Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sunsets, Blanks, and Kid Art Thursday



Took a drive to San Clemente yesterday to pick up some blanks and had this great sunset to watch on the way home. Grabbed this shot out the car window going over the bridge spanning the Santa Margarita River Lagoon at the O-Side border. Today and tomorrow will provide excellent beach sunset photo ops as we have mega low tides, always nice for those reflective shots.




I picked up two custom ordered 6'5" fish blanks for my latest projects - a quad fish, and a tri-fin fish. One has a 3/16" plywood stinger with the middle ply died blue, and blue glue. The other is the standard 1/8" basswood with orange glue. Both were ordered with my exclusive WaveSnatcher ® custom low entry rocker. Getting the blanks is super easy so let me know if you want to order a fish for the new year. The glue color and stringer combos are fairly endless.

Are you one of those annoying parents who thinks their kid just may be the next Caravaggio whenever they bust out a new drawing? I am.



Until my son started Kindergarten this year, his artwork was strictly Abstract Expressionism, and if you asked him what something was, it was usually some type of car theme. Then one day this fall he just started generating tons of trucks rolling down the highway. I thought they were pretty neat.

My daughter continues to entertain us with her imagination. No idea where Swirl Land came from.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Surf Rig Friday







A bit of a surfy morning today. Hemmed and hawed, shot the breeze, finally paddled out once the tide was nice and fat. Still caught two fun ones.

Update:

Found a couple more nice rides later in the day...

Possibly the coolest car ever made. Rare to find one still in original condition.



If you were around in 74' you know these things got a fair amount of ridicule. Of course now, they're on the list of ultimate surf rigs.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Below Sea Level

Took the kids to a super secret north county reef for some negative tide spelunking yesterday. Even more fun than watching football!









Thursday, October 29, 2009

Caution

Novice Noserider Ahead

This is my personal board for summer. Supposed to be the summer that ended this week, but I was a bit late getting started. The other dims are moderately wide, rails are fairly pinched but not too much, with a blended concave under the nose carrying about halfway back. Shape and concept by me, color execution by Peter St. Pierre. I toyed with an orange/black or yellow/black combo, but in the end I decided to go blue, you know, for the ocean.









Sunday, October 25, 2009

summer09

Monday, October 19, 2009

Hallowe'en Alaia

The Incut Ghoul. Be afraid, be very afraid...

Saturday, October 10, 2009

A Really Big Show!


I went to the Sacred Craft Del Mar today - too many shaping demos, too many trippy boards, mind... will.... explode....



Joe Bauguess, the mini-Simmons master.



Jon Wegener shaping a 21st Century alaia



Say What????




Cooper Designs




Next three - the Swift Movement guys never fail to surprise you. Ekstrom, Kenvin, Putnam, etc.






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Gato Heroi window display.



What the????



Leucadia's newest funky surf shop owner, JP St. Pierre.



Oh fudge, I just remembered I forgot to take pictures of John Cherry's amazing work. Super nice guy and full of useful info.