41st Surfman Award: Joff Summerfield

This week's Surfman goes to Mr Joff Summerfield, who is attempting to go around the world on a 19th century style penny farthing or high wheel bicycle. Mr Summerfield is a 39 year old Briton whom I consider an amazing and extremly brave individual for trying such a feat of physical endurance not to mention the danger of todays political climate. He reminds me of those early explorers that I studied in Anthropology that sought the unknown mysteries that exist around that next corner, which is most fitting because he wears a pith helmet in his journey. The accompaning picture is Joff's Penny Farthing and pith helmet leaning up against an entrance to the Great Wall of China. If you are interested in helping Joff's journey, please check out his wonderful website and donate to the spirit of adventure. And to Joff, I would just like to say keep up the fantastic work of spreading good will and happiness to our fellow human beings on this blue marble we call earth...you are making all of us wheelmen proud!!!

40th Surfman Award: Happy B-day T

This week my beloved T & I spent her birthday hanging out with our neighbours during a community yard sale. We live in the very best community that is full of family oriented cool people that are enthusiastic about making our hood the best place to live. The picture that accompanies this post, no pun intended is of a series of postcards from one family's travels around the world. I bought @ 150 postcards dating from @ 1910 onward for 2 dollars. Apparently they once belonged to the family of the old post office general, but who knows. Regardless, they are of a time long past, where travelling and world pace were much slower...the information highway did not exist and was but a dream in the minds of science ficton writers.