No I didn't win.......

Today's schedule for the contest promises to be action packed.

Hey y'all there are still great times to be had at the Sunshine Freestyle Surfabout 29 today, just not for me.

And I'm totally okay with it. I just didn't catch the right waves and someone else did. I was a half a point away from advancing to the final. Someone else caught the waves she needed and good on her. If someone has to win then there's always going to be a few losers. Today I'm that loser.

Am I a little sad? Of course. It's hard knowing if I had just gotten a few open faced waves instead of closeouts, I would have breezed into the final. But I was sitting in the wrong spot.

On the other hand, while I am a bit disappointed, I'm also a lot of happy. There were a lot of young girls and women charging hard this year. I'm proud of each and everyone of them. There used to only be four surfer girls back in the day, it's nice to have more estrogen in the water.

I also got to hang out with my husband, my Mom and my BFFs and that was fun, and filled with laughter and a lot of, "Mom I can't talk about that right now, I'm trying to focus."

The weather was off the charts, and probably the best weather the Sunshine Freestyle Surfabout has ever seen.

And Stefan surfed a lot, so it's good to see him back in the water. I get tired of hearing guys ask, "where's your husband." All the while I know they are wondering if I hog all the surf time, because they don't know sometimes he gets lazy about his surfing. Especially when it's cold....

I just wanted to let everyone know how I did, because it was a lot cheaper than printing a t-shirt that said, "No I didn't win this year."

Besides that shirt probably would have made some people feel uncomfortable, and I would never want to make people go outside their comfort zone now would I? Nope, not little ole me.

Oh and did I mention I'm going on a little surf trip to my favorite surf spot with my BFFs, and were gonna hit Legoland with our boys???? And no Bee, that doesn't mean you can bring Briar.

One more thing, it's my birthday tomorrow and if you've ever wanted to leave a comment, but didn't tomorrow would be a great day to start................I love receiving Happy Birthday Wishes, as much as I enjoy giving them. (NOte:You can also write them on my Facebook Wall as well, or both if you're feeling really crazy.

Sunshine Freestyle Surfabout 29 is Today and Tomorrow

Hey y'all I am going to be at the Sunshine Freestyle Surfabout, held at 11th street, today and tomorrow. I wanted to let everyone know there is are free surf lessons for children under 12 at 2pm today at Carmel Beach. Here is the info posted by my Facebook Friend Noah Greenberg, surf instructor extraordinaire:

The Third Annual Menehune Learn To Surf Festival will be held at 2:00 on Sat May 16th that's tomorrow. Any one under 12 years old can come down and get a free surf lesson. We will provide the boards and wetsuits, wetsuits may run out so bring one if you got one. Any one 12 or over that can come down and help volunteers are needed. Located at the far south end of Carmel Beach look for the black pop up tent.

If you can't make it to the beach today Noah is available for private surf lessons. His number is 831-915-4065.

Also the memorial bench for Alex Robbins and Ryan Field, to young and precious surfers who passed in 2006, is going to be unveiled at the Surfabout this weekend. I will try to post the time once I get to the beach.

And I just went outside the weather is awesome. So remember to apply sunscreen today.

Sunshine Freestyle SurfAbout 29

The logo, designed by Burke Boynton,
for this year's Surfabout t-shirt rocks!

Hey all you surfers and watchers of surf, it's that time of year again! The annual Sunshine Freestyle Surfabout at Carmel Beach is happening May 16th and 17th.

Get ready for two long days at the beach. We're talking 6 a.m to 8 p.m., folks. Please pray for sunshine, surf and good times. Actually, no matter the weather, we always seem to have fun! And we seem to go through every season at least four times through out the 15 minute surf heat filled weekend.

I can hear the air horn blaring now.

I've been surfing in this surf contest, for Monterey County residents only, since 1988. Yes every year, minus a few years due to a honeymoon, conflicting vacation plans, and a pregnancy or two.

The festivities are kicking off Friday May 1st, with a contest sign up party at the Pelican Tavern, located in the American Tin Cannery Building. There is no cover charge for the party. The party starts at 8 pm.

The $40 contest entry fee gets you an awesome t-shirt, there are even ladies, t-shirts this year! yay!, and as many events as your arms can paddle in. Don't be late for your heat, there are no make ups.

To be eligible for the coveted All Around Waterman's Award, surfers must enter surfing, longboard, the distance paddle, and either bodyboarding or skimboarding.

So come down to the tavern, sign up for the contest, get your t-shirt and check out Ron Triplett's band, Blinding Nemo.

"Rock on dude."

The more people that go to the sign up party the better the waves are going to be for the contest, even if you don't surf!

Also Rich and Rob, co-owners of Sunshine Freestyle, will be taking orders for anyone that would like to purchase an extra contest t-shirt or sweatshirt for themselves, or friends and family.

For more info contact Sunshine Freestyle at 831-375-5015. If you miss the sign up party, no worries, you can still sign up at the surf shop after May 1st.