The Cooperfish booth was amazing. I'm not sure how long that board is but it was a show stopper.
Simmon's Simmon's and more Simmon's. We are partnering up with the Surfing Heritage Foundation to help recycle broken boards and raise some money for the foundation by donating a board for auction so we got to set up our table smack dab in the middle of the Simmon's exhibit. Below was my view, I was in heaven.
Ryan Burch Foam Thingy
The handplanes were a hit. Kipp was holding court with the Groms explaining the glass jobs.
And the winner of the handplane is... Eric from Cardiff. He looks calm here but he just ran a few blocks and up the convention center stairs from hell to pick up his handplane. He was sweating like crazy. He was so stoked though. Could not have happened to a nicer and more deserving guy. Erik, who has been eyeing the handplanes at Surfy Surfy got entered to win by signing up to be a member of the Surfing Heritage Foundation after hearing he could win an Enjoy handplane. He also turned to me and claimed the win right there at about 11 am. He said, I WILL WIN THIS THING. By 6 pm he was taking it home. We were all so stoked for him.
Ok, the guys from GoPro are amazing. I got to visit their booth downstairs at ASR. This handplane is going to travel with their booth and will also be used by the staff for "R&D" aka barrel time. I have a lot of respect for these guys and the company itself, which has been grown from a garage operation by sweat and tears to the most wanted waterproof digital camera out there. This stemmed from the founder wanting to take better surf photos. How cool is that?
Here's our friend and Tahitian artist Philippe. He is making this for us and for our fin project. When it's complete we'll show it off.
Shawd at Rainbow Fins is amazing. Their booth is always a highlight. He has created over 1000 original art fins. Unbelievable. He is also one of the nicest guys you will meet.
Korduroy.tv booth was, as always, amazing. Cyrus is seriously a genius. I'm forever inspired.
Blue Tarp Barrels. The original. You saw it on Korduroy.tv first!
Love it. Flops out of recycled tires.
Recycled resin art. So beautiful.
My favorite tee from the show.
Love these two paintings by Pedersen
Amazing work by Spencer Reynolds.
Really liked this piece by Meegan Feori.
Legends. Kevin Naughton (left) , Ira Opper (center) , Craig Peterson (Right). I was so stoked I got to hang out with these guys. I grew up watching Ira's films and Surfer Mag's TV show in the 80's. On the other end I grew up reading and drooling over the surf travel adventures of Craig and Kevin in Surfer Mag proper. Recognize that photo? If you were surfing in the 80's you do.
Craig took the time to go through his photos one at a time telling the back story of each.
Craig and Kevin's latest book. I want that!
