extreme boot camp (hell)
extreme milk-shakes (heaven)
surf dudes? (well, maybe the one on the left)
A very busy & tiring day ...
0600 - arrive in Santa Monica at Pacific Palisades Park for an early morning work-out with some ex-Marine chaps from Extreme Boot Camp. For an hour, Edgar & Mike were at best brutal, at worst maniacal. My bones & muscles were burning as we (thankfully there were a couple of others there) crunched, sprinted, struggled and wheezed ... people actually do this everyday ... crazy. It's all very LA ...
0900 - arrive at The Oceana on 849 Ocean Avenue. This small luxury hotel was built in 1957 as an apartment block, was transformed into a hotel in 1970 and has now been modernised ... after a multi-million dollar refurbishment. It has just 70 rooms & suites. Its all very swish ... It was once home to Stan Laurel ... of Laurel & Hardy fame. I like this hotel ...
We had some fabulous milk-shakes, pizza and all-in-all, it was a fabulous shoot!
1500 - meet up with Nick Meehan - a surf dude from Blue Surf Riders. Ok - it's the wrong season and wrong time of day BUT there were a few waves. I was not very good. I fell in the sea a lot and didn't manage to pop-up ... very often/at all ... it was great fun though!
Was tired and exhausted when we got back to the hotel ... zzzzzzzz.. thankfully a quick massage at Le Merigot helped me to relax.
Song of the Day: Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
Weather: Very LA
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