I'm blessed and relieved to here people are stoked on our new Nicaragua and Russia episodes. Not sure when they'll air on Nat Geo, I never get their schedules. Let me know when you see one in Singapore or Australia etc. If you missed em' don't worry as you may know On Surfari gets re-run quite a bit, in fact we're about to hit 1,000 airs on FuelTV this June. That's over 41 days of On Surfari! Both episodes are very special to me in different ways and both have quite different themes. The 2 important aspects of On Surfari are -1) Unique exploration and 2)being a conduit for humanitarian efforts. Sometimes they go well together in one episode, sometimes they divide into two episodes like they did with Nicaragua and Russia. Nica for example exemplified Shannon's and I's passion for seeking out creative and inspiring humantarian efforts, helping out, and most importantly letting the world know these people need you to take part. We weren't discovering waves down in Nica, far from it- in fact one time I surfed a wave with 30 people on it and at least 1/2 of them came up to me and said they enjoyed watching On Surfari! Russia on the other hand was about as out there as you can get for surf exploration. A true frontier of surfing, where you're discovering waves, and finding yourself the only foreigner in town. That was the 2nd time I've surfed Russia and it's by far my favorite place to go on a surf trip. Sounds weird as it's a bit fickle, and dificult to travel through- but the lineups are empty, the environment at times very serene, other times sketchy, and almost always bizarre- just a very full plate of adventure. Currently Shannon and I are at home trying to be good parents to Banyan & Coral, getting some surfs in, and I'm working on editing some New Pollution (FuelTV) segments I shot with Matt Beacham, and starting to plan for On Surfari in 09'. We ironically haven't gone to Africa for our show yet, so that's on the list, as well as a Pacific Island or two, haven't made it that way for the show either. Lastly, Europe's calling again, and though the Euro dollar is quite strong, I think we can do a little shoestring budgeting and have a fun trip somewhere....
