So lately I have been asking our team to get creative and send over pictures with some stories behind them andwe can get them out there for the world to see. Darshan Gooch came by the office not to long ago and I asked him if he wanted to help out and submit some material and low and behold we have this little post you are reading right now. Darshan is an amazing surfer and we are really stoked to have team riders who can participate in little thing like a blog post to help create some great material for all the Atwater fans to view.

All Pictures and words below are from Darshan:
With a brief storm on our our tail, we charged south making a quick stop to check out our friends at Atwater headquarters.

Later that day we set up camp right above cardiff just as the sun slipped into the sea.

To our supprise, the rain came down through the night and flooded our campsite. We needed a running start from inside the tent to clear the water that surrounded us.

I don’t mind a bit of rain here and there, especially when it keeps the crowds down. There were waves all around us when we awoke, everyone must have thought it was stormy because not a soul was out.

I linked up with Chuy Reyna from Firewire surfboards and was super pumped to get a board under my feet. It just so happend he was running a demo at seaside the next day so we rolled down to check him out. Since i’ve been home the surfs been great and i’m frothing on how well these boards work.

So many great things to say about Sean Tully. I see him as one of those people that is good at anything he’s passionate about and I appreciate the fact that he can ride the tube switchfoot better than most can standing naturally. He’s one of my best mates so i always enjoying having a hang when i come through Ventura.

We rounded the troops for a night on the town, Kelly, Sean and Seth having a quick pint.

This photo was taken by another good friend we love to stay with when we come down. Seth de Roulet is one of the most driven guys i have ever worked with, he likes to crack the whip on me rain or shine so more often than not we get some work done eventually.

I can always appreciate people with a big hearts, staying with Seth and his fiance’ Kelly in Santa Barbara is one of our favorite destinations. The generosity and hospitality they have shared with us is second to none. Grace and i enjoying another Summerland sunset.

At a moments notice someone through and open gallery art show for a few local artists in Santa Barbara. Seth grabbed a few pieces from Sean’s house and through them up the next day.

Trying to get Seth to stand in front of the lens is much harder than i could have imagined, him and Dennis Rizzo say “cheese.”

A small testament of Seth’s work ethic, El Nino madness!