Yo, I'm Full

RIP the Birds, tough loss. I watched it at a brewery here in guiones with a suprising amount of birds fans. The dude running the show there was getting a little fed up with the eagles fans whining about the tv’s not being in sync after the power went out for a quick minute on 2 separate occasions. He was a dude from long island originally and whispered to me, “this ain’t philly it’s fuckin costa rica, shit like this happens all the time.” and I was dying. Must be interesting being an American running a business like that over here. I ate 5 two bite tacos and went for some sad gelato afterwards, but we'll keep it moving off that sore subject.

Surf attempt 3 yesterday again trying an even smaller board. I was out there an hour and a half early in the day. Used the 7 footer this time and it went similar to the time before. It was noticeably a little harder to balance this time. Probably because the size change between the first two attempts was less dramatic than this one. I’m still on the breakers and in the white water just popping up. I'm still making a fool of myself and enjoying it. I had a couple runs when I got balanced and was steering the board right and left. Also still got the itch and I'm going to get back out there today if the wind calms.....

I saw this asian guy out there who was ripping up waves and carving his way between people. He got out of the water at the same time as me and I was asking him for the time and told him he clearly knew what he was doing out there. He introduced himself, Wayne and was saying he's just here for a couple days getting in as many waves as he can. We ended up chatting and he was from Carlsbad and Encinitas, CA was his home surf beach where James had lived. I told him that was the only other place I attempted surfing in my life and he started giving me some tips. Got an after-surf smoothie before going out to eat.

Tried Rosi’s Soda Tica for the first time and the food was cheap and delicious and funny enough my guy Wayne who I had just met was eating there. We sat next to each other and talked through our meal. We talked about traveling and the places and we’d been and how this place compares to home. He has surfed all over the world, hong kong, south of france, hawaii, even africa. He had also been to antarctica which I thought was wild. The pics of penguins and the hikes they did there were unbelievable. He’s a geography professor in San Luis Obispo and has been a surfer for years clearly. Good hearing someones story, ol' Wayne the surfing professor. The food was unreal, authentic costa rican food, so good i ended up going back for another meal.

Post-surfing appetite is another level above post-swim, and they do say hunger is the best sauce. Although this "lizard salsa" has to be pretty damn close and is their traditional sauce that they put on the gallo pinto, and everything else.

Also update, ZINC sunscreen has been acquired at the Tuesday market in town:

We'll keep it moving cause the Music Never Stops. A sad loss last weekend in Bob Weir of the Dead, legend. That's it that's all, i'll check back in when i feel like it.....