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Category Archives: surf
DeLuxe No. 20 and cliffside peelers
I find myself plying the depths of a sunday afternoon for something worthy of holdin onto. meantime Moe digs the old Roller Derby DeLuxe No.20 outta the closet and starts surfing. the clay wheels on the old oak floors frighten me but he seems to have a sense of the danger he’s into so I [...]
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#lifekook 1.0
life kook: 1. lifetime ‘fail’ surfer poser -I.E. “wow look at that guy’s whack style. he’s totally a life kook.” 2. one who never makes the takeoff on a set wave- though he always paddles “to the top.” 3. one who posts a video of himself, riding his home-shaped board, and thinks it’s cool.
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a sad day for surf writing: @Rottmouth quits
Blasphemy Rottmouth has posted his final thoughts in the form of an interview. Why was his blog important to surfing? The following passage sums it up: If you could sum up Independent Blogging in the surfing world with a few words, what would they be? Andy Irons. Simple. The handling (or mishandling) of that story [...]
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three Canadian surf films from #CSFF2011
first up is Dean Petty’s It’s all Bueno. Dean is one of those ride-anything type dudes. this one includes some login and twin keel surfing from Dean as well as a couple of comic interludes. IT’S ALL BUENO from Urban Peace Division on Vimeo. next we have some high performance surfing with Pete Devries, Nico [...]
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best international short film, 2011 Canadian Surf Film Festival
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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 [...]
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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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 [...]
Also posted in culture, DIY, ego, halifax, ras photo, style 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 [...]
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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non-conundrum
now that summer is here it’s almost gone. I can hear the rumbling cobbles now as nor’easters detonate on winter shores. hurricanes? they are like that pretty girl in your class in college she’d smile once a twice but you’d rarely get more ‘n that. so I start to think about winter sticks one that [...]
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style: Dusty Payne
this is why I keep Dusty Payne on my FS team. another rad RT edit.
hand plane – a whaa
got a radical gift from a friend the other day. ain’t everyday somebody makes you a vehicle outta pieces of otherwise stationary materials. so far I’ve only used this hand sled once but I’m looking forward to secret bank #28′s next pulse we get. high tide closeouts here I come.
style: Joel Tudor
rode my new log this morning and got that really good giddy feeling of glide. then I saw this photo of Joel Tudor and…
SBC Surf summer issue
I have a little piece in the summer issue of SBC Surf. go down and cop one. I collaborated with Zak Bush on this one about pedaling and paddling,
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surfin is fun: knost, dane, droid and alex gray