Tie Dye Resin Tent Handplane By Kipp Denslow

Here's the latest broken board handplane by Kipp that came from the Iron Cross. Complete with tie dye resin tent and pin-line.  I have to admit that these handplanes are addicting. It's sort of crazy you get that new board rush even though they are just over a foot long.

Kipp and I will be at Sacred Craft tomorrow with these so if see us around stop us to check them out.

Enjoy.

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Korduroy.tv will be presenting a series of shorts from some of the

world's most talented filmmakers all day on April 10th and 11th in

Ventura, CA at the Sacred Craft Surfboard Expo. Here's a preview of

what will be seen...

More info at www.surfboardshow.com and www.korduroy.tv 

Music by the Gantez Warriors

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Kit Horn... Enjoy Da Ride... Adios Hermano

Kit Horn 1930-2010

Photo Tom Keck

Kit Horn, Bob Simmons and Buzzy Trent. Solid Laminates, Malibu, circa 1941 - 1944. Surfer Magazine March 1981 Volume 22, Number 3, page 36 The photograph is uncredited. 

Photo from www.surfresearch.com.au 

Well I guess the one thing that I'll always remember about Kit was his stoke all the way til the end he LOVED surfing he loved the glide the excitement the raw stoke we all enjoy in the water.

I remember one summer being in line at Henry's market shopping and I ran into kit and his lovely wife and he got all wide eyed and started going on about the coming south swell and how warm the water was with the gleam of a grom and yet he was well into his 70's.

He was allways a gentleman in the water, complimented you on a good ride, and hooted as he shared a good one. When he spoke he exuded intelligence and a special kind of generosity.

I guess most of all I wished many other local surfers could have spent more time getting to know one of Waiamea's pioneers and a unique true elder from our north county surfing tribe. A gladiator of good will and stoke he will be missed in the lineup and in the community.

Kit hopefully I'll ride many a good wave for you in the years to come and share them with all the Leucadia tribe... Enjoy da ride adios hermano...

Rodney McCoubrey

New York Times Obituary - Here 

From the Archives of David Gray

Here's a nice little sequence sent over from Mr. Gray. Enjoy.

Lost Heritage: The Dorymen of Cardiff by Robert Wald

Robert Wald, the founder and editor of Ocean Magazine, is having an exhibit at the Encinitas Library. Anyone who has seen Ocean Mag can appreciate Robert's contribution to our local community. Packed with relevant stories of our local watermen/waterwomen, it's one of the few really good free local magazines that I pick up to read.  Here is the info below. It's on now with a public reception on May 1st. See image above for details.

A unique Photo/Story Exhibit by Robert Wald

46 images with running narrative

Spaning 60 feet of curved wall space

Encinitas Library  •  The Ocean Room

540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas, Ca 92024

www.theoceanmag.com

The Iron Cross is already turning into Handplanes

Kipp doesn't waste any time. With the fresh foam from the Iron Cross, Kipp has been busy making some new handplanes. He has been getting inspired and going nuts with the resin tents. He's making me wait to post the final boards but here's a hint of what one is going to look like. He got the idea from a piece of  tie die that was laying around.  Enjoy.

Local Artist John Finkbiner

John is most known for his musical talents but his art has always inspired me. He's a great example of the level of talent that calls Leucadia home.

Check out his site. I think you'll agree.

www.johnfinkbiner.com/ 

More Foam for Handplanes

Thanks to Phil Gonzalez we have more foam for our handplane project. Phil, a longtime Leucadia local,  hooked us up with a buckled circa 1996 Iron Cross 9'0.  The board will yield a good bounty of foam for plenty of handplane fun. For his generosity Phil received our last Leucadia Project tee and a couple of wax buddies. Not a bad score for an old board destine to be dumped.

The bonus was that the board was shaped by our good friend Dennis Murphy. It was board number 7087 in fact. The cool thing is that once we get the board milled down to handplane blanks we are going to get Dennis to shape his own version. It will be pretty cool to see him shape the same foam he shaped 14 years earlier! I'm looking forward to trying it out.

If you have a broken board and would like to donate it, give us a shout. We'll dig through our goody bag and hook you up with something for your generosity.

Enjoy.

Broken Board Handplanes by Kipp Denslow

For a while now I have been thinking about what to do with the countless broken boards I see at the beach and in peoples yards. Boards that will never see water again and will eventually end up in the land fill. 

The idea of these once beloved boards ending up in the trash just because they got snapped bugged me. It was a waste for one and cruel to a board that was once free and spent its time in the water. 

After some thought and some inspiration from Cyrus Sutton, Danny Hess and Brown Fish for their wood handplanes, Kipp Denslow and I started playing with the idea of turning these old boards into something new. Something that we could reshape into a new beloved friend of the wave riding persuasion. 

The result of this project was something that has completely opened my mind to a new world of wave riding. The goal to save broken boards turned into something much more. It turned into fun!

With Kipp as the shaper and glasser and me as the broken board hunter and test pilot we are setting out to clean up the landfills and have fun while doing it.  So if you have a broken board and it will go into the trash, give us a shout and we will take it off your hands. Who knows, maybe you'll see that board again in the water someday? 

Enjoy.

EL

Tangelo Fish by Rodney McCoubrey

Inspired by his tangelo tree he works next to in his back yard, Rodney made this piece as a tribute to the beauty of the color orange and especially the tangerine pearlescence that his fruit emanates in early morning sunlight with dew on it.  

It's a big one at almost 40 inches wide and it's for sale. Made from street sweeper blades, camper shell skin, old nails, recycled plywood, love and lots of tangelo munchin.

www.rodrigosrecycledart.com 

Local Artist Steve Borrows

I always liked this one. Enjoy. www.burritoart.com

Storm Surf Photos

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New Fin Art by Iomal

Iomal from www.bodasurf.blogspot.com sent this in. Classic. I love  it. Thanks Iomal!

More Work by Micaiah Hardison

A few more paintings from my friend and local artist Micaiah Hardison. Enjoy.

More shots from the other day

Photos by David Gray

Steve Klinsky Ceramics at Encinitas City Hall

My friend and local ceramic artist Steve Klinsky is showing his work at Encinitas City Hall. He just had a show at the Library as well. I have been very lucky to acquire a number of pieces from him over  the years. His work inspires me and his glazes are amazing. He gas fires his work and can spend up to 14 hours managing his firings.

Check out his website for more shots of his work.  www.klinskyceramics.com