Patrick Tobin

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Message By: protectin

12/18/2011 12:30:21 PST

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11/02/2011 09:39:54 PST

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Message By: leila

07/18/2011 19:47:09 PST

dear pat,
i met you only briefly, but i have that moment crystallized in a painting. it was at the paint
off at monarch beach. you had just fallen in the sand, a little tipsy i suppose, and you were
salvaging a painting. youhad chosen a beautiful vantage point, next to the run off, as if to say, i
paint from the ground up. i was just out of the hospital, and so happy to be free. i was so
lovestruck by the passion you put into the lifeguard tower, and spirits of painters in your
painting. it meant so much to me that on a teacher's salary i took the saying by gertrude stein-
poor people either buy clothes or art- to heart and met your lovely wife who gave me a bargain so
that i could have that moment. god bless you and your family. i paint and sculpt on in your loving
memory.
leila

Message By: JollyRoger

07/02/2011 09:35:24 PST

Íàâå÷íî ïðîäëèòü þíîñòü ïîëíîñòüþ ìîæåò áûòü, äàæå óäîáíåå â ñîâðåìåííûõ êðèòåðèÿõ.Êàê âñåì
èçâåñòíî, áûòîâàÿ òåõíèêà, âûïîëíÿÿ çà íàñ, íóæíóþ êàæäîäíåâíóþ ðóòèííóþ ðàáîòó, âûçâîëÿåò ìàññó,
âîëüíîãî âðåìåíè. Íàäî ñêàçàòü òî, ÷òî ýòè ìèíóòû êàê ðàç ìîæíî, ïðåäíàçíà÷èòü ñîáñòâåííîìó
çäîðîâüþ, óõîäó çà ñâîèì ëèöîì è òåëîì. Íàäî ñêàçàòü òî, ÷òî ñâÿçàííûå ñ ñèèì ïðîöåäóðû òàêæå çàéìóò
ìàêñèìóì 1 ÷, îñíîâíîå - æåëàíèå.

Ìàëî êòî çíàåò òî, ÷òî 5-ûé ôàêòîð, âëèÿþùèé, ïî ìíåíèþ Àìîñîâà, íà íàøå ñàìî÷óâñòâèå, - ýòî
ñîñòîÿíèå ñ÷àñòüÿ.

Message By: Fredde

03/17/2011 11:07:32 PST

Although I grew up in Laguna Beach and we had many mutual friends, I never met Pat. I learned about
him, his spirit and talent when a close friend gave me one of Pat's paintings for a wedding gift in
the early 90s. The painting is oil on canvas of the beach and A frame (formerly Dick Pettit's home)
at 1000 Steps in South Laguna. The painting "lives" in a prominent place in my home on the Salmon
River in Idaho. It is one of my most treasured possessions and will be passed on to my heirs to
hopefully remain in my family always.

Message By: Chris Carle

12/28/2010 07:42:03 PST

Thinking of you Pat and the spirit you've blessed us with. Your soulfulness is immortalized with
each break of a wave and and stroke of paint. Your stories will live on forever. Last night I had
the opportunity to visit with your good friends while they shared their experiences with you. You
truly assure me that life is one big adventure and that there is nothing more beautiful than
following your heart and listening to your soul. I love you.
Love your nephew,
Chris

Message By: Anonymous

12/03/2010 22:50:48 PST

Hace muchos años conoci al buen amigo patricio en las playas de petacalco guerrero, se caracterizo
por ser una persona muy pacifica amistosa en ese lugar hizo muy buenos amigos que aun lo recuerdan
ahi tambien se caso con una muchacha del pueblo de nombre maria con la cual procreo un hijo el cual
ya es todo un caballero. recuerdo muy bien tambien al gran amigo jeronimo quien tambien se la pasaba
con patricio practicando el surfing en las playas de petacalco y sus alrededores aveces nos
juntabamos a tomar coronitas claras en la tienda de mama lucha para mitigar el calor del dia
conversando a toda madre y cotorreando con los gringos hace un par de años vi a jeronimo aqui en
tijuana y me comento del fallecimiento del buen amigo patricio lo cual me entristecio espero que
descanse en paz y se le recordara por siempre su amigo jaime.

Message By: Z-Man

08/15/2009 08:50:18 PST

1973 . An over night stay in Mazatlan ended in an unplanned stop in Guadalajara to replace a stolen
passport. About 10 days later we were on the road again heading toward Playa Azul and the beaches
around Zihuatenejo and Acapulco . Word was out there was a place called the "Mexican Pipeline" ,
some were calling it " mescals". It was closely guarded by some loose and tight lipped gringo
surfers. Luck, pure and simple had me turn down a likely dirt road that we knew had to end at the
ocean. It did, with a "palapa" style typical beach restaurant. Out to stretch, and buy a Fanta, it
was obvious there was a surfable wave breaking 200yds north at what looked like a sand point. We all
hiked up the beach and the wave kept looking better and better with every yard.Before we made it all
the way we decided to go back, and gear up for surf. There were five surfers out by the time I
paddled out and spazzed on my first wave . It was way bigger than we thought. Undergunned and
overwhelmed we sat on the beach and just watched Pat Tobin (later found out it was him) on an 11'9"
rhino-chaser just tear this place apart . We're talking 15' set waves with average ones about 8'-
10' ( faces) . We watched for almost 3 hrs of unbelievable surf and surfing.I'll NEVER forget the
waves Pat got , always the biggest set wave. He would ever so casually stroke into these giants and
either straight to the bottom or fading slightly, turn going so fast by then and come up into
perfect trim perfectly slotted and continue getting tubed and coming out of every single wave he
attacked ! I'd never seen anything like it before or since. The waves soooo perfect, and the surfer
flawless. I had an ancient Kodak box camera[probably 110 film]and had taken one or two pictures when
one of the gringoes came over and made it clear, almost politely, that, if I continued my camera
might become trash! Forgot my reply, but surely acquiesced. 17 years later ; another friend and I
drove from Dana Pt. to Sta. Cruz, Mex. and lucked into a solid 6' swell that lasted 3days. Turned
out Pat was living there and I was introduced to him by Bob Hawthorne ,who is married to a local
,has a family there ,splits his time there and by now probably retired there. This is a well known
spot but there were just 4 of us for those 3 days. The swell dropped and Pat offered us the key to
a house he owned at Nexpa,and a note to the family that owned the camp on the point. So off we go,
another 2 hundred miles or so, only to be totally disappointed when we arrive in torrential downpour
, river rising , logs in the lineup , brown water and blown to shreds ! 2days and we'd had it! Time
to retreat back to Sta. Cruz. The coast road had washed into the sea, so a 400 mi. detour was our
only option. Exhausted , midnight, pulled in safely . A couple more days of flat Sta. Cruz and time
to hit it home. Pat asked a favor to take his all-time most favorite longboard home with us and he
would, or a friend pick it up at m place No problem. It was a pig , 9'6" solid blue-grey pigmented,
oldstylesingle fin, used looking and waxed. We did the cursory checkpoint stops and border crossing
at Nogales to get to the US faster. About a month later a friend of Pat called and said he'd pick up
the board. Never even gave it another thought. Fast-forward 17 years again and I read the sad news
in Surfer Mag. about a year and a half ago of his un-timely death. About his beautiful French wife
and daughter, and that he left quite a legacy in Laguna Beach art community. The time we spent in
Sta. Cruz he had at least 20 big, oil paintings ready to sell/transport to US. I will always wonder
if that ugly surfboard we returned for him contained some of the wealth he seemed to achieve in his
later years spent in France, traveling, painting his famous landscapes. If it had , this could have
been a horror story oft repeated ! It was never given a second glance. We'll never know ?

Message By: Suzy

05/16/2009 14:12:34 PST

I grew up next to Pat,up on temple hills with my brothers. We also had a house my grand father
built at 154 pearl st.it is the oldest house in Laguna beach all that land on peal street was my
famlilies homesteading land . In the 70's I think around 1973 0r 1974 I commisioned Pat to paint
the peal street property because I felt that things were changing and it would never be the same I
have two oils one othe the maine house and one of the carrage house with trees were they used to
keep the horse and buggy. I have always loved these paintings because the pearl street property dose
not look the same, and there is so much history there and I have it in the paintings.
and I know the the story of the land and house and how it came to be. When my father died he left my
brothers and I the land and alot of sad things had happend and my brother Tom sold the pearl street
proberty after promising that he wouldnt. Now the owners of the property wants to change it they say
they want to restore it but they want to add on to it and of course that means changing the orginal
site.
So againg the paintings become even of more value to me. If you want to see them let me know I would
be happy to bring them to Laguns to show you. I am so sorry That Pat is not here to see them again
he wouls have thought it so cool. Cheers

Message By: John Payne

03/23/2009 20:49:13 PST

This might be a little late but I am saddened by this..my good friend Kit Cossart who I hadnt seen
for in 40 years just told me. Pat and I started surfing together in 1963 or 1964. We were early
Thalia street buddies. The surfing bug never left us...Pat left for Mexico one day and I left for
Palos Verdes in 1964..we both continued surfing and whenever I could would come down to visit in the
late 60's..As young kids, hot into surfing, we surfed almost everyday without wetsuits, in the rain,
steeling hot showers at beach homes in Laguna to keep warm and occasionally having enough money we
would stop by a small beach side mexican resurant with 25 cents and get warmed buttered tortillas.
God Bless You Pat!

