Miti Miti comes to life…
In exchange for the use of photos of Ripple over the last 5 years, Achilles, Inc. bestowed a brand new inflatable upon the Voyage of Swell! Neither the maze of driving in L.A. from the warehouse to the air freight shipper, nor the 5 hours I spent talking the dinghy through customs in Tahiti subtracted […]
Ripple to the Rescue, our final adventure…
Amidst a flurry of days spent cleaning and organizing Swell, the tradewinds ran out of breath… I had a hunch that the windward side of the island might be good. It was like an itch you can’t scratch, so I had to go…I grabbed my board and shoved a pareo, a pamplemouse, and some sunscreen […]
…simply Grateful!!
…hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend! I walked up into the mountains to celebrate my gratitude for all that is: The air is still cool as I lock my bike and start up the trail. Ahhhh, Ā morning light glowing on the hillside! Lovely!! I wander along, still a bit sleepyā¦ The trees are standing […]
JAKE MOSS: FINDING A WAY…Happy surfers, healthy shaping-room, happier PLANET! (Plus, a few ways to paint your days with the color GREEN)
I crossed paths with old friend and custom surfboard shaper, Jake Moss, while bouncing around San Diego. We exchanging greetings–small talk over a basket of raw figs–and then suddenly Jakeās eyes lit up. āIāll be right back,ā he said, disappearing quickly out of Seth and Helenās house where weād spontaneously rendezvousedā¦ He returned a few […]
What’s in the Bag? the Swell packing list…
I Made it back to Swell!! And so did all my new goods! 3 Go Pro Hero cameras and a zillion different mounting gadgets (courtesy of Go Pro!) sunflower seed butter 3 zinc anodes for my propeller lots of green tea! Colloidal silver (natural antibiotic) Bodysurfing handplaner handcrafted by Blakeney Sanford–the most beautiful in all […]
Diggin Up My Sailing Roots: Meet Great Uncle Jim
My Great Uncle Jim is 97 years-old. Heās my paternal grandfatherās brother, and true to the Clark genes, heās as tough and cantankerous as they come. It had been two years since I had made a visit to see him on one of my prior trips home. Iād been curious about my sailing roots and […]
Play Your Instrument! Passion Paves the Path… “That was Easy!”
Beyond my immediate family, I started taking notice of other people I knew who were pursuing their passions, too. My buddy Mark is doing stand-up comedy alongside his teaching job, Sean is a proud new Dad who carved a niche for himself shaping surfboards and started Forward screen-printing company. Blakeney is charging full steam ahead […]
Happiness and the pursuit of passion?
It seems clear to me that there is a direct ratio between happiness and the amount of time we spend pursuing our passions. Following my surge of inspiration to follow my heart, I noticed the people RIGHT around me who were putting themselves nearer to their passions, making a difference in their own lives, and […]
The Little Voice that KNOWS EVERYTHING
I have decided to put my ‘book project’ on hold for a variety of reasonsā¦I wonāt go into them now, but basically I realized that the time isn’t right. My heart wants my focus elsewhere! I want to live more in the moment, figure out more immediate ways of making positive environmental impacts, and put […]
Push Don’t Pollute! Sector 9 cures my ‘land-sickness’.
After a chat by phone with the immigration office in Tahiti a few days before my planned departure from California, I found out Iād be staying a little longer than expectedā¦I couldnāt go back for another month! So with some extra time, I got to do a few things that I never get around to […]
