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“Ghosts” of anglers past have become a big part of what we’re doing here at Orange County Society magazine. We respect the past but keep an eye to the future. When you see photos like this, folks from 60 years ago posing with their bounty like we all do today on Social Media, it’s not only cool to see but it’s a reminder of what we might look like 60 years from now... if we’re so lucky. Only question is, are group shots outdated? Or is it all about the selfie these days?

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They’re heeeerrre! It’s summertime and the livin’s easy.

The ocean is warm, alive and teaming with life. Whether it’s surf, sand or setting that hook, it’s go time. That said, welcome to our 1st Year Anniversary Issue! Yew!! Notice something different? Yeah, our logo changed and we are a brand new company with a brand new mindset moving forward into 2016 and beyond. Enjoy the mag and enjoy the summer, it’s going to be a long hot one!

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july | 2016

Contents #PastPresentFuture 3 amazing photos!

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#SpotlightOC A plethora of readable nugz

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#Musick The Story of Tim Lambesis

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#BeneathTheOrangeCurtain The 1992 Honor Roll Killers

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#CoverStory Interview: Ray ‘Bones’ Rodriguez

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#OCSTATEOFMIND Posters for your bedroom wall!!

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#FightKlub In Memorium: Kimbo Slice

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#TruthWithRayBones Ground Scoring with Nic Rivera

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#joefostersarmy Christian Fletcher DNA

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#hankfotomyworld 1980’s Christian Hosoi Op Pro

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#Tattooyou Job Killer? w/ Shelby Lane

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#motorheads God Bless the AMA

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#eatingout Three of our fav burgers!

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#barwars Fullerton vs. Newport

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#cultureshock Oaxaca, Mexico

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#TruthLiesLegend Grizzly Bears of Orange County

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#OCTEENSOCIETYGIRL Laguna’s Cameron Dorn

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Power comes in many forms. This young buck Ryan Hurley is going toe to toe with this giant green flairing monster at the Wedge in Newport Beach.

He’s committed, frozen in time and locked into the heart of Orange County. On that note, we’re looking forward to the many southerly swells this season with an Indian Summer in the wings. The beast has returned.

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We are OC society PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Skip Snead skip@orangecountysociety.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Steve Cabler steve@orangecountysociety.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR Neight Adamson neight@orangecountysociety.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ray “Bones” Rodriguez MUSIC editor Jeff Weddle EDITORIAL INTERNS Sean Stroh, Victoria Johnson ILLUSTRATORS Antonio Mejias, Drew Toonz PHOTOGRAPHERS Dave Weems, Tom Cozad, Strider Snead, Hank Foto, Nick the Tooth, Edward Colver, Robbie Crawford, Murphy Karges, PK, Jake Polgreen, Ken Woods, Marshall Lally, Joe Foster, John Salanoa, Dawson Maloney, Ricky Birks, Eric Barnes, Cat Gregory, Jared Sislin, Cliff Endsley, Ben Ginsberg, Matt Doheny, Bob Okvist, Stan Sievers, Bobby Zee, Jon Zich, David Holzman, Mike Voorhees, Ray Ray Garcia CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Daniel Samarin, Sean Stroh, Paul Duran, Chris Cullen, Jon Richards, Derek Rielly, Scott Theriault, Jeff Weddle, Victoria Johnson ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Greg Andes - greg@orangecountycom.com ADVERTISING SALES REPS Mike Wetzel Mike@orangecountysociety.com Buddy Purel- Bpurel@gmail.com SPECIAL THANKS Michelle Banks, Chele Rubendall, Mike Molseed, Diana McCalla, Strider Snead, Carver Quinn, Dave Weems ADVERTISING INQURIES INVITED, EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS APPRECIATED Please submit all media kit requests, questions, or contributions via email skip@orangecountysociety.com PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY OC CULTURE, LLC 2650 Avon Street Newport Beach, CA 92663 ORANGECOUNTYCULTURE.COM Instagram @orangecountysociety Facebook /orangecountysociety FOUNDERS Skip Snead and Steve Cabler PRINTED IN USA, All rights reserved. Any reproduction in whole or in any part of any words or photos or drawings without the expressed written consent by OC Culture, LLC is strictly prohibited.

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A Reader’s Blast from the Past!

(Where Reader’s Entertain Us with Old School Stories and Classic Personal Photos from the Past!

This month: Randy Stockstill, Summer 1978 skateramp. “Me and two friends built this ramp and used to take it around places and pull it out of the back of our truck and ride! Didn’t matter where we were, we’d pull it out anywhere. This one was at 28th in Newport. The neighbors put the kibosh on it because we would lose our boards and they would go flying into the parked cars.

We were lucky, no pads or shoes or helmets and I still don’t know how we didn’t break any bones. I couldn’t imagine trying to pull this off on the Peninsula now!”

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BEHIND THE COVER: JULY‘16 Finally an epic skate cover featuring the timeless Ray Bones Rodriguez, a pioneer, a living legend, a confident multi-talented, iconic yet sometimes reclusive figure captured here ripping and frozen in infamy by Orange County’s famous photographer Dave Weems.

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KJA Surfboards Sweet New Showroom in HB HB has long been one of the most important surfboard building meccas in the world with roots in shaping going back to surfing’s conception. KJA Surfboards designer and test pilot Kurt Arnold is quickly coming into his own as well as a board designer who’s just opened a brand new showroom and chill spot in southwest HB off Gothard and Adams. Customers and team riders can hang out, watch the latest WSL webcast, order boards, shoot pool and/or relax in what could be the nicest surfboard showroom we’ve seen in years! Kurt has spared no expense and if you’re in the market for a new board, it’s well worth your while to get on KJA’s program. But to see it, you can’t just walk in. You’ve got to set an appointment.

Call the showroom today at (714) 397-8254 or get more info at KJADesigns.com .... Shoots!

No matter what day you happen to be reading this, it’s all about Taco Tuesday and this month, it’s Pelagic Girl Jessica Jae from the Right Coast bringing home the goods. Serve it up! Photo: #PelagicWorldwide

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Local legends: Raul’s Custom Marine Canvas

R au l Aya l a , a good hearted man .

Sometimes in life you get to meet special people. My good friend Raul Ayala of Raul’s Marine Canvas is one of those special people. Coming from humble beginnings in Mexicali, Baja, CA, Raul and his family of 10 were raised in what he calls “an army bunker” located close to the US border. His parents were honest, hard working and raised Raul the same. Raul told me his mother pushed him since he was a child to work hard, be honest and hold to your word. Raul soon began to reupholster old couches and neighborhood furniture, then moved on to classic car interiors.

Raul’s dream was to move to the US and start a family and open his own business. He came to the US in 1971, where he soon married and had four children. A devout family man, in 1984 Raul finally opened his dream business in Costa Mesa, Raul’s Marine Canvas, while always keeping family close, working with his sons Danny “Buddha” Ayala and his other son Raymond who owns Big Fish screenprinting right next door. Raul has become legendary in the OC boat cover and interior business. With Raul, it’s a family affair based on honesty, attention to detail, word of mouth and hard work. Orale, Raul, you’re the best! Give him a call today 949-631-0167.

