Surf's Up

I first heard about Laird Hamilton, king of big-wave and tow-in surfing, a few years ago and recently came across this video. Amazing.



The waves at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach weren't quite 70 feet high, but I had a blast watching the pros surf. Kelly Slater had a perfect 10 at the open.








Brett Simpson went on to win the men's finals and the biggest prize in surfing competition history, $100K.


I'm motivated to try out the waves in LA finally!

To Do in LA

So I've been in LA since September now, but still haven't seen a lot of SoCal's amazing sights. Here are a few things I'm looking forward to doing in 2009. By the way, you know when you're getting older when High School Musical, Zac Efron and the Jonas Brothers does nothin' for ya...All I can say is...Why?!?!

In no particular order:
1. San Diego where one of my closest friends in LA may move to =(
2. Getty Center & Villa
3. UCLA men's and women's basketball games (yay there's an Asian on the women's team! Go Allison Taka!)
4. Movie @ Hollywood Forever Cemetary
5. LA Lakers game
6. MOCA
7. Griffith Park hike
8. UCLA gym ^c^
9. Santa Barbara
10. Santa Catalina
11. Int'l Surf Festival
12. Venice Art Walk

Call me if you wanna join. Have a Happy New Year! ^c^

Overheard while waiting for the bus in la la land...

"Yea, I got drunk with my mom that time...when she made me drink with her and that other time when I was naked with my friends."

More on La La Land to come...