Thanks to Jack O’Neil we can all play in the ocean without the hypothermia. Now we can all read the story of how the wetsuit got invented – if we can get our hands on the book! Whidbey rumor has it that It’s Always Summer on the Inside, Drew Kampion’s biography of Jack O’Neil has [...]
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Water People: Don’t just get on Drewslist, get to know Drew
Of all the islandy things I’ve featured on Tidal Life, by far the most popular is Two of the 10,000 (at least) reasons Whidbey Island will keep on rocking my post about the online activities of two helpful citizens of Whidbey Island and the net – Van Van Horn and Drew Kampion. Van’s Quote of the Day [...]
Surfing Lessons – Mexico vs Hawaii
Once upon a time, in a charming little Baja town called Erendira, I had a surfing lesson. My instructor was a cocky and charismatic Australian surf bum who was involved with my (too young) daughter in a Christmas break romance. I liked Adam, though I didn’t trust him as far as I could throw him. [...]