Jail Babes of the OC

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Gotta love our Jail Babes, yeah? Well there’s dozens more coming to a jail near you. Not because it’s summer, although it is indeed peak season for the jail babe who’s caught stumbling around the street in her bikini after leaving the club at two in the morning ... she doesn’t even see it coming ... a flash of the lights, a quick chirp of the siren, hands behind her back and into the slammer for a long night on cold white sheets. At least she’ll be ready for the beach when she gets out!

Nature + Science with dr. purps The Sunshine Vitamin

What is vitamin D good for? The essential vitamin was discovered in the early 20th Century as a cure for rickets, a childhood disease defined by softening and weakness of the bones, associated with abnormal growth, fractures and deformity. It’s now clear the role of vitamin D goes well beyond bone development.

Vitamin D is actually a hormone that exerts biological effects in more than 30 different cell types, important for optimal bone, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, brain and immune health. In 2010 the FDA increased the RDA from 400 to 600 IU/day (1-70 years of age), with some researchers pushing for 1000 IU.

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So, how are we doing with our vitamin D levels? Vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern, with 40-50% of Americans displaying blood levels generally considered inadequate for optimal bone and overall health. According to the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, over 90% of the US population does not meet estimated average requirements for dietary intake of Vitamin D. Take home: Vitamin D is important for optimal health. Its status is influenced by diet and the degree of exposure to ultra violet B rays. However, ultra violet rays are directly linked to skin cancer, which is why I strongly prefer to wear sunscreen as part of my daily routine.

If you are falling short on vitamin D, you can juice up your levels with food (e.g. fatty fish) and supplements (e.g. cod liver oil, vitamin D3). As always, follow your doctor’s recommendation.

For more insight from Dr. Purps, follow him on Instagram @DrPurps and follow Purps @purps

This month we caught up and offered up and sandwich and a soda for our brother from another whose name we didn’t catch but because he’s a die hard Angels fan we just picked up the conversation as if we’d been buddies all along. He’s been on the streets for a while and he’s been in the Costa Mesa/Newport Beach area for the last several months, maybe longer ... and seems articulate, drug-free and pretty healthy. We couldn’t quite tap into what was really going on but he’s super nice and a real soft spirit. So never judge a book by a cover. Say hello to those in need ... sometimes the straight talk is all they need! (A couple bucks don’t hurt either!!)

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Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin.

Dubbed so because it is synthesized in your skin when the sun’s ultra violent B ray converts 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D. It’s also found in fatty fish (e.g. Salmon, mackerel, herring), vitamin D fortified foods (e.g. in milk, orange juice, yogurt) and in supplements, most of which are formulated with vitamin D3.

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San Diego’s AS I LAY DYING quickly rose to the forefront of the Metalcore/Christiancore movement in early 2000, releasing six successful albums in the decade that followed. AILD stemmed from OC Christiancore band POINT OF RECOGNITION (w/AILD vocalist Tim Lambesis on guitar), with the AILD moniker coined after the famous William Faulkner novel of the same name. AILD enjoyed perhaps their biggest hit with the song “94 Hours” from their Metal Blade Records debut, although AILD’s fourth studio album “An Ocean Between Us” peaked strongest at No. 8 on Billboard’s Top 200 in 2007. Many worldwide tours followed, including appearances on high-profile music festivals such as The Warped Tour and Ozzfest. Also in 2007, AILD was nominated for a Grammy in the category of “Best Metal Performance” alongside such luminaries as SLAYER and KING DIAMOND. In April 2009, their DVD “This Is Who We Are” emerged and was certified Gold in the U.S. after only one month of release.

Already a fan of POINT OF RECOGNITION, I gained familiarity with AILD since we both frequented the same tattoo studio down in Oceanside. I made trips there almost monthly (and still do), although my own artist now works elsewhere deeper into San Diego County. AILD’s favored tattooist, also a known Christian, worked at the same studio for years and I remember being tattooed beside them on several occasions. The band possessed tattoos espousing their Christian faith in some creative and original ways, although the most memorable was a tattoo of IRON MAIDEN’s classic “The Trooper” on the back of one member’s calf. This was a more innocent time for AILD…

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AILD’s success would come to a halt in August 2012 when vocalist Tim Lambesis, while on tour in America, e-mailed his wife of six years, Meggan, asking for a divorce, stating that he no longer loved her, no longer believed in God, and that he had an extramarital affair. They separated the same month.

The Lambesis’ had three adopted children together, but were experiencing domestic problems as AILD’s success increased and as Lambesis exhibited increasing skepticism towards Christianity and religion in general. Meggan admitted seeing her husband change drastically with AILD’s popularity, saying he spent “countless hours at the gym” and wasted “thousands of dollars on tattoos.”

In May 2013, Lambesis was arrested in Oceanside after hiring an undercover detective via a local gym to murder his estranged wife. The arrest came immediately after he handed over cash and photos of Meggan, along with gate codes to her home, to a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy posing as the fake hitman. During the month of his initial arrest, Lambesis had pleaded “not guilty”, with his lawyer stating that “his thought processes were devastatingly affected by his steroid use.” Soon thereafter, Lambesis accepted a plea bargain and changed his plea to “guilty”, facing a potential prison sentence of up to nine years.

One year later, and Lambesis was sentenced to six years in prison, where he resides currently.

AILD is now a “band” at odds with each other as the rest of AILD’s members want nothing to do with Lambesis. The ultimate criminal conviction of Lambesis obviously left AILD without a vocalist, and the remaining members have chosen to move on with their project WOVENWAR. Surprisingly, not all former members of AILD were completely shocked at the events that transpired. According to AILD guitarist Nick Hipa, Lambesis’ attempts to have his wife assassinated “wasn’t completely out of character.”

Lambesis was quick to fire back, however, claiming that AILD faked their faith in order to continue appealing to their Christian fans. Lambesis has also retained the AS I LAY DYING name/brand, as well as its website, possibly in hopes of continuing the band once released from prison.

From interviews I’ve read, the band still proudly boasts of their tattoos from the studio in Oceanside, and occasionally get work done by the same artist who has since relocated to Texas. Although I only engaged in mild, albeit enjoyable, banter with Lambesis and the rest of AILD at the tattoo studio, I would have never thought him capable of what he did. Music was usually the topic of conversation, and there was no way to predict what would eventually materialize.

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The OC Killogy series:

Honor roll killers A Grim Look Back at the Stuart Tay Murder As the end of 1992 approached and the prospect of a breezy final semester of high school awaited, Stuart Tay and Robert Chan appeared to be following similar paths.

Tay, a 17-year old senior at Foothill High, was founder of the Asian Culture Club on campus and a member of the community service oriented Key Club. He told his teachers that he wanted to be a doctor, like his father. While his early admission application Princeton had been deferred for spring consideration, he remained hopeful that his impressive high school resume would be enough to convince an admissions counselor in the second go-round.

