Best Things I Did This Year

Got Married and pulled a surprise wedding
Had my boy Hayden Jackson Pangilinan
Surfed Rice Bowls with Gerry Lopez
Skated Cholo Bowl with Christian Hosoi and Ethan Lau...
Jay Adams shooting photos on the deck
Also there:
Luke, Sara, Jianca, APB Chad, Tim, Skillet, Troy
Kirk, Pat the Ripper, Billy the Kid and Nicky

Brought my favorite surfboard the Blaster back to life.

and painted my first Paid Mural on top of Surftech
Well it was a trade for a 500-700 dollar Mark Richards

Take advantage

of every moment.
you never know if it might be your last day with
that person you always wanted to say, Hey you wanna go for a cup of coffee...
or a cocktail.

If you feel something, react and express.

to breathe deep into
a big bowl of steaming hot noodles...

give homage to your elders and give support to the youth.

AAALLLOOOOOHHHHHAAAAA.
I wanna say more about my evening, but too tired...
gotta go suck up some noodles.

-Mandogian

Epic Wednesday

Woke at 5am.
out of house by 5:30
Pick up Aaron in Manoa 5:45
Drive to West Side.
Check out Tracks
Drive Further to MPoint
Rad 12-15 ft faces
In water by 7am
Stoked!
Only caught a few waves in two hours.
but some of the best in my life.
Aaron dialed in and caught a bunch
He couldn't count

Super long and flowee
glassy perfection
Luscious cutbacks
Fuck Yeah Kind
walling down the line into
short barrel section
out of the water by 9am

Drive back to town by 10 turtles
Aaron buys me an Acai Bowl
drop off Aaron and
borrow The Drifter the new Rob Machado vid
and into work by 12 noon
to work with the photo intern and take photos
of the Weekly's Green Market.
then Review with the Production Intern
Build 28 page issue and drop some editorial content
Talk with boss and out by 6 turty.

Call up Rob Duncan to watch "The Drifter"
Make it home to find 3 boxes filled with skateboards
They look good.

Go to Rob Duncan's to watch vid, drink a few beers and eat dinner.
He's bumbed cuz he pulled his elbow out of socket horse playin/wrestlin'
with a friend's Juditzoo roommate.. the ole arm bar did it.

Out of Duncan's at 10 pm and visit Ethan Lau.
Catch up with Brother.
talk about art, ceramics, skateboarding....
how they are the same
and about teaching and communication too.

11:30 pm Skated a few blocks to Safeway with Kenny and Ethan.
3 of us bombing a quick Manoa line.
straight into Safeway to the Icecream Section
for the mint choc ice cream sandwiches.
Back to house to burn some music.

home by 12:30 am, with 2 disc loads of music to
positively change my world.
shower and write these words.
sleep.
Bed by 2:15am
Epic

The Eddie Aikau 2009

Waited for the Eddy under shootin stars.
Waimea Bay Crashing four thirty AM in the dark
while spectators scramble slow-mo to find parking
and then a spot to perch off the cliff
to see the worlds best big wave riders
risk their lives to catch a thrill
and prove their skill.
Phenomenal moments and sight