I Heart Vests

I don't know why, but I haven't had a vest for a few years now. I used to always wear them from late spring into early fall, but I've been wearing a jacket for a while since I've been fried on the shoulders a fair amount of times in life. But, I decided it's time again as I'm sick of having tan hands and nothing else. I know, a vest tan isn't much better.

Anyway, I was on a mission for a thicker vest with smoothie, and I was kind of hot on the O'Neill O'riginal series vest. Not to be all retro, but I can't hang with so many vests and the disco logos they have going on. Yeah, I'm weird that way. Anyway, I could not find my size in any shop. Finally I did, and it fit great except for the big chunk taken out of the back, most likely from someone's fingernail. No thanks. So, I was about to give up when I happened into a random shop and found the Nine Plus vest above. Now, these things run pretty small, and I was bummed to see they only had an XXL size. But I tried it on, and it was perfect. Plus, it has a zip instead of being a straight pullover like the O'Neill. All happened the way it was meant to. And, Patagonia was completely sold out until next year, so that wasn't an option.

Why am I writing so much about a vest? The thing is 3 mm, super comfortable with the Yamamoto smoothie, and my favorite vest so far. I have heard of some durability issues with the Nine Plus fulls, but I take really good care of all my shit, so I have high hopes that this one will last a while for me.

A few fun days of surf early in the week and the end of last week. All in all, not a bad summer for surf around here other than the wind.

Hope you're all enjoying yours.

Nice.

One of my favorite images from Dane Peterson's Flickr page.

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Who the hell would wear this? But if you feel so inclined, it can be yours for $1,295. No problem! The description says it was made in the 60s, but who knows. It may well be. I'll shut up and let you check out the description they retailer provides:

You are looking at one of the most highly sought after vintage shirts on this planet. This very, very rare pleasure from paradise was put out in the 1960's to promote the now infamous surfing movie "Endless Summer". The fabic on this vintage treasure is graced with a killer full panel pattern on both the back and front of the shirt (see photos). You will see the silhouettes of surfers against a golden yellow and atomic orange sunset. This baby also has a zip up the front so you can be as sexy as you want to be !! Or you can wear this as a jacket with a t-shirt underneath. Do not miss this once in a life time chance to own a killer piece of Hawaiian shirt surfing history. This stunning shirt would look amazing framed in koa wood and hung as a piece or art !!

Yep, it actually said, "as sexy as you want to be" and it was talking about this very shirt. Damn.

Conejo

Just saw Bustin' Down the Door last night. I liked it, and even though I knew the basic story it was nice to have it told by the guys. Noticeably absent were Lopez, Bertlemann, Rory, etc. May have been cool to get their perspectives on the deal, but it was good to hear BK's thoughts.

Been limping along here with the SB1000. Not sure if anyone's out there anymore. I'll see where this goes, see how much more life it has in it, etc. One thing I don't like is half-assed surf blogs, and this is becoming one.

If You Like Bongos...

...then you'll like this clip if you haven't seen it already.

Raw(k)ness

Okay, how many people have covered this song? I just don't know if I've heard a better version. I think The Sonics were among the finest of the entire 60's garage scene. I know, "garage" is an overused term. Anyway, if you're into that stuff, check it.

Demateralize

The whole of the experience is much greater than the component parts of board/wave/rider,etc. You can break down the elements and admire each individually, but put it all together...

The Greatest

Feeling Coltrane right now. This is from his Jazz Casual episode. It's an often seen clip, but still one of the most powerful performances of (in my mind) the greatest musician of any era.

A Quick Chat

With Brian Jones in two short spots.

Number one.

Number two.

Bert

Big Shores

Not sure when the photo was taken, but damn!

Proof

There was indeed some good music in the 80's—a lot of it actually. It's easy to lump everything together into memories of Men Without Hats, Thompson Twins, etc. Luckily there was more than that.

The Colourfield was fronted by Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy Three) and this cut still holds up if you ask me.

Summer Sessions

Time to break out the fins again.

Listen

This one was a staple of the Point Loma backyard party scene when we were in high school. Do kids even have parties like that anymore?

Gone Too Far?

I'm just asking.