18-year old Chan, a senior at Sunny Hills High in Fullerton, was someone other parents talked about as a student their children should emulate -- both on and off campus. As a member of the school’s competitive academic decathlon team and former “Student of the Month”, Chan’s scholarly accomplishments were well-known. He once listed his career ambitions as “doctor, businessman, bodybuilder, actor.” His choice of colleges included several Ivy League institutions.

However, the paths of the two straight-A students would ultimately take a sharp detour toward one another in a collision course toward murder. Despite living what seemed like relatively normal lives, privately, Tay and Chan were both desperate for something that even a perfect SAT score couldn’t bring -- respect.

While Tay depicted himself as local crime boss involved in weapons trafficking, Chan boasted to classmates of his ties to a violent Asian gang in the area. In reality, Tay lived comfortably with his parents and sister in a custom-built, 11-room house with a swimming pool and a tennis court in Orange and Chan’s large home sat in a peaceful, leafy development in northwest Fullerton’s affluent Sunny Hills section. It was a role the pair were more than happy to play so long as it remained a harmless game to impress those around them. But when Stuart Tay’s girlfriend set up a meeting between the two a few days before Halloween, the masks both young men donned remained affixed.

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followers and an ability to pirate computer programs, driver licenses and credit cards.

He also bragged about access to highpowered explosives and provided a phony address and age to Chan. While skeptical of Tay’s outlandish claims, Chan countered with his own boastful connections to the crime underworld in Orange County.

Together they plotted to rob an Anaheim computer parts dealer by forcing their way into his home, tying up his family and leaving with the valuable goods.

Over the next few weeks, Chan recruited four classmates to assist with the robbery.

Along with himself and Tay, the group now consisted of Abraham Acosta, 16, Charles Choe, 17, Mun Bong Kang, 17, and Kirn Young Kim, 16. As the outlier in the group and

“Chan assumed the duty as the primary executioner, landing more than a dozen crippling strikes to the back of Tay’s head with a bat and sledgehammer.” the sole student not attending Sunny Hills High, Tay remained a somewhat mysterious figure to the newcomers. Chan asserted the legitimacy of Tay’s claims to the others in the group but quietly harbored serious doubts. When Tay dropped his wallet during a group meeting and his true identity was revealed, Chan’s doubts turned into rage.

Unbeknownst to Tay, a clumsy mistake had set into motion plans for his murder.

Shortly after 4 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Tay met up with Chan and Kim at a local Denny’s before heading to Abraham Acosta’s home in Buena Park where the remaining three were waiting for them. Eager to examine a gun Chan was offering to sell him, Tay could hardly contain his excitement as he was led to Acosta’s garage. Within a matter of seconds of entering, the beating commenced. Although Acosta delivered the first blow with a baseball bat, Chan assumed the duty as the primary executioner, landing more than a dozen crippling strikes to the back of Tay’s head

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with a bat and sledgehammer. Kang and Choe, who waited outside, heard Tay scream and plead, “What did I do to you?” Incredibly, Tay remained alive after enduring a nearly 20 minute beating, infuriating Chan even more. Spotting a bottle of rubbing alcohol on a nearby shelf, Chan preceded to pour the fluid down Tay’s throat and force his mouth shut with duct tape. Tay’s body was then thrown into a shallow grave prepared the day before. The grave was so small his legs had to be folded to make the body fit. According to a pathologist’s testimony during Chan’s trial, Tay may have suffered for as long as one hour before dying. With their job complete, Chan divided up the $108 found inside the Tay’s wallet to the group. Kang spent his portion of the money-$48--on pizza and entertainment. Kim, who served as a lookout during the beating, drove Tay’s bright red 1990 Nissan 300ZX to Compton where he left it running and unlocked to simulate a carjacking. Chan and Kang followed Kim to Compton in a white sedan. Upon returning to Orange County, Chan and Choe rang in the New Year party hopping while Kim went home and played computer games. Acosta headed off for some fun at Knott’s Berry Farm. Amazingly, police managed to arrest the five students within a matter of days. Relying on information from a private investigator hired by the Tay family, authorities quickly unraveled the horrifying crime masterminded by a quiet honor roll student. Charles Choe and Mun Bong Kang both pleaded guilty to first degree murder.

In exchange for serving as a key prosecution witness, Choe was sentenced to a California Youth Authority (CYA) facility, where he was released when he turned 25. Kang was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Chan, who was given his own trial in the spring of 1994, was convicted of first degree murder after less than three hours of deliberation from the jury. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Less than two months later, Kirn Young Kim and Abraham Acosta were convicted of first degree murder as well. Like Choe, Acosta was sent to a CYA facility, where he was released when he turned 25. Although Kim was sentenced to 25 years in prison, he was granted parole in December 2012.

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Truth Behind the skull & Sword INTERVIEW WITH Ray Bones Rodriguez

by Steve cabler and skip snead all Photos by Dave weems

BONES. It’s gotta be the most famous word/name in skateboarding.

Think about it: The Bones Brigade, Rat Bones skateboard wheels. You get the picture. Surely any hardcore skater does.

That said, it was an absolute honor for us to play a round of golf with Ray Bones Rodriguez and interview him for this month’s cover story. “Bones” as he is more famously known has been a close friend of ours for decades. He is a multitalented, complex and sometimes reclusive skateboarding and music legend with a wealth of worldly knowledge. Orange County Society interviews.....

Orange County Society: So Ray Bones, tell us, where were you born?

Ray ‘Bones’ Rodriguez: I was born in East LA in 1963 and lived at 1711 Patrero Grande Avenue in San Gabriel.

We moved to Cerritos when I was nine.

How old were you when you first started skating anyway?

My first experience with a skateboard was when I was three years old. It was a Black Knight skateboard ... I remember my dad built an add on next to the house and before the room went up there was this a big concrete slab and my friend Timmy and I would get on our knees and just roll around in circles for hours. But when it really started for me was when we went to the La Mirada swap meet and my parents bought me this Metal Flex skateboard and it was super cool. I got on it, did a couple tic tacs and my sister laughed at me, said I sucked, (laughs) and said I’d never be any good and the rest is history. By the time I was 12 or 13 I was a Skatetopia local, and because my sister’s boyfriend was the manager there they allowed me to skate after hours until three in the morning.

Who were your influences around this time?

My influences at that time were just the people who worked there, and the people I grew up around, many of whom are famous musicians today like Joe Wood and Perry Peterson.

Do you remember the first contest you ever skated in?

My first contest was in 7th grade at my school. The Pepsi skateboard team came to my school and that was the first contest I was ever in. I wasvn’t sponsored. I wasn’t anything.

It was just a freestyle contest and I did freestyle slides and surf moves and other little tricks ... I did a nosewheelie all around the crowd. Stacy Peralta was the leader of the Pepsi Team alongside Gordie Lineman and Stacy said over the PA system, “This guy’s going to be really good some day.” It was just ironic that just a couple years later I saw Stacy Peralta hanging out at Skateopia and he asked me what wheels I was riding and I told him they were the fastest wheels I’d ever flip da page >

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< continued from previous ridden, and that the person who gave them to me was the nicest man I’d ever met and his name was George Powell.

