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Newsletter May 10, 2004

Hope you all had a nice Mother's Day. Did you call Mom? Did you send her a card? To those of you who recently lost your Mom I hope you reflected on the good times you had while she was still here. We all still have a mother in the Ocean. They don't call it Mother Ocean for nothing.

Speaking of Moms On the mend department. We spoke with Kim Grondin and she's coming around nicely. Still no visitors yet. She needs the rest and relaxation.

So...it does feel like we're in wave slump. The West Coast Boys just had an amazing week of waves while we had some small bumps...can I make a suggestion here? Get your projects done now. Take adavantage of the down time. You know there's gonna be waves sooner or later.

We wanted to send a belated shout out to Carrie Keefe for her awesome job in running in this year's Boston Marathon. It was her second Boston Marathon and she actually finished better in this year's race than she did in last year's. And this despite the incredible heat wave they had. Husband Jacko was there at the finish line when she finished. Great job Carrie!

Don't know if you've seen the inside of the shop lately but Whoa! The new addition is gonna be killer! The board room is gonna be all time as CR just keeps getting bigger and better. We may have to equip the boys with headsets. I can hear it now. "PHIL-ONE THIS IS BIG RED. WE GOTTA LONG BOARD DOWN OUT BACK. REQUEST A SHOP GROM FOR PICK-UP". Ahh Roger That BIG RED WE'RE SENDING DOUGIE FRESH DOWN FOR PICK -UP. THIS IS PHIL ONE OVER AND OUT".

l laughed when I saw this week's photos of the week. I mean they are funny. That one dude looking like he lost his family jewels is (I'm happy to report) able to still sit down comfortably. The other shot is just Surf Funny.

And isn't that what surfing is all about?

Pray for Surf. Pray for Peace. Surf For Fun.

Ralph

Caution Squirrel Crossing
This is a photo of John "Duffy" McCarthy. It was taken in 1987 at one of our infamous Point Breaks. It was at the time the most commonly used New Hampshire stand by photo by so many of the Surf mags that we actually cringed everytime it showed up in one of the magazines. Truth be told. It first appeared in the article in SURFER about New Hampshire in 1988. It is a good photo of the young lad we affectionally refferred to as The Squirrel (actually we had a bunch of names for Duff but I'm not gonna embarrass him now). His folks still live at 11th Street where Duffy grew up. The McCarthys are a big part of our surf culture.
photo by Micahel Baytoff

TODAY
This photo was sent to me from the VT boys.This is a self portait taken by Eric Sautter at that left point break that everyone seems to like.

That's Eric's brother Dave out back dropping into a nice overhead wave. This is a funny shot. I like the quirkiness of it all. Certainly not your typical Surf Shot. In fact if we had a spot for the SURFER type Parting Shot feature that's where I would of posted it.

But for now we'll chuckle at it.

photo by Eric Sautter

TODAY
OUCH! A not so lucky unknown would be arealist about to catch some fiberglass in the ole crotch! Does this look as painful to you as it did to me when I first saw it? Tricks are for kids. Ya gotta protect yerselves at all times kids! Kind of reminds me of Rodeo Surfing! Whoa Nellie!

Taken at the Wall last month.
photo Ed O'Connell