Message By: Old Timers Recolection

02/03/2009 15:37:39 PST

The Bahia de petacalco. The waves were real good. real good real good real good really really good.
fast scary HOLLOW board snapping, tree trunks in the shore break river current rip that ran parallel
to the beach a shore wash that was impossible to stand in. To paddle out, you waited for the biggest
set you think has come in, run down the steep slope of the beach, time your jump into the surf to
catch the backwash of of an onrushing shorepound, ride it into the rip, and paddle like hell hoping
the rip will carry you past between the inside peak and middle peak.
There were three main peaks
The first peak was smaller, furthest south? no, east. You must understand that the beach faces
almost due south. The deep bottomless bay was a magnet for all the southern hemi swells and local
swells, any back to the surf
the first peak was Mainly a right, but would break left.
Then the middle peak was bigger, between the bay and the point. broke both ways pretty much the
same. A great wave. Then the third peak , further up the beach from the was closest to the false
point, the biggest right. yeoww. Sunset, waiamea mavericks yeoww takes pure balls.
Between the first peak and the bay was a small shorepound that looked like a wave on acid It would
break square. Even inside out. NO ONE ever tried to even go near it. It was too scary.

It took the wind to shift offshore, mornings and evenings, to make the place show. In the middle of
the day during a swell it looked like an unrideable wall of closeout hell. But as the wind clocked
around offshore, and the tide changed, it would start to work. Low tide was better. A rising tide
was scary.

During a session, if you caught two or three waves and made one, you were very happy. The waves
broke relatively close to shore, maybe less than hundred yards off the beach. The third peak was
maybe one fifty
two hundred if it was huge. I have seen thirty foot waves during a chubasco.

The middle American trench lies offshore. Earthqaukes rumble on the sea floor there. One day a
tsunami will wash ashore there. There is no continental shelf there. The sea floor rises up into the
bay. Back then the fisherman did not bother to have anchors in there boats. there was no bottom in
the bay. Large ships could come into the the bay on the far south eastside.

Thirty two years ago the coast was undeveloped, the beaches were coconut groves. The beginning of
the end was the dam

Message By: Mark Holland

02/03/2009 15:17:18 PST

My story about Pat Tobin would have to begin with my early days growing up surfing the breaks of
south sunset cliffs on point loma, San Diego in the early 70s. Me and my best friend surfing pal
Peter Pitts were loyal followers of shaper Jim Hennessy. We liked the racy stiff tiller finned guns
that he created. They were usually too stiff on small days but when it got overhead they would start
to open up real nice. It took good wave speed and power for them to function. Little did we know
that his shapes would lead us to a fantasy that we could never even have imagined. Locals Steve
Arnold and Gerald Saunders along with Hennessy had already made some trips to Petacalco and returned
with wild hair raising quotes about the surf, and the surfer Pat Tobin’s incredible rides. Peter
was Hennessey’s board sander and one day he called me and said to get over here and take a look at
these Peta guns he was sanding shaped for Steve Arnolds next trip. They were humugis three stringer
10 and 11 foot 8 ounce monsters.
That was the point I wanted to get down there so I had one made for me got a ride to T. J. got on a
bus and headed down.
Gung ho and 18 with a 9-10 I remember the first day I walked to the point and viewed the towering
exploding peaks of peta.
There was Tobin and his crew, His long black hair flowing down onto the his brown perfectly muscled
body with his black horn rimmed glasses , and his crew of hardcores all in top shape a mix of
Mexican locs and special forces looking gringos. It was like that scene in apocalypse now when you
first see Colonel Kirtzs men way up the river. I knew better than to approach them then because I
hadn’t earned their respect so me and my sub crew stayed our distance. Over the weeks I took my
share of punishment and learned to surf only after the lions had got their share of the kill.
Besides Tobin and his crew were so great I really wanted to be on shore watching their rides because
they were so skilled. But it was Tobin that was truly the leader because his style was so beautiful
and flowing. His rides were art in a pure form, grace and chaos melding into one harmonic
expression. Never in my life had I ever dreamed of such surfing as was his. I can only say that God
gifted him with a talent incomparable and that a wave like Peta allowed him to express it. Years
later I returned to Peta after the wash out because I was at Puerto Escondido and heard it was
breaking again. Tobin and Marko and Kevin and Fortino were the only ones there and eventually I was
the only visitor. On this my last trip we became acquainted, probably mostly because I was the only
one left to drag his 11 footer out of the shore break when he lost it. One of my fondest memories of
Tobin is when Marko invited me over to their place for a smoke. I remember him taking a drag and
laying back in his cot completely content, with visions of a thousand super tubes floating through
his head. If I could only have told him how much respect and admiration I had for him. I never saw
him back down from a giant day, nor make excuse’s not to go out.
That was Tobin’s life, no excuses, just go. If there is a heaven for big wave riders Tobin is there,
and I am sure it is alot like Peta was.

Love, Mark

Message By: the cuatianquiz

12/13/2008 01:31:50 PST

mi nombre es felipe maza cuatianquiz.un pesame a mi querido y estimado patrick donovan tobin
hernandes hijo del gran pat.yo estudie con su hijo patricio en la facultad de odontologia de la
ciudad de morelia michoacan mexico. por cuestines de la escuela no pude hacer contacto con patrick
el dia que su padre llego a mexico estabamos en examenes, lamentablemente despues me entero por el
mismo patrick que falleció su padre esa noticia desde esa fecha Jan. 28, 2006 siempre guardo un
momento en el dia para recordar a el padre de mi mejor y unico amigo ojala el algun dia leea
esto se que me entendera ya se que esta carta de condolencia le llegara a la esposa del serñor
PAT TOBIN STONE y a su pequeña hija aunque no los conosco en persona y nunca conoci al
estimado señor pat tobin se que fue un gran señor sus asañas en el surf y el legado de sus
pinturas es digno de admiración......
si patrick donovan tobin hernandes mi estimado amigo solo te mando saludos y decirte que le
heches ganas y que apesar de las dificultades y de todos los obstaculos, temores siempre al final
esta la palabra de dios nuestro creador y la verdad quiero saber como estas tengo un correo que
solo lo hice para que me escribieras es fdjmazc@yahoo.com.mx.
a y vi a sueamy esta algo triste pero te manda saludos.....
a pdt. mi esposa la licenciada elisa vianney perez sanches se rie a morir de todas las
tonteias que hicimos durante el tiempo de la escuela, te manda saludos
medespido al cuatianquiz cuche alias el hueveado por el venustiano carranza.
cudiate y que dios te bendiga querido a migo pdt. saludame a tu mamy.

Message By: scott randle

08/20/2008 13:11:14 PST

i first met Pat in 69 or 70 walking up the beach from Cardiff reef, He was wearing a flannel
homemade pajama top over trunks. he was tan, sunburnt, skinny, and carried a wicked looking 8'2
hed shaped himself.He was amazing on that board!He snapped the nose off in baja with me and was so
bummed.That was his magic 8'2.He drove a casualy beat surfstyle VW fastback white with one rack.
the board would lay on the back window.He loved healthfood and liked to read and chill or surf.
he was the coolest cat! I could go on but......My best to you and yours, scott randle

Message By: jesus octavio

06/11/2008 17:08:17 PST

I know a patrician in ixtapa we knew very well and gives me a lot of sadness what happened and I
keep a triptych paintings and 6 live in cologne on May 16 on a 3-storey house where they can go to
these tables certainly delight the triptych was the last picture that I paint in zihuatanejo because
what I went to see his study when he enlisted for the voyage of hir not volveria and asked him to
sign it and sell it to me so it was incomplete and with all my condolences adios

Message By: Diana Baldwin

05/23/2008 20:39:26 PST

In a Google search for "Patrick Tobin, Artist" tonite (05/08) I learned that Patrick has left this
earth and I am saddened. My husband and I met Patrick in Ixtapa in the spring of 1997. We noticed
a painting we liked very much in a shop with a sign on the door that read, "If you like something
you see, leave your name and number here and the artist will contact you." We did, and he did. The
rest is a wonderful memory of meeting Patrick in person and purchasing our first (and only)
painting! We told him that we loved a particular painting of a palm we saw and that (one day when
we, as newlyweds, actually owned a home,) we'd be honored to have this painting in it. He quoted us
a price and, being young and ignorant, we thought we was talking in pesos (not dollars!) We told him
we couldn't afford his beautiful painting after all. Fortunately for us, however, Patrick took pity
on us, and sold us his beautiful painting for (I'm quite sure!) at least 1/2 of what it was worth.
To this day, it hangs over the fireplace of our beautiful home in Del Mar, California (that we now
actually ow!). We will alway remember meeting Patrick and will forever enjoy the beautiful painting
that graces our home.

Message By: Dos Metros Dos

02/16/2008 09:36:53 PST

Every time I hear/read the expression "Take only Pictures, Leave only Footprints" I think of you and
the sign hung at Constantino's: "No Photographs, Take only Memories". You are with me forever!