So was the skate scene starting to explode at this time?

Yeah, there were magazines by that time and the movie Free Wheelin’ had come out a few years before....

And who were your influences in skating at that time?

Stacy Peralta was a huge influence, and Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Shogo Kubo, Jim Plummer, the list goes on ... Jim Muir, David Hackett ... just a whole bunch of cool people. Most of them were Dogtowners, and Dogtown was my main influence and all the guys in the magazines. If they were in the magazine, they were my idol.

Not many skateparks at that time, but enough to develop core crews in different areas, right?

Yeah, in fact, I even had a lot of older influences up in the Upland area, you know, Steve Alba, Micky Alba, Charlie Ransom, Tay Hunt, Harvey Hawks, and then Steve Olsen was always one of my best family friends. So I had a lot of great influences. The influences never stopped, they just kept me going from region to region.

When did you first realize you were really good at skating and could compete?

Well, Jay and all the boys would come down from LA and skate with me after hours at Skatetopia and that’s really when the rubber hit the road for my drive to want to skate and be as good as the pros. I took a little from everybody. I saw everything. When I realized I was good enough to compete I was skating at Skateopia and they had a half pipe with no coping and I just got so sick of hitting the lip like everybody else. So one day I decided to ride the brick wall that was behind the half pipe, and I went up all the way seven bricks and grinded the wall and successfully came back in without hanging up. Nobody was doing that back then. I was the first.

You broke new ground!

Yeah, and then I actually came up with this “sissy bar” device and I put it on the bottom of my skateboard, it was just a metal device that I bolted into the middle of the board and the other end came up over the back truck like a ramp and so I was able to go over the lip successfully without hanging up my wheels. And that’s when I realized I could take it to another level.

What was the big difference between LA and OC skaters back then?

The LA skaters were Venice and Dogtown. Those guys had all the soul, the vert moves, all the background, all the accolades of why they skate and the culture. They had the best terrain, they surfed ... they were sort of like surfing cholos. They had a pretty tough image. Those were the LA skaters. The Orange County skaters on the otherhand were just a bunch of standard worker guys who could afford a car and could go skate on a Friday night. They were just normal people. Their hearts and souls weren’t into it as much as the Dogtown guys. Then San Diego skaters were more like mechanical jocks. From LA to San Diego there was quite a different genre of skaters.

Talk about Bones Brigade. How did all that get going?

The original Bones Brigade was me, Steve Caballero, Allen “Ollie” Gelfin (inventor of the ollie), Mike McGill (inventor of the 540) and Jay Smith. And we had other notables coming in. We had Lance Mountain, he was younger and coming up. Those were fun times.

That was my crew....

When did Tony Hawk become part of it?

Well, Tony came in after the last Del Mar contest, right when I was heading out of skateboarding.

Yeah, how did you get out of professional skateboarding?

I kind of got out of skateboarding because I was getting sidetracked by real life. My parents were getting a divorce, my house was haunted, I ran away from home and I moved in with Todd Barnes before he joined TSOL. It was family crisis that made me stay away from phones and contact, and when I tried to get back with Stacy Peralta, I’d already grown a bit and matured and my body had changed so it was harder for me to get back to where I was. I was slamming. My tricks weren’t working and I had too many family issues to deal with .... that was when Tony Hawk was coming up and was “the man” ... and it was time for me to

step aside and get more into the business.

How did the name ‘Bones’ come about?

I came up with the name Bones. What happened with it was one day I was at Skatetopia and I was around 11 or 12 years old and I was ripping the Pipe and I was just a young guy, and a guy comes walking up in a suit wearing a hat. He looked like Dick Tracy with a briefcase and a silver metal skateboard with white wheels-and I’d never seen white wheels before-- they were tall, square slalom looking things and I thought it was a joke, but I tried the board and they were twice as fast as anything I’d ever ridden. I then suggested to George (Powell) that I could him design some really rounded looking wheels, almost like balls that could go over the lip real easy. And we collaborated on wheels and he called me one day and he said, ‘well, what do you want to name the wheels, got any ideas?’

While I was on the phone I looked in the backyard and I saw a round little soup bone that my dog ate and since they were the first white wheels I’d ever seen in skateboarding, I suggested to name them Bones, so we called ‘em bones.

That’s a pretty amazing contribution to the world of skating. Maybe one of the biggest ever. But what do you think is your biggest contribution to the world of skateboarding’s been?

My contribution to skateboarding was that I was not the right demographic to fit the surf mold of skateboarding so I help break down the ethnic barriers by being as good as I was and it opened the door for underdogs like myself to be inspired that they could do it, too. And working with Tony Hawk and the Grind for Life Organization. They send me boards, I sign them, they auction them off around the world and the proceeds go to under privledged children around the world. It’s amazing.

You surfed a lot too during these years, right?

Yeah I’ve been surfing my whole life.

Surfing’s in my blood. I’m of Hawaiian descent and have a ton of family in Hawaii. I have relatives on every island

and they all surfed. And on my dad’s side, they all lived up in Nor Cal surfing 10-foot shark-infested water. So, yeah, my family’s deeply rooted in surfing.

A lot of people might not know that you were a sponsored pro surfer back in the day as well as a skater, one of the first sponsored surfer/skaters...

Well I surfed because it was like skating and it just clicked really fast for me. I started riding for Randy Lewis Surfboards. I was the amateur and Buddy Llamas was the pro.

I tried to incorporate my skating skills into surfing. I was living in Newport and surfing with Christian Fletcher all the time and I was really getting into it and started putting my skate influence into blasting airs on a surfboard ... just trying to follow in CF’s footsteps.

Let’s talk music. What were your musical influences growing up?

We listened to everything from Led Zeppelin to Jimi Hendrix right into the punk scene to Devo, the Damned, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, TSOL...

You’ve been in some amazing bands along the way, too. Talk about that.

I’ve been in a few bands ... one of the most important was being in the band Power Trip with you (Steve Cabler) when we created our own scene when everything was sort of punk rock ... we held our guns and did dark metal. We did big warehouse parties, and were catered and did KNAC parties, we were on KNAC commercials every single day and were even invited backstage for Iron Maiden at Irvine Meadows ... everything was falling into place. It turned into an iconic band and people were blown away that we were able to create a scene like that. We ran with it until I helped start a band with you Steve called El Centro which was real fun and we did some amazing things.

Yeah, I remember we played the Cox Arena and The Palladium with Bad Religion and then we did the Warped Tour ....

Yeah, and from there I was in the X Members....

Wait, before that you were in a band with Christian and Nathan Fletcher. Talk a little about that.

