A big thank you to fellow blogger Nelson Abalos of Pixelated Geek for sending me the footage on this one.  The footie comes from from Jaws (Pe Ahi) this past week on Maui, Hawaii.  We have shown lots of footage from the Eddie Aikau Classic and the Billabong Pro lately from last week, but what makes this footage different is this.  It’s Hd, shot in slo-mo and more amazingly using a Canon 5d Mark II Digital Still Camera.  Great video from a still camera, set to great music, its pure art.  Check it out.

talk soon,

mat

Whoa,

The surf has been unreal on the west coast here for the past few days!  So big in fact that they finally decided to have the “Eddie.”  For those of you not in know the “Eddie” is short for the Eddia Aikau Surf Invitation.  This elite competition is only held in perfect conditions.  The waves have to be over 40 feet for the competition to even happen so you can imagine the quality of riders this attracts.

Greg Long of San Clemente California emerged victorious in the event that saw even the likes of former surf champion Tom Carroll literaly “break a leg” Tom got nailed by some whitewash and it dislocated his ankle from his leg! Yea these are serious waves folks.

To get a more in look at the competition and the results of the 25th Annual Eddie Aikau Surf Classic check out the coverage over at Transworld Surf here.

Hopefully some good video from California soon!

Every now and then, a movie comes along that you have just gotta see.  I saw a trailer today that prompted me to write this post.

If you don’t know who Jamie O’Brien is then its time you learn.  If you don’t want to watch this movie or go surfing after seeing these trailers, then were not friends.

Hint- Watch these on fullscreen, they are HD….and turn the music up..

Official Trailer

Trailer I

Trailer II

Yes, that was a rodeo flip on a surf board, a two person barrel and a great piece of…….surf footage.

gonna be a sick movie.

Ha, ok so if you know me at all you know that I have a tendency to get injured.

I will contend that no one else is playing hard enough, but whatever.

So I am making this post to fill you in on my most recent injury, which happened to be a facial injury.  Let me set the stage for you….

Its a gorgeous day in San Diego and you guessed it, I am Surfing.  Now the waves are small today, very small about 1 foot or shin high.  I am out with 2 buddies, Casey and Luke at our favorite hidden spot.  So when the waves are this small, really you do whatever you can to entertain yourself and get even a little ride.  That being said, I was ecstatic when I finally did ride a wave into shore.

Finally the wave died and i fell off the board.  As i was standing up, I felt someone hit me with a baseball bat in the face.  Only it wasn’t a baseball bat, it was the butt end of my board, which just so happens to have 2 points on it.  Dazed and confused, I stumbled to shore and my buddies followed as the look on my face instantly said something was wrong.

Now I could feel it starting to swell, but wasn’t sure how bad it was until I asked my buddy Luke “How does it look?” and he just kind of turned around and walked away.  Ha, so its back to Scripps Green Hospital for me, situated nicely on the 11th Hole at Torrey Pines Golf Course.

Long story short, I did not fracture my face(this time), but it swelled up……..a lot, check it out.

BEFORE

AFTER

Which one looks happier?

Ha and no I am not a Boston fan, its just all i could find at the time, I was dissoriented!

Ok, so I have drug this out long enough, I am fine, back surfing and my face might get back to normal one of these days.

To address the title of the blog post.  I AM the reason your medical premiums keep going up, so thank you for helping me split all my medical bills.