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I don’t think about my novelty among the surfers but I am. Two conversations today. (I ride in on the face of a wave, end up near a surfer). He asks: “how are you doing that?!” “What?” I reply. “I mean, what are you riding?” I hold up my handplanes: “handplanes—for bodysurfing.” “Cool! Thanks!” …(later)… A surfer turns around and starts his takeoff in front of me. I go to ground, going to the bottom—it’s in my interest to be well out of the way of large heavy fiberglass boards moving fast. When I come up, the surfer is still there. He missed his wave. “You scared me!” he exclaims, but friendly. “Sorry,” I say, sincerely. “I didn’t know what you were! I thought you were a sea lion!” “Aren’t we all though?” I reply. #bodysurfing #stoke #handplane
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No beach yesterday but there were rainbows.
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I’m calling these conditions “chaotic garbage” but it was fun to fight em for a half hour. Terra Mar Point.
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sunset was on fire tonight
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Stopped at Aliso Creek Beach in Laguna in Orange County. Not to be confused with the rest stop in northern San Diego County. No waves breaking, but I got a nice swim in.
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After sunset at Sunset Beach. That’s the moon up there. That’s Catalina out there. A lovely day with @hellokellykuhl & @gwenthegoblin
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@gwenthegoblin doing some actual fetching with @hellokellykuhl at @socalcorgibeachday!
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Behind me on the shore is the madness that is @socalcorgibeachday / Huntington Dog Beach. #huntingtonbeach #socalcorgibeachday
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A bit after sunrise at Sunset Beach in Orange County. Punctuated by freighters offshore waiting on the Port of Los Angeles, some soul surfers, one paddleboarder, one swimmer, and a bunch of dolphins feeding.
2022 Four hundred and twelve posts
I posted 412 times in 2022 using WordPress. 355 of those came from Instagram —more than 80%— Total word count for 2022 was 19,252 words with approximately 404 images and approximately 403 external links I posted 177 posts tagged "swim2022" I made 1 comics that year I didn't make any headers that year