Early May '26

Not much to report of late. A few decent days these past few weeks but I was working on all of them. Meanwhile, been working with my aunt to try and get my 79 year old dad situated in an assisted living facility that is decent and nice for him. He moved south to landlocked Georgia years back, and not surfing has finally caught up with him. Osteoporosis will be keeping him off his surfboard for the remainder of his years it seems.

Otherwise just working, running movies at the Southampton Playhouse, meditating, and making some art and t-shirts. The pic above (at silly Ditch) was fun with warm 50°– 60° sunshine, 48° water temps, and a very comfortable hooded 4/3mm with 5mm boots and 3mm gloves. As I write this the water is pushing 50°, and once it hits 56° off comes the hood, at 58° off come the gloves, and at 59°– 60° off come the boots! Thank freaking god…

Meanwhile the world is imploding, exploding, veering widely off course and so on. War, repression, gerrymandering, mismanaged government, inflation, gas prices too high to want to drive around in excess looking for waves, etc. Blech. I wish we could just have competent, non-corrupt government, but oh well, what a pipedream.

Let’s see what else. We saw our busiest day of 2026 at the movie theater with Devil Wears Prada 2! Insane-o sold out shows one after next all weekend long. Next, my kid is coming back from the west coast for a visit end of May or early June, so perhaps we can finally have a surf together. I have also started to thin out my quiver a bit, trying to find people to match my unused surfboards, that I have either “outgrown” or that I simply just don’t use that much anymore. I have a bunch of really nice ones that are a bit too thin for me nowadays, so if any of you readers out there are interested, please hit me up.

Also, I will be in a new art show at the Romany Kramoris Gallery, May 21st – June 11th, so please do stop by and say hello! I will have at least a dozen limited edition signed prints in the show. Hopefully some decent waves will come through soon, and in the meantime, I will be working on new art, new prints, and new tees for your enjoyment.

That’s pretty much it for now so, Happy Mothers’ Day and have fun surfing! In a few short weeks we will all be in 3/2mm suits! No more hoods, booties, or gloves!! Hooray!!!