Gilbert and Salsi drop by

Making surfboards is a tough business. Last year at the ripe age of 48 I went on the national circuit just to prove that my boards worked. Everybody knows I can't surf so if i made a couple of podiums it prove my point. Let me tell you, it was so much fun being around so much talent. It also gave me the opportunity to flirt with some of them with the promise of a free board here and there. I'd get instant publicity, My career would take a quantum leap. Bum!... Well, maybe not so fast but at least I'd be helping their carreer either way. One of the guys I recently gave a board to was Gilbert Brown. With him I knew I would not go wrong. If the board worked, great, if not he would not just sell it. The reason for this is I have seen some of the younger generacion caribean boys warming up at contest scences riding preatty decent boards. When asked them how they got them they would drop the name of their mentors Gilbert, Ronald or Nino. These guys have scored deals with big companis such as Quicksilver, Volcom and such. They have paved the road for the next generation and they are given. The greatest lesson in surfing is surfing it self. Gilbert is such a great guy. Him and Salsi Boy had the cortesy to stop by the shop after the trophy ceremony on Sunday . Gilbert had just won the contest and still had the courtesy to thank me for the board. Him and Salsi are classic. We talked some serious surfing and had a good laugh. At the end we wished each other good luck and best wishes. Salsi called me Pachequin and Gilbert called me Pachecon and that to me is gold.