you will be a warrior.

Thanksgiving 09

three pumpkins + one apple = delicious
Thanks to my Nelson Family!

Words

words



are the philosophers enemy,

because they are not needed to say



what needs to be said.

To an old and new friend : The Ocean

Sis's and Bro's

Ha, ha, Already lived it! Remember Wonderland.

Top of the hat to ya'

Living sooooo large.

Betty

If you're lucky you might have one of these

The Suits

Alive again.

Love lie

Tonight I got drunk and started to smile. I didn't know i was smiling until someone asked why i was smiling...I guess I'm happy I shrugged. But maybe I just wanted to be happy. Who knows, I was drunk.

Hotspot

Arrival on fire first sign...watch for falling tree

Hell ain't so bad, especially when you're the devil.

Terrace Mtn Fire July 2009

Mothers great gift

You are a weight, you've got to follow the water; path of least resistance. You are living. You must feel the aliveness of your breath. Keep moving forward.

In the bush

Pothole

Sometimes a puddle is deeper than you'd expect.

Yeah, 2009 done Suckas!

The last day. And the remainder of the fourteen that started. Planting is for the tough. These people are warriors!

Treeplanting

May 20th 2009...Casey in snow.

May 23rd 2009

It is late. I have just finished watching Alone in the Wilderness for the second time tonight...Like a swig of fine rum it calms the senses of even the wildest beasts.

Forecast:

Scattered showers

Yesterday, May 8th 2009

Seneca, F@#$ Yeah!

Behind Burgoo

Just passing through...

Sunset in mexico

Notice the greatness.

Early Fires - May3/4th

May the First be with you

Hi. Again. Long time seemed to just drift by. I have been too content with time. Everything has been very present and non-committal. Nothing looked forward to means nothing denied and many things gained. Spring has started with work. Planting. I have had a more than moving winter. Raising my awareness and going through a place and time I have never been before. Filtering the roads of fate and destiny. Flying down the face of the wave, seeing the suck gather shallow rocks, jumping into the unknown. This is life.

Yes, everything remains positive though I am not too proud to let you who reads this know that I do long occasionally for the company of old. But as well I have found solitude within myself to be a peaceful place none to dark (with a candle). I worry about the world... Can Overpopulation ever be seen as a real and very dangerous situation as long as the capitalist financial system is in place? Is not a depression better than an oppression? Will it be recognized the we are oppressors by being consumers? Does it matter? We must place ourselves so as not to be seen but still leverage and guide those who are listening. Less less less less. This is the modern mantra. What it equals? More more more....

I hope that you to can silence that internal monologue for a small fraction of space and listen to what is right there always and forever. Love you all!

w.

Please. Save your grief for the grass and sink it into the earth.

My Sis, Planting

Chronologically my posts are a high school dropout....but I like this pic

Andrea being surprised at her Surprise party (she knew)

Cacti, Michocan

Marajuata, Michocan

Clear water diving, clean beaches, warm water. Cheap Ganja $3 ounce! Not that i would know anything about that.

Its a way

Two Dogs, Two dudes, Two backpacks, Two surfboards and a truck full of beachgoers....Good stuff!

BarBQ

Iguana

Iguana

Now for all you animal activists out there I would like you to know this was a very special and one-time occasion. The Iguana was slingshot out of a tree by a local indigenous native and shared with us to teach us how to live off the land and also what Iguana tastes like. Tastes like really tough chicken!

Hammock sweet hammock

This is where I often find myself in troubled times.

Action!

I paddled with camera in hand and managed to get this shot off on an awesome wave!

Calgary trippin

Here's me with my broski on his balcony in the wild skied City of Calgary. If everyday has an end it must then also have a beginning.

One Love

Irie.

La Ticla

Life´s good.