Gary is safe on high seas of the Lombok Strait.Its given me an awesome feeling in my heart thinking about the 100 or so people ,two or three surf hotel owners,standing by ready to help my brother,including my very close friend Lance Fagerstedt who was standing by in Thailand ready to jump on a plane to go rescue Gary.Lance helped pave my way to paddling Oahu to Kauai in 05 and I know Lance would fly to Indo,catch a ferry to Lombok and find my Brother in a heartbeat,thats what Lance does,he takes care of people.But an interesting thing happened,speaking of good friends,from a long time ago,rockstar musician friends;Marti Nica and Bronsy Tansley were first responders,Bronsy said Ty Kroll.It sort of rang a bell?um? Ty Kroll?. So later last night Nos Dakine and David Bright said Clinton Moncata!,so I called Clint,he was getting his boat ready to go escort the Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race.Clint said ,in his rough voice,tell Gary go to the Volcom store when he gets back to Bali,Im shooting an email,they will hook Gary up!.Long story short,A lot of people dont know this,a long time ago,Gary and his business partner Grant Fukuda helped Clint launch his new company Volcom by giving them the idea of setting up a huge skateboard ramp in this big gig place called Pinks Garage and having live bands play along with it.That gig went off,fully packed,first ever Volcom party.You know that Girl above Bronsy Tansley,she was the singer of a ska band Mr Simon that headlined that night .That guy Ty Kroll?,he was the bass player and the guy picking Gary up at the dock and bringing him to where he lives. Guess what else? Gary Owens brother Chris band Mystery Crashopened up for Mr Simon that same night.There is a youtube video about that night.Back to the 100 people maybe a lot more,its gonna take me some time to get back and thank everyone of you personally,but let me say this; Everyone of you show that in this messed up World that love still prevails and its stronger than ever.Even the good Muslims who picked Gary off the ground completely knocked out, and brought him to a hospital.Id have to thank them the most,wish there was a way. Im so thankfull when my Brother Bobby Owens pulled up yesterday,he wasnt telling me Gary is gone away.So back to Volcom,we need to have a real Volcom party for Gary,old school style,Clinton Moncata! Its past due.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:24:35 +0000