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Jordan

When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail

About Me

Here's a small sample of the higlights from my video editing portfolio. Each link will take you to the video's page on Youtube:
Wipeouts, vol 1 (bodyboarding & surfing): click here
Carnage at Sandys (bodyboarding & bodysurfing): click here
Ala Moana Bowls, Sept. 2005 (surfing & bodyboarding): click here
Vintage Wedge (bodyboarding): click here
Pipe Masters 2004 (surfing): click here
Sandy Beach, April 2006. photo by Ryan Beppu
^ Got Didj???
Bodysurfing at Sandy Beach, March 2006. Photo by Ryan Beppu
^ Me & Manny Vargas, didgeridoo jammin' at Sandy http://www.jordansmyspace.comBeach
People describe me as outgoing, talkative, loud, funny, unique, nice, and fanatical (when I take on a new sport or hobby, I get REALLY into it)
I am originally from Campbell, California, which is a suburb of San Jose. As I was growing up, I was into Breakdancing which I ditched for Skateboarding which I later ditched for Bodyboarding. Bodyboarding became my identity & focus in life which propelled me to study hard in school so I'd get good grades & transfer to a university near the beach. Well, it worked. I went to UC San Diego, and after graduating, I made San Diego my new home. In 1999, I discovered Bali. After 4 summers (totalling over 6 months) of surfing great waves with warm water, I decided that to make the tropical island thing a permanent part of my life, so I moved to Hawaii in January 2003....
^ Westside Oahu, Oct 2005. photo by Danny Black

My Interests

Bodyboarding
Surfing
Playing the Didgeridoo
Travelling to Bali
Going to the Gym
Disc Golfing
Photography
Videography
Collecting Music
Bodysurfing
Snowboarding
Going to Concerts
Fantasy Football

I'd like to meet:

I am very thankful to have so many great friends, and I'm always down to make new ones. If you would like to be my friend, I just have 3 requirements:
1) You don't post multiple stupid bulletins on a daily basis. I don't care if you're bored, what you had for dinner, or if you're desperate for someone to leave you a comment!! This includes bands, clothing companies, whatever.
2) You're smart enough to keep your page from getting hacked, of if you are the frequent unfortunate victim of myspace identity theft, you at least have enough brains to periodically change your password. Please don't 'post' any comments that offer me free ring tones, $500 gift certificates to Macys, or fake videos of girls making out.
3) You actually have a default image.
If you answered yes to all 3 of the above requirements, then I welcome you to add me as a friend. Come & join the crew......

^ The San Diego crew unites for a Moby concert, May 2005

^ My Birthday Party!!!!! Feb 2006

Music:

Ozomatli
Moby
Jurassic 5
Black Eyed Peas
Baka Beyond
The Chemical Brothers
Lucky Dube (R.I.P.)
Ima Robot
The Prodigy
Coldplay
The Shins
Less Than Jake
Shout Out Louds
De La Soul
G Love & Special Sauce
311
Outback
Jamiroquai
Bunny Wailer
Fatboy Slim
Deep Forest
Bedouin Soundclash
Al-Pha-X
Bran Van 3000
Len
Gorillaz
The Go! Team
Blur
The Killers
Interpol
The New Pornographers
Operation Ivy
The Polyphonic Spree
Ryan Farish
Prince
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Toy Dolls
The Specials

Movies:

Bodyboard Videos:
Tension 1 through 10
Boogie Nation
The Inside
Vague Opportunities
No Friends 3 & 6
and many more
Surf/Skate/Snow: The Search For Animal Chin
Future Primitive
Endless Summer
The Jamie O'Brien Freakshow
Technical Difficulties
Caught Clean
Movies:
All Star Wars Movies
All Indiana Jones Movies
Clerks
Mallrats
Go!
The Shawshank Redemption
Road Trip
A Fish Called Wanda
The Dark Crystal
A Few Good Men
Breakin
Beat Street
North Shore
Happy Gilmore
Sleepy Hollow
The Big Lebowski
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story...

Television:

Fuel TV
Jay Leno
NFL & College Football
The 10 O'Clock News (Channel 8)
Sportscenter
CSI
South Park

Books:

The DaVinci Code
Angels & Demons
Jurassic Park
Harry Potter series
Eragon
Surfing Indonesia
Surfing Hawaii
Surfing California

My Blog

March 5th sunset & scenery photos...

More sunset scenery from Hawaii Kai..... ...
Posted by Jordan on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:22:00 PST

March 6th sunset & scenery photos...

More sunset scenery from Hawaii Kai..... ...
Posted by Jordan on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:22:00 PST

Scenery photos from March 4th, 2008

Just a few shots taken on the way to work & on the way home from work.  Enjoy!!! ...
Posted by Jordan on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:59:00 PST

Indo 2007 - Taiwan Night Photography

One of the benefits (or disadvantages) of flying to Bali on China Airlines is that you have an overnight layover in Taiwan.  The good news is that the airline pays for your hotel room, so you bas...
Posted by Jordan on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:31:00 PST

Indo 2007 - Black Eyed Peas concert in Jakarta!!!!!!!

Those of you who really know me know how much of a music & concert freak I am.  I've always thought it would be cool to be in a foreign country when a great concert rolls through town.  ...
Posted by Jordan on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

Indo 2007 - A few pictures from Bali......

Sorry photo enthusiasts, my camera stayed in the bag for most of my trip.  The waves were good but the the spot that I rode breaks on an outer reef, so it's hard to shoot it, and when the waves w...
Posted by Jordan on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:02:00 PST

Bali Update 10/10/2007

Cool thing about Bali this year is that a lot of the 'high end' restaurants have free Wi-Fi internet access, so here I am in a town called Ubud, eating my $5 (high end) dinner & surfing the web on...
Posted by Jordan on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:39:00 PST

4th of July, 2007 - Fireworks!!!!!!!!!

For the 2nd year in a row, I watched the fireworks at Ala Moana Beach Park from my friend Marvin's condo.  He has an unobstructed view towards Magic Island, and we get to watch the fireworks...
Posted by Jordan on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:47:00 PST

The Junglementary - my latest (non-bodyboarding) video edit....

From 2002 until last week, my good friend Dan Kozak was living in the Jungle in the southeast side (otherwise known as Puna) of the Big Island.All our friends from Cali have joked about Jungle Dan, bu...
Posted by Jordan on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:19:00 PST

Whistler 3/2007!!!!!!!!

Just got back from a 1 week snowboarding trip to Whistler.  Went with a large group of friends & had a great time.  The snow ranged from horribly icy (monday the 12th) to perfection (wed...
Posted by Jordan on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:05:00 PST