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)