Yeah, before Power Trip and X Members I was in Bloodshot. Christian was on bass, Nathan was just a little kid at the time, he was great, he was on guitar and then Greg Tomlinson, GT, he was the singer and Rick Rock the shaper from San Clemente was the drummer and I played lead guitar. We did some fun stuff with Herbie. Did an East Coast tour with Jonathon Paskowitz driving us in a motorhome, we surfed, skated, played concerts ... Our first actual show for Bloodshot we opened for Alice in Chains at Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas while down there for a pro surf contest that Kelly Slater won, the Herbie Fletcher Cabo Classic.

And you’ve also done stuff with some other Orange County legends like Gabby Gaborno from the Cadillac Tramps. Talk about that a bit ....

I was playing in a band called The Screws at Club Mesa (currently called The Wayfarer) and the soundman was Spanky, one of the best drummers that I’ve ever seen. He had a magical touch. flip da page >

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< continued from previous Anyway, he asked me if I knew who Gabby and The Cadillac Tramps were and I said of course and he tells me, well, they really need a guitar player. So I showed up at Gabby’s house the next day, and at the time I was mostly just playing metal, in metal bands and stuff and had really long hair, but I played a few songs and they were really blown away. He said if I cut my hair they’d love to have me so I showed up at Gabby’s house the next day with double mohawks, you know, a foot tall off my head and he was just like so stoked .... and that day I remember him giving me a gold Cadillac limousine to drive with my gear and shortly after that I helped collaborate with him on 15 songs. We took it into Fat Wreck Chords, they wanted it. We took it to Epitaph, they wanted it. But I had the idea to take it to a major so we tried it and they bit it. We ended up going to Priority Records and being the first punk rock band on their label with Ice Cube and our first tour was with No Doubt as The X Members.

And you were also in Manic Hispanic and Drive By Smile together! What a run! What bands are you currently in now?

Well I’m still doing X Members with Gabby, but I’m in Long Beach All Day and our sick punk band The Uprising, so I’m keeping pretty busy.

Your story is amazing. What do you want to say in closing? Any advice for aspiring future professional skaters?

My advice is to take it day by day, and if you have the time and the mental capacity to practice enough and get good enough, and if life’s not getting in the way, then you can do it. There’s a lot of ways to make a name for yourself in skateboarding.

Once you make your way in it’s a lifetime of skating and opportunity.

So take it day by day and be humble ... that’s my advice.

Ray Bones: Yes, I did. The first time I went up to Powell to have a meeting in Santa Barbara, and Stacy was going to be there, and when I got there, they’d gone out to lunch. I ended up waiting for them in the art department and they gave me a jacket, a grey raincoat style parka jacket, and I was bored. Now knowing Stacy’s background and seeing the movies, studying Dogtown and knowing who the Dogtown skaters were and what they represented.

So in Stacy’s honor I grabbed some red spray paint and spray painted a Rat Bones on the jacket and then I wrote Bones on it ... but the paint starting dripping and I thought I was in big trouble but when those guys got back and they saw what I painted on the jacket, they were all blown away. To this day I never got credit for it but I do believe its their coolest logo at Powell ... besides the Skull and Sword!

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his efforts beating Houston Alexander but losing to Matt Mitrione. The UFC released Kimbo in 2010 but Kimbo kept fighting, and went 7-0 as a boxer with some vintage Kimbo street fighting knockouts.

After a five year hiatus from MMA and hitting 40 years old, Kimbo was back in the mix, signing with Bellator MMA to fight against 52-year-old MMA legend Ken Shamrock (UFC Hall of Fame) in the Main Event. Even though both men were past their prime, it was very entertaining as the legend of the streets squared up with the legend of the cage. The fight started off fast and Kimbo was nearly submitted, but he then put Shamrock to sleep with a clean Born in 1974 in the Bahamas, Kimbo moved to Miami, Florida and shot to the chin. Kimbo had one last dance in the cage from an early age was a football star in the local area. While against fellow Miami street fighter and foe attending Miami Palmetto High School, Ferg was not just chinDada 5000. There was a lot of bad blood checkin’, but smashing running backs as the school’s star middle between the two leading up to the fight, linebacker. His talent and pure tenacity on the gridiron earned but when it came time to bang, neither him a scholarship to play ball at Bethune-Cookman University of them engaged much and were both and later for the University of Miami. If you know anything exhausted, and even Dada 5000 was about college ball, you’d know that “The U” back in the early so exhausted he literally almost to mid-90’s not only had one of the most controversial football died in the cage from heart programs, but was one of the most feared and legendary failure. Although Kimbo programs in the country. After much success in college he tried y Daniel Samarin fight chunk-ems due to outall forremember the Miamiseeing Dolphins 1997, spot of onthe thestreets practice hink we can for in the firstearning time thea king Kimbo won Slice the put them knuckles on some guy’s face. Me, I’ll never for team butin unable to make coveted NFL literally roster, which ang bashing heads backyards andthe in the streets52ofman the 305, slicing his Dada’s opponentsexhaustion faces wide open (hence the nickname “Slice”) and knocking ey he wasn’t happy opened the simply path to“Ferg”. his real calling: scrapping. s “Kimbo Slice” or just orn in 1974 in the Bahamas, Kimbo moved to Miami, Florida and from an early age was a football star in the local area. While attending Miami Palmetto Hi At 6’2” and 260lbs, Ferg began life after college as bouncer arned him a scholarship to play ball at Bethune-Cookman University and later for the University of Miami. If you know anything about college ball, you’d kn at strip clubs in the Miami area. He was also a limo driver and ograms in the country. After much success in college he tried out for the Miami Dolphins in 1997, earning a spot on the practice team but unable to make security guard for the Miami based company, Reality Kings. t 6’2” and 260lbs, Ferg began life after college as bouncer at strip clubs in the Miami area. He was also a limo driver and security guard for the Miami bas Kimbo’s true calling and path to fame started in 2003 when he ee Kimbo was not just some bad ass monster looking for a fight, he was already training and had some sort of technique and identity as a fighter. He was m started scrapping dudes in the street while being filmed. You deos Kimbo not only created an opportunity for himself, but for others as well. Current Welterweight UFC super star Jorge “GameBred” Masvidal grew up see Kimbo was not just some bad ass monster looking for a fter a few years of street fighting for a couple G’s, Kimbo began to develop an interest in the exploding world of MMA. 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rget! It was about 10 years ago when my boy Big Reece and I were looking up fight videos on YouTube and came across this gold-toothed, real life Clubb yes out of sockets with his vintage Dan Henderson-style heat ... and that was when we got our first look at this savage named Kevin Ferguson better know

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igh School, Ferg was not just chin-checkin’, but smashing running backs as the school’s star middle linebacker. His talent and pure tenacity on the gridiro now that “The U” back in the early - to mid-90’s not only had one of the most controversial football programs, but was one of the most feared and legenda e the coveted 52 man NFL roster, which opened the path to his real calling: scrapping. sed company, Reality Kings. Kimbo’s true calling and path to fame started in 2003 when he started scrapping dudes in the street while being filmed. Yo mainly training for bareknuckle boxing, and clinch techniques for dirty boxing. And it showed, as Ferg’s fights started going viral. Through his street fightin p with Kimbo and as an 18-year-old kid became famous from two filmed street fights that are still on You Tube to this day. of Famer and MMA demi-god Bas Rutten (former UFC Heavyweight Champion) and on June 23, 2007, Kimbo made his MMA debut. Ferg started off with there, Kimbo continued what he did back in the streets of Miami, literally beating his opponents like a drum; Bo Cantrell, Tank Abbott, and James Thompso on The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Competing as a heavyweight on the show, Slice would lose his first fight on the show to eventual show winner an o Matt Mitrione. The UFC released Kimbo in 2010 but Kimbo kept fighting, and went 7-0 as a boxer with some vintage Kimbo street fighting knockouts.

