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This band is brilliant.




In other news, a different version of the video Dustin and I made is up Surfline.

ESPN 8: the Ocho!

I surfed all morning Friday as the swell from ole' Bill started to fill in. My plans were to surf my brains out all weekend, but at noon on Friday I got the call. It was Dustin saying that we were leaving in a hour to go shoot some video with some really, really good surfers. I was equally as stoked.

Here is what came out of it:

peru montage

Peru Montage from Eric Hires on Vimeo.

the boys are back

Check out this trailer...not so much for the movie as for the Matt Hires song that was used in it.



Cheers!

m a c h u p i c c h u

On sunday we took the train out of Cusco (picture 1) down into the "Sacred Valley" to check out the ancient city of Machu Picchu. It was absolutely incredible. Mind blowing. The way this civilization shaped and stacked rocks, with no mortar or cement and using only simple machines, is hard to imagine. They had a system of fresh water fountains, irregation, and sundials.

The city is much bigger than it looks from the pictures. It is about 1/2 of a mile long and 1/4 mile wide, and shaped to look like a Condor from above.

I am back in Chicama now and a big south swell is filling in! Going to shoot a lot of surfing the last two days of the trip.

Check out the band "Radical Face".

Paz!

c u s c o

I think Cusco is the coolest city I have ever been to. It's beauty is awe inspiring. Sitting up in the Andes at 10,912 feet it takes your breath away, literally. The streets are cobblestone and barely wide enough for a vehicle and the architecture is absolutely stunning. I will have pictures soon.

Being here makes me appreciate being able to travel so much. Sitting out on the stoop of the hotel drinking coffee this morning and watching people from all over the world pass by puts a smile on my face. I am going to have to make some sacrifices to be on the road for so long, but mornings like this make me realize it is all worth it.

"I couldn't have found G-d in the Seminary, he thought, and he looked at the sunrise."

Rejoice in the L-rd always!