Hello Dolly and Hello Sunny

Why isn't anyone using the above catch phrase to write about the hurricane plowing into the Gulf Coast? I say "Hello Dolly." You know the song, right? Okay, maybe not, but it has been a great summer for the lower right quadrant of the nation while California has been lighting up like a Christmas tree. Let's not forget the Northeast who has also reaped (and ripped) the bennies of Big Bertha. Man...It's good to be a surfer.

In professional news, Sunny Garcia is battling back from legal problems (i.e. jail and probation) to re-qualify for the World Championship Tour. In the small stuff these days he's not as light on his feet as he was back in the days of Surf into Summer or Filthy Habits (seen above shredding on Kauai). But there is no denying his chops at big Sunset, Haleiwa, or Pipe. Or heck, I've seen the guy take apart a plethora of west side spots in Hawaii. I remember stretching on the beach at sunrise before a go out at at Yokahama Bay and staring wide-eyed at Garcia going suicidal into some nasty rights over dry reef. Quite heinous...I must say. No worries Sunny. Youth is not that big of a deal anymore. Just look at Slater and Knox who are ripping all over them little whipper snappers.