Shamrock (UFC Hall of Fame) in the Main Event. Even though both men were past their prime, it was very entertaining as the legend of the streets square o had one last dance in the cage against fellow Miami street fighter and foe Dada 5000. There was a lot of bad blood between the two leading up to th t died in the cage from heart failure. Although Kimbo won the fight due to Dada’s exhaustion,he wasn’t happy with his performance and was given anoth use the unthinkable happened. On June 6, 2016 Kimbo was admitted to a hospital and passed away shortly after due to heart failure. He was just 42. e Bahamas, growing up in the poverty stricken hood of Perrine, Florida, where there are rarely any opportunities or ways out of that life, having Hurrican or an answer is what the story of Kimbo is all about. Yes of course he was a ferocious terrifying gold toothed, bearded specimen of a man when engaged his back and was always there for some one in need. I know that most people will remember him for being a certified ass kicker who obtained fame throug By Daniel opportunity than he had growing up. May we all take a minute to reflect on the life of Kimbo, and may God haveSamarin his loving grace and Mercy upon his sou

against with his performance and was given another opportunity to fight again at Bellator 158 as the main event in a rematch against James Thompson in London. Unfortunately we won’t get to see that because the unthinkable happened. On June 6, 2016 Kimbo was admitted to a hospital and passed away shortly after due to heart failure. He was just 42.

Looking back on the life, legacy, and persona that Kimbo left behind, he achieved nothing short of the American Dream. Coming to this country from the Bahamas, growing up in the poverty stricken hood of Perrine, Florida, where there are rarely any opportunities or ways out of that life, having Hurricane Andrew destroy his home in 1997 and forcing him to live out of his 1987 Nissan Pathfinder and showering at the beach. Persistance, never quitting or taking no for an answer is what the story of Kimbo is all about. Yes of course he was a ferocious terrifying gold-toothed, bearded specimen of a man when engaged in combat as Kimbo Slice, but do not let his persona as a fighter define him as a man. As Kevin Ferguson outside of the ring he would give you the shirt off of his back and was always there for someone in need. I know that most people will remember him for being a certified ass kicker who obtained fame through YouTube, but to the people closest to him they will simply remember him as a loving father and family man who made it in life and gave his family a better opportunity than he had growing up. May we all take a minute to reflect on the life of Kimbo, and may God have his loving grace and Mercy upon his soul.

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David Brock As I pulled up to the Gazze Academy (BJJ and MMA gym) in Huntington Beach recently, I was warmly greeted by one of the greatest Karate champions the red, white and blue has ever produced, David Brock. At a studly 63 years of age David gave me a quick run down of the beautiful training facility that himself and sensei Paulo Gazze Jr train and work out of on a daily basis. You see David Brock is just not your ordinary run of the mill Mickey Mouse instructor, he has a resume and track record of success that is as decorated and long as Tony Soprano’s rap sheet. As he began to talk to me, I immediately picked up the sense that this man’s aura was that of the real life American version of Mr. Miyagi. His list of life accomplishments throughout his 40 year-career in martial arts is impressive: 7th degree black belt in Chinese Kenpo, 8-time International Fighting Champion, 5-time National Lightweight Champion, Former USA team member and he’s been inducted into both the Black Belt Hall of fame and Karate Hall of Fame. Outside of the competitive world of martial arts, David was a personal body guard to actors Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas.

He once starred in his own TV show on Time Warner Cable called “David Brock’s Physical Fitness and Self Defense”. He is the President and CEO of Extreme Fighters World Championships, LLC but above all he is truly a great God fearing human being who was put on this earth to help the lives of others.

The saga of David Brock began in his birth place of Pensacola, Florida, as his mother married a Marine. The family quickly located to a Marine base in North Carolina, where he began to train in Judo. Fast forward three years and he was up and

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on his way again all the way to the sunny coast of Southern California. As he dabbled in boxing at the Westminster Boxing Club, although he did not really get into Martial Arts until his Junior year of High School thanks to his older brother who was a high level wrestler, “The Coaches from the martial arts gym saw that I had potential to be great,” David says, “and so they offered me a job vacuuming and cleaning the gym so that I could afford to pay for classes.” Like all other kids who are bad asses on the street, David went into his first martial arts event thinking the outcome would be the same as his fights on the street, but it wasn’t so. “I lost my first ever martial arts competition,” he recalls, “and I thought to myself, whoa, I’m not as tough as I thought I was! So I went back to the drawing board and got back on the grind.” From there David went on a tear and won a bunch of tournaments in the colored belt divisions. “In my day (the 60s and 70s) it was “Point Karate” until you moved into the black belt division which was full contact from the neck down.”

As time passed and after winning tournament after tournament, the Karate world took notice of the David Brock and on April 20, 1974 he received his black belt and immediately made an impact.

He won the Nationals in Las Vegas which was great, but his big one was still to come: The Long Beach Internationals - the largest in the world at that time where all the legends (Norris, Bruce Lee, etc) debuted. David faced the #1 ranked black belt champion at the time, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, and pulled off the biggest upset of the time to become champion. “It was a true blood bath war,” recalls David. After his underdog win, David’s martial art career took off like OJ running from the cops. He fought 87 times and only lost five times.

“I had a great streak going,” he says, “and I became the #1 ranked lightweight fighter in the world by 1976.” After 87 fights in a row, he decided enough was enough and decided to put the martial arts

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fighting career on hold. He began to teach and opened up his own schools. “I decided to take a break for a while,” he says, “I could make more money coaching than I could fighting. Back in those days we were only getting paid like $100 to fight, the biggest check that I had ever gotten was $1,000.”

After retiring in the late 80s, David moved to Yorba Linda, CA and opened up two schools training nearly 400 students. But like all stories there are ups and downs, peaks and valleys.

“I started training some big time drug dealers,” he says, “and from there I started taking drugs and getting involved with all of that, and for eight years I was addicted.”

David sought help but couldn’t afford the $2500 one of the drug rehab facilities wanted, so in 1998 he made the decision to give his life up to Jesus Christ. “Jesus helped me and it was free,” he says with a smile, “I quit cold turkey and haven’t taken any drugs in over 18 years.”

As David opened up to me in his gym I could see the genuine relief, peace, happiness and tranquility that Jesus Christ has brought into his life, and me being a devout Christian myself there’s nothing better than hearing people’s stories of being saved and the redemption that Jesus brings into their life.

