Mardis Graw Yáll!!!!...Esterillos Style...

Well da Mardis Gras done pass bout a week ago and the blood alcohol level jus beginin to level out so I can blog without my hands shakin too much, das right.

To check out all the pics go to Teri's blog (a really cool blog bout Costa Rica)

http://yo-yoinparadise.blogspot.com/

Check yáll late bra, gotta go does a surf lesson make some scratch...pura vida!

Da REAL Mardi Gras Fotos...Drunk Man Widda Camera...

Okay now put yo self in my shoes, wake up early Sataday mornin, paddle out to some excellent waves, paddle in, load up some surfboards, drive down hotel and do couple surf lessons, get back to ghetto Mary with some road beers in tow, it's late...helll it's 11am, decorate da car, drive in a parade at .10+ blood alkyhol level with kids runnin in front of yo car, end da parade in front of the best bar in Esterillos (Go Vago!), walk around half drank with yo digi cam and here are the real results of the first ever Mardi Gras parade in the Ghetto...these photos are copy me righted under the new CAFTA rules so send me a dolla if you copy one or two...da camera don't lie...

Butt Cracks...

Well, the god dang computer done pissed out on me bout a week ago, so I apologize to all the followers, got a new compu today thanks to Adam, we gotta bunch a blogs done piled up but I start with just one and tomorrow you here about da Mardi Gras...
We paddlin out in da nice afta noon sesh, sun goin down, and a nice pretty white girl say "Nice but crack" well, me and Cam both proceed to pull up our boardies at the same time, well we jus pro tectin our wallet...pura new computer...

Recylin Plastic Up In Ghetto Esterillos!

Many thanks to the kind folks here in Esterillos that have started a re-syclin program where we don't throw away our plastic bottles (cuz it kills dolfins, I think) plus we don't have near as much trash, just 2 bags today, happy garbage day by the way. But on the serious note, thank you to Sean Canter who came by today and picked up our hefty bag of plastic, plus I understand that Kurt and Christy are involved, plus Kurt Dooley and wife Linda and of course Super Sol for providing storage space, thanks Denise and David, hope nobody get pissed cuz I forgot their name here on the world wide blog. Keep up the good work y'all.
Today the swell just ripped a new one wide open, just about head high, cruisin down the line draggin 2 fangers, clean all the way to the beach where the wave says, you kickin out or you like some sand up the one way?
I kick out...puras olas...

Triple Dip Ice Cream...

Dis a photo from way back with me and a gringo and a negro...

My Brother Robbie, God Bless Him...

Well my brother is a big follower of the blog blog and he posts his photo, well just gotta see it fo yo self, love ya Rob...

The Reef! The Reef! The Reef is on Fire...we don't need no watta let the MF burn...

Well da baby reef is lit up with white water and peelin all the way down the line, she is clean and wet...for the last three days just campin out on the reef, had to play regulator today for some californians, drop in and bottom turn bout 1 foot from their head, never said a negative word to them, just set up deep and outside and whistle a little bit, then spoke nicely bout where they from and all was cool...we from Texas bra.
Any ways, ole John Dang left yesterday, I could not blog cuz got too drunk too early...da waves have picked up and clean clean...see yall tomorrow...

From Cailin Callahan's blog: some surfing advice for beginners...

