The Last Lava Lamp: A Caribbean Adventure

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THE LAST LAVA LAMP

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A CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE

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Editor-in-Chief | Taylor Paul Managing Editor | beau Flemister Assistant Editor | BRENDAN BUCKLEY Photo Editor | peter taras Associate Photo Editor | jimmy wilson Art Director | chato aganza Associate Art Director | Noa Emberson Online Editor | jason miller

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pulled from Dane Gudauskas’ Lava Lamp Brick of Swiss

Cheese Deliciousness, SURFING, July 2013 Dane Gudauskas with a Caribbean slice through a lava-lamp blue sea.

PHOTO: JIMMICANE

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D E L I RI U M on the open seas

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FA N TA S Y i n B ra z i l

LITTLE BLACK MAGNETS IN A SEA OF BLUE

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Isn’t it funny how everyone has that little voice inside their head? And how that voice talks with you, back and forth, all day long?

Just a tiny little dialogue from a tiny little voice. Sometimes it’s a delusional rant, but other times, it takes spectacular shapes of pure honesty between you and, well, yourself. These bits and pieces define what we see and perceive as humans. And we saw plenty on our trip to the Caribbean, but the perception, well, that’s up to you…

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Alejandro Moreda

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Has anyone ever told you that the rockin’ of a ship is like a woman’s hips?

It’s all in the hips. Blake Jones putts for a birdie

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Dane, king of the cows.

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you wanna know the secret to cooking on a boat?

It’s love, man, and just love.

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they told us that only two people had ever surfed there before us and that they left in body bags, man.

They said, “Dey be sleepin’ in da morgue right now.”

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Not a bad way to go.

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The water was so blue it felt like a lava lamp. Trip on that, man: surfing on liquid blue lava.

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Dylan

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Dane

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There were so many holes out there, brotha, it looked like a brick of blue Swiss cheese.

A lava lamp brick of Swiss cheese deliciousness.

Are you grooving to this yet?

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Blake

Dylan

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Dane forgot to tie down the sail.

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when you pull up to a new spot that not many people have ever seen, you start to freak.

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And I mean freak, man.

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Blake

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Dylan

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Alejandro on a right that was calling his name.

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Ale-ale-jandro...

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Blake 30

You gotta loosen up already, ‘cause this is the Caribbean.

This is where magic happens and where your dreams exist, OK?

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So, this is about th the trip when your start kicking in,

A call to arms.

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he time of r sea legs

boss.

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Alejandro

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Dane, Thanksgiving.

All that beauty is nice, b a brotha can’t go too fa wettin’ the rails a littl 36

but you know ar without le.

Without carving the turkey 37

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Blake

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You weren’t born for this job, but here you are, man.

You’re a sailor now.

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Dylan swears he still won’t get an anchor tattoo.

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This is groovy, man. F--kin’ volcanoes burstin’ right out of the ocean.

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You can’t control it, man, you just

got to let it goooo.

Alejandro, no-grab freedom.

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Following the flying fish, man,

it’s beautiful.

Dylan

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So we’re sailin’, but we got on land for a little bit, too. Long enough to feel the vibes, and oh,

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they were str

Drinks that keep pace with the vibes.

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Dylan

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It’s like one tion of posit

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e giant collective soul power

cing in the streets, OK?

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Dane, backside island grab.

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They speak French over here, for crying out loud — FRENCH!

That’s the language of love, my brotha 56

Blake 57

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Dylan, lounging on a rail.

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Spell that shit out in garlic on a sauté pan, shower it down with some olive oil, a little onion, and BAM — we’re dancin’.

Frontside punt minced with a grab.

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Alejandro

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Dylan, spun out.

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Thank you for

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