California Summer: A TR (warning 100+ pics)

California summers come in many different varieties….here’s our version. 🙂

After a 3hour drive south through the central valley and 2hrs west…

we reach the section of California coast where I grew up, met my wife, and got married. Not NorCal not SoCal but the Central Coast.

Just in time for Farmers Market

and some nose wheelies

The next day Haley goes straight to boogietown

and the to the pool

Surf check, local grom gets a nice right off the pier

and floats back on a left

Sunset

Sky takes a quick break for skating

Storming the castle, Hearst Castle that is

Nice pool

Light the wick

Too bad you can’t actually sit in one of the many sitting rooms

or take a nap or nooner in Hearst’s 17th century bed

The indoor pool complete with diving balcony

Moonstone Beach, Cambria

Beach shelter

My girls

Sky nose blunt on the Cayucus Elks Club ramp in progress

Calamari, chowder, and a hefe….mmm

Pong in the game room, Sky is finally old and coordinated enough to pose a challange

Haley returns to boogietown

Doubles

Mini barrel

Haley loving life

Splitboard.com saving the world one (or two) bottle caps at a time

Beach bonfire time

Dad makes jiffypop, Sky watches in amazement

Dig in

Melted sugar on stick time

Family

Friends

Dudes with guitars (or ukuleles) always get the chicks

Our neighbors, my wife and I kissed for the first time 23 years ago at a party like this on the very same beach

More skate

Sky puts his nose to the grindstone

Flowers

Eats, Giuseppes Pismo Beach

Sky preps some new wood

And puts it to good use, kick flip 4 stair

Ollie north

Planter box gap

7 stair

The beautiful mrs

Freebird sunset

Purple haze

The Central Coast

Night

The Pier

Baby

Back to the surf

Sky has been playing in the surf since he could walk but this was his first legit session, he simply killed it and made me so proud

His wave of the day, Dad is freaking out at this point that everything came together (right spot, no locals claiming rank, made the drop)

So excited in fact that he forgot to pay attention to the frame and cut the open face of the wave out. Oh well, we’ll both remember the wave forever even if we didnt get the money shot.

Now he’s showing off

Only a father knows the feeling. Out of all of our skating/snowboarding/hiking sessions this was right up there with the best ever. Dad even caught some great lefts and remembered how fun surfing can be. I even felt a little guilt for living so far away from the coast and not surfing more. Now that Sky is in I think we’ll be doing more of it!

A friend from back in the day and his amazing family

Start ’em early

Smith grind

Sky getting some tips

Can’t wait to see these kids in a few years

After 9 days from home everyone is ready to get back but Dad insists on taking the long way home up the coast through Big Sur

They stop complaining when they see the view

Christmas card

Julia Phifer beach

So pretty

Ragged Point

State flower

Santa Cruz

The locals hanging out

Mmm carne asada

Lighthouse

SC skate park, Sky nose slide

Bowl City

Local airs out

The beach

A few weeks later the location changes but the goal is the same, Wrights Lake

Mom’s camp tacos

Night

Day hike, 6.6 miles rt

Wilderness boundary

Sky at the same sign 9 years ago

And crossing the marsh near Twin Lakes the same trip

Same spot but he’s much bigger now

Haley water crossing

Twin Lakes

Time for a swin

Out to the island they go

Time to head back to camp

Wildflower

Meadow

Back at the lake Sky and Coda cool off

Haley goes for the rock jump

Doubles

Same rock in winter

Same result

Back at camp

Girls and there People mags….

Back for more water fun

Coda goes BIG!!!

Scoping his landing for another

Coda

Swimmin’

Me and Sky

It’s been a great summer so far….looking forward to a little more before winter. 🙂