Hey everybody!

It's been a while since the last post. Winter, teaching teenagers how to take great photographs and short days put a strain on the SUPing, that's for sure.

I'm really looking forward to getting on the water more often. Again, it's going to be a struggle what with tennis coaching season starting on Monday. It's looking like weekends are going to be the extent of my paddling for now.

The wind is blowing from the SW at about 35 mph right now. I would love to do a downwinder but I can’t get anybody to go with me. (I guess I could try hitchhiking back to my start point. Hey, buddy! You mind if I strap this 14’ board to your roof and scratch the crap out of your beautiful paintjob?) Or…. I just do it Dominik style and throw my board in the back of somebody's pickup and hope it doesn’t blow out cruisin' down the freeway. Just kidding buddy.

Hey, big news! Dominik got a rack for the truck. Half custom, half store-bought. Hey, more big news! Dominik bought a Naish Glide during the winter. Got a great price on it too. Steve and the guys (that includes gals but saying guys and gals makes me sound like I’m from the 50’s. Oh, wait, I am. Crap!) at Big Winds in Hood River are great to work with! That was a great sentence! Welcome to my ADD brain. Dominik is going to be hard to catch/keep up with this summer! I have a Glide too but Dominik’s Glide is lighter. (and he's younger and he's stronger and he's... oh never mind!

Hey, even more big news! I got a dry suit for Christmas! Saying I got a dry suit for Christmas sounds like somebody loves me enough to spend a crap load of money on me. Nope! I spoiled myself. Christmas isn’t fun until you hear the buzzer in your brain go off as you max out several credit cards. The good news is, if you scrimp and don’t do anything fun or go on any trips for the next 11 months you might pay off the cards so you can do it again next Christmas. Actually, the dry suit is the only thing I bought. The rest of the gifts were hand made by me using some of the great technology we have at the high school.

We have computer controlled lasers, computer controlled routers, computer controlled 3D printers and computer controlled milling machines. Ok, I didn’t make the gifts. The computers did. I helped though. I teach computer aided design also. I love my job! Taking pictures, playing with computers and cool technology all day. Yes, even with 125 teenagers mixed in. 125, that’s just my kids. 1900 total in the school. It’s like a small city with the entire population experiencing massive hormonal ebbs and surges. Never a dull moment.

Looking forward to seeing more people standing on expensive foam floaty things this summer.

See you on the water.

Stand proud! (No sitting)