Quote: Open Opportunities
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. – Jim Carrey
May 16, 2010 | Posted in Mini-Posts | Read More »
Author Archive for Ronald Cordero
Ron has been through his fair share of jobs and careers, but the most recent foray into the world of art and design marks a return to his formal training from college. After learning to surf in January of 2000, he has moved from a wide gamut of board types in search of the ultimate ride … eventually returning to longboarding as his true love!
Although Hawaii is his home and surf mecca, he plans to travel the world in search of education and growth … opportunities to be more open to varied experiences.
Surfing: Common Ground in Water
Traveling reveals many things about yourself. As you are removed from your usual creature comforts and worldly delights, and exposed to what may seem like unusual and exotic things, layer upon layers of “you” are revealed in ways that would have taken tens of years to begin to appear in your usual home base or [...]
May 5, 2010 | Posted in Home Break | Read More »
Sunday Wisdom: Turning Around
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up, he needs education to turn him around. – Jim Rohn
May 2, 2010 | Posted in Mini-Posts | Read More »
An Edge Over Other Surfers
Every surfer dreams of having that edge over other surfers, whether its a wicked-bad bottom turn that makes all the Bettys swoon, a longer noseride time trimming effortlessly down the line, or even a killer drop-knee turn on those long, rolling waves that recall the style and grace of endless summers gone by. Ah yes, [...]
April 30, 2010 | Posted in Surfer's Log | Read More »
Army Men and Surfing
Green army men. My childhood memories are full of countless hours of being on my stomach, floor or dirt, staring down dozens upon dozens of brightly colored green army men. Frozen in amazingly epic poses, these little soldiers exploded through my young mind in an imaginary telling of battles and wars that out-exploded and out-dramatized [...]
April 13, 2010 | Posted in Surfer's Log | Read More »
Surfing vs. Snowboarding
The balance and patience factors are much more critical in surfing than they are in snowboarding … if you’re out surfing serious waves and you wipe out, you don’t land on soft snow. It’s usually either very sharp coral, or you get raked across the beach gravel and sand while you’re tumbling underwater. – Frederick [...]
March 21, 2010 | Posted in Mini-Posts | Read More »
Find the Best Surf Lessons Anywhere
Uncle Bryan from Sunset Suratt surf school was chatting with a group of us one morning after a rather long surf session, and we got onto the topic of surf lessons and surf instructors. Passionate about the topic and the people who are involved in the sport of surfing, Bryan Suratt, a seasoned pro circuit [...]
March 16, 2010 | Posted in Learning to Surf | Read More »
No Waves? Have “Movie Day” with a Surfer
Bring up the words ‘surf movies’ to a group of surfers and you will undoubtedly find yourself in the midst of an all out battle as to which movies deserve the title of “best movie ever”. iJS will not lay claim to a surfer’s best movies list at this time, but we will tell you [...]
February 14, 2010 | Posted in Surf Films | Read More »
Recycling Rubber with OVNY’s Michael Briody
When Michael Briody decided to do something about reducing the amount of neoprene that ends up in land fills, he knew that it would involve ingenuity, hard work, and chopping or cutting of some sorts. Inspired by the creative spirit instilled in him by a strong family foundation, Michael put nose to the grindstone and came up with [...]
Updated Review: DPop (DennoPop™)
During our special 12 days of Christmas review we looked at the DPop by DennoPop, a surf aid product designed to help surfers of all levels in lifting their chest from the surfboard during paddling, as well as give them a boost in their pop-up. (original article here) The staffers at iJS recently had an [...]
Change is Good (on a Mat)!
A new surf break is always an exciting thing for surfers, since it offers an opportunity to revisit one’s skills and growth with respect to surfing. I recently visited a “new to me” surf break with some friends, and discovered something new about my after surf habits that introduced me to a very helpful surf-related [...]
January 24, 2010 | Posted in Surf Products | Read More »
New Product: OVNY’s Surfboard Coasters
Surfing as a past time can always be improved upon by the company of good friends! There is nothing like getting your entire crew together, piling into an old hoopty, stacking your boards on top, and heading out into the surf until the sun goes down. But if you have ever stacked more than one surfboard [...]
January 15, 2010 | Posted in Surf Products | Read More »
The Ultimate Surfer’s Car Kit
The past several years, I have kept a small plastic bin in the trunk of my car that has housed surf-related items. Apparently, over the course of many surf sessions I have amassed what has become my very own personalized surfer’s survival kit … a tried and true list of items that continues to ensure [...]
Captain Red Cape (and Rifle Man)
Impromptu Surf Report: The surf was uniquely uninteresting today – no power, very little size, and of course as Diamond Head always will be, the winds were howling like a wolf stubbornly standing in front of a jet engine on full blast. Although the regulars have grown accustomed to the winds and ways of Diamond [...]
January 4, 2010 | Posted in Home Break | Read More »
FOOD REVIEW: Pau Hana, from Hawaii to Nicaragua
It may seem like an unimaginable ‘hop’ from the shores of the Hawaiian islands to the Pacific Ocean coast of Nicaragua, but expat and local Hawaii chef Kenny Nakai connected Hawaii’s taste and flavors to the Nicaraguan culture in San Juan del Sur. Known as “the place where Nicaraguans go for holidays”, this small Nicaraguan town – [...]
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