by Mike | Jan 22, 2025 | 1960s, balance, Bible, Heaven, Jesus, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Silicon Valley, surfing, WW II
I’m excited to announce that the podcast from my Surf City adventure this past summer is now live! You can catch the 35-minute episode on YouTube (video) or listen on Apple Podcasts (audio). In this episode, I sit down with Mark Sawyer-Chu, a board member of Christian...
by Mike | Jul 8, 2024 | 1960s, balance, Bible, Corona del Mar, exercise, faith, Grandpa Jack, Heaven, humor, John Wooden, Life Coaching, Malibu, meditation, San Onofre Surfing Club, Silicon Valley, skiing, surfing, triathlon, WW II
Ryan Pyle is one very interesting dude! We sat down in his West Hollywood studio recently for an engaging discussion about WWII, surfing history, China, work/life balance, basketball (including John Wooden), powder skiing, surfing in Heaven, wave pools, Ironman...
by Mike | Mar 14, 2023 | 1960s, Jesus, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs, WW II
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”-John Kabat-Zinn When Heaven comes calling, I expect to be there, and am counting on being able to surf. That vision has transformed my walk here on earth. Surfing in Heaven is my ultimate goal. As a lifelong...
by Mike | Jan 5, 2023 | 1960s, balance, Bible, death, faith, Grandpa Jack, Heaven, Jesus, John Wooden, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs, WW II
“Heaven walks among us.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Silhouette of a Surfer by Jean Beaufort (1) Surfing in Heaven. Outrageous thought! Or is it? In the late 1940s when Dad surfed Malibu with his small band of friends who were lucky enough to have returned home from World...
by Mike | Nov 22, 2021 | 1960s, Grandpa Jack, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs, WW II
“I’ve learned that simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.”Andy Rooney -Art by Jim Krogle While Corona del Mar provided an ideal beach community for growing up, it was my time with Dad at San...
by Mike | Oct 20, 2021 | 1960s, Corona del Mar, Grandpa Jack, Malibu, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs, WW II
“I think this is the greatest generation any society has ever produced.”-Tom Brokaw Lunch time at Santa Monica’s Incline Beach, circa 1958 My earliest memories of the beach date back to the late 1950s when our family would go to Incline Beach in Santa Monica. We lived...
