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KU: (verb) look!
YAH: hear, or here
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"At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face." Albert Camus
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Author Archives: ras
in the #nothing
at this moment I am deep in the nothing. communing with nothing. so far in the nothing, that the deeper I go, the faster it gets, the more the nothing feels like nothing. the reason for this excercise in nothingness? I can’t go look for waves. instead I will create my own reality through the [...]
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on the 3rd morning of the Canadian Surf Film Festival
it’s been only a few months since I ventured back into the land of spirits after an almost two year hiatus. what is it about the booze that makes me feel like I did after confession in Jose Gregorio’s musty church in Isnotu? perhaps it’s the physical discomfort of too much enjoyment -the sour belly [...]
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#poem: taffy or the feeling you get after
it felt like taffy chewy and semi-sweet then it moved through my arms legs and teeth the semi-sweetness permeating it was good, familiar coming back to it the peace of knowing what I knew before the weight of it the pressure like a heavy coat with lead lined lapels it’s all what you’re used to [...]
#poem: coffee
I feel the coffee work into my head I feel it in my sinuses first then the slow rush of caffeine hits like the feeling of exhaustion delirium it brews slowly like ale I used to relish changing my perception now I do so with trepidation guilt hangs over me like mid-summer willows. do willows [...]
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Sunday’s song by Cousins – “Speech”
I love this song. so much good music on Southern Souls COUSINS – Speech from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.
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a rough and rugged sea would be a reminder of a clear and present time
innocence is lost to the guilty. like water for dry riverbeds, I sift through the dust of a past that was filled with not much and look into a future of unknowns. life grows around me. I take great pleasure in the simplest of things – a hug from the little person in my house [...]
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DIY #fins
air bubbles not withstanding, the fin project came out OK. now to wait for a swell to test the theory.
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Kelly #Slater (Mattison) 5 fin inspiration
if it works for Slater…. for real though, this board works really well but the wide tail will naturally drift on bigger waves. so inspired by Slater’s NY event board I made a fin panel and drew a high aspect keel fin using a French curve. it still needs work to finish glassing it on. [...]
style: Mick Sowry
Mick is a humble man. though I only got to spend a little time with Mick in NYC, we’ve stayed in touch over the years and we’ve shared some interesting written exchanges. his blog is always funny and inspirational. the thing is, it’s not easy to be honest as a writer. honesty is what separates [...]
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alex knost can’t surf
right. this kid has more style than the entire archive of the Sartorialist. boom. and just before you get all high horsed and start double dickin about “look how little those wave are! anyone can surf those waves” etc. go out and try. and maybe check some footage of this skinny kid pulling into way [...]
#poem: nine
nine times I tried nine breaths nine nights nine strings tied to guts nine pains nine pawns strolling the grounds holding guard nine bandits nine cotton balls nine stitches nine falls blood drying and flesh healing nine nights old woman dancing nine drums old dread burnin’ nine cops waiting out front nine lives I have [...]
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battle of the editors Cote vs. Phelps
just had a thought that perhaps Chris Cote would like to have Jake Phelps’ cred. the only similarity seems to be the job description and the glasses. although Thrasher is not what it was when I firsted started reading it in 1987, it is still real deal. Transworld Surf – not so much. as opinionated [...]
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the #surfboard as #art
say what you will – but this piece of foam and fiberglass is exquisite. hand carved and shaped to become a functional compound curved sculpture. I poached this photo from R. Burch’s blog – bob & sink
shaping surfboards
spent the morning doing some Katia ding repair and I’ve got the bug to shape another board. I don’t see it happenin anytime soon since I’m still without regular work. in the meantime this little video from Korduroy TV gets me psyched. the BONUS round from cliff kapono on Vimeo.
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#identity: part V – the surfer/hipster
I’m going to skip around in the identity chronology because the topic of being a “surfer” has been circling around my noggin like buzzards over carrion. recently I had an email echange with a post doc student on the topic of identity. she is researching identity as it relates to the web. she had this [...]
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homemade quivers, CSFF, Devon Howard, and #singlefins
well this is it. these are my two homemade surfboards. the yellow one is my second shape and by far the best. I’ve ridden it with great success in waist to overhead point breaks. while it may not be great at hard re-direct turns, it sure as hell hauls ass and makes fast waves seem [...]
Posted in culture, DIY, ego, halifax, ras photo, style, surf Tagged csff, devon howard, DIY, eggs, grant ellis, quads, SANS, scott hulet, tyler breuer 1 Comment
Blasphemy Rottmouth exclusive interview
historically, surf culture and competitive surfing have been devoid of any internal self critique. you read or listen to any interview and it’s always the same shit: ‘yeah he’s a great guy, the nicest guy, and surfs really well…” and so on. it’s essentially a big circle jerk. but the tides have switched. few unpaid [...]
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The Surf Magazines Don’t Talk About Lapsed Catholics
-just read an interview with Tyler Breuer on the Canadian Surf Film Festival site. He talks about his favourite films and includes Lapsed Catholics. …Lapsed Catholics: What the Surf Magazines Don’t Tell you by Toddy Stewart. The guy is a legend. I had the opportunity to see Lapsed Catholics on the big screen at Tribeca [...]
#cigarettes …now that I quit
I smoked cigarettes for almost 15 years. pack a day for a lot of those. but now that I quit… I love this Jim Jarmusch short. Tom Waits _ Iggy Pop – Coffee and Cigarettes by mugu_77
Tom Neilson ‘Tommy Evans’ model review
it’s very likely that if I still lived in Florida I would mostly only get boards from Tom Neilson. why? why not! Tom is a master shaper with over 30 years of shaping experience. he surfs way better ‘n me. he can shape anything. and he works with just about every available material and technology [...]
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best international short film, 2011 Canadian Surf Film Festival