Age?

31

Nickname & why?
The Waz - obvious
Grandpa

Sponsors?
Quiksilver, Etnies Shoes, Lost Surfboards, Astrodeck
Quiver on board?
6'1", 6'2", 6'5"

Claim to fame?
Best Polish surfer in the world.

Other interests?
Photography

What got you into surfing?
I lived on the beach and had no money so I would play in the ocean.

Best place you've been and why?
Our world, this place is insane.

Where did you grow up?
Santa Monica, CA

What does the Quiksilver Crossing mean to you?

It means freedom. It means the chance to see the world. It gives us the opportunity to never grow up.

31 August 2003
LAX was a nightmare but the flight was smooth. The drive was interesting. The traffic was on four legs; it was a herd of cows. We got on a dirt road and an hour later we saw the boat. What a sight! The chef made an insane dinner and down I went..

1 September 2003
We left port early in the morning after a good nights sleep. Powering for three hours the winds blew off shore all morning and we past countless beach breaks on our way to a wave that had been surfed before by the crew on the boat. Almost as we pulled up the wind switched for the first time in a month and we surfed on shore left reefs that were really fun but if it was off shore it would have been spitting. Fun surf for the first session. After that we powered down to an anchorage and what the captain said was supposed to be the best wave in Central America.

2 September 2003
Did not sleep very well last night. Woke up a bit grumpy but my surroundings were really beautiful so I had to smile. The cookie made an insane breakfast and off we went. We were going to the left, as we pulled up we saw some sets but it looked really messy with boils all over. The JJ paddled out, he lives there and said when the low tide comes we will be pleasantly surprised. We went off with six foot spitting pits. We surfed all day and by 1:00pm we were so tired and sun burnt we could barely move. Perfect waves will do that. We surfed again and had some more great waves.
Dinner was insane. Lobster!!

3 September 2003
Tom Carroll really went off today. Timmy Turner got all the barrels.
Todd Morcom got spit down the streets. Jimmy Rotherhman towed in to a bomb for the first time. Shane (Parko) got sick pits.
I dislocated my shoulder.