Hwy 14...

My lady and I were driving to Kernville this past weekend and saw this on the way up!!!!!

The laws of physics, gravity, and motion are all being challenged here!!!!!!

Ultimate Surf Mobile

Wake the Dead

Kid's Menu

Some of the Svrf & Destroy crew went to Yucatan to enjoy a few ice cold pitchers of PBR. I love the crayons and paper the provide at each table.

Brew #1

On Saturday I brewed my first batch of beer. I opted for a Pale Ale and hopefully everything continues to go smoothly. The whole process took about 4.5 hours from start to finish.

Here are a couple of photos I snapped. It was my first brew so I didn't want to mess around with taking pictures and chance messing something up.

My brew will be in primary fermentation for about a week, then secondary fermentation, then bottle conditioning. So in about a month I will be sipping on some quality homemade brew.

happy 4th of july from where eagles dare and capt_mouth

yesterday with nothing to do, me and my pal adam decided that with the lack of pole jams around our area, why not just make our own. we used a hacksaw to chop a pole from a construction chain link fence and went to this park that has holes in the ground for tennis courts and kicked the pole with the result of a homemade pole jam, endless hours of hassle free skating, and a couple pretty funny polaroids. enjoy me riding adams pole.

Svrf & Destroy T-shirts

Is any body interested?

I have been wanting to get some made for a long while now...but I suck at drawing, illustrator, and photoshop. Not a good combo. But! I have a dude at work that will print 'em real cheap like.

So. What I'm askin' for is some help designing a shirt. If you have anything email it to me in eps format. That's what Ari needs to make it into a screen.

I don't want to sell them or anything, I just want to give them to good people. I will try and pool some cheese together from the Svrf and Destroy posse to fund this venture. I will then mail out free t-shirts to as many people as possible...for free.

surf.destroy@gmail.com

If I don't get any suggestions, they will probably look like this...wait a sec...that's kinda what I want them to look like!

Do Not Pass Go - Do Not Collect $200

My friend Kyle of Radballs and KyleLightnerPhotoBlog went to jail the other night...read the full story here...

Do Not Pass Go - Do Not Collect $200

This isn't his mug shot, but that is his plastic baggie of possessions straight outta' the big house. I hate laughing at other people's misfortunes, but this was pretty funny - "MR. LIGHTNER, YOU’RE UNDER ARREST."

Under the Sun Blog

I found Cyrus' UTS blog. Take a gander.

Under the Sun.












Photo: Matt Lyons (poached from the UTS blog)

Let this video by Cyrus trip you out. It's rad.
Making Of... Pt. 2

Training Montage

The ERbb is has been full of solid gold lately.

July 1 = Need Hands Free Cell Phone

Done and Done. It was that easy.














Poached from SURFER bb.

Beer Advocate

During the last year or so I have been drinking a lot of beer. A lot of good, imported, and usually expensive beer ($11.99 for a 750 ml. Chimay Grande Reserve "Bleu"). I go to BevMo once a week and stock up on a few different beers for the week. For example, I will get 4 different Pale Ales and see which one I like best.

Anyways, I just subscribed to Beer Advocate Magazine.


















I also picked up some books on the subject...



































So, hopefully I will be able to start my own homebrew this summer. I was looking into taking a class at Culver City Home Brewing Supply Co. I just need to save up a little cheese and read through there books so I have my fundamentals down.

I was never able to get into wine. It just feels so inaccessible. Whatever. Everyone is into wine these days. Just like everyone is an artist, photographer, musician, graphic designer, hipster, rad dude. I have always felt that a lot of people come off a little bit snobby about it. I think there is much more camaraderie in a nice pint.

Under the Sun

A good pal of the boys here at Svrf & Destroy, Cyrus Sutton, will be showing his new surf film, Under The Sun, at the La Paloma Theater on Thursday July 3 @ 8pm. There will be a little shindig afterwards.

I am at a cross roads...do I go down and see this and crash on Cyrus' couch down in Encinitas and shred Cardiff the next day or go to my first home brewing class in Culver City and buy all my gear and start the brewing of Gnarcoleptic Ale???

Here is the flyer.

Isengard - Vinterskugge

Isengard is definitely in the top 5 on my iPod rotation right now. I have been listening to Vinterskugge once a day. Isengard is the solo project of Fenriz from the band Darkthrone.

I like his solo project a lot for the 'folkiness' he embodies in certain songs with his chanting and ominous voice.




If you haven't really listened to any Norwegian black metal. I highly recommend starting out with a little Immortal to get things going.

Why the Hell Not...

MURDER MONTAGE #3

bad weather, bad waves, good times...

GO SKATEBOARDING DAY!!!!!!!

YO BOYS... BELLFLOWER SKATEPARK SAT. JUNE 21ST FOR GO SKATEBOARD DAY...BEERS WHEN WE WAKE UP SKATE FOR AWHILE THEN A POOL PARTY AT MY HOUSE... WHO IS IN?

Go Surf/skate Day

Yes, it is tomorrow.

Yes, I know it is a little corny.

But hey, lets pick up some trash and go thrash.















