TGT 2009 will officially kick off on Sunday Feb. 22nd. Plan to be there by 2pm at the latest. For those of you who can make it, we are planning on being there on Saturday the 21st. As The Honored Mate this year I would like to start what I hope will become a tradition […]
Randy Lunsford
We lost Randy today, September 4th, 12:36 a.m. 2008. We love Randy and an enormous part of our lives is now gone. Randy asked us to “go have fun, go play a round and have a BBQ” when he was asked about his pending memorial. and another….
Day Nine
Time to Go Home Pack your duffle bag with rancid clothes. Wrap fetid wetsuits in plastic bags. Tie 15 boards on top of the car for the last time. Head to the airport. Another guys’ surf trip is at an end. We’ll always remember this trip differently. This trip was about getting waves and good times, but […]
Day Eight
Sleeping in After all of the travel, we took a bit of a break at Marina Sol, enjoying the pool-side restaurant and plush condo amenities. Thanks to Ron Whiting we are able to get a room during semana santa. The Comunidad Biblica de San Jose Del Cabo At a major junction where the road to […]
Day Six
On the Road Again: El Conejo It’s cool at night in the Mexican desert, and we slept blissfully in our screened palapa. But at 6 AM it is foggy and already breezy outside. The sea is textured. Not great for surfing. The decision is made to push on to Todos Santos, a 6 or 7 […]
Day Five
A Hellish Road to Surf Paradise It’s easy to see why the early padres chose Mulege. The town straddles a narrow, but not-too-steep, riverbed lined with lush palms. On a bend in the river a hundred feet above the town sits the mission that the padres built just about the time the US declared independence. […]
Day Four
On to Mulege It takes about 90 minutes to break camp, and we are getting more efficient at it every time we do it. The drive to Mulege is the first time Mexico Highway 1 cuts across the peninsula. We hug the coast drifting past snow-white dunes adorned with soft green sage. Gradually, the road […]
Team ElDorado Rack’s ’em Up!!!
Team Manresa’s Master Fabricator, Lou Urbina, decide it was time to help out Team El Dorado by constructing a hand built, custom Macho Monster Rack to carry gear and supplies. Lou wasted no time in cutting and reshaping the black beauty until the shape fit its new steed! Once the shape was a perfect fit, […]
Nice Rack Team Westside!
Keith Millar of Cupertino burned a full day day of his precious weekend torching together a super-strong surf rack for Team Westside. Keith a surfer, windsurfer and expert welder with a killer home shop, knew the racks had to be Baja-tough. He fashioned the uprights out of 3-inch-wide steel plate, and molded the metal to […]
Baja 3000 Donation Kings/Queens!
Ripping Supporters!!! We have been stoked by all the kindness you have shown for this project. The rigs are packed to the roofs with clothing, toys, books, bikes and supplies! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we hope you will stay tuned to the trip progress during March 7-16th. Those who […]