Fast forward to today and David has been blessed in many ways as he is partnered up with Paulo Gazze Jr at the Gazze Academy, now training all of his students out of there. With Gazze Jr’s championship level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and David’s level of Karate they have made the Gazze academy a force to be reckoned with, and in a place like Orange County that has more top MMA gyms than any other area in the world, that says a lot.

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This month I’m doing a little Q&A with Orange County skater Nic Rivera....

How you doing, brother? How old are you?

Nic Rivera: 27 years young.

Who are your main influences?

Well I really like Brad McLaine, Marlon Silva, Mark Appleyard, Andrew Miller and Colby Franz rips, too.

Where are your favorite places to skate?

Well I’ve been skating a lot of backyard pools and spots that aren’t inadequate to skate, basically places that are difficult to ride.

Ya listen to music? What do you listen to before you skate?

I like a lot of different music, everything from Bowie to Slayer, real hip hop, reggae or funk. Anything that pumps me up before I skate.

Anything coming up around here this summer?

I’m stoked on the Van Doren Invitational coming up in Huntington Beach during the US Open, that should be sick, and I’m hoping to travel to some international contests soon.

Nic is sponsored by Pocket Pistol Skateboards, Ace Trucks, Hoax MFG, Black Flys, Attic Skateshop, Spank Grip, Globe Shoes, The Bridge to Skate Organization and Al Ramone Tattoo (Shipwrecked Ink on PCH and Warner in HB).

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A year ago this m o n t h we put the back of Christian Fletcher’s head Be on the cover of our t or very first issue and p we were off and running. ew So we were stoked when N r, Joe Foster submitted a shot he c t e of CF he took about three years l nF a i t ago in Newport Beach. “I’d never met s i r Ch Christian before this session,” explains Foster, “so I didn’t know what to expect. I knew he’s always been famous, crazy-talented and progressive but I gotta admit, I was a little intimidated because he didn’t know me and I didn’t want him to think I was just some random photographer. But it wasn’t like that at all. He suited up in his white wetsuit, we said let’s do this and we were both really happy with the end results.

After hanging out that afternoon, my perspective about who I thought Christian Fletcher was changed. He was a lot more down to earth and a lot more open than I was expecting. He was a great guy, and it was a great experience for sure! Must be that Fletcher DNA! Oh, and by the way, this was his first wave.-- words and pic by Joe Foster

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“Yeah, people stare at me all the time,” she says. “especially in Orange County with all the soccer moms with their kids at Starbucks.” Shelby has a lot of friends that have few or no tattoos, and they’ve also noticed the dirty looks and hear the stupid comments from strangers more than she does when they’re all are out together. So I ask, Shelby, what’s her take on getting those looks? “I’ve learned to tune it out over the years,” she says. “Tattoos are trendy. People want to automatically look like the models and celebrities they admire, but they better put in the time and work to be able to look like that and keep their job.” Bartending and modeling has been her saving grace. “When it comes to this new trend of getting your first tattoo on your neck or hands,” she says, “I think a lot of the responsibility falls on the artist. If you’re an 18 year old girl, fresh out of high school with no tattoos and your artist is willing to tattoo your hand there’s a problem there. Money shouldn’t be the deciding issue. It’s about the respect and tradition of tattooing.”

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Cappy’s Cafe in Newport Beach Look, honestly, Cappy’s is not known for its burgers but it certainly should be! Everybody knows the world famous food menu at Cappy’s is amazing.

The service is pure Southern hospitality, now serving breakfast, lunch and dinner!!! I must say picking our three favorite burgers in the OC is no easy task but our wonderful friend and new Cappy’s owner David Dukes has done it, making our list and in a big way. His massive, mouth-watering, thick and juicy hamburger is absolute perfection. From the bun to the sauce to the meat to the cheese, this burger is fabulous. Stacked high and cooked fresh to order with all the trimmings. Hell, they even threw in a delicious, crispy Panko onion ring between the buns. I sat down with David the owner and he explained what makes Cappy’s so special after all these years: “Great product, phenominal service and huge portions,” says David.

He also mentioned the new summer menu and new products, such as Cappy’s own amazing Mexican shrimp cocktail and delicious homemade Clam Chowder and new chicken wings! The new summer hours are Sunday through Tuesday 6am-3pm, Wednesday through Saturday 6am 9pm. Breakfast is served anytime and “Cappy Hour is 3-6PM and dinner is served from 5pm to 9pm. David says, “Y’all get in here!!” We certainly will!!

Don’t forget they serve the best Bloody Mary’s on the coast. No lie! -SC

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Mick’s Karma Burger in Irvine

Rider’s Club in San Clemente

This place is off the beaten path but so worth the search! Located in Irvine amidst a hideous array of high rise office towers and cheesy pastel public art structures, this former juice bar is no joke with a handmade burger that will put you in pure ecstasy. From the perfect foundation of a fresh, chewy toasted bun to the beyond-fresh sirloin patty ground on premises to order which makes it different than most any other burger place around. They’ve got red, ripe juicy tomatoes and the icy chilled hand leaf lettuce, this place rules and judging from the line out the door, it seems other people have gotten the memo. I made it easy and ordered the Karma burger and it didn’t disappoint.

I have no idea what’s in that sauce but it’s the bomb. I also ordered the chunky steak fries and drowned them in ketchup. Don’t forget the strawberry basil lemonade! Really, no bs, Mick’s really got it going on! in the near future. It’s quite an experience. -SC

This month it’s burgers and I gotta say it’s not east picking three of Orange County’s best burger joints, but The Rider’s Club in San Clemente makes the grade. It’s a small quaint place with barely any parking. We arrived on a Friday night and there was a line out the door. Upon arrival you could smell the burgers cooking on the grill and it smelled like heaven. Lucky enough we found a place to sit and service was fast and friendly and that’s important. Now back to the burgers. I ordered the bacon cheddar burger with grilled onions and avocado that was outrageously delicious with kettle chips and an ice cold beer ... My girl ordered the portabello mushroom veggie burgers and she loved it! Damn vegetarians!

This place doesn’t look like much from the outside, but don’t be fooled, this place kills it!! A south county great!! -SC

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n e w portb e achbr e w ingcompany. com We locals call it BrewCo and many of us have been going for years to enjoy the great food, handcrafted beers and beach city atmostphere. This place doubles as a happening bar that goes off on holidays, weekends and random weeknights. I can tell you personally, the menu runs deep. From the handbuilt burgers and delicious brick-oven pizzas that can be enjoyed on their outdoor patio to the brewery-style chicken tenders - the best I’ve ever had!! The service is fast, friendly and the food is consistent everytime. This place also has some of the most polite bartenders that serve up strong, mixed drinks. Now back to the brew: the beer is insane! I love the Newport Beach Blond Ale; it’s light, delicious and refreshing. For you IPA people you’ll love the fabulous tropical, citrusy flavor with a crisp, hearty, malt backbone. Honestly, if you’re in Newport you gotta go to BrewCo. 2920 Newport Blvd, Newport Beach, CA (949) 675-8449

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Wow, finally a pub with premium craft beers and insane gourmet burgers! Also boasting a killer outdoor patio dubbed the “backyard patio”. The Pint House has a western ambiance to it and is one of my favorite pubs to go to on any weekend because of the live music on the back patio. It usually gets packed early so get there before 8.

