by Clay Schmitz | Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Stoked to present the recut version of A Surf Tale! I trimmed and cut the scenes that didn’t work, and remastered the video for HD. The three versions have been moved to the members section and can be found here:
http://clayisland.com/surf-tale-recut-3-versions/
I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed reliving this adventure…
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by Clay Schmitz | Jan 9, 2017 | adventures, surf videos, videos
Fall seemed elusive this year as October and November were full of big and stormy surf. December settled down and we scored three swells of beautifully groomed offshore surf. Fun to massive size waves and light to howling winds has me pondering the right tools to take on these conditions.
Below is the full video with music and voice over.
Length – 08:10
I hope you enjoy…
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by Clay Schmitz | Jan 7, 2017 | adventures, how to videos, surf videos, videos
I spent decades trying to create a safe place. Safety in numbers, safer neighborhood, alarm systems, weapons, and self defense classes. After trying all these methods I still felt unsafe.
Listening to a guided meditation the speaker asked me to imagine a safe place. I thought of all the places I have been to and it dawned on me that I didn’t feel safe anywhere. Now that I was aware of the problem I was actively seeking a new solution. It snuck up on me through a mandatory meditation walk, required training for a martial arts class.
On that meditation walk I felt scared I would get poison oak, and I realized how unnatural it is for a human being to be afraid of nature. As part of a group I saw and heard a broad range of comfort with being in a forest. This showed me where I was at and what feeling really comfortable and safe looked like.
I heard being in nature spoken of as a satisfying sexual experience.
What?!? Really??? At the time I didn’t feel this way, I was however very inspired to continue the practice and see where it led me…
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by Clay Schmitz | Jan 1, 2017 | surf videos, videos
Here are some videos from our YouTube Channel: Overcoming Anxiety in Heavy Waves with Great White Sharks and Hostile Locals: Wing Foil Fest Under the Golden Gate Bridge: Tools for Surfing the Waves of Life. These tools helped me ride the waves of life –... Read more
by Clay Schmitz | Dec 27, 2016 | adventures, articles, how to articles
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution last year? How is your resolve, did you stick with it the entire year? How about prior years? Any resolutions that you made years ago that you are still practicing? Congratulations if you answered yes.
Regardless of our past today is a new day. Here are some simple tips to make resolutions we can stick with.
1. Clearly define what your resolution is and the details of what exactly you will be doing. What does success look like?
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