I stole this excerpt from Cailin's blog and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to share it with our followers, by the way, I have 19 followers now and she's barely in double digits...you can see her blog at: http://www.cailincallahan.blogspot.com/ it's called "Nose Walkin and Trash Talkin", check it out...
From "Nose Walkin and Trash Talkin":
Here's one that I started in my head yesterday in the surf: It was croweded beyond belief, with 80% of the people not knowing what they are doing. The few who kindof had a grasp had ZERO wave etiquette. I was dropped-in on more times than I'd care to recall, and was almost seriously hurt twice. So here it is....Cailin's SmartAss (but ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SERIOUS) Guide To Surfing:
1. Paddling for a wave is like crossing the street, you need to LOOK...BOTH WAYS, before paddling for the wave.
2. Surfing is like a sport (more of a lifestyle than a sport, but this is a whole other blog in itself). If you played basketball, and you weren't very good, they wouldn't put you out on the court at game time. Practice makes perfect, and until you practice practice practice you need to stay on the sidelines (or in the case of surfing, surf down the beach or at a whole other beach completely).
3. If you don't know what you are doing, you are dangerous. You are dangerous to yourself, to every other person out in the water, as well as for to the person who is going to have to swim out and save your ass when you're hurt or drowning. Just repeat this mantra: If you don't know what you are doing, you are dangerous.
4. There are all sorts of breaks. Beach break, reef breaks, point breaks, "girly-breaks", etc. There is nothing wrong with riding a small, mushy wave when you are beginning. It's the best thing to learn in. Do not move on to bigger, stronger, heavier waves until you really, I mean really know what you are doing. Again, an unexperienced surfer in an advanced surfing spot is dangerous. Dangerous. DANGEROUS.
5. It's not okay to get off your board, with it dangling from the leash 10 feet behind you, and swim out to the break. Unacceptable.
6. If you forget rule #1 and you didn't look both ways, the person already riding the wave will either whistle, shout, or do something to indiciate to you "Hey fucker, you didn't look both ways, this is MY wave, you are about to drop in, so don't even think about it". SO, if you hear someone whistle, they aren't trying to encourage you into the wave. Most people in the water are softies, goddamnit I know I am, so usually if you drop in on them they will smile and be like "well....its okay". But some day you will get somebody who does mind, who isn't all roses and teddy bears, and you will get a board up your ass or worse. So...I'm further reinforcing rule number one.
7. Last is the best bit of advice I can give to ANY surfer...beginner or advanced. Matt Vecere told me when I was 14 and making my first trip out to the surf capital of the US, San Clemente, for a surf trip. I cannot stress this enough...EVERYONE IS WATCHING YOU.Yes, everyone in the water is watching you. Your FIRST WAVE is the most important wave of the session...because everyone is watching you, and judging your skill level. If you have a shitty first wave, guess what -- surfers will have taken note, and your chances of getting another one are slim to none. If you have a good wave, you earn respect and your spot in the lineup. So on your first wave, before you paddle, a) make sure that you are in position, b) make sure that you are definitely going to catch the wave, and c) dont mess it up.With all that said...surfing is supposed to be FUN. So have fun. The "guidelines" above are only so that everyone in the water can have fun, and not get hurt or burned. Pura Vida.

Feliz Dia de los Amores!

Valentines day caught some surf, did some work and went out to Fiesta de las Mulas in Parrita with two beautiful ladies, my wife Elsa and daughter Francela. Started out with some chicken on a stick, then some pork, mix in some chop suey and some coldies and we got a nice dinner workin, then we gotta do bumper cars and a couple of rides that spin around in all directions, gotta mix it all up, finally make it to the bulls, lots of fun, few borrachos got trampled jus bout killed, beautiful fireworks, a few drunken brawls, then we head back for some carne en salsa, more coldies, ice cream, churros and cotton candy, wow delicious, a very nice family night.

Surf dis mornin on little reef, lots of kind waves, now drankin a coldy...

Got a lump in my throat...

Well I'm not sure if Nico and Michelle been here 6 or 8 months, but I sho got a lump in my throat today when I is tellin goodbye. I am not very good with goodbyes, best tell them get out the car and drive off, but they had too much gear so I gotta go through all the formals of hugs, kisses, this only makes it worse, well the truth is we love you both, hope to see you soon, now get outta here, he yah...love y'all...
Brett

Shark!!!...Run fo yo life...

Well we jus surfin out front like any other day, Lagarto takes the best wave of every set, gettin little tired, get back outside jus me and locals, Willy, Michelle, Rick, Shower Cap (Raul), his buddy, Larry, Jeff and Travis, when all da sudden freakin wave start breakin and big ole fin stickin out da water like a mexican Huyandai with a bad exhaust, just glidin thru lookin for groceries. Well don't take me long to decide, voy por la casa...took me one minute to get to the beach where I know there are more sharks cuz we havin a phenominom where the sardines get spoook and run demself up on the rocks. Got back to the ghetto, set down my board and grabbed the shimano handline, put a live sardine on the business side of the hook, got a nice pull but killed my sardine, so now I fishin with credit, well dead bait, when a pelican takes notice, dives down to the bottom, swallow my bait up into the gullet then had to retrieve that bastard and pull my hook out his mouf...better off we get the croc to kill da shark...

Lagarto Surf School...Ladies All Skate...

Remember when you used to go roller skatin, this is before roller blades, we all got dropped off at the rink and picked up about 10 or midnight, they had a "ladies all skate" sesh, well today on the beach we has a ladies only surf sesh, good lookin ladies learn how to surf, alive up here in the ghetto Esterillos. Elli, Alli, Linda, what a great pair, Que Bonita!

