What Do Interpretive Dancers, The 2024 Pipe Pro Champ, Erin Brooks, And A Convict Toaster Vehicle Have In Common?

760 is the area code of Oceanside, the military town where the Simmers live. Once a beachside haven for the blue-collar, the phone demographic has shifted more towards codes like 949 (San Clemente), 310 (LA), and 415 (San Fran). The new numbers pay $2.2 – 5 mil to live where our parents settled in ’98 for $415 per month. The cry is free. And flat whites are not.

However, a trained eye can peel back the layers of gentrified sprinter vans and neon cockerels to experience the O’s original flavor. A vibrancy that looks like a Lowrider-bumping rap artist, “Bishop Snow.” Or the surf tech lords, like Zach Rhinehart (Rip) and Deck Bocklemen, throwing flip trix. Or the solo evangelist howling into a Fanta sunset.

Before Caity’s earth-shattering shake of the Banzai tree, she spent her time hanging with ‘the homies’, surf-tripping, and forking around town. In the 2024 Pipe Pro winner’s ode to the “760,” you’ll find counterculture, ethereal railwork, and a callout to Oceanside’s finest — Timo Simmers, Ryder Smith, and Ryan Risko.

So what’s with the rogue Toaster getaway scene? While the footage is from a separate incident, the premise is based on a true story. While we were on a soon-to-be-released project in the Philippines, an unfortunate soul picked a Scion XB to steal (mine).

The story goes: A desperate individual was looking for a getaway vehicle and picked the first one with an unlocked door (whoops), conveniently parked next to the 5 freeway. After rummaging amongst musty wetsuits, 10 years of sand build up, and maybe Covid 3.0 — the guy Jimmy-rigged my transmission and fled at the turbo max of 80 mph.

Our villain’s fatal flaw was his inability to ignore the stench of wetsuit piss. So he stopped at a gas station, cleaned out the whip, hosed the windows, and bought an air freshener — giving the police (tracking via low-jack) time to catch up. A few minutes after leaving the gas station, he was chased, cornered, and ripped out of the cube in Laguna Beach. Caity says it’s good thing the car got a wash after 10 years, but I worry her # 1 defense mechanism is gone.

Long live the TOASTER. Ps: We’ve asked the police & DA to release the bodycam footage, without luck. Any tips would be appreciated.