My friend Lauren at work. Check out Surf Du' Jour for more on her.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
California Daze Art show Friday night! Featuring Skye Walker
Come on out to the Green Flash Gallery in Cardiff (111 Chesterfield) this Friday, August 20th for the
"California Daze" group art show. Show goes from 5-10pm and is sure to be a fun event!!
Artists include:
Matt Beard
Julie Goldstein
Liz Lantz
Skye Walker
Ash Francomb
Heather Brown
Kris Degrazio
Susan Wickstrand
Kevin Roche
Ashton Howard
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Poetry Ruckus 2 @ The Duck
Please join us for our next POETRY RUCKUS @ The Duck, Wednesday, Aug.
18, doors open at 7:00 pm. We are very excited about this month's
Special Guest, Jane Mushinsky. Originally from New England, (Always will
be a New Englander), a twenty year resident of our area, Jane is a
professor of English at Mira Costa and has also taught creative writing.
Jane practices and studies Zen Buddhism, is a member of Hotei Ji Zen
Center and tells us that Buddhism has influenced her poetry. She is a
member of the American Poetry Society. Please join us on Wednesday
evening and come early to guarantee a seat. Our past events have been SRO.
The POETRY RUCKUS @ The Duck is a monthly poetry event that features
local poets reading their work and always features a Special Guest Poet.
If you would like to participate and be added to our performance
roster, email Michael, ruthlesshippies@gmail.com
There is no admission charge but we ask for a small donation to help
offset our expenses.
Ducky Waddle's Emporium
Book Store, Art Gallery, Center for Cultural Studies
414 N. Coast Hwy. 101
Encinitas, (Leucadia), CA 92024
760-632-0488
www.duckywaddles.com
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sacred Craft Highlights
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!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Win an Enjoy Handplane or GoPro Camera at Sacred Craft This Weekend
We are teaming up with the Surfing Heritage Foundation and GoPro at Sacred Craft this weekend. Look for us at the Surfing Heritage Booth.
On Saturday they will raffling off the Charcoal and Lime Green beauty above for becoming a member of Surfing Heritage that day. On Sunday they will be raffling off a GoPro Camera to people who join that day. We will be there both days. Stop by, say hi and check out some of the boards we will have on display.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ryan Burch
I'm a huge fan of Ryan's. The guy can ride anything. This is a while back when he wasn't surfing 4 foot finless foam thingies on double overhead days.
photo David Gray
John Mann's Mexi Blanket
Our friend John Mann in Washington ordered this custom Mexi Blanket for his quiver. He sent us this photo of his Austin kneeboard to match the color work. It turned out so beautiful, I seriously didn't want to send it to him.
John has been bodysurfing with handplanes since the late 60's early seventies. He told us this story...
Read the rest of the story over at the new Enjoy Handplanes blog.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Our New Site/Blog/Store - EnjoyHandplanes.com
People have been asking for more info on the handplanes so we built a brand new site to do just that at EnjoyHandplanes.com. It will have photos, it's own blog and a shop to buy handplanes. All you resin tint love'n, bodysurfing crazies go check it out. You now have a place to go that understands you.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Candy
Kipp made this one as an experiment in color and texture. It looks like a piece of candy. There is a lot going on but I have to admit it turned out really cool.
The process of making these handplanes takes awhile and is a labor of love. Each board we make is like a little friend to us. The process is interesting. You start off with a little white ghost and then when you add color it becomes alive, it takes on a personality of it's own that makes you want to see it take life into it's final form.
This little guy grew on us, as it had such a unique personality. I certainly didn't want to see it go, but it didn't stick around long. It was for sale for a day and it got snatched up by my friends and local water couple Rich and Allie. It made me feel better though that it was still in the neighborhood. Go have fun little candy board. You have good owners now and will spend many days slotted in barrels.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Mick Waters
Here's a shot of our good friend and Aussie filmmaker Mick Waters having some fun on the other end of the lens. Enjoy.
Glasser Needed
Paul Belitz needs help glassing his wood fish. He built this one himself and wants to glass it himself. Anyone who has some glassing skills with wood boards and would like to get paid to walk him through the process please contact Paul .
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Vote Korduroy TV
If you love homemade, homegrown, surf stoke then show your love for Cyrus' contribution to the blog world and vote Korduroy TV in the finials going on right now on Surfer.com.
Vote for Korduroy TV in the Finals of Surfer Mag's Battle of the Blogs.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Brian Lam's New GoPro Handplane
Our friend Brian Lam over at TheScuttlefish.com ordered up a red orca for his quiver. Brian is a NorCal Ocean Beach local and plans to get some barrel pics with this bad boy and his GoPro HD.
If you've never seen TheScuttlefish.com site check it out. Brian is a lover of the sea and is gearing up to inspire ocean lovers all over the world. He has the background to do it, being one the authors of Gizmodo.com.
While you are on the site look at the video of a rover saving a sword fish stuck in a deep water oil rig. Unbelievable! http://thescuttlefish.com/2010/06/29/robot-saving-a-swordfish/
Friday, July 30, 2010
Global Basecamps
EcoCamp Suite Domes, Torres del Paine, ChileEcoCamp is a lodge consisting of large dome shaped tents which designed to maintain the nomadic spirit of the ancient inhabitants
Greystoke Mahale, Lake Tanganyika, TanzaniaGreystoke Mahale is wilderness lodge on a beach along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika that also sits next to a national forest.
Mekhala Curuise ThailandMekhala is a collection of three restored rice barges that provide the setting for overnight journeys between Bangkok and Ayuthaya
Chumbe Island, Zanzibar, TanzaniaChumbe Island is a coastal retreat consisting of bungalows and is located in a nature reserve.
These guys are cool because they are all travelers themselves and know the inside scoop on where to go and what to do. Check them out. Give a Leucaida company some love.
http://www.globalbasecamps.com
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