Good moments come in the form of emails from friends

I just posted this shot and back ground story of Rasta up on the Enjoy Blog and had to take a moment here to verbalize how cool this is. As a guy who grew up with surf posters on my wall and lived his life as a consumer of surf products it has been a surreal and wonderful shift to be on the other side of the counter. When one is a creator and makes things they come from a place of putting ones' self out into the world. For good or for bad we take a piece of ourselves and put them into our work for others to see, judge and hopefully enjoy. When I received this shot from Mick Waters I was so stoked because it was a moment in time when I saw something that I had co-created with Kipp in the world and in the hands of an individual who I admire. To see the joy in his face as he looked at  the work we did makes me very happy and excited to do more. Thank you Mick for sending this. It made Kipp's and my day.

The Republic Stubbie Collaboration

Back yard shaper and fifth generation Californian, Mike Schoen, sent in these photos of his 7’-0” Stubbie based on the Liddle Point Break model that he and artist John Culqui collaborated on.  Mike has a fascination with the California flag and it’s iconography, so that was the direction he gave John. Mike did both the shaping and the glassing.

It hasn't seen water yet but the next good head high swell to come rolling through he will be on it.

Great job guys!

Article in The Coast News - Old surfboards get new tricks

The talented Lillian Cox of the Coast News interviewed us over the weekend. It was posted online today. Lillian is an Encinitas local and talented journalist. I love her work because her goal is to write positive stores to better our community. How cool is that? Lillian thank you so much for taking the time to share our story. You are amazing. *Enjoy

http://thecoastnews.com/view/full_story/10334136/article-Old-surfboards-get-new-tricks?instance=coast_top_story

Thank you Rip Curl!

Here is an email I got from Rip Curl. These guys are great...

Good afternoon gentleman

My name is Mark and I work for Ripcurl, in the service dept. We handle all repairs and warranty issues for all of our products including wetsuits. The reason for my email is to see if you would have an interest in the extra material that is left over from repaired suits or suits that have been replaced due to a defect. We do have a recycle center that we generally donate to, however in being a handplane fan myself I would prefer to bring new life to an item that will bring more joy to those that enjoy our oceans. So if you would like first discuss this further please feel free to contact me at the number I have provided.

Regards

Mark Tierheimer

I was so stoked to get this email from Mark. As soon as I needed rubber he sent me a box full of old wetties down to the PB shop where Steve Stout hooked me up with even more material! These guys get what we are doing and are super supportive. 

Thank you much Rip Curl! They are going to good use.

For all you other companies out there. If you are into what we are doing, contact us. We'd love to see if we could reuse your old materials. *Enjoy

The Greener Blue Collaboration Benefits SaveTheWaves.org

Our friends over at thegreenerblue.com are all about sustainable and eco-friendly products in the surf industry and are huge handplane fans. So it was a no brainer to do a collaboration with them to support their cause. The Greener Blue also chose one of our favorite organizations, Save The Waves as their charity.  From the sale of each Greener Blue model $10 will be donated to them t keep them fighting for our waves.

If you want one of these let us know. Here are 3 we just finished up and shipped out and are off getting some barrels as I type.

Thanks to Mark Marovich from The Greener Blue and Josh Berry from Save the waves for the collaboration. It's one of our favorites! Enjoy.

What I'm watching: A Fly In the Champagne

As I get older I have to admit that the contest scene doesn't excite me much at all. I'll watch the Eddie but that really isn't the same thing.  I am more turned on by some random backyard board builder or random freesurfer then I am about the guys competing for the world title. At this point in my life it is as if that world doesn't even exist. I did however grow up as a kid watching Kelly evolve into what he is today and was always aware of the rivalry between him and Andy. Me coming from Kelly's generation I must say I did root for him.

In all that competition between the two I was always sort of wondering what it would be like for them to come together as friends. They seemed so caught up in their fight against each other that it seemed impossible.