We never met, but your adventurous spirit and discoveries helped to fuel my own; for this I am
grateful. I am a better person because of it. During multiple visits to Peta in '74 & '75 I only
shared a single afternoon of perfection with one of your crew. At the time I was relieved, as lore
of your crew's territorial/protection-ism was strong. Looking at the Circus that IS Puerto Escondido
it is clear that your vision was correct. Reading these entries, and reflecting back, I wish that
our physical paths had crossed.

A Dios!

Message By: Robert Z-man

02/14/2008 19:40:01 PST

I was fortunate to first meet you in 1985, while traveling on from Cardiff, CA to mainland mex. I've
only had one other friend that I felt as close to in my life. I had a falling out with that friend
as the result of what I thought was a snub on his part. Life is too short to hold a grudge, maybe I
should give that old friend a call. Thanks for sharing your innermost beauty with the world. vaya
con dios mi amigo, the z-man circus

Message By: Melody Mariani	01/20/2008 03:36:46 PST
i love you Pat and think of you often....I still my favorite poem you wrote for me in Mexico...along with so many fub memories... i miss you ....aloha nui loa ...your soul sister ..melody and brother michael

Message By: patricio concannon

12/02/2006 14:19:53 PST

i met patrick at las gatas beach in 1996,he and peter were of in the palm trees painting, the only
reason i was ther was because my friend marla had told stories years earlier on maui about a
fantastic left point and i wanted to check it out. she had told many stories about her friend
patrick and an incredible wave called petacalco and how patrick was the most incredible surfer to
ever have riden it. that day at las gatas we became friends and before i knew it i made the
connection that this was the man that marla had told me about. we hung out together for the whole
week and had the best time ever, i will never forget what a warm person patrick was, we shared many
laughs and many beers he even painted a scene with my sef and friend john hogan in it that john
bought from him. the memmorie of patrick and peter will live on in my heart for ever! truly a class
act,

Message By: observer

09/06/2006 04:25:44 PST

When I crossed paths with pat and a couple of his friends. It was at three distinct and brief
surfing adventures. The first was in the 1960s, salt creek was a vacant hillside bluff. He had an
obviously home shape twin fin. Another time was in baja at nice northern point. He then was riding
another what appeared to be a hand made surfboard. They chose to surf in the raw that day. And then
the third time I saw him he was surfing thalia st. If I remember correctly he took first place in a
surf event there in laguna? He made the cover of surfing magizine doing a beautiful cut back. Ive
tried to locate that issue. That was three times and I knew from those observances he is special!
bye jeff

Message By: havard family

08/18/2006 09:58:26 PST

I met this guy in november 1999 in nexpa.we had some beers and I had to get my plane back to France
and I just gave him a phone number. What a surprise to see him and his lovely wife in my home 4
years later. and once again 2 years later with their child. We didn t spend so much time together,
but I think we felt together like a 20 years friends. I will never forget this guy and he will stay
all my life deep in my heart. Karen, I hope to see you soon. Don't forget you have good friends in
France witch love you and miss you.

Robert......

Message By: Craig

07/31/2006 14:07:39 PST

Hello: So sad today as I was thinking of Pat and the first time I met him in Ixtopa. My friends
were building a surf resort north of his home at the time back 1995. He befriended me when I was
ill and I was drawn to him and his talents. I commissioned a 53" x 42" large oil he painted just for
me, of a favorite surfing spot of his he amptly named, Pat's Secret Point".
I found you on an internet search for him on Google today and was shocked to read of his
passing. He was a for real dude to the max and I know his family, friends, and art lovers of the
sufing scene will miss him and his fine works of art.
Here is a story I heard from him>>>his paintings had become very well known in Mexico and a
very high person(maybe the President I can't remember the details of who but a very important
political figure it was) had commissioned a painting and he was invited to Mexico City to present
it. So right before he was scheduled to make the big trip he found out he would have to wear shoes
for this meeting and he had none to his name and had not worn any for years at that time in his
wonderful life....We laughed alot about that and how had gone for so many years without needing a
pair..
Will never forget Pat Tobin, as he will always stand out in my life as a great dude, and I
proudly display his painting on my main living room wall. In an attachment I have enclosed a copy
of his painting.
If you ever have a showing of his work I would bring it down as a tribute to his life. What
Thank you for taking the time to read this---I know how he affected people as he did
me...Sincerely, Craig Bateman>>P.S. You may forward this e-mail to his family or friends or
collectors of his works.

Message By: margeaux hamrock	07/25/2006 15:09:23 PST
i love and miss you karen. i hope all is well with you and i really hope to see you soon dahling.

Message By: Anonymous

07/04/2006 19:39:05 PST

This message is a sequel to the previous message requesting divine intervention in todays World Cup
match between Germany and Italy---after 120 minutes with only 3 minutes remaining and a scoreless
tie, in desperation I looked up at the sky and shouted "Patricio"--in the next 3 minutes Italy
scored twice to win the game against all odds--true story!!! Maybe coincidence, maybe not--but
they're celebrating in Roma and for sure in places unseen!! all love to Karen and Tatiana.

Message By: Anonymous

07/04/2006 12:02:50 PST

Pat, I read today that when Voltaire lay dying,in his last moments he was begged to renounce the
devil, with his last breath he replied "this is no time to be making any new enemies!!" I laughed
and thought that this was something you might have said---ask Voltaire about that one would you. So
it's World Cup, I miss so much being able to talk to you about the games, you always knew all the
players, all the scores--today Germany plays Italy in the semi's--Germany is heavily favored--Ah but
Italy has that style, that magic--they need it today--see if you can arrange something up there for
them--wherever you are we are watching this one together now and forever!!! Saludos a Bob
Marley!!XXX

Message By: Jaime "el gringo grandulon"	06/18/2006 09:53:59 PST
, and promise to always be a Mexicanista, adios, Jaime

Message By: Nancy Reinhold

06/01/2006 23:14:19 PST

It's been 4 months since Pat's passing. Pat's birthday falls on Father's Day this year.

When I think of how Pat's daughter Tatiana is sprouting into a lovely,sweet and happy litte girl,I
thank my sister and Pat for being bold enough to travel to Russia twice to bring her home. Pat's
influence will create a life for her filled with adventure, appreciation of art, literture,
travel,surfing,friends and family. She's 3 and she's already been to France and Hawaii. She can't
wait to start surfing, she takes dance classes, she loves her Mom, friends and family.
Patrick, Pat's son continues his studies, hoping to return to the US for a visit this sumer. He'll
have a blast with all his cousins. I remember seeing his beaming face as he paddled out at Pat's
memorial sertvice, so happy to be in the ocean on a surfboard and so proud to be Pat's son.

Happy Fathers day Pat.

Message By: Stanley Stanert and Family	05/24/2006 17:48:21 PST
Patrick Tobin: Maestro De Pintar, Maestro De Surfiar: Pat lived to paint and painted to live. Pat did not merely paint what he saw. He painted what it feels like to see his subjects and we feel it when we view his work: Both visceral and retinal! We love Pat!! En Pax Requiscat Stanley Stanert and Family

Message By: Anonymous	05/24/2006 17:32:59 PST
We love and miss our Patricio

Message By: Anonymous	05/12/2006 11:33:45 PST
I met pat back in may 87 in nexpa since he was a truly great person the surfers at zihuatanejo we would miss him a lot... the mexican riviera knows A EL MAESTRO vaya con dios amigo

Message By: Michael Logan

04/29/2006 18:21:42 PST

I knew Patrick through painting, not surfing. He had quit surfing and was totally into oil
painting. We traveled together to my parents home in Spain and from there took off on a European
painting trip that lasted several months. We had a blast, we painted every day, met so many people;
I wish that we were just starting our trip again. He had an innocence to his work that was
endearing. I'm going to miss him....

Michael

Message By: Karen Fadel

04/24/2006 18:40:31 PST

Dear Karen,
I just want you to know how shocked and saddened I was to learn about your husband Pat. I am so
sorry for his loss. (I was Pat's neighbor in the Laguna Beach Art Festival three summers ago.) I
remember Pat as a wonderfully sweet person, a fun neighbor in the Festival who always made me laugh
and a true talent. His passing is a tremendous loss to the art world. He captured Laguna Beach and
other places in such a beautiful light. I often admired his work and had my eye on a few of my
favorite pieces. I have been out of the country for awhile and didn't know of his passing until I
went to the beach yesterday and saw the surf mural dedicated to him. I was wondering if you had a
picture of this mural and if not, I will shoot it for you. Just call or email me. I hope you are
doing ok. Are you still in the Gallery? If so, I will come by and say hello to you. I've always
enjoyed talking with you during the Festival. I will also be in the Festival this summer so if you
can, come by and say Hello. Best to you and your family, Karen Fadel and Kevin Leonard (my husband)

Message By: Berto

04/07/2006 23:03:41 PST

To the family of Pat I give my deepest condolences . I just found out about my good friends'death
recently and it really made me sad that Pat had pasted. away .Pat was a great person who I valued
very much . I had not seen him recently and I always took for granted that I would see him again.Pat
taught me alot about art and Mexican history and I'm sad that he will not be able to past the thing
along to his little girl ,he had so much to share .Vayos con dios Pat,I will miss you ,Robert

Message By: DIRTY MARTY	04/07/2006 10:55:08 PST
OH MY GOD KAREN. THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY SAID. HERE I GO AGAIN! LAUGHING & WEEPING AT THE SAME TIME.

