~50 of my closest kayaking friends


2008!!!!

I made it to 2008! As many of my kayaking friends would say after an adventurous trip:

"Cheated death once again!"

To celebrate the new year, I paddled on the Oakland Estuary like I've done the last few years. The owner of the local kayak store graciously hosted the "Paddle with Albert Wang on New Year's Day." I got to see a lot of old friends and then participate in what turned out to be a Roast/Eulogy. Thanks Keith for putting it all together.

See pics in following links:

http://kayak6.blogspot.com/2008/01/alberts-new-year-paddle.html

http://paddler.smugmug.com/gallery/%204094942/1/238681327

http://gallery.mac.com/bbstender#100012

We talked a bit about a few of the recent holiday adventures over the last few years. One of the favorites was " Santa's San Diegp Surfin' Safari". I invited a few of my friends to a last minute party in San Diego over the holiday break at my empty 3bd place. No furniture, but carpeted, and was a cushy indoor campsite. I only had two weeks notice but about a dozen of my paddling friends came down for a week over xmas. We surfed a lot, paddled Sea World, dinner parties with my San Diego friends, etc, Over all a great time.

But the hands on favorite was:

"I'm dreaming of a Black Xmas" So good that many of us repeated the trip the next year.

Read about it here:

BlackXmas2002.pdf

See ya in 2009!