by Mike | Sep 25, 2022 | 1960s, balance, death, exercise, faith, Heaven, Jesus, Life Coaching, New Beginnings, San Onofre Surfing Club, Silicon Valley, surfing
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” -Bronnie Ware (1) While the world’s first microprocessor (2) was catalyzing the personal computer revolution in Silicon Valley, the sport of surfing was forever changed by...
by Mike | Feb 19, 2022 | 1960s, balance, Grandpa Jack, humor, John Wooden, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Simplify, sunset, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”-John Lennon Surfing Malibu circa 1949 on a Simmons Foam Sandwich(photo by Doc Ball) If there ever were a perfect sunset, Dad (A.K.A. “Kona Jack”) surely would have seen it over his 27 years at...
by Mike | Feb 12, 2022 | 1960s, John Wooden, San Onofre Surfing Club, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”- Coach John Wooden When my wife Marla asked me what I wanted for my 50th birthday (many moons ago), my immediate thought was not to give up on my lifelong dream of filming a surfing movie. Ever since...
by Mike | Jan 28, 2022 | 1960s, Corona del Mar, death, Grandpa Jack, Malibu, Prayer, San Onofre Surfing Club, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.”-Frank Sinatra Christmas breakfast at Char’s was an experience never to forget! The first thirteen years of my life were a fairytale. My mother Charlene (everyone called her “Char”) was, for me,...
by Mike | Dec 10, 2021 | 1960s, Bible, faith, San Onofre Surfing Club, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask.”-Billy Graham Team “Endless Summer” reunion at SanO 2016 To an aspiring grom who was growing up at the beach in the 1960s, Bruce Brown’s epic movie The Endless Summer had a deep-rooted effect...
by Mike | Oct 31, 2021 | 1960s, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Enjoy today … It won’t come back.”-Amish Proverb If asked to dream up a place for growing up, it would be difficult to find a better community for a young boy than Corona del Mar (CdM), Spanish for Crown of the Sea. CdM was the quintessential beach community in the...