Message By: Karen Tobin

04/06/2006 15:49:24 PST

Thank you all again for sharing all the memories. I love reading these great stories, although they
make me cry. I did not know Pat during the old days in Petacalco. He had stopped surfing big waves
before we met. He said he stopped when he found himself hesitating before taking off and realized
that is when it becomes very dangerous, when you hesitate. Let me know if any of you have photos
from that time. There are so few photos, as he always ran the cameras of the beach.
I knew my "Dahling" more as a brillant artist. I think how many of you describe his surfing could
also describe his painting....masterful, stylish, graceful and effortless. I used to love to watch
him paint. He truly realized the gift he was given as an artist and took that responsibility very
seriously. Although, you would not recognize that in his art as it was important to him for his
paintings to appear effortless. He did not want the viewer to feel the effort, struggle and
sometimes pain it took to make the painting work. He simply wanted you to enjoy looking at it. He
often said he wanted the painting "to be fun to look at" and hopefully convey the feeling he put
into it, as he did put alot of feeling in his work.
I always felt Pat was sort of from a different time. As a few of you have referenced, a much slower
time. A friend of his in Mexico recalled how once it took Pat 3 tries to drive over a speed bump. He
honestly thought we should all drive bumper cars. "You wouldn't have to worry about car insurance,
seat belts, drinking & driving and you would still get to L.A. just as fast". I have several slow
stories. I am amazed we got anywhere.
Pat always talked about taking one last great surf trip. He wasn't sure where it would be. I hope he
is on it now. And, possibly creating another masterpiece, hopefully without any pain, effort or
struggle.
We all shared in a great life and all share in a great loss.
Love to you all, Karen Tobin

Message By: Timoteo

04/05/2006 20:43:32 PST

It seems to me that the magnitude of lifes cherished memories is directly related to how absolutely
clear and fast they come roaring back when you hit your minds memory recall button. A case in point
is when I learned last night that Pat Tobin had passed away. In a nano second I was transported back
34 years to a time when we were watching and riding perfect 10-15 foot pipeline lefts and sunset
rights at a little point in Bahia de Petacalco. What was also crystal clear at that moment was the
vision of Pat Tobin charging 12-18 foot barrels with the style and grace that I had never seen
before or again since. There are not enough adjectives to adequately describe how good Pat looked
surfing those giant fear inducing waves. Stylish, poised, fluid, relaxed, masterful, effortless,
and in total fearless control are but a few.
I grew up surfing in and around San Diego and Northern Baja. In 1973 three of my good friends and I
took a surf trip to mainland Mexico and found ourselves in Petacalco. I figured by then I had seen
some damn good wave riders. Well I'm here to tell you that was only until I saw Pat Tobin surf. I
never imagined such a thing of beauty could take place between a guy, a wave and a surfboard. We
were in awe! We all knew we were seeing something very special. The champions of the "California
wiggle" and the "shred/slash" approach to surfing could sure use an eye-full of Pats wave riding
style. The man had it going on in a big big way. We later got to know Pat and became friends (once
he realized we were not dispatched from the editors desk of some exploitive surf rag). He seemed a
contented soul, painting and surfing. He loved Mexico, its people and the lifestyle he found there.
We had some really nice times together there never realizing that the insane wave machine on the
other side of the cocos would be lost one day during hurricane season. A few years later after
going our separate ways we met again and Pat invited us to hang awhile at his little casita over
looking a beautiful left point. This was another chapter in our time together that I will never
forget.
To his wife and children... When I knew Pat he was a very nice man and was very happy with where
life had taken him. I'm deeply sorry for your loss. Adios amigo! Timoteo
P.S. Patricio: Two of my three friends that I made that first trip to Petacalco with past away
sometime back. So while your up there, keep your eyes open for a couple of tube riders. By now
they have found the killer tacos Al Pastor stand with the Negra Modelos bien fria... You'll know
them when you see them. Cuidate amigo, Timoteo

Message By: Anonymous	04/02/2006 05:21:30 PST
bonjour (KK ET TATIANA ), nous penssons beaucoup a vous , en esperant vous voir bientot en france,nous sommes de tous coeur avec vous et nos sentimant pour vous et pat , sont et resterons trés forts..... DIDIER. ANGELIQUE. ILONA & LILIAN (SURFER DE LA COTE D'AZUR FRANCAISE " french connection " )

Message By: LPAPA	03/28/2006 13:58:43 PST
I'm writing an article about Pat in our Spring newsletter. I've know Pat since his show at Diane Nelson Gallery. I met him & his dad and always thought what gentle souls they both were. Everyone loved Pat and everyone has a story to tell! I'm sorry. Theresa Marino

Message By: 60s Laguna surfer

03/27/2006 17:54:06 PST

I was lucky to see Pat surf St.Ann's in 1969. Style and grace was his signature across this fluid
Pacific canvas, still traced into my memory all these years later. Although I never met Pat, I
would occasionally read or hear stories where his name was mentioned. I pieced together a sense of
his lifestyle which was full of challenge,adventure, and of course, painting. I view Petalcalco as
the Atlantis of known surfspots and Pat had the good fortune of fully experiencing Peta before it
disappered from view. His life reminds me of these words from the excellent musician and writer,
Jason Falkner, from his album titled Can You Still Feel?

Life can be just like a painting
Full of wonderful strangeness
With colors so vibrant you'll feel like you should look away
Paint me in your dreams you'll remember me this way ~ ~ ~ ~

Message By: Byron Cornwell

03/23/2006 16:11:03 PST

I first met Pat (with his friend Hal) on my first trip to Nexpa when I was a 21 year old kid. I was
a Florida boy just learning to ride real waves and he was a 29 year old local big wave surf legend.
I had heard all sort of stories about him from our mutual friends the Tres Hermanos (Bubba, Dan and
Pat King). How the entire village of Petacalco had come out to watch him surf 20 plus surf by
himself, how he had been arrested for breaking the cameras of surf photographers from California
that he thought were ruining his secret spot, what a great artist he was. I was sort of amazed when
the hellman I had heard about turned out to be a friendly unassuming guy wearing Clark Kent glasses
and an old pair of shorts, and surfing on a board that looked like it had been stolen from a surf
museum. In fact the second or third day I knew Pat he nearly ran over me and then paddled up and
apologized, explaining the his vision was really bad and he hadn't seen me. We used to joke that the
reason Pat was so good in big waves was that he couldn't see them well enough to be scared of them.

Pat befriended my friend Chris and I right away, I think partly because we were the sort of surfers
who slept on the beach and rode old boards, partly because we were friends with the Tres Hermanos,
partly because he was just a nice guy, and partly because Chris was a great story-teller and so was
Pat. It was a few years later though that were fully accepted by Pat, i.e. when we started hanging
out with him at his house in Petacalco, saw his paintings, saw his old photos of Petacalco when it
really broke, were made privy to a couple of secret spots.

I remember one night in particular when Chris, myself and Steve Wheat hung out with Pat in his
studio. We drank, joked, looked at his paintings (which amazed me as I had just heard he was an
artist up to then (which appraisal coming from surfers could mean anything). I didn't realize he
really was an artist. We told him about this crazy 12 foot board we had seen in a restaurant in
Petacalco with the menu on it, and he told us it was his board (that he had designed it years before
to really get down the line in giant Petacalco, which he said was always the problem). I saw
pictures of Pat standing in tubes on giant frightening looking waves looking so casual that you
would have thought he was waiting on a bus. I saw his picture of Billy Hamilton on the wall, who
from what I could tell Pat's favorite surfer. He had a bunch of Mexican relics lying around (pre-
conquistadorean ceramic figures) and he gave each of us a couple of them -- which we all still have.
The next day (although Pat didn't come due to spousal edict) we surfed with Fortino at the secret
spot and then I passed out under a little palapa, lying in one of the lobster diver's intertubes,
thinking it had been a classic couple of days.

I could tell alot of stories about Pat like that, but the thing they would all have in common was
that I was always happy to see him and always had a good time when I hung out with him. He was a
special guy with that quiet confidence that allows someone to lead without saying anything, but was
also a humble guy. Other people always talked about his talents and accomplishments, but he was very
humble about them. If you talked about his big wave surfing, he would talk about losing his board at
Petacalco and nearly drowning before he managed to swim to the bay. If you talked about his artwork,
he would joke how he sometimes painted Mexico without the palm trees and sold the paintings to
southern Californians.

Also he always had a good story. If you talked about the dangers of driving in Mexico, he would tell
you a story about driving to a secret spot while it was still dark with some friends, reaching for
the lighter in his buddy's rented VW bug, and turning out the headlights at 60 miles an hour (which
apparently led to a frantic couple of seconds while they found the switch). If you mentioned the
dangers of banditos, he would tell you about the time his truck was stolen and the thieves made he
and Hal walk down a path and then lie down face first. Hard to top that story dangerwise. He said
while they were laying there he whispered to Hal that he hoped that "they know what they're doing
when they shoot us." Apparently that comment didn't make Hal too happy.

