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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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the original Ku Yah! started in May of 2006 on Blogger. it's still there.Recent Comments
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Category Archives: surf
Neilson log
I sold my log a while ago so that I could order a Tom Neilson. it’s done. hopefully it will be here in a couple of weeks. stoked. thanks Tom! boards specs: 9’6″ x 23″ x 3″ Tommy Evans model. I asked for an olive green tint on the deck and clear bottom. it has [...]
Also posted in style 4 Comments
sidetrack – New York City
been getting a little serious on Ku Yah with some of the identity posts. but make no mistake. I’m happier ‘an a pig in shit. I just think it’s good to balance good with bad, pleasure with pain. know what I mean? if you want some extra good reading be sure to check Pete Bowes. [...]
if it ain’t broke, mess with it
before after – inspired by the Octafish sans wing. too much tail feeling on the knull. it was a design flaw on my end. so I decided to jigsaw a squash tail first. too wide. so I cut a swallow. with the fin cluster closer to standard, and the double concaves with vee still runnin [...]
Also posted in DIY 2 Comments
polyester – film
one day we will no longer be riding polyester surfboards. they are toxic as fuck, cannot be recycled, and are made from non-renewable sources. but like a good friend of mine once said when the topic of declining bluefin tuna came up: well I guess I better eat it while I still can. so without [...]
Also posted in absurdity, social commentary, style 2 Comments
style interlude: Tyler Warren – Blasphemy Rottmouth
Tyler Warren at Salt Creek from Jon Arman on Vimeo. in other news I surfed for the first time in 3 weeks yesterday. at best it was chest high, onshore, high tide closeouts. the best part was the beatings in one foot of water. back to running, skating, and single track for the moment. more [...]
Cardiel, Kelly and Kalonji
two parts, two icons, two disciplines, one song.
Dane Reynolds, anxiety, greed, stigma, and mental health
Dear Dane, self medicating with booze to calm anxiety works like a charm -that is until it doesn't. and the long term effects of booze are a motherfucker. you've read o'l Chinaski. you oughta know.
Also posted in absurdity, health, social commentary Tagged anxiety, booze, dane reynolds, MarineLayer, mental health, stigma 2 Comments
style: Mr. McGillicuty
some people front. some don’t. it’s easy to talk shit on the interwebs and not have to back it up. me? – I spend lots of time on the web. I love the interwebs. I also spend a lot of time doing other things -but this post for once is not about me. it’s about [...]
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run for your life – or skate
yesterday, with no one to help me battle the BMX's at the bowl, I went for a run instead -exploring the rail road tracks and some sketchy dirt roads along the Halifax peninsula's north end - aka Africville. running for 45 minutes will sure as hell make any shred of self pity dissipate like a bong hit cloud.
Also posted in absurdity, culture, ego, skate, social commentary, style Tagged Africville, Foulweather, frontside grinds, run 1 Comment
Dean Petty on Surfermag.com
stylish Dean Petty is featured on Surfermag.com in a story about Mikey DeTemple's latest project titled Sight/Sound.
Also posted in halifax, style Tagged Dean Petty, High Seas Films, If Only Surf Shop, Mikey DeTemple, Surfermag.com, Tim Stamps Leave a comment
Dusty Payne-one million light years away
if you haven’t seen this you either don’t surf, or you’ve been sleeping. I always keep Dusty on my FS team -one day homes. this piece of radness is edited by the masterful RT. if you’ve watched the series then you are familiar with the intro song. I like how the final episode reveals the [...]
visceral is still real
rain washes away just two days of dust and sunshine. it’s been raining for weeks and we are allowed a reprieve here or there but then the rain returns like a wet embrace and soaks into the earth making everything spongy and green. for my part I try and make the best of it. I [...]
the Beach Boys stole it all
in 1963 the beach boys recorded Surfin’ USA. turns out that Brian Wilson straight stole the melody and even the lyrical style from Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little Sixteen. later the rights to Surfin’ USA would be turned over to Chuck Berry – unbeknownst to Brian Wilson. too bad surfin can’t take its rightfully owned cultural [...]
sandy stretch: a crazy long bike adventure
a couple of years ago I met Matt at the beach. I was riding my log in some high tide little sliders and he was expertly doing the same on his 5’3″ bonzer. later we chatted on the boardwalk for a while about random things and mostly about bikes since Matt was riding a Surly [...]
gotta get sorted
yesterday was definitely a loggin day. instead I had the red knull out with the big flex fin. it was fun for a bit but the small kine swell makes all migrate to the same spot and the summer hassle begins. I ain’t scared of the hustle. surfed plenty spots where you gotta hustle to [...]
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back to business as usual
Ok seems the last week or so has been a wee serious. too serious for someone trying to see the humour in things. so Imma change it up a little. nihlism is for the birds and physolophising ain’t much more than old piss in a beer bottle. action is where it’s at ain’t it? to [...]
what’s your opinion?
there are quite a few surfers from my local who read this. there are also surfers from other countries who read Ku Yah. based on conversations this week with people who I consider to be good friends and therefore value their opinions, I ask all of you this and hope you respond: do I have [...]
Also posted in absurdity, ego 15 Comments
O’Neil Coldwater Classic in Halifax?
found out today -by accident, that O’Neil is planning on hosting a 6 star contest in Halifax this fall. two years ago the guys tried hosting a contest here and the surf community vehemently opposed it. this time around there didn’t seem to be any community consultations -or at least no public community consultations. what [...]
Also posted in absurdity, halifax, social commentary 6 Comments
Heavy Pop loggin style
if this doesn’t make you wanna ride a longboard then somethins wrong wit cha! found it over at Desillusion Mag. can’t wait to get the 9’6″ log from Tom Neilson and take her out in some head high points. this just got me psyched.
Sion Milosky’s legacy
legacy is a word that’s played a lot of tricks on me. everything from wanting to be famous (absurd I know), to just wanting to be remembered kindly. recently the Hawaiian surfer died while surfing Mavericks in Northern California. the video below is a small tribute to Sion. it’s comprised of interviews with Sion’s friends [...]
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Ol’ Yeller: a tale of lifetime friendship