Harmony Blog

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to post recently, and couldn’t log
in. The blog was having technical
problems — but now it’s up and
running!

John found this great show of
surfboard art in New York, made
by Dirk Westphal, who taught
himself how to shape surfboards
and everything. Thanks to Shannon
Heth for the photo.

The beauty of natural,
sustainable wood surfboards have
propelled Grain Surfboards to the
forefront of a growing market.
The company is committed to
building and riding hollow wooden
surfboards. They also offer kits
for the DIY crowd (my 10′
Waterlog is nearing
completion!) The Grain tradition
includes reducing the impact of
surfboard production by using
locally produced, sustainable
wood products and creatively
reducing or reusing any waste
left over.

Tracy & Lak and Tracy’s Mom have a
beautiful place on Eleuthra. Its
gracious and the guest house has
a super comfy bed. When I woke up
from my well deserved nap on
Friday afternoon, I snapped this
picture from the guest house
porch on my way to a glass of
Barbancourt. I’m hoping they can
set up that badminton set we gave
them in the yard! More pictures
coming of that beautiful blue
ocean!

A few weeks ago we went to the
Bahamas with our friends Tracy
and Lak. The next couple of posts
from me will be about this little
trip. Tracy’s family has a
beautiful place there with a long
arcing reef protecting the beach
and creating a perfect snorkeling
and free diving spot.

By Drew Kampion. Released a week
ago!

There are photos from a Surfing
Heritage release party for this
book, and a summary on Surfer’s
Path.

Take a look at it! They have
participated in Guiones, Malpais
and last 14th and 15th of April
in Jaco.

Right in front of Harmony!

Eleven year old Cobi Emery made
this green-surfing video, shown
at surfrider.org. Incredible,
huh? When I was eleven, I stepped
on a disposable camera, which
then broke.

Paul and I split a surfing lesson
taught by this awesome chick
named “Sticks” (or “Styx?”) who works
out of the Frog Pad. She had us
standing up in white water (and I
think Paul caught a green wave or
two). It was really fun.

But her best piece of advice came
when we were wading out. She said
“Shuffle your feet, dears.
There are stingrays out here and
you want to let them know you’re
coming.”

Just came across a book here on
why doctors and nurses should
surf. It’s not the book depicted
in the postcard image above,
although that book is also about
a surfing nurse.