The bottom line is that Pat was, besides his other accomplishments, just a great and funny guy to
hang out with. Anybody who's ever been to Mexico knows his paintings are amazing in the way they
capture the mood of the place, something a photo could never do. All the mystery you feel there, you
feel when you look at those paintings. And his surfing gave you the same sort of feeling. Like he
was tuned in to something other surfers weren't. I was in the water with Tom Curren once in
Indonesia and he was the only other surfer I ever saw that gave me that feeling. Like I was watching
an artist on a wave rather than just a surfer. As a matter of fact my friends and I to this day
describe a graceful surfer or a graceful move on a wave with the term "Tobinesque" as in "that was a
Tobinesque move on that wave", or "the way that guy surfs is sort of Tobinesque."

The last time I saw Pat I hadn't seen him in four or five years. We gave each other a big hug when
we first saw each other and it was just like old times, like I had just seen him yesterday. We hung
out a couple of days at Nexpa and he invited me to stay with him in Zihuat on my way out of the
country. However, his father passed away right before I left Nexpa,he went to California and I
missed him. I always thought I'd see him again, but the years passed, I discovered Australia and
other places and I never made it back down there. Funny I still have the feeling when I get back
down to Nexpa he'll be there. I don't think I'll really believe he's gone until the next time I'm
sitting on the front porch of the shack on the hill at Nexpa (i.e. the ground) and there's no sign
of him. I know it will really hit me then.

Vaya con dios Patricio. Siempre vives en los buen recuerdos de sus amigos.

Message By: COURTNEY	03/23/2006 09:44:40 PST
PAT HAS BEEN A GREAT INFULENCE ON MY ART. FORTUNATLEY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK HIM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I TOLD HIM THAT THE WORLD WOULD NOT APPRECIATE HIM FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. HIS STYLE TOLD A STORY WITH EACH BRUSHSTROKE. HIS EMOTIONS COULD BE FELT IN EVERY SCENE HE PAINTED. THERE ARE MANY GREAT SURFING ARTISTS, BUT FEW THAT DRAW YOU INTO THE LOCATIONS LIKE PAT DID.

Message By: Ricardo

03/11/2006 05:15:25 PST

Dear Karen, I have never met you or any of Patrick’s family but you all have my deepest sympathy.
I was not a regular in Pat’s life but we did cross paths a few times on Mexico big pacific coast.
My name is Richard (Ricardo), am good friends with Kevencio (Moss) and spent most of my 10 years in
Zihuatanejo with the Rodrequez-krebs family, Natalia Stein, and Joey and this is where I first met
Patrick.
Natalia and her mother had hired Pat to paint a sign on a big empty piece of wall on the front of
there house/store Casa Marina. Me being from the big city and very green at that time, I would find
my self at time to time a little lost and lonely. One day while walking down the street I came
across this funny sign painting guy! Woody Guthrie was a sign painter through the thirties and
forties and being a fan of Woody, Pat caught my eye. It was about mid morning as we started to
talk. I ended up making a point of taking that route daily just to talk with my new found friend,
Pat. As he stood painting we talked and talked, he told me stories and over that week or so, he
show me he was a man with sincerity & compassion. He asked me if I had tried surfing, I answered
“yea, only been 3 times" He replied “Keep it up, it will reward you for a life time”, and he was so
right! Even though I ‘m not in the line up much these days or for lately, the memories are still
rewarding me in what seems to be a life time later, and I am still a surfer!
Over the 10 winters I spent surfing and sailing the big coast, I became, from what I consider, a
pretty good surfer. I had the “Honor “surfing with Patrick 3 times. I remember seeing him ride his
boards and could not beleave what I was seeing. He rode with the control and grace of a world class
ballet dancer, little did I actually realize who I was surfing with.
Artistic on the ocean, artistic on canvas and just a real nice guy. As I have said, I didn’t know
him well, but he touch and help me in a tough time by just being kind and I don’t think he ever
never knew it, I remember it was all just so natural. I am a better person for having met Pat years
ago. I think the mark a true legend is someone who leaves a permanent mark on people who they met,
where they have been and what they have done. Pat left his mark on everyone he met, every where he
went and every thing he did from what I can see…
Again, my deepest sympathy.
Ricardo

Message By: baja surfer	03/02/2006 16:45:18 PST
Dear Karen and familia... Patricio will be remeber in Mexico foreverin the hart of many surfers mexicanos. My love goes to you and your familia.

Message By: kevencio

02/21/2006 15:17:20 PST

me and pat spoke a lot in spanish, becouse you can express yourself alot better...
towards the end he was ..ese, mi tobi... like we were true compas, and could basicaly treat
eachothere any way we choose....we went through a lot of true gnarly s--t. in the old state of
guerrero..many things we promised to never speak to anybody about..never,, we promised..pinotepa
nacional in oaxaca..cacahuatepec.. san pedro de amuzgos.. putla.. hoazolotitlan. he liked thatone
and said it sounded like why so many tit land..and in those days the mixteco indian women wore no
tops..check the map . youll find these names in oaxaca.. mex.
patricio was a cabron bien hecho...he and i knew people here that would scare el mismo diablo..check
out rodribucio some day..in petacalco gro..i cried for my old tobi...
we surfed waves that werenot fun.`only life or death...fun... we were paddling over a solid 15 foot
hawaiian monster that decided to come from the serro de chutla, and those ones were wierd..faster
and unpredictable.....it was all to late and it was the wave of the decade....he mumbled something
to me that i had no huevos.. he blindly swung around on his 13 foot tabla deslisador.. no paddled
into this frigging monster on the wrong side of the peak... and backdoord it into a 20 second world
class spitting 3 times tubo...coming out flawlessly in the end...pinche huey.. i cought the next one
and ate the rocks at petacalco.. rocks were bouncing off my head ..sticks to...
te quiero buey...

Message By: Randy Dale

02/18/2006 03:44:20 PST

It sure seems strange that I will never get to talk to Pat again.
It was always something I'd wonder about going down to Mexico,
if I'd run into Pat or not.
Thinking about him surfing now, it was almost like the wave he
was riding would try to change and get more perfect. Only because
Pat was riding it... I've seen it happen so many times. Just thinking
about it puts a smile on my face.
Then after surfing, we'd be eatting fresh tortillias with goat cheese
and chomping cerrano chiles, on the side of the road.
Then driving back so slow and making stops at every little village
shop down these dirt roads and buying Modelos. It was classic.
With Pat there was never a dull moment. To me he was kind of a leader.
Always had words of wisdom to share. I could use some of them now.
Adios Pat.

Message By: Roberto in Durango

02/15/2006 11:24:07 PST

Ay Patricio, I'm sure you can see the perfect peaks and the colors of a endless sunrise more
clearly now and the wind is always light offshore, the waves huge, hollow and perfect...I first met
you as a young wild eyed charger of 17 whom by rumor and mistique wandered my way to the beaches of
Petacalco in 1972. We thought we brought the big guns, and were woefully undergunned and could only
shake and scratch our way into some 12-15ft scrapes you and your hardcore crew tossed us...I was
amazed then and now how you, Kevin and Steve just glided into the most monster huge gaping tubes my
mind has ever comprehended. Pure soul, effortless, tubes you could easily fit a double decker
Mexican bus into....Pipeline, Sunset, Wiamea and Tahiti all rolled into a magical Mexican beach
break. I went home and got on a mission. Swimming harder, ordering Guns that were unimaginable to
my friends and vowing to return and give it my best shot. Befriended by Fortino, then Kevin, Hal
and finally you, you guys made me feel welcome and I returned almost always alone, staying months,
taking the role of pupil and ever watchful of your grace, style, timing....I learned to swim, drown,
laugh and relax in the eye of the storm, marvel in its power and beauty.
You helped me and watched me in my struggles finding hardwoods, never bored, always helpful, always
laughing saying lets just forget it and go have a beer and go surfing...You made me feel welcome at
Nexpa when it was so very hush hush and again I marveled in its perfection and your presence there
only added to the magic. I remember pouring the cement for your slab at your house one bucket at a
time...one bucket=2 beers. I felt so very lucky to have spent that last visit with you in Coleta at
Juan and Alfa's casa, laughing, drinking with Kevincio playing guitar till the early morning...
Your painting of Nexpa is front and center in my living room and I look at it and smile many times a
day....I'll miss you my brother, but my life and so many others have been only made fuller by your
friendship. Much Aloha, Roberto

Message By: Rocky--Kauai

02/14/2006 17:14:08 PST

Ya Patricio----so many priceless memorias on the coast of Michoacan, remember the time we pulled
into Maruata and of all things we see Kevin walking down the beach playing the fiddle with a bunch
of little indians following behind him---how hard did we laugh at that---what a big wonderful laugh
you had--I'll be hearing that laugh forever amigo mio--or the time you were showing a painting to an
important client and as you were talking about perspective backed up and fell into the pool--
cruising the mountains of Guerrero looking for organic mangos, doing most of our research in
cantinas,nights in Zihua when after it all you would go into your studio and work thru the night,
presenting a painting to the mayor of Acapulco---such a rich full life of intelligence, wit and
humor not to leave out the love and vision that filtered thru those thick glasses to find its home
on canvas and in our hearts, thank you for sharing the wild experiences of your life with all of us
and there are so many of us of all nationalities who lived laughed and loved along with you, the
Tobin stories are endless and no one could tell a funnier one than you---the legend lives on thru
our tears---VAYA CON DIOS MANO...

