I'm taking this blog in a different direction. I found that tracking my surf and mtb sessions was terribly redundant and boring with very little progression, which is why there has never been a good movie made with surfing as the main premise. So I started thinking of where all the progression is taking place in my life, and its all about the kids and family. Work too, which I may mention here and there. But Coco and Billy's progression to toddlerism is fun, frustrating, and fascinating and can make for a good story. So I'm going to do my best to recap all the rad things happening with the fam, and also throw in a few bits of waves and bikes!
Coco and Billy
Without question, Coco somehow finds a way to say the funniest things without trying. At 2 1/2, you can have mini conversations with her that may not go very far but can usually provide a gem of a statement. While I'm going to get better at writing down the funny statements, she said the best thing to me yesterday when I left for work. Usually she waves good bye and blows me a kiss (which is rad in itself), but yesterday she said "no daddy, you stay inside." As a dad, it bums you out that you have to go to work and leave your kids for the day, but it is so nice to here that she wants to hang with her dad. She is very into Dora these days, and makes the Swiper no Swiping comment a few times a day. She'll also say random things like "now its time to dance" and she'll count backwards 5-4-3-2-1 blast off. All stuff she learns from her favorite shows.
Billy has thick block feet that look like little bricks. Shoes do not fit him, and he has to wear moccasins because that is all we can get on him. He still grunts and hasn't said a clear word yet, but clearly understands what we say to him. He is pretty independent and can play by himself pretty well, but also likes whatever toy Coco is playing with and cries a lot when she won't share.
Lina
Lina is so cute. She just got her new F1.4 50 mm lens and is all about photography. She is starting to plan out a little side business/hobby where she'll go to bday parties and take pics for real cheap, just needs the right equipment. Stoked the kids lives will be well documented. Here are a couple pics she took with her new lens.
Work
Epic week of work. I was nervous going into GOKOM trying to prepare for the 2 days worth of discussions we were planning. Warren helped me a ton, and we used the turnpoint questionnaire system that lets users vote with a remote and give us instantaneous feedback. What a hit, all the brand managers loved the dialogue driven meetings, where one question would develop into an hour discussion between ALL the brand managers. While I am not getting all the credit (nor do I deserve it), every BM commented on how well executed this event was and all told me I did a great job. First step to proving I'm the right guy for the job, now its time to tackle all the action items we came up with.
Ride
Couple more cool pics from Marie Calenders and Hawk Drop:
While May 13, 2013 was an unbareable 102 degrees in the middle of the day, at 5:30 AM it was clear, cool, and crisp. Awesome sunrise, light offshores, and flawless 2 ft surf. 1.4@14 was the main swell source, since it was so small on Sunday with the same buoy reading, I decided the SUP would guarantee wave count. While Uppers might have been more fun, Doheny was a great call
10,000 surfers in south orange county (maybe more) and I'm the only one scoring this right now. 
