Since it is the end of the winter quarter of the UCB and although I cant officially claim a winner yet I have to assume that Kooky took the win once again (look for the winners circle blog by the end of the weekend). If one was to read the actual rules and regulations of the UCB they would have noticed that whomever takes the year title also wins a “Self expense paid vacation to Santa Barbara California to spend a week in Lisanti land living the blogs instead of just reading them. You get to buy your own plane ticket, sleep on my couch, get burned by me at Rincon and have at least one crazy night at the Wild Cat”.
Kooky won for the year and finally after two botched attempts to get here courtesy of our great friends and masters of incompetence over at the airlines made it this past March. Im not going to lie at first I was a bit apprehensive about Kooky coming to visit. I never really considered the guy a good friend, but more of a friend of a friend being that he was John Mauriello’s best friend. After he screwed me out of an all expense paid trip of a lifetime to Costa Rica with my millionaire Russian friend Vladimir I was a little angry at the guy (he has since more then atoned for his sins).
Rules are rules and he has shown more commitment to SurfingRuinedMyLife.net then I have and its my blog. I could not deny the guy. This year has been a tricky one for surf here in Santa Barbara being a La Nina year (well I think the scientists have agreed on that now that year is just about done. I will have to check with Sindia for expert advice on that one.) Between hit and run NW’s, crazy weather and tsunami’s who knew what to expect for the kid.
As luck would have it he was rewarded with the most consistent week of waves we have had all season and it was WNW swell allowing for him to score plenty of great Rincon and the crown jewels of Santa Barbara El Capitan and Sand Spit. I have had friends who have been visiting me for years out here yet to surf either. Heck Im lucky if I get to surf El Capitan once a year and Sand Spit more then a handful.
One thing I have to say while on the subject of surfing is that I was very impressed with Kooky’s surfing ability. Part of the reason for his nickname was due to his lack of surfing prowess. One of my biggest fears was that the poor kid was going to get his ass handed to him at the majority of the spots here. He found plenty of good ones and held his own even at the most crowded El Capitan I have ever seen and Sand Bar, which is one of the most competitive lineups out here. Kooky kudos to you.
Kooky Kyle is one useful motherfucker. The kid is like a walking encyclopedia. I don’t think there is a single topic out there the guy is not familiar if not all knowing. Any time I had to get something accomplished he usually had the answer. Apparently he is a master at survival too. So if I ever am going to be marooned on an Island “Lord of the Flies” style I would definitely hope Kooky gets stranded with me. The dude makes his own arrowheads. He was also a very helpful set of hands in the kitchen minus his slow ass water conserving dishwashing technique.
He even got to experience a UCB all stars weekend here in SB when Brennan and Mauriello drove down from San Francisco his first night in town. We all went out for a wild night downtown or in other words the Wild Cat. Unfortunately I think someone must have slipped something in my drink and I got very sick throwing up all night and well into the next day. At one point I told Ades that she may have to take me to the hospital. I survived in the end.
In the midst of all the confusion poor Kooky got lost on the streets of Santa Barbara drunk. Somehow he meandered his way up to Albertson’s, a grocery store about six to eight blocks from my apartment. I guess it would not be a true Chris Lisanti downtown experience if someone did not get sick and someone did not get lost. At least this time no one got arrested or lost any teeth.
All in all I think Kooky had a pretty awesome trip. I know I had a great time and Im sorry for all the bad things I have said about the kid over the years. I am definitely proud to call Kooky Kyle a true friend any time and will always have his back. So there you have it win the UCB for the year (tally of who takes the most quarters) and you too can come out here to Lisanti Land for a self-expense paid adventure. I had Kooky write up a little blog of his own on his take of his adventure tour. I have not read it yet so that it would not affect my partiality when I wrote this blog. Stay tuned for that soon…
Two crazy guys having a crazy time.
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Long live Kooky.
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[…] What a month in surfing up here in the (805)! March started out super slow and it would be lie if I said that I was not more then a little annoyed with the early month’s conditions (see the surflog for detalis). Then mid March things began to change and the North Pacific started to light up giving us a reminder of what we all enjoyed on a regular basis starting in September and ending in July of the 2009-2010 NW swell season. It all started with a great but very crowded day at Rincon and then snow balled from there. By the time Kooky Kyle got out here things were in full gear and he lucked into the best week of WNW swells of the season (see Kooky Kyle’s Lisanti Adventure Tour for more details on that). […]
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