Message By: Karen Tobin

02/12/2006 17:17:04 PST

I want to thank everyone so much for such kind words. I really appreciate so much compassion and
love hearing so many great stories & memories of Pat. He was lucky to have had such great friends &
family, as we were to have had him in our lives. I feel truly blessed to have shared my life with
such a loving and creative man. Pat was a wonderful husband & father. He loved his son, Patrick,
very much and was very proud of him, currently studying dentistry at the University of Morelia. He
was incredibly adorable with our precious Tatiana, he was a real softy, she melted his heart. My
heart breaks for the loss of their father. I miss my "Dahling" terribly.

Thank you all for your love and support!!! Karen

Message By: Steve & Rosa, Caleta de Campos

02/12/2006 08:43:25 PST

All good things must come to an end..and we are sad to hear the news of Pats' passing..although I
did not spend that much time with Pat I remember every time I did spend time with Pat and it was
always so memorable..I remember visiting with Pat at his house in Zihat..driving around with him,
beer in hand, telling stories about Eric, Jerry, Rocky, Kevincio, etc.. etc,..going out one night in
Ixtapa for a night of drinking and hanging out with a live reggae band..classic..spending an
afternoon with him at his little paint studio he set up on the side of the cliff on the road to
Playa Ropa..the view was spectacular..visiting with him at his gallery in Ixtapa.. and a classic
surf session with Pat at Nexpa with Juan,Jeff,Big Pablo,and Steve Wheat..watching him paint the
picture of our cabana at Nexpa..and the times he spent at Villa Tropical with his entourage..no one
seamed to be enjoying life more than Pat and what a great storyteller he was..Oh Pat we are all
going to miss you..thank God we will all remember you through your paintings and priceless
memories..Rosa is also sad, she to enjoyed her conversations with Pat and admired his great talent
to create art..are prayers are with him as he journeys to the next paradise...Aloaha Pat.....
Steve And Rosa

Message By: Lee Graham

02/10/2006 20:37:52 PST

Dear Karen and family,I am just another So Cal surfer, one of thousands. Just a brief note to
say,peace, in your time of sad,and incredible loss.I have seen some of Pat's paintings and they are
beautiful.Only a surfer could see Mexico the way he did and capture it forever in his art, and for
that we will love him and his work forever. The world is a better place because he was with us,as a
brother, and we hope you will take some comfort in that.I hope I speak for the unknown,unwashed
masses of surfers.Pat will not be forgotten,and we are feeling your loss.

Message By: vice

02/10/2006 16:39:44 PST

the first thing you see as you enter my house in caleta is a painting that pat did of my cabin at
nexpa. he painted this master piece with his nose pressed againt the canvas and a hangover which
would have kept a normal person in bed. (but pats not normal) as he realised it was turning out so
good, the price ofcourse went up in the tobin fashion.which in the end included also a new roll off
canvas that i had just brought down. karen and pat spent their honeymoon here along with danger
woman and friends. after a few cocktails kevincio treated us to some guitar playing and singing and
then they talked story for hours. classic stuff, like when pat burned down the house at nexpa by
accident the same day they bought it. they were trying to burn out a wasp nest that was in the
center of the roof. he told us about Buceo from peta making him dance with real bulets and how about
getting arested in tijuana then getting separated temporarily from his porfolio he had been working
on for months for a show the next day. his last trip here karen had somewhat tamed the tiger and he
was in great spirits about where his was in his life. apone leaving, he left behind his bochie balls
for rocky and another "gem" of a painting for the house but he left behind more then that. he left
behind a spirit of a pioneer surfer willing to risk it all to catch a few waves and how to do it
with style. thank you both...vice

Message By: Linda

02/09/2006 23:16:46 PST

Karen and Tatiana:
It was such a shock to hear the sad news. My thoughts and prayers have been with you during these
hard times. I am blessed to have known Pat and to share in some of his happiest moments as he
became a daddy to beautiful Tatiana! Sitting in Khab, sharing a Ruskie beer and watching him paint
the Church or create a sketch of us enjoying the evening was an amazing experience. We shared such
great times as we all became parents! Tatiana is lucky to have such a great father and from reading
the online tributes and those here, she will know forever that her dad was an amazing, good, huge
hearted man that was loved. I am so sad she will not get to know him more. My love goes out to you
both. I will phone you soon to talk!
Love to you both! Linda

Message By: Steve Jones

02/09/2006 18:21:25 PST

I met Pat over 20 years ago in Mexico. I was with my brother Chris and Mark Jay. Pat was great; he
let us stay in his tiny house overlooking Rio Nexpa. Perfect left point peeling.....we surfed it
when it was cracking, no one out, to this day some of the best waves I've surfed. Pat took us into
his world and shared things with us we never would have seen or experienced. For that I am indebted
forever.
Who Pat is to me: Generous, kind, talented and smart.
xoxo,
Steve

Message By: John Schroeder

02/09/2006 14:04:53 PST

My girlfriend at the time, Rose, and I each bought a Caroline Zimmerman painting at the gallery
sometime in the last couple years (mine was "Olive Tree and Harvest Moon"). We were turned on to the
gallery by one of Patrick's paintings ("Hal in the Hammock") at another shop. I just now happened to
log onto the gallery web site to see what was new, and read the unexpected news. It was such a
pleasure working with Karen, and, although I never met Patrick, I'm truly saddened.

My deepest sympathies to you, Karen. Beyond that, I'm at a loss for words, but I'll be sure to stop
in and see you the next chance I get. It's odd that I was just appreciating "Hal in the Hammock," of
which I have a print, in the last day or two. In case you haven't seen it, here's a brief tribute I
discovered online: http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article.cfm?id=1701.

Take care,

John

Message By: Auntie Donna	02/09/2006 09:04:38 PST
Dear Karen, My prayers are with you and Tatiana in the loss of your wonderful husband and daddy, Pat. His memories will continue to fill you and he will be with you spiritually forever. I pray that you can find comfort in all of the days to come. Love, Auntie Donna

Message By: John Comer

02/09/2006 08:50:03 PST

I have a hole in my world that was held by a true individualist and explorer in art , ocean, and
life.Pat was a big presence. I only met Pat two years ago at Laguna plein air event but our paths
only just barely missed many times evident by the many stories that preceeded him.We finally got to
talk story. I only wish it could have happened more.Karen,our hearts and spirit go out to you and
family .And to the whole tribe.Pat Aloha, Vaya Con Dios and glide brother John, Lesley and
Reef Comer

Message By: steve webb	02/08/2006 14:10:50 PST
Karen I just learned of Pat's passing and I'm shocked and saddened. I didn't know Pat that well but given that he seemed like a good and genuine soul. He and his vision will be missed Steve Webb

Message By: Mike Sparkuhl

02/07/2006 20:13:51 PST

I was stunned to hear of Pat's death and wish you and your family my greatest condolences. My
brother, Pat, knew him as a surfing contemporary as well as an artist. I knew as the artist and
find his work exceedingly unique and compelling. He always greeted me with a warm smile, humility,
generosity and a great sense of humor.... enviable traits in this topsy turvy world. He was a good
friend and I will miss him dearly.

Message By: Nancy Ross

02/07/2006 11:56:30 PST

I am very sorry to hear about your sudden loss. I only met Patrick briefly at Tuvalu,s in Laguna on
a beautiful summer night while he was painting and promoting his art. I instantly felt connected to
him through his incredible art. The thoughts have not left me, that I have discovered an amazing
artist. Strangely, on Sunday Feb. 5th I sought out to inquire about him and his art and learned
about the tragedy. I am saddened that the world has lost an amazing person and artist. I hope and
pray that his friends and family heal quickly. Patrick Tobin was an extremely gifted artist and saw
the world in an awesome way that is portrayed through his art. I am an artist myself, I have a fine
arts degree and have taught art. His art is truly great! Many blessings to those he has left behind,
and may you have the strength to continue his legend.

Message By: Ann

02/06/2006 14:45:09 PST

I've known Pat since we were kids, I can't believe he's gone already. Our fathers were best friends
since childhood. I remember when Pat first went down to Z. Although it's been a long time since
I've seen him I know how happy he's been these past years. Now this, it's hard to comprehend, it's
such a loss. I feel so sad for his wife and little daughter and for his son. Pat, Dude, this is
not the kind reunion I imaginied!
Love and light to the family,
Ann

Message By: Summer Reinhold

02/05/2006 15:41:27 PST

What can I say UNCLE pat, we had some good times, so many memories i will cherish forever. Traveling
without you is not going to be the same. Even though I did have to carry most of the luggage, slow
down and wait for you to catch up while we were walking. You taught me something very important,
SLOW DOWN and enjoy your surroundings. Take it all in. I wish for one day I could've looked at this
world through your eyes.

