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Today Is The Day

Someone identified as “imageposse” put together this beautiful surfing video scored with Yo La Tengo’s ‘Today Is The Day’. That’s all I know about it. Well, that, and they scored some really sweet waves in Baja. See the vid below.

Duct Tape Saved My Life

My version: 17 years old, down in Baja, Punta Abreojos the destination. We were about 40 miles north at the time that my friends ’69 Dodge van blew a belt. Oh man, what a pain. We’d never been to Abreojos, had been working our way farther and farther south for a couple of years, we [...]

FBI warns of kidnappings in Tijuana

I was talking with a surfer who had been living in SoCal recently. He told me that the Marines at Camp Pendelton has made northern Baja off limits to recruits on leave.  You have to wonder about traveling to an area that the U.S. Marines deem unsafe. Then there’s this: SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7  (UPI) [...]

Baja Surf Beta

From: “Bonzer” Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Baja Date: 18 Oct 1996 We left one Thursday approx. 2:30 pm. Intended a run to Abreojos, but wanted to check Rosallita on the way. Knew a swell was due from the south, but also a west was expected. Had to check it. Went with my friend Mark. This guy [...]

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