It’s also a great place for a date night, too. We love the melt-in-your-mouth tri-tip sliders, it’s a must! Dry-rubbed tri-tip with grilled to order caramelized onions and house made BBQ sauce on mini Hawaiian sweet rolls, yum! Service is awesome and the portions are huge! Oh yeah, the backyard patio is dog friendly too and they welcome your pup with open arms. The beer selection is awesome, with the likes of Ballast Point, Bootleggers, Acoustic Ales, Delirium and Coronado - so much to choose from! Our server was quite nice and we tipped her well! The Pint House does it right and we highly recommend it if you’re in the Fullerton area.

136 W. Wilshire Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832 (714) 525-PINT

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Oaxaca, Mexico

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Everybody loves Mexico, especially surfers.

The food, the culture, the beautiful people, the landscape and the waves. Way down in southern Mexico lies the State of Oaxaca, and around its neck a coastline of azure-blue water, righthand, sand bottom point breaks.

Due to its southeasterly coastline, many of the jewels glitter not only during the typical Mexico morning offshores, but many of these gems shine all day long as the afternoon sea breeze glazes the south swells glistening down these world famous point breaks.

Danny’s been living in Mainland for over 15 years and is extremely tied into his community.

His righthand man Willian, aka Senor Botete, is not only super fun to be around but he’s a hard working wave guide with close family ties to the local communities and beaches as well. From fishing, playing baseball in all the local pueblos, and being a good friend with all the very credible local authorities and citizens ... he’s in tight which makes it better for American travelers looking for some serenity in the wild west of Mexico.

Treasures like this are no secret, but in these parts of Mexico you’re way better off ‘paying to play’ rather than being told to leave at once with no bounty. The area is controlled by the numerous surf camps and guides, from Huatulco in the north to Salina Cruz in the south. And right in the middle lies this breathtaking little pueblo nestled between majestic mountains in a gorgeous coastal river valley. It is here that world traveling Orange County surfer and acclaimed wave guide Danny Setum rewards you with his Rancho Surf Tours.

With extensive experience, Danny does an awesome job and stays right on top of the changing sandbars, winds and incoming swells. He is determined to get you the best waves on offer with the least other surfers as possible. RST excels at staying one step in front of the surfers from the other camps by playing cat and mouse and always knowing where the surf will be the best. And if it’s a really good swell, you may even get to surf alone.

From the airport pick up in Huatulco where he fills you in on the swell and sandbar conditions as well as talking story time; to the drop off filled with emotional thank you’s and the stoke of real brotherhood bonded in good waves and great times. From the epic waves to excursions to freshwater pools and waterfalls, to attending local fiestas in town during holidays with Danny and his family, or chilling or partying on the third floor sky bar while surveying the entire authentic pueblo and beautiful valley. Rancho Surf Tours is more than just world class waves it is a natural and cultural experience.

RST’s location and surf venues are safe and versatile for all types of groups and their needs. You and your group and the team at RST will customize your experience to make it your very own. From experts to beginners, from family trips to honey mooners or rowdy trips with the boys, RST maximizes a unique and non-generic high quality surf experience for all. Don’t forget, this area’s also known for its world-class fishing!

For more info, check out Ranchosurftours.com

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#TruthLiesLegends

By Victoria Johnson Imagine that you’re on horseback in the Santa Ana Mountains. It’s a clear, but cold day in January. The year is 1908. You’re a rancher, or maybe a beekeeper. When you were much younger, grizzlies lived around here, but you’ve only seen one once, many years ago. Some say there aren’t any left: that they’d finally rid the land of them. The livestock, the honey, and the people around here are safer now.

You notice a small creek running in a gully between rocks. You tie your horse to a tree and climb down to the water to refill your canister. You take a few gulps before sensing that something is off. It isn’t the water that’s the problem, though – it’s the grizzly bear, not 15 yards from you. And it’s glaring right at you. All your knowledge about bears goes out the window. Should you run? Should you shout, and try to appear large and threatening? It seems much smaller than the grizzlys you remember – scrawny, too, as though it hasn’t eaten in a while. It walks a few steps

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in your direction. Gripped by fear you reach for your pistol, hands shaking. Do you shoot?

Believe it or not, the Santa Ana Mountains used to be home to a large population of grizzlies, even into the 1860s. The indigenous people of the region had lived alongside the bears for centuries without either being a significant threat to the other. Some saw the bear as an enforcer of divine order. With the influx of Europeans in the 18th century, however, conflict erupted between beast and man. Ranchers, farmers, and miners felt threatened by the grizzlies. They thought of them as vicious, and hostile. The reality is that the bears usually didn’t engage with humans unless provoked – for example, if a bear was attacked, or a person got too close to a mother’s cubs. The bears would interfere with livestock and apiaries, which was a legitimate concern – however, it does not justify the cruel ways in which the animals were treated. At first the bears

were hunted for sport, and for use in bull fights (in which the bear and bull would usually try to avoid each other). Then, they were hunted to be exterminated. And so they were. The methods of extermination included stabbing, poisoning, and pulling to pieces with lassos.

The last grizzly bear in Orange County was killed in Trabuco Canyon in 1908. She was nicknamed “Little Black Bear” (also known as “Honey Thief,” since she had destroyed thirty beehives in her time).

She was small, old, and malnourished – but tough. Little Black Bear got caught in a modified mountain lion trap, but she dragged it for five miles before the hunters and their dogs finally caught up with her.

It took three bullets to bring her down.

Sadly, she was the last Grizzly bear ever seen in Orange County, finally pushed to extinction. Also, she was the only Santa Ana grizzly evervav to be photographed – and only after her death. Her hide now resides in the Smithsonian Institute.

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Cameron Dorn

Cameron Dorn, 18. It’s no secret that some of the smartest, most athletic and most beautiful girls in the world come from Orange Couny, and this year’s Orange Coast League Female Athlete of the Year is just more proof. Hailing from Laguna Beach, Cameron spent all four years of high school on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll and graduated Laguna Beach High School Summa Cum Laude with a 4.3 GPA. This Fall she’ll be off to USC where she’ll play Beach Volleyball and study Broadcast Journalism. She’s received special achievement scholarship awards from the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach for writing, The Soroptimist International of Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach High School Athletic Boosters, and the Laguna Beach High School French Foreign Language Department. She’s volunteered for Relay for Life, the Special Olympics and Assisteens of Laguna Beach, is a member of the 2015 and the 2016 USA Volleyball A2 Junior National Beach Volleyball Team and will play in the AAU Junior Olympics and the High Performance Beach National Championships for Beach Volleyball ... and that’s just this summer. The world is yours, Cameron!

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