It is amazing to see how many lives you have affected. You are TURELY going to be missed. I wish
you didn't have to leave us so early, I don't understand why. But uncle pat, which you loved to be
called, as you look down on us from above smile because your memories will live on.

Thank you for taking such good care of my aunt, I know you loved your darhling very much. I'm
saddened that Tatiana and Patrick won't get any more time with their papa. But one day we'll all
meet again.

I LOVE YOU,
SUMMER

Message By: Greg MacGillivray

02/04/2006 18:34:52 PST

Most of us remember Pat as a great artist, and of course he was brilliant, but I will remember his
most as a generous and happy spirit and a creative person who would take time to do anything for a
friend. My last memory of Pat was a month ago at the Saloon in Laguna where I was partying with my
children and wife. Pat came in and we spent a hour talking about the joys of life, his happiness,
and the wonders of surfing in exotic places in the world and finding ways, through photography and
painting, to share the feeling of those rare moments with those you love. A great moment that I
will long remember, hopefully for decades. I will miss his wide smile and hugs.

Message By: Anonymous

02/04/2006 18:33:02 PST

Message By: Randy 'Baludo" Harvey

02/04/2006 14:31:37 PST

Karen & Tatiana,I am at a total loss for words.I met Pat in Zihua. when we both were living there.He
was one of my best friends.I will never forget the big hug he ALWAYS gave me everytime he saw me and
said'"BALUDO"..And then he would tell who ever he was with "I really love this guy"....I wasn't a
surfer,but I know that Pat's heart was bigger than any wave he ever rode at Petacalco...I moved to
Santa Monica from Zihua. and 2 months later,he came to laguna Beach...That was unreal...Karen,he was
soooo happy with you and i was sooo happy for you both...I moved to Nicaragua 3/4 months ago and
didn"t see Pat before I left.I was just back there for a few days unexpectedly after christmas and
we met each other at the hotel by LAX,the night before he was going to Mexico City...he Said
"Baludo" and gave me the 'Patricio hug" and showed me a picture of Tatiana...He was glowing...He
left the next day and so did I...I got one last hug and I got to see a picture of
Tatiana...Patricio....I will miss you dearly......Randy "baludo" Harvey,

Message By: Geraldo

02/04/2006 11:41:53 PST

I first met pat in 85' at nexpa. Pat had a big influence on my surfing and living in mainland
mex.Those were a magical couple of years for me and feel very fortunate to spend time with a true
legend. Watching pat surf tought me to surf with the wave and not against it. True flow master.I own
both his books and love his tales of travels through mex.I'm glad I reconnected with pat a few years
back to hear how well he was doing. I will miss him greatly. love you pat.
Geraldo

Message By: Jeff Neu

02/04/2006 08:28:05 PST

I did not know Pat Tobin. I just happened to be at Doheney with my family when we noticed a huge
procession of surfers headed toward the water from the park. I knew instantly that one of our tribe
had checked out and my first thought was ...could it be Hal Jepsen? Then I thought certainly he
would not be laid to rest at Doho. I was happy to see some old friends (I have been away from So.
Cal for 6 years) there during the paddle out. And I have been inspired to find out who Pat Tobin
was. He was a surfer first and a great artist.

Message By: Susan Axelrod	02/03/2006 15:18:59 PST
I was so saddened to read of Pat's passing. I went all the way through elementary and high school with Pat. I remember at El Morro one day when Pat's father came in and did some cartoons for us. The whole class was so looking forward to that day. Pat's talent definetly came through his family. Pat was always so kind all the way through school. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Susan Axelrod

Message By: Jill

02/03/2006 13:35:14 PST

Dear Karen and Family,
I think I speak for many people in saying that Pat's passing has left a tremendous void. He will be
truly missed by all that has had the privilege of meeting and knowing him. Pat was and is what the
real Laguna Beach is all about. I have known Pat since high school and he was one of those souls you
only heard good positive things about. Pat was and will continue to be an inspiration to all of us
who knew him on how to celebrate life through his kindness and talents. I wish you comfort and peace
through memories.

Message By: Diana Tyson	02/03/2006 11:35:44 PST
Dear Karen, Tatiana, and family I cannot express adequately in words how great our sorrow is for the loss or your sweet Pat. Son, husband, father, brother...and friend. He had a wicked sense of humor, and great style. He will truly be missed. We love you. Diana, Erin, and Lauren

Message By: margeaux hamrock

02/03/2006 11:13:09 PST

my dearest dahhhling karen! the way that you and pat always made me feel loved and comfortable when
i was around. the way you both always comforted us in the times of trouble and just the way you both
had so much love for eachother, i thank you. pat will still go on to inspire so many as he has
inspired me. i just feel so lucky and blessed to be able to get to know him and always loved his
company..it felt as though you too were almost a second pair of parents i could run to if i needed
anything, now you can run to me and my daddy when you need love the most. we love you so much karen
and you've got the number to call when you need to.

love-margeaux

Message By: Jim Osborn

02/03/2006 10:10:04 PST

I read on surfline of Pat Tobin's passing. I spent the summer (and fall) of 1974 in petacalco. I
was seventeen, turning eighteen years old. I was in the most exotic place I had ever been in. I need
not exagerate Petacalco then. I met Pat and another of his compadres there. At first, he was not
very friendly, but over time he warmed up to us as me and several other surfers stayed on past
August.

He would warn of us dangers and did not vibe on us too bad in the water. He evetually would chat
with us at Constantiine's palapa. He was amiable, smart and cautious. We understood why he wanted to
keep this place a secret.

He was an incredible surfer. He was different. But he was smart. He wore speedos when we wore
baggies,he cut his hair short when ours were to our shoulders, and rode an eleven foot board when
we thought nine foot was too long. But all those differences allowed him to survive and thrive
Petacalco's unbelievable surf. The speedo helped the long swim, the short hair was not in the eyes
when it mattered, and the waves were so powerful, paddling in required tremendous strength and extra
length. He caught the waves with ease, always in the right spot. He also got tubed at Petacalco like
only Lopez did at Pipeline. Had Pat ridden Pipeline, he would have been a Master.

May he rest in peace.

Message By: Thomas

02/03/2006 04:28:20 PST

Karen,
What a sad day. I met Patricio in the late 80"s and we became good friends, sharing things we both
loved. Surfing with him was always a pleasure and I remember surfing days where a huge section was
infront of him and you thought wow he is going to eat it but he kind of put his hands infront of him
(stylemaster) and the section had to give up and vanish (probably it could not take the power) and
he made it.
Comming from austria it is hard to keep up with surfing in all these years but knowing Patricio,
sharing time with him seeing him surf listening to his stories made me comitted to it to never give
up.
I am going to miss Patricio , he will always live in my heart. It`s been a pleasure to know him.

Message By: pablo brasil

02/02/2006 20:08:50 PST

I had the privelege to hang out with pat at nexpa in the late 80's .He was always up on the hill
painting with kevencio.He had this old surfboard,a green fish,the thing was totally thrashed,dings
from the tail to the nose--must of had a couple of gallons of water in it.I always was trying to
grab it off him to fix all the dings in it but could never seem to fix them all there were so many
of them.If you didnt know pat and saw him paddling that fish you would have thought he was the
biggest kook ever--Half blind, paddling this board that was completly underwater---I still cant
figure out how he caught a wave on that thing----As a wave came to him he would spin around and
glide,that is the only way to describe it-- glide--He was the style master--grace,no wasted motions-
-the lines he drew in the ocean were as beautiful as the ones he etched on canvas.Pat you will be
missed terribly .Karen thank you for giving pat a new lease on life,my heart goes out to you in this
difficult time.May you be comforted by all the love we feel towards you and patricio------pablo
brasil

Message By: Christine Rand

02/02/2006 17:33:20 PST

Karen,
What a pleasure to have know Pat. I am saddened to know his time on earth is gone but his spirit
will live on for those who knew him and all the lives he touched. I will always laugh at the memory
when he called me one of his "groupies" when Nancy invited me to his showings and I went out to
dinner with everyone. I will take that title with great honor. Pat was a lucky man to find such a
wonderful family to marry into. I will treasure all the good times and hope that you and your
daughter are comforted by that the love we all feel for you.
Love,
Christine

Message By: pablini

02/02/2006 14:24:32 PST

KAREN..... hugs to you... as you can imagine, alot of tears are falling here for Patricio.. he was
such a large part of our life here....the several years i had with Pat here are very precious
memeries , indeed...Pat>>>>,EL MAESTRO <<<<, kevincio ,Timo ,Joey ... there are so few of us who
have stayed all these years .... patypoo was the KING ...besides being one of my best friends... he
was the most magical ....beautiful surfer to ever grace this coast..... i miss you.. and love you...
poopster ...pabsipoo

Message By: Arvin Bhalla

02/02/2006 13:56:45 PST

“BROSE”

Dear Patrick,

You made it hard for us not to Love you!
Time together was always soo Sweet.
You lived and surfed the American Dream,
and actually rode it all the way!
See ya on the Backside BRO for Sure.

