Tommy Michael

Tommy Michael

Tommy is a photographer/surfer who is most likely to either be seen surfing the barrels down at the river-mouth or cruising around town on his motorcycle. You can check out his photos at Bad Fish Photography.

Why surf instructors make the best boyfriends

I’m going to be honest with you and assume that you have already deduced from the title of this article that anything I list is probably total bullshit. Hmm, why Surf Instructors make the best boyfriends, let’s see…reason number 1. They’re not. Duh. The terms “Surf Instructor” and “Good Boyfriend/Girlfriend” would take second for 2017’s award for “Most Messed Up Word Combo,” runner-up to “Donald Trump” and “POTUS”. Even if you want to date a surfer, you probably chose to…

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Lineup Law and Order: Psycho Surfers Unit

In the surfing lineup system, “kooky” based offenses are considered especially heinous. In the town of Tamarindo, the dedicated “Surftectives” who investigate these vicious “surfelonies” are members of an elite squad known as the Psycho Surfers Unit. These are their stories… You know you just made the “bum-bum” sound in your head even though I didn’t write it; what an original introduction right? 3:53 PM Pico Grande. Bum-Bumm (<<there it is) The high tide today is at 4:30 and the…

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Why Learning To Surf and The Hunger Games Have Everything and Nothing To Do With Each Other: Top 5 Ways To Choose A Surf Instructor

Katniss Neversurfs and Peeta Kookshark are months away from accomplishing their surf dreams to win the 74th annual Munchie Games.  Katniss and Peeta are training for the upcoming surf competition in the Surf Capitol, ruled by an evil surf tycoon, President Surf.  This is a story, that will make little, if any sense at all, about two starred-crossed surfers on a quest to conquer the Surf Capitol and become champions of the Munchie Games. Fast forwarding to the end of…

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5 ways to spot a kook

First off, I want to say this article will be a positive piece about surfing, even though the title can seem negative to some, but I’ll explain that later. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary a Kook is… “one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane : a screwball” I like this definition for two reasons, it’s general and positive, unlike the UrbanDictionary.com definitions. (Look it up yourself) And the second reason is that I now know the word “Kook”…

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