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by **thurgood jenkins** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:01 pm

I too used to be a kok head

by **wanty** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:54 pm

hey thrasher you wouldnt have happened to stopped in at jordon river, china or sombrio beach did you? or any places in the strt. for that matter. Get any more pictures. I'd like to see them. Adios

by **smithgrind** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:49 pm

thurgood jenkins wrote:I too used to be a kok head

Yeah?...do you keep your powder dry or base it down?

by **scratchchance** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:00 pm

Hometown

by **holddown** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:11 pm

Here's a spot by Scratch's hometown called Cliffs:

Just think, that water is warm. Hey Scratch, when are you coming to OR?

by **thurgood jenkins** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:46 pm

Some older pics me in Costa Rica Dec. 2004 hella kooking it up

mainland mexico paddle out:

utter lack of style cutty, last year mexico

by **squatty** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:01 pm

I took a trip to Tutuilla, American Samoa in 2003.
I didn't have a digital camera at the time
so I couldn't share pics till they were scanned.

I'm in the process of converting them to Jpeg.

The trip was a whole lotta fun.
These pictures are from the first day which was the most crowded day.
I believe there were four people in the water when I paddled out.

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by **rveesurfdawg** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:43 pm

Daym,
That second pic looks like a really fun left.

by **squatty** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:20 am

It is a fun left! These pics are from day number two...

Also, you gotta realize,
I wasn't about to waste time on the beach taking pictures!
I just snapped a couple photos while I waxed up!

by **squatty** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:29 am

The dude in the dress (lavalava) just got off the bus.
The buses are similar to the Philippine jeepneys. They are a made from
a Toyota pickup chasis converted to a bus
with about eight or so seats.
Each village has a couple of busses that are
their pride and joy.
They cruise the road in to Pagopago blasting music
with these big dudes hanging out the windows.
It is a sight to behold...just don't stare too long!

I don't know how they fit all those huge Samoans in there...

Future gnarly locals...

by **squatty** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:34 am

The national beer of American Samoa, VAILIMA!

After-surf partying, drinking Vailima in the rain...(I'm the bald guy.)

by **rveesurfdawg** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:11 pm

That F@cker looks like its throwin hollow a bit!
Daym, I need to surf soon.

Squatty, You look like my friends uncle who was a meth addict.

No offence. He's clean now. But he don't surf. At least you surf.

by **surfnride** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:03 pm

Looks like ya scored Squatty,
were those lefts as good as they look in the pics!!!

by **squatty** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:50 pm

Sorry, no meth here. Those lefts were awesome...

Getting a surfboard down to American Samoa and checked
through their customs was no easy feat.
There were times I wondered just what the heck I was doing.

That first day, I remember my first wave very well.
I remember dropping down the face and pulling in
to the barrell. I came out after a couple of seconds
and cut out of the wave.
I paddled back out and just sat there on my board
looking at the surroundings in awe.
I remember it was very surreal as I took it all in
and realized it was very much worth the trouble
to get down there.

by **squatty** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:18 pm

Speaking of meth addicts, here is a self portrait I took
after hiking to the top of Rainmaker mountain above Pagopago harbor
and a picture looking down into the harbor.
You hike up to the top of the mountain and then get these
very strong whiffs of fish from the cannery below.

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