I Know you loved Karen very much,
and you would want us all to thank her
for fulfilling the last part of your wave.
I know she might possibly say,
you said Good Bye to her,
But we all know, like the Beatle's Song for you,
it was the beginning of Hello!

You lived your life,
like a wave of poems,
A work of ART,
that transcended both time and space,
Ride on Bro, Ride On

Thanks,
Arvin and Lynn

Patrick will be missed by many people whose lives he touched with his wit, charm, uniqueness and
free-spirit. He dared to live the life others only dream about. Karen and Tatiana, you are in our
thoughts, and Patrick's spirit will be with you always.

Message By: Bill

02/02/2006 11:02:32 PST

Karen and Tatiana, Sorry for your loss
Pat, was the best surfer I ever saw ride in Mexico. I met him in '73. Petacalco was a dangerous
spot for mortals to surf. Huge, 12 wave sets, 2 feet of foam to choke on as you came up from being
bounced off of the sand bottom. Not for Pat, he had it wired with his narrow gun, he took off on a
15 footer and did a graceful bottom turn and rode a backside tube fast and as perfect as any island
wave, they broke over sand, almost a closeout, a perfect lip. He remains there forever in my mind -
fearless, a pioneer. Protective of his spot, he treated me as an outsider until I told him I knew
Rich, then he invited me over for a cerveza. I left shortly after, that or drown, you needed a gun
to ride the place and the kind of skill that Pat had. Vaya con Dios, Pat

Message By: Allen Kukel	02/02/2006 10:13:25 PST
This is very sad news to hear - a great loss indeed. Pat was the first one to show me that 'Surf Art' could also be elevated to that which is more commonly termed High, or Fine Art. Mahalo nui loa Pat and say 'Hi' to all the guys in the line-up with you - we'll all be there shortly.

Message By: Gaylen Solomon Corbett	02/02/2006 06:37:18 PST
My condolences to Pat's family & friends. I will always remember him as one of my dad's (David Solomon's) crazy & fun artist friends. I have fond memories of the occassional "Logan, Tobin & Solomon" shows. I mentioned that to my husband and he said it sounds like a law firm. I said it was more like an "outlaw" firm. Best wishes, Gaylen Solomon Corbett

Message By: Robert & Amy

02/01/2006 19:14:54 PST

Sweet Karen,
We are hurting with you and Tatiana. We were looking up the gallery's phone number to give you a
call and saw the sad news on the website. We are still numb. There is no way to think back on our
magical time in Russia without thinking of you and Pat. We had such fun with you and are so
grateful for the chance to have spent even just those few days with Pat. What an amazing, unique
and gifted person. We'll never forget the first day we met y'all when you asked Robert if Pat could
borrow a tie for court. We had no idea how Pat having no acceptable tie for court was so befitting
of his personality, but since getting to know y'all better - well, now it seems perfect. As Robert
said, Pat was "real". I also remember not knowing (and still don't) the proper response to "right
on!" when finalizing plans to meet in the lobby. Ha! We cherish our painting of the view from our
balconies and feel privileged to have seen it through our own eyes, and also through Pat's. We are
lifting you and Tatiana up in prayer. Much love.

Message By: RICHARD UPCHURCH

02/01/2006 18:35:21 PST

Pat, I'll never forget the time at sunset at "New Break", and you and I were paddling out with Mike
Hynson and Skip Frye,(just the four of us) with perfect waves and we're freaking out like its a
living surf movie!!!! Thanks for the great memories,3M's, MeePees, lunch at Thalia St.,etc., etc.
and for your friendship growing up. When people talk about style....you da man bro!!!!!!! My sincere
condolences and best wishes to your family.... MUCH ALOHA, Richard

Message By: Pat Sparkuhl

02/01/2006 06:07:49 PST

Pat was, without a doubt, a unique individual, whose path in life went in a variety of directions.
I reflect on the many times we surfed together at Thalia Street . It intrigued me how, because of
his poor eye sight, he became so connected with the waves, on a glide path. It was especially
evident when conditions were foggy and glassy. The influence of surfing, adventure, and expressing
himself through his art, are the connections I feel are significant in Pat's life. To Karen and
Tatiana, my love goes out to you. I thank you, Karen, for opening up and supporting Pat's art and
spirit in this final chapter of his life. I see him now; mid way back in a 5' blue-green tube,
standing proud, eyes squinted, arms out, on a smooth glide..........

Message By: Barry K Haun

01/31/2006 16:37:05 PST

Dear Karen,
Although I did not know Pat as well as I would have liked, I am honored to have known him and
grateful for the chance to have been able to display his work (and to have spent time with him,
little though it may have been). As a fan of his work, I was also fortunate to have met other
artists due to his and your introductions. He will be missed but hardly forgotten – I am looking
forward to one day surfing with you.
Barry

Message By: Doc V	01/31/2006 15:48:47 PST
In a world of Inappropriate behavior I found a "DUDE" that was most appropriate with only a savy analysis of Himself and Others. I will never meet another Pat unfortunately. We must all forgo his whit and charm in the future. I only feel presently severe sorrow for Karen and his new Daughter. Doc V

Message By: Kim Newbrough

01/31/2006 13:25:43 PST

Dear Karen,

I'm so sorry to hear about Pat. He was a good friend and an inspiration to all. I'll always
remember our good times in Mexico, but it was after he moved back to Laguna and married you that he
was happiest. Eventhough he was a fine artist and surfer he was proudest of you and Tatiana.

I miss him already but have surrounded myself with his painitngs (over the years) and will always be
reminded of his talent and kindness.

I'll be in Cabo for Pats memorial service on Friday. We'll do a mini Paddle Out at Old Mans in the
afternoon and crack a beer in his honor.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and Tatiana.

Kim

Message By: Rick Wilson

01/31/2006 13:25:19 PST

Karen -

We here at Surfrider were saddened to hear of Patrick's untimely passing. He was a unique individual
with a great style that showed through in everything he did. We appreciate the generosity that both
of you showed to Surfrider Foundation when you hosted a benefit event at Gallery McCollum and
donated the proceeds from the raffle of one of Patrick's paintings (Killer Dana before development,
if I recall correctly) to our chapter.

Coincidently, I was paging through an old issue (Summer 1990) of our newsletter Making Waves the
other day, and there was a photo of Pat getting tubed at (believe it or not) Doheny. That might be
the only such photo in existence! His artful surfing style matched his surfing art style.

Message By: MARTY

01/31/2006 11:50:07 PST

Our world is a sadder & emptier place now. Patrick was a unique,very special & precious person to me
& many others. He loved his family dearly. He was a pure & true artist, ONE OF A KIND. He did not
pay attention to trends. He banged his own drum & influenced & inspired all he came in contact with.
Our friend, father, husband & brother is now in a peaceful place where he can paint whatever he
wants with whatever colors, textures, compositions he desires. His grace and Soul will be with all
forever. I could only dream of having the impact on our lives that Brother Patrick has had on me and
others who have had the honor and privilege of his friendship. Vaya con Dios mi amigo. "Dirty" Marty
(your bro' forever)

Message By: Saim & Heidi Caglayan

01/31/2006 10:19:07 PST

Dear Karen,

We heard the sad news of Patrick's untimely passing and the sadness lingers on. Patrick's love and
warmth and unbounding joy for his friends and art was unequaled. My last real connection with him
was at my studio in Laguna Canyon around a bonfire with David Solomon, Hamish Duncan, Michael
Jacques, talking art and life, Patrick had us in stitches with his Mexican tales.
Art world just lost a great artist and will be remembered so.
Our prayers are with you during these difficult times.
Aloha nui loa,
Saim & Heidi

Message By: Faye & Wayne Baglin

01/31/2006 09:19:17 PST

Dear Karen,

We were shocked and saddened to learn of Patrick's death in today's L.A. Times article on surf art.
We value the friendship we have had with you, Tatiana and Patrick over the last few years. We have
fond memories of chatting with Patrick in his booth at the Festival of Arts a couple of years ago
when he returned there after years of absence.

Patrick was a straight forward, spiritual person who shared his inner feelings through his great
art. We know he would be very pleased to find the surf art story on the front page of the Times.
His quotes add human spirit to the article. We thank you and Patrick for letting us make his
"Wayne's Path" painting a part of our home. His personal notes on the back of the painting mean a
lot to us. It hangs next to his painting of a carnitas stand on a Mexican beach.

Patrick has a special place in our hearts; a very real person has left us. Tatiana will cherish her
memories of a caring father. We wish you and Tatina all the best at this difficult time. May you
keep many great memories of a truly fine person, father, husband and artist. We miss your Patrick.

Fondly,

Faye and Wayne

Message By: Nancy

01/31/2006 09:05:26 PST

Driving to work today I got behind a slow moving vehicle. In Pat's honor instead of passing the
vehicle and driving the speed limit, I stayed behind, drove as slow as Pat did and felt his presence
comforting me.

Thanks Pat for your friendship, support,and love. Memories of all the fun we had brings a smile to
my face. Thanks Pat for being such a wonderful and loving husband to my sister Karen. Your children,
Patrick and Tatiana are beautiful relections of the love you had for them.

Pat, You will live in my heart forever. Nancy

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