Greetings from California!!

Just droppin in to say hello to my boys. I haven't really had a chance to go to the beach more than once so far. Been busy doing some hardcore shopping sprees, Disneyland, spending time with family and friends and now we're taking a road trip to hell but better known in California as Modesto. We're having a sort of family reunion up there which is a perfect place being there's nothing to do other than chill with the family in the heat of the summer sun... I hope we'll stay indoors.

I wouldn't just drop in without leaving my boys some pics, so here they are. I was surfing at a beach called Bolsa Chica (North of Huntington Beach). It's a state beach with shifting sand bars and lots of sting rays. The waves are usually crap here but the good thing is that there is no "Black Ball" (which for you who don't know is a yellow flag with a black spot in the middle that the life guards will put up when there are too many kooks swimming in the water and the risk that someone could get run over by a board becomes great enough for the life guards to be concerned that they might actually have to hop off their tower and get paid for doing their job. So to prevent this, they "Black Ball").

We're expecting a swell this week which is great because I think this upcoming Friday the US Open will begin. Hopefully this will draw all the people to Huntington Beach and leave me with uncrowded waves. I might make some flyers with our blog's address and post it up on the Huntington Pier and maybe pull in a few interested eyes in our direction.

My daughter's first time at a California beach. She'll be a rider for Roxy in a few years.

My brother got a longboard and a short gun for free at a yard sale. Here's me learning how to ride a longboard.

Cruisin

Me giving my brother a few tips

Practicing my "Tank" skills in targeting the speed bumps in the road.

Bottle nose Dolphin heading north. This was a nursery of dolphins. There were a few "kids" with this group that were jumping about 5 feet out of the water which inspired a few of the uncles and aunts to show off their skills with huge twisting aerials and fluke slaps.

Proud father and daughter

"Daddy, look at the dolphins!!!!!!!!!"

More pictures to come. I hope you guys are having a great time. I'll be in touch when I get more surf pics.

Jay

Time to update

Well, it's now time to move on with what's happening..Sorry about the layoff but it was a necessity!
It's Friday night 4th July..big day for the yanks...
Jay's off home to the States on Sunday for a few weeks and will probably get sick surf! Good luck mate.
As of right now, we are looking at at least 2 days of constant surf..it's gunna be good..yeeeeessss!
Johan is bombarding me with 'chicken' sms's cause i can't go tonight..hahahaha..Andrew's on the way and should arrive at the surf around 3am..remember that over here it's light all the time so you can surf n full daylight at 3am..perfect..
I'm a little bit jealous but i know there'll be waves all weekend so i have to sacrifice tonight and get surf tomorrow and sunday instead..Johan must be spewing cause all is boards are locked up at my work and he can't get em..hahahahahaha...we'll put some picks in to let you know what it was like..
GO FOR IT..Da Rat..

To our bro and his family

We will be taking a break from reporting any surf or happenings out of respect for our bro who lost his father yesterday.

Our sympathy and love go out to you and your family during this trying time bro. You know how to reach us if you need anything or just need someone to talk to.

Our prayers will be going out for you and your family.

With all our love,

The Midnight Runners...

Midnight surf

Still FLAAAAAAT..

(Johan) Still flat as a pancake. The only good thing is that the weather is so damn nice. The damn dog ate my best pair of flipflops yesterday, so now it´s either barefoot or warm ass sneakers. I tried to compensate by buying a pair of cheap ones, but they sucked so hard I can´t use them...
The knee is still bad, but getting better. Oh well, we´ll have to sacrifice my trashed 6´5 to kahuna, and maybe then we´ll finally get some surf.
(A little addition by RAT)...well the last time we posted anything showing us surfing was the 30th March..that means that it's been 8 flat weeks..amazing..nothing in sight for next week either as yet and norway is equally as flat!!!
Kaap praying boys and girls..(Rat)

SOOOOO FLAT

Well my fellow bloggers...the RAT has taken up binge drinking to ease the pain of the longest, flatest flat spell in the history of histories!!! BEN HUR wasn't even as long as this flat spell.!!!!

Can't believe we haven't had a surf since the end of february!!! Jeesus christ a man could become an alcoholic living in this bloody country!!!

Looks like something could turn up on Sunday...mmmm. keep your eyes on the weather sights..

Here's some personal pics of the Swedish Surf Championships in Torö in Dec 07..Taken from my side of the camera..Me, Henio and his georgeous sister Tina who I first met as a grommet back in '90 and a pick of Craig 'Sheepo' Shearer, Chris 'Sharkboy' and Louise (his girl) at the party afterwards, a pic of Binge and I packing gear in the morning together, the winning girls and guys and a few more shots..enjoy... Peace from the RAT

Henio, my old mate and his sis TinaBinge and I packing in the early morningSheepo,Sharky and LouiseThe winning girlsThe guysHenio holds the sm longboard trophy high..he was the only one I gave a '9' to ALL day in both the long and shortboard classes!!

Some gnarly wipeouts

Well, thought I´d try and pull a little weight in the posting, so here´s a few gnarly wipeouts.. Wish I was there...

Sad

(RAT)...Well it's flat as a pancake in the Baltic at the moment!! For that reason..so is our blog.....
This exact day last year, Johan and I got our first surf after the ice had gone, in perfect overhead offshore tubing golden sunshine..this year only the pancakes are golden..yep..it sucks big time..we are even sussing out waves in rivers to pass the time during the 'big thaw' of the snow around here..ask Jay...
I have given up and am off for a week of golf in Denmark...I know that playing golf is like sacrificing a surfboard to Kahuna for surf..(you have to be totally desperate)....and I AM...
Hope the gods of surf answer our prayers..peace blog surfers..DA RAT