7am-noon @ Brookhurst St. Huntington State Beach. Parking is free. Tell the dude at the gate. Tee shirts, hats, donuts, coffee, trash bags, and gloves will be provided.

Joe Jost's

So myself, doucemcgregor, and Evan went to Joe Jost's last night for some beers, grub, and to shoot some pool.

Anyways, Joe Jost's was the first bar to open its doors in Long Beach, CA in 1924. Anyways, I don't want to digress too far into the history of the place. If you want to know, check out their website, Joe Jost's.

Recently, due to the rising prices of the ingredients needed to brew beer, many breweries have raised their prices, most notably Pabst Blue Ribbon, to many college aged guys. Refusing to raise the price of a beer that Joe Jost's helped make famous in the area, PBR is no longer served. I have been told that Joe Jost's was one of the largest consumers of Pabst Blue Ribbon on the West Coast.

This is what went down. Article from Long Beach Press Telegram, written by Tim Grobaty

JOE JOST'S SWITCHES BRANDS: When you see the iconic schooner of beer that adorns the back of the ubiquitous (in these parts anyway) Joe Jost's T-shirts, white suds cascading over the top of the amber beer, frosty even in its silk-screened form, you have to imagine that it's Pabst. PBR, as it's called by the later-comers who are in too headlong of a rush through life's evenings to spare the time it takes to utter the long form: Pabst Blue Ribbon.

"What'll ya have? Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer" was how the old jingle went. But there's a different answer now to "what'll ya have?" at Joe Jost's, the local home of PBR since 1976, because Joe Jost's has given the low-priced brewski the heave-ho after a dispute over pricing discrepancies, according to the bar's owner Ken Buck.

Last week, Buck's crew poured the last Pabst in the tavern at 2803 E. Anaheim St., where the brand has enjoyed a huge success over the decades. Even before Pabst became the house's entry-level-priced beer, Jost's served Eastside, which was made by Pabst.

It can be argued fairly persuasively that Joe Jost's even made Pabst the locally popular brand that it has become.

"I always try to get the best buy that I can for my customers," Buck told us. "I wasn't getting that from the distributor, and I can't in good conscience continue to sell it anymore."

Customers have been upset - several called us or e-mailed us to report the what they see as the tragic demise of Pabst at one of Long Beach's most popular watering holes. The beer is practically synonymous with the bar, just as important to the Joe Jost's experience, it would seem, as the tavern's pickled eggs and special sausage sandwiches.

Stepping in, now, to replace it as the low-priced ($3.45) schooner at Joe Jost's, is Busch Beer, which, if we can recall that far back, was the first beer we liked, probably because it was so light.

"I like it; it's a clean-tasting beer," said Buck. "I wouldn't sell it if it wasn't good. And it's important that I can get it and sell it at a lower price and I can maintain a low-cost beer.

"Joe Jost's has always been a workingman's bar and I don't want that to change," he said.

We can live with the new beer, but we have some free advice for Ken Buck: Don't mess with the pickled eggs.

Ok. Now that you have read up on the history and the current changes. Lets get to the good stuff.

Basically, I had 3 Schooners of Busch, a special (hotdog, swiss, mustard on rye), a handful of pretzels, and 5 pickled eggs. Bear in mind that everything but the beer was covered in horseraddish mustard and chased with a few yellow peppers.

Needless to say I am hurtin' today. Not from the beers, but those eggs are killer. I think I have my sodium and cholesterol taken care of for the rest of the year.

But, it was damn worth it because I bought a sweet ass camoflauge Joe Jost's shirt.

This is what people have to say about Joe Jost's @ Yelp.

These are the pickled eggs.

Note:I didn't take either of these two photos. I found them on the interweb. Crucify me.

Get 'Em While They're Hot.

Just in case you were wondering. They have plenty of rad puka shell necklaces for sale at the "Big A."

Shit like this explains why I am a Dodger fan.

Dodger fever, catch it...

Death Trip

The Map: Above( the bottom is going, top returning)
The Mission: Destroy
Distance: Roughly 6247 mi
Participants: whereeaglesdare,captmouth,mugmugmug,+1
The Vehicle: 1999 Toyota Camry ( the Tan Dragon)
Departure Date: July 7th, 2008 - 10:00am PST
Return Date: Who cares?

I'm Glad My Old Man Isnt Chris Benoit

Join us as we discuss the Lakers, Church Burnings, and Hulk Hogan, and more!

I'm Glad My Old Man Isn't Chris Benoit

What's Wrong With This Photo?

I ate at Chronic Taco in Screwport and I saw this while mowing down a Carnitas burrito.

Where's the Party?

I drew this at work the other day...

Surrounded by Idiots

I drove to Target today to pick up some essentials. A Hanes 5 pack of white crew necks, a 5 pack of white v necks, and some fresh socks.

Anyways, I was in the parking lot trying to find a spot...only to realize I am constantly surrounded by idiots. I thought of Henry Rollins and that bit he does on driving and how everyone sucks at it.

Seriously, why does everyone suck at driving. It's not that hard.

1. Remove head from ass
2. Drive

It's that easy.

Rollins YouTube on dating. I could not find the bit I was looking for.