what are you looking at?!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Productive Weekend
new kitesurf is ready!!!!!!!! unfortunately, until the next daKine order, I am stuck with the straps from my moms old sailboard - ha!
also a new 5'8 quad fish (with an extremely crooked tailpad)....... everyones favorite - now I have one again woohoo!!!!!!
here is what i did with the akila style twinnie - wings behind fins and narrowed up the front end - super stoked on this one - calling albert singleton - this one is about 3 years late!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Go See Thomas Bros Surf Movie @ Folly Saturday April 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got to see this tonight at the premiere and the thomas bros did an amazing job - really cool feel to the movie and some great waves and some really amazing surfing!!!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Who let the cat out of the bag?
here is a bamboo perimeter stringer kite/surf board i am working on - out of the bag for a flashing trim and on to the laminating rack next.....you can see the shadow of a carbon fiber strip between the feet underneath the bamboo!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Send out your prayers to our friends in Japan!
Update from friends in Tokyo:
My friends, family are fine.
Actually, the damage still has been expanding due to big Tsunami and explosion of atomic energy tank...TV news said that some people were already exposed to radiation...It's pity...horrible...
Earthquakes has been occurring at random...
So we have to keep track of the situation and be ready for evacuation.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
florida goons
i caught some fun waves down in north florida this weekend - st augustine i miss u! i even got to ride a few with the goons in ponce inlet - super cool dudes making some really awesome surfing boards - check them out here: http://www.peninsulaholdingco.com/
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
FEESHES!!!
these things have been multiplying in the shed over winter waiting for some warm weather to be glassed - woohoo spring feeshes! one wood one keel one quad
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Good Surf Story from Fiji
A friend sent me this pic and story the other day - very entertaining - thought I would share:
Anyway here's a little surfing tale from the islands of Fiji. Hope that you're getting some waves for the winter!
The other weekend I journeyed out to the west to hit up Cloudbreak. I'd checked the charts and for a week out had it pegged as being a bunch of swell and good winds. As i was driving into the village to where to boat dudes live I could see some whitewash pop up above the horizon line! When I spoke to one of the boat drivers on the phone he called it 10 foot! All morning I'd been pumping myself up to hit big Cloudbreak - the forecast was saying 6-8 and I was psyching myself to take it on. 10 foot - maybe too much. I sorted out my boat and had to wait around for some other dude to rock up. I knew Cloudbreak was big but apparently no one was out. That put me off. My other dude rocks up and we decide against Cloudbreak. I'm too unfit to hit that by myself and if no one else was on it then I'm thinking it must also be hitting the reef a bit awkward.
So we hit up Restaurants which is an awesome wave. It was a nice 4 foot and it just rifles down the line. I jump off the boat paddle around and on my first wave luck into a nice set. Get about a 5-6 second barrel before it finally outruns me. I'm stoked, this is going to be awesome but then tragedy strikes. I see a figure in the line-up. "He looks familiar" I think. He turns and then I realise: TRENT MUNRO!!! I can't believe it! Of all the places to be and of all the days and of all the breaks. Man I hate that guy. He used to be a pro and grew up near me. He was always a jerk and so was his dad, just real arrogant. The last time I surfed with him was before I came to Fiji the first time and it ended in me telling him to "get f*cked". He was ripping it up at Restaurants too. Jerk. I end up over hearing from Munro that they'd hit up Cloudbreak that morning and some dudes ended up getting cleaned up big time and wound up holding onto the pylons of the judging tower screaming for help!
After the wind got into Restaurants we hit up Wilkes. It's just me and the other boat dude. I get my first wave, eat it and then get caught inside by the wide swinging sets. By the time I make it back out the same thing happens to my surf mate. He gets cleaned up big time. Stops duck-diving waves and just goes under them. I work out where to sit and manage to snavel a few solid 6-foot barrels. It's a big closey but just nice to travel down some big lumps. Old mate I'm surfing with doesn't catch another one.
We then head over to Swimmingpools. It's 3, maybe 4 on the biggest and fun. It's a surfers dream. Easy take off to barrel with a section for turns. I'm out there for about an hour before I'm cramping and have to bail. Good times though despite ending up with really badly burnt hands.
Hope that you're all doing great over in the Carolinas. Miss you heaps!
ps. here's a pic of swimmingpools, it's the only time I managed to get my camera out. It actually has a much bigger wall than what the image looks like, the wave wraps away from the boat for about another 50m.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
BARGE
SINGLE SKEG PIRATE SHIP FOR CRUISING THE FOGGY BANKS DOWN SOUTH OF THE ST JOHNS TO THE RIVER OF MASSACRES
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Couch Surfing
its too freaking cold to surf outside now so we are surfing inside!
new 11' x 5" bamboo deck SUP for cruising shem crick!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Akila Inspired Twinnie
I have been wanting to make one of these for a long time now. I cant decide whether to put the wing behind the fins (left side) or in the middle of the fins (right side). Leave a comment - let me know what you think.........
and check the master here: http://aipahawaii.com/akila/boards/index.html
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
GH Airshow circa 2004
found these shots buried on the desktop - we may have to do another one of these impromptu events again this spring...............
antoine dodson
froghands!
klauber - doing his best AI (i think he snapped his board on this gnarlburger)
koooooook!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
F the (style) police
off balance speed float - check the peak out back!!!!
some surprise waves today - early christmas present - hope you got some!
shot is from http://www.follyhood.blogspot.com/ check it out some good shots on there!
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