My 10 Favorite Surf Spots
Honolua — The best wave in the world, says me.
I don’t travel the world in search of the perfect wave, but after living in Florida, Oahu, Maui and San Diego, I have surfed my fair share of breaks. I decided to list my favorite spots in order. Keeping in mind, my style of wave isn’t huge, powerful and gnarly. You won’t find Pipeline or Jaws on this list. I like clean, chest to head high rights — with preferably no crowd.
Is A Responsive WordPress Theme Necessary?
Responsive is the latest buzz word in the web world, and most people using the word have no clue what it means. It’s being perpetuated as the next great thing in web design. While responsive layouts have their place, I’m not convinced it’s a great solution for every WordPress theme. The trend might last a couple years, a better solution will evolve, and people will decide they don’t want 5 different layouts for the same site.
For those that don’t know, a responsive site and/or WordPress theme uses CSS3 media queries to scale and/or change the layout for a variety of screen resolutions — typically used for mobile devices such as tablets and phones. If you still don’t understand, it’s probably because you don’t need a responsive layout. In fact, most people don’t. Any typical WordPress theme can already be viewed on mobile devices. So, why make it responsive? Basically, to save viewers the extreme hassle of zooming in with their fingers. That’s great, but here are my concerns:
Searching For My Home
I grew up in Florida, I became a man in Hawaii, and California… well, I’m just here. There’s no rule book for having the freedom to live and work virtually anywhere in the world. It’s a relatively new concept, and while it should feel like complete freedom, sometimes it just feels like complete confusion. However, in searching for my home I have come to some conclusions:
Surfing Near Bird Rock
Jana got me a GoPro camera for Christmas. I decided to brave the cold La Jolla waters near Bird Rock and give it a go — pun intended. Having a camera attached to your board is definitely a conversation piece. There’s a lot pressure to perform when everyone in the water is staring at you. I’m no pro surfer by any means, but I have as much as fun. I prefer to stick to my 4-6 foot waves. So here’s a couple rides from one of those days…
SourceFed
I’m a proud big brother, and slightly jealous. Within a couple weeks my brother managed to far surpass my own web presence — granted I’ve built a small portion of the internets. But he went from only 100 Twitter followers to over 5000 in 2 weeks! How did he accomplish such a feat you might ask? He’s 1 of 3 hosts on a popular new YouTube channel, SourceFed. While you may scoff at YouTube, this show is legit! It’s funded by Google, has real production value, and is actually very entertaining and informative. In fact, it’s probably how I get most of my news now — which may or may not be sad. Of course, I’m biased towards Elliott, but the other hosts are great too.
Get a taste of the show below and subscribe. You’ll probably like it.
