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• 12-Dec-2023
  Aliso Creek’s Berm I got to swim at Aliso Creek this year. I’ve been watching videos of folks riding the standing wave from the creek for a while, particularly on the BEEFS TV YouTube channel. I love that Blair Conklin weighs in on the issue of how the berm is breached in this article: Surfers Creating Standing Waves...
• 14-Jun-2023

  
  Struggle. Based on a true story. #webcomic
• 28-Dec-2021

  
  Specklefin Midshipman I go to the beach a lot. And I post to Instagram the things I see. The waves, the sand, sometimes: sea creatures. On the morning of December 6th I came across a bunch of foodstuffs, and one unusual fish. So unusual that when the photo was shared to Facebook, my angler cousin remarked that...
• 17-Nov-2021
  More Video of Ocean For Precious Few Viewers We all are pretty much aware that YouTube is a special sort of land of trouble. It has radicalized people. It thrives on the most outlandish and incendiary videos because those are what keep us watching. All that said, I’ve made another video (the last one was of dolphins) and put it on YouTube, it’s...
• 04-May-2011

  
  Everybody’s going surfing Water temperature is 62°F (16.7°C). A very nearly perfect break for me. Next: back to life, back to reality. Also: catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world. Related: Charlie don’t surf. However: I bodysurf at the beaches and swim at the cove. This ocean, this coast, this birthright of the citizens...
• 19-May-2008

  
  Malibu Kiteboarders, April Back in April I tried and failed to swim in the ocean. It was just too cold. But in traveling south from Camarillo through Malibu I did see these kiteboarders. That is not really my thing, but they looks like they were having fun! Yesterday along with the other photos I put up, I put...
• 17-Mar-2008
  File under: Stepdad Pride, Swimming, Other I was radar gunned by the Los Angeles County Sheriff in Malibu on my way to work. Got a pass because I was with the pack. The day is beautiful. The Pacific was blue, shimmering, calm and inviting. If only the water temperature were higher. Ah well, no matter — yesterday I went swimming at...