Call for Entries- Fish Bowl

Alia doing the old light table trick.

Me having fun with the best medium in town. 64 pack of Crayola Crayons for $3.95.

Alia did it again.  She inspired me and hopefully you to do another coloring project.  We got her a new set of crayons today and had to put them to use.  I started to draw a fish bowl and then Alia saw it and wanted to do her own.  She was into it and  I was into it. We had a blast.  So parents and big kids... Rodney, Mary you know who you are, download the template here and send them in.  

Don't Forget--Beacons Beach Clean Up This Saturday w/ Special Guest Rodney "Rodrigo" McCoubrey

All trash (treasure) found on the beach by Rodrigo.

Amazing how the above turns into the below.

This Saturday from 9am to 12noon the annual Beacon's Beach Clean up is going on. 

Dad's and Mom's bring your kids as award winning Environmental Artist Rondey "Rodrigo" McCoubrey will be there educating everyone about how to create art from found objects. After seeing his work, I'm sure you asked yourself, How does he do that? Well stick around and find out. He'll be making art out of the trash from the clean up.  How great is that?  Why stick it in the land fill if you can stick it on your wall?

So as you bring your trash up, hand it over to Rodrigo as he will be sifting through it, educating, and creating a unique fish just for the event.  Stick around at the end to see how the final piece turns out.  

If you want to own an original check out Rodrigo's site for available works. www.rodrigosrecycledart.com

Talented Leucadia Surf Mama - Allie Renshaw

"Panic at the Disco"  96" x 72" mixed media on panel  

"Tiny Little Sparks"  56" x 48"  

Mommy and Son time at Grandview

Allie enjoying some me time in Indo

Rich on daddy duty. You can tell a cool dad when mom is in the water and dad's on the beach with the kids.

From what I have discovered through this site is that there is no shortage of talented people in Leucadia. Everyone I know has something they do that blows me away.  

Allie is one of those people. I first met her and her husband Rich in the line up.  They have been surfing the same spot for years and I would watch them both surf as they had the place dialed. 

The thing that impressed me most about Allie was the fact that she was still surfing until two weeks before she gave birth to their son Atticus. As a dad myself I remember feeling protective of her and watching to make sure she was Ok on the inside after a wave.  Apparently Dugan was the same way and would let her have any wave she wanted.

Knowing people from the water you tend to know many important things about them, like, will they make the take off on the set waves, when sharing a peak do they tend to go right or left and do they get caught behind the outside section or do they always make it through to the inside.

Those things are important for sure. It's amazing that with all the people you surf with I bet you have the answers to those question for each and everyone of them.

Now that I have been doing this site I get the joy of finding out more about people I know from the water. For Allie it was only yesterday that I discovered the talent she has when she sent me a link to her site. I was really stoked to see how great her work is. 

I encourage you to look at her work. She has a lot of really great pieces. www.allisonrenshaw.com 

If you want to see her work in person she has a number for shows coming up as well. Check out her site as they are listed. Or if you dig her work, don't hesitate to give a ring.

Loose 27 LBs With The Donut Hole Diet

Do you want to loose 27 pounds?  

Do you want to fit into your bikini this summer?  

If so then we have the diet for you!

Developed by long time local and donut lover Mary Fleener, the Magic Fleener Donut Hole Diet is designed to shed weight, support the local economy and make friends along the way.  

Here's how it works: 

Step 1: Walk. ALOT. Walk from Ocean View to Leucadia Donut Shoppe.

Step 2: Buy half a dozen Donut Holes.

Step 3: Eat 2.

Step 4: Give the rest away to friends and strangers on your way home.

It's simple, it's easy and you feel great doing it.

Mary has lost over 27 pounds and set to loose another 5 more.  Her goal is to look like Miss Anne by June.

If you see Mary walking, don't forget to smile and say hi. If she hasn't already given them out there is a donut hole with your name on it.

Musica Surfica

I received an email with a link to the trailer of this film. It was inspiring and the concept is very different then anything else I've ever seen. I'm a fan of Derrick Hynd as well with his finless experiments.  I haven't seen it yet but if someone has please comment. Enjoy.

Chilean Fins by Geree McDermott

Here are some great fins I just got. They came from Pichilemu, Chile.  Here is the email that came with  them. Geree is an American living in Chile. She is very talented. I checked out her work on her sites.   Enjoy.

HI there-
I just found your site last night and finished 3 fin designs today. (I tried to use your submit entries link but it didn't come through so I am attaching them here.)

I live in Pichilemu, Chile which is touted for being the Surf Capital of South America. Have you heard of it? I moved here from New Mexico, but before that I lived in Solana Beach for over 10 years. Love the beach!

I have skateboard designs on www.Zazzle.com/GereesGallery and when I saw your fin design project, I felt compelled to draw a few designs.

Hope they all make it on your site,
Geree

www.Gerees.Blogspot.com
www.Zazzle.com/GereesGallery
www.GereesGallery.MosaicGlobe.com

Beacons In Spring

Alia and I went to Beacons the other day and were mesmerized by the beauty. As we walked down through the wild flowers Alia looked at me and said "Beacons is my favorite beach, Dad." It made my heart melt knowing that I was leaving a lasting positive impression on my daughter through a simple act of taking her to the beach. A beach we are all so lucky to have access to. 

Those of you with kids that surf know that somewhere in the back of your mind you hope that your child or children will love to surf as much as you do. At that moment I felt a certain sense of satisfaction that no matter if Alia surfs or not, she will always love the beach. 

Erik's New Love a 5'10" Twin Keel by Kipp Denslow

Erik waxed her up all pretty and stuck his stickers on her.

Yep, he made it.

1 of 2

2 of 2

Pulled it.

Kipp dropped off this board last week for Erik to test ride.  It was the 5'10" chocolate, lime green and white twin keel he made and brought to the AB3 Fish Fry.  Erik rides a lot of boards but instantly took to her.  So much so that Kipp will never get this board back. It has earned a spot in his permanent collection.

For a week I kept hearing stories of Erik killing it on this board. Lauren was cool enough to take some shots to show us. 

Kipp waited a week and then called to see how he liked it. He was sort of quiet when he called and was worried that the test went bad because he hadn't heard from Erik. Turns out that Erik was too busy riding this thing. Rumor has it that he brought the board in to his room like a little grom.  With that said I offered some business advise to Kipp.  Raise the price.

Photos by Lauren Tolford and Erik Baldwin

Living the Dream

Some of us dream about places like these and others actually charge
out there and live it. My friend John is the guy who actually lives
the dream. For the last 20 years he has been spending at least a month
a year surfing all over Indonesia. He somehow ended up with the
perfect life to do this... He grew up here in Encinitas surfing every
day and became an airline pilot which allowed him to get to Indo for
free. Over the years he has made friends with a bunch of Australian
bros... Here are a few shots from one of his trips.

Enjoy. David

Vans Trash Art Submission by Rodney McCoubrey

Rodney sent me his entry for the monthly Vans trash art contest. The winner gets a pair of shoes.  Below is how he made it.  It blows me away at what he can make out of what people throw away.  My favorite shot is of the eye.  It is crazy how it really has a soul.  Great work Rodney.

For the kids out there that want to try this to win some shoes and save trash from the land fill, go here for entry and details.  Parents out there that would like there schools to do a similar art program, contact Rodney about setting up a day for him to do a work shop with the kids. 

Step 1: Collect the trash.

Step 2: Cut out the template.

Step 3: Base coat the wood and then paint.

Step 4: Add the trash to make the features.

Step 5: Add the Eye.

Step 6: Hang and add the bubbles.