Pura Guaro!

Fish Cookin Tonight, das right...

Surfed straight out front this mornin, tide was high bout 4am, got out there bout 6 waves a little bumpy from the offshore winds but settled down a little and caught some nice clean pealers.
Out there with Michele, Nico, Manuel and some guy we call "shower cap", lots of bait fish swimmin round when the water starts boilin, okay where theys little fish theys big fish, I gotta calculator to do the math, so the predators runs all the little fish up on the reef and the tide goes out, so now they just sun bathin for the pelicans to scoop up...Nico's always thinkin, grabs a bucket and now we gots dinner tonight, bunch a sardines...way to go Swiss German team!
Sad part is when they started throwin the live fish back in the water, the sharks and snooks just posted up out there waitin for more snacks and boilin the water up in the process...

Cosmic Banditos...

Anyone that hasn't read "Cosmic Banditos" is really missing out on some good quantum physics. Today went to "Chepe" (san jose) to immigration, hurry up and wait in line tests, waited for the bus half an hour, 3 hour bus ride, taxi to Migracion, wait in line, wait some more while they go to lunch, wait in another line, bus it back to downtown, get a bus ticket, wait some more, this time with cold beers and fried chicken, 3 hour bus ride back to Ghetto Mary, plenty of readin time, but this is a great book, found myself laughing out loud and all the ticos wonderin what the gringos laughin bout...

Waves tomorrow, no waiting on the girls express lane...

I Feel the need for Pavones...

Yes, Pavones one da best wave you gonna see, yes I like go there, but tomorrow I go to Immigration to get a 5-year renew on my permanent residency, I say PAVONES, you gotta wait! PV.

Ahhhh-Ooooo Full Moon Party Tonight!

Da full moon risin and all the crawfish done run off into the skinny water. Well we puttin on our costumes (imperial) get prepped for the full moon party tonight.

Yesterday caught a great surf sesh, then went to play Bingo at the school, after that bought 4 surfboard, need to mention this to my therapist, the need to purchase boards, well my therapist got me past the "Debacle in Buffalo" (Houston Oilers led 35-3 at the half), this should be simple.

Today Tammy from Cali took a surf lesson, easy money for me. I feel the Salsa Hero buildin up so gotta make sure no dancin tonight, if you see me dancin, please tackle me, pura vida!

Who da REAL Legend?

While some folks run around the bull ring chasin after a 2,000 pound animal that can kill you, the other folks is surrounded by baby girls, now you tell me who is the REAL Legend...

The Mule Festival is officially outta contro down in south Parrita...

Dis what we do on Baby Reef...

Just a couple photos from yesterday on baby baby sweet baby reef...she kind bra...

Texas in da Hay-Ouse...

Another great day here in the ghetto wid da kind kind waves, nice and gentle, not gonna kill ya.

Met a great family from Texas yesterday, drove down here in a monster truck with a camper on the back, they gone check out south america, I think they doin good works along the way. So me and Larry give em 5 of this family of 7 surf lessons and they had a ball. Julie, Amy, Sam, Jay and Ben, pura vida! That one helluva rig, diesel, F-350 with a box on the back I could rent out for a luxury cabina.

Ole John Dang threw down the hammer in the kitchen with a stir fry that would kick yo A, dude knows how to cook, he's throwin down banana leaves pullin out all the chino tricks, last night he put a bowl in a pot with some water with a lid on the bowl, threw out some banana leaves and called it steamed fish, dude is outta contro...

Puro chino...

Ribbed for her pleasure...

So Larry is bitchin about the world famous rocking chairs at the world famous Soda Mary, says they put "lines" on his back. Dude. those lines come in handy for your nica girlfriend/esposa, when you gettin amongst it she got some grip, specially if you all lubed up with crisco. Any ways, he gets all liquored up and goes out and purchases an "alternative" rocking chair that don't make lines on your back. So he sits down in the new chair, sound like it might give way any moment, pura vida Larry, you outta you hole, we gonna let the readers decide, old technology versus new technology, please send in your comments.

Today we surf bout 3 hours on Baby Reef, got some excellent photos bout head high. jus Lagarto, Larry and Legend, 3 L's, then Eric paddle out with his wrist cam plus Brian, great excellent great session...Let's do some ding repair and drank some cold beers...