List of blog posts

Marine Biology

Careers:

• How to Become a Marine Biologist
• How to Become a Marine Biologist: Getting into Graduate School
• How to Become a Marine Biologist: Being Successful in Graduate School
• How to Become a Marine biologist: Landing a Tenure-Track Position
• Following the Dream: finding that “Rudy” Moment
• Living Mr. Holland’s Opus: My Life as a College Professor
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love College
• How I Became a Marine Biologist: My Transition from Surfing
• 5 TV shows that inspired me to become a Marine Biologist
• Giants Among Us: Tribute to Gary Brusca
• Reflections on Blogging for Science and Surfing
• Aim For The Moon: The Space Program That Inspired a Generation of Scientists

Fish and Fisheries:

• The Hunt for Monster Red Abalone
• Abalone: the Chase, the Lore, the Future
• Chasing the Wild Abalone: Confessions of a Field Biologist
• Crush Depth: Adventures with Scientific Submersibles
• The Abalone Song (or what do while pounding the abs)
• Gone with the Tide: the Abalone Divers of Isla Natividad
• Shore Whaling at Trinidad, California in the 1920s
• Science and Ethics in the Hawaii Marine Aquarium Trade
• The WildLife: Marine Aquarium Trade, Interview with Brian Tissot
• Managing Nemo: Conservation and Conflict in the Hawaii Marine Aquarium Trade
• The Demise of the Black Abalone

Critters:

• Walking Whales and The Rise of the Cetaceans
• Find the Kraken! The Search for Giant Squid
• The Rarest Mollusk: an Abalone with No Holes!
• The Search for Monster Great White Sharks
• Shark attacks are on the rise: five things you need to know
• Paleozoic Puzzle: the Origins of Abalone
• World’s Deadliest Snail: The California Red Abalone
• Curious Creatures of the California Coast: Corals
• Curious Creatures of the California Coast: Crinoids
• When Invertebrates Ruled the Planet: the Enigmatic Rangeomorphs
• Legend of the Killer Abalone

Environment:

• Launch of Songs of Thalassa
• Eight Experiences that Honor the Forces of the Ocean
• Are Animals Conscious and Does it Matter?
• Island in the Stream: the Timeless and Haunting Beauty of Santa Cruz Island
• The Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo
• Return of The Birds
• Protecting the Deep-Sea: Conservation in Action
• The Last Song of Mother Earth and the Death of Coral Reefs
• Diving with fish, turtles and sharks (oh my!)
• Ocean Movies you Love to Hate: Tentacles (1977)
• Ocean Movies you Love to Hate: Blood Surf (2000)
• Ocean Movies you Love to Hate: Endless Descent (aka The Rift) (1989)
• Enemies of the Planet: Earth Day redux

Surfing

Waves and Places:

• The Quest for a Monster 100 Foot Wave
• Colossus: The Monster 200 ft. Waves of Thalassa
• What Lies Beneath: the Waves, Reef and Marine Life of Maverick’s
• What Lies Beneath: the mutant slab of Shipstern Bluff
• What Lies Beneath: Conquering Fear at Banzai Pipeline
• The Akoni Four Challenge: How Surfing Can Teach Us How To Live
• Did Rey Skywalker ride a monster 260 foot wave on Kef Bir, the Ocean Moon of Endor?
• Caught Inside: Surfing Nightmares and the Legend of Dickie Cross
• Getting Busted Surfing at Fort Point, 1973
• Cortes Bank: the Largest Wave on the Planet
• Unbounded Courage: the First Surfers to Ride Waimea Bay
• The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden: Greg Noll at Makaha, 1969
• Deadly Jetties: Surfer’s Dreams, Captain’s Nightmares
• Surfing on Mars
• Demise of the Dawn Patrol and the Search for Uncrowded Waves
• Surfing Bali in the 1970s
• Aiming for the Ultimate: Riding the Tube
• A Hatteras Odyssey
• California Lost: Time Was…

Ecology & Environment:

• The Surfing Ecologist: A New Synergy for Surfers and Science
• Lessons from Killer Dana
• Ocean Conservation for Surfers: Why Care about Healthy Oceans?
• Shark Attacks and the Surfer’s Dilemma: Cull or Conserve?
• Dr. Abalone’s Field Guide to the Six Species of Surfers
• Dr. Abalone’s College Survival Guide, 1970s Edition
• Shark attacks are on the rise: five things you need to know
• Deep Impact: Five Reasons Why Surfers Should Care About Global Warming
• Our Environmental Past Can’t Become Our Future…
• SmartFin: Environmental Wave of the Future

Experiences:

• Coming Home
• Surfing Crystal Pier: Life as a Grommet
• What is a Surfer?
• Armageddon
• The Greatest Surf Movies You’ve Probably Never Heard About
• My Life in Surf Boards
• Best Years of Our Life: Cal Poly 1975
• Sidewalk Surfing: Old Skating Movies from the 70s
• Early Surfing at Fort Point
• Songs of the Trees
• Dawn Patrols and Paper Routes: Swept Away by the Tides of Time
• The Vanishing Canyons of My Youth

Places, People, and Pets

Places:

• The Heart Stones of Trinidad
• The Gentle Rains of Hilo
• Island in the Stream: the Timeless and Haunting Beauty of Santa Cruz Island
• The Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo
• A Walk in The Clouds on the Oregon Coast
• Launch of Songs of Thalassa
• Why You Can’t Go Home Again (But Don’t Need To)
• Gone with the Tide: the Abalone Divers of Isla Natividad
• The Call of Nature and the Renewal of the Nature Fast
• Deadly Jetties: Surfer’s Dreams, Captain’s Nightmares

People:

• Coming to America: the Journey from Valangin, Switzerland
• Skipper: Stories of my Grandfather
• Indomitable: The Spirit of Chris Hitchcock
• The Battle of Midway: the US Navy’s Greatest Victory
• The Giant 200-Foot Wave at Trinidad, California
• Gifts from the Sea: the Lives We Touch
• Best Years of Our Life: Pacific Beach 1971
• Gifts from the Sea: A Letter from my Mother
• Playing Chess during the Vietnam War
• Sugar Beaches and Stout Oaks: A Navy Life in Monterey

Pets:

• Bandit: Thief of Heart
• Lassie, Marley and Hatchi: What We Must Learn from the Dogs in Our Life
• Momo: the Miracle Kitty

Philosophy

• Are Animals Conscious and Does it Matter?
• What if Life Chooses you?
• The Call of Nature and the Renewal of the Nature Fast
• Do Plants Have Souls?
• The Akoni Four Challenge: How Surfing Can Teach Us How To Live
• Eight Experiences that Honor the Forces of the Ocean
• Growing up in the 60s: How the Murder of our Heroes Changed the World
• The Gift of Life: 25 years with a Kidney Transplant
• My Second Life: the Miracle of a Kidney Transplant
• Why (Some) Men are Idiots: the Storm Inside
• Gifts from the Sea: The Lives We Touch
• Gifts from the Sea: A Letter from my Mother
• Playing Chess during the Vietnam War
• Following the Dream: finding that “Rudy” Moment
• 50 Years from Today

Grinds

• BBQ with Aloha: Huli-Huli Chicken using a Pit Barrel Cooker
• Sure Thing BBQ Beef Brisket
• Amazing BBQ Ribs using a Pit Barrel Cooker
• Smoked Prime Rib on the Pit Barrel Cooker
• BBQ With Aloha: Hawaiian Kalbi Beef
• Trinidad Tri-tip: California BBQ on the Pit Barrel Cooker
• The Abalone Song (or what to do while pounding the abs)