http://corkycarroll.com/blog Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:52:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A NIGHT AT THE SURF MOVIES By Corky Carroll   Going to the surf movies used to be a wonderful experience.  That was back in the day, geeze another “in the day” memory…sorry, when the surf movies were 16mm films and the guy who made them would be there showing them live and ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=345 HENRY FORD By Corky Carroll   When you mention the name Henry Ford to most people they automatically think of the dude whose name is on all the Ford automobiles.  But to a surfer it’s a different Henry, the legendary Californian who is a mainstay in many aspects of our surfing culture.  The ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=343 SURF DOGS By Corky Carroll   There seems to be a resurgence of surfing dogs these days.  They are even having surfing contests that are for them, holy barkalot.  I have known a few great surfing dogs through the years myself.  One that I remember very well was “Ajax.”  Ajax belonged to San ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=340 SURF ADVENTURE TRIPS   Come and stay with Corky and his lovely wife Raquel at their home on the beautiful tropical beach of La Saladita, Mexico.  Located just 35 minutes north of Ixtapa and 45 minutes north of Zihautanejo along Mainland Mexico’s most fertile surf coastline, right at one of the premier ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=338 SURF TUMORS By Corky Carroll   As many of you might know, especially those who have known me for awhile, I have what I presume to be the biggest surf bumps on the planet.  Surf bumps are growths on your body that grow to protect some place where a lot of unusual pressure ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=335 THE MOOD OF THE SPOT By Corky Carroll   I was reading about the situation in Laguna Beach the other day where artist Andrew Myers was taking back his bronze surfer statue, that he had been commissioned to make by the City, that was supposed to be installed at the foot of Brooks ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=333 MELLOW OUT By Corky Carroll   I had a very bad experience this past week and I feel that sharing it with you might shed some light on why we all need to really mellow out in the water and cut way back on all the aggression and heavy vibes in our ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=331 STANDING ON THE PIER By Corky Carroll   Geeze, I was just thinking that if I had a dollar for every time I have stood on the Huntington Beach Pier checking out the surf I would be a rich dude now instead of a semi surf peasant.  Oh well, it is what it ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=329 WHAT DANGERS LURK By Corky Carroll   Every now and then I get an email from a reader that just has to be shared with you.  Today is one of those days.  In this day and age of “who even knows what dangers lurk,” the following story is indicative of the current level ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=326 WHEN DA SHARK BITES By Corky Carroll   For the past several years there have been continuous shark sightings in the San Onofre Surfing Beach area.  It has been documented on television and in the papers many times along with photos and video taken for helicopters and from the beach.  It seem that ... http://corkycarroll.com/blog/?p=324