When this movie first came out I thought I had much better things to watch so I never gave it a second look. But after Andy's passing and Kelly winning his 10th World Title I couldn't help but give it a look. Especially after I read the description...

After a decade of bitter rival status, Kelly Slater and Andy Irons come together and surf off their differences. Nobody was expecting this trip to happen. To get two seemingly mortal enemies to agree to sequester themselves on a tiny island with a half-dozen cameramen, a Hollywood interviewer capable of conjuring up tears during any interview, and an in-the-know magazine staff waiting with bated breath seemed like a ridiculous notion. Despite hectic schedules, preconceived notions, and the most heated rivalry in modern surf history, somehow it all came together. The end result was a ten-day purge of feelings, emotional baggage, dispelling rumors, talking it out, and a burying of the hatchet once and for all. Oh, we nearly forgot to mention that the waves were insane!

After reading this I couldn't help but get it. It seemed very timely indeed. I haven't watched it yet. I'm downloading it now. 

Congratulations Mom!

Today my mom was honored and given an award for being the amazing person she is. She was given the 8th annual Humanitarian award by the Jonathan Tarr Foundation of Encinitas. The Jonathan Tarr Foundation was established by Robin and Skip Tarr in 2001 in memory of their son Jonathan Tarr who died in a tragic auto accident. He was only 17 and would have been a high school senior. He attended a Continuation High School offering alternative education curriculum. 

The foundation's mission is to keep Jonathan's name alive by raising money and donating it to students who want to go to collage and attended Continuation High School. Since the foundation was begun, they have helped over 200 students attend college.

As a son it was such a gift to sit in a room full of amazing people and listen to all the beautiful things they had to say about my mom. I can't tell you what a gift that was. Thank you so much to Robin Tarr and her organization for doing that for my mom.

Oh, and this is really cool. Today, Nov 6th 2010, is officially Judith Lewis Logue Day in the County of San Diego. Apparently the Mayor himself is signing off on it. You rock, mom!!!!

After the award was handed out we were treated to a concert by Cowboy Jack Johnson. (Not the Jack Johnson who you are thinking of although this one grew up in Hawaii as well.) Cowboy Jack, who also bares the name of my mom's dad and my Grandfather Jack Johnson who was a cowboy as well, is an amazing talent who does Hank William's and Johnny Cash covers. Go check to his site for local dates. If you're a William's or Cash fan you've got to see him. He rocks. www.hankshow.com

Reception for "The Big Group Show" tonight Sat. Nov 6th 5-8pm

Opening Reception

This Saturday, Nov 6 · 5-8pm

featuring work by: Jay Alders, Meredith Ambruso, Matt Beard, Big Toe, Esteban Bojorquez, Drew Brophy, Candy, Ron Croci, John Culqui, Norm Daniels, Danica Elbertse, James Finch, Damian Fulton, Roy Gonzalez, John Holm, JP St. Pierre, Calvin Knott, Wade Koniakowsky, Rick Rietveld, Heather Ritts, Phil Roberts, Kevin Roche, Blakeney Sanford, Joshua Serafin, Kevin Short, Tyler Warren, Alex Weinstein, Susan Wickstrand, Jeff Yeomans

Surfy Surfy's JP St. Pierre was asked to display his Mr. Squidy handplane collaboration we did together at The Group Show put on by the Surfing Heritage Foundation. This is JP's first art show and technically mine and Kipp's as well! Congratulations JP and Kipp good jobs guys! Barry at Surfing Heritage is a huge fan of our handplanes and we will be doing more with them later. You'll also be seeing more of JP's art on our handplanes. If you want your own Mr. Squidy contact us and we'll hook you up.

South Coast Plaza West (formerly Crystal Court)

Mon-Fri 10AM-9PM · Sat 10AM-8PM · Sun 11AM-6:30PM 

3333 Bear St., ste 303, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

714.800.1654

www.surfingheritage.org

Photos

Photos by David Gray

Eli Mirandon

Teaser

photo by David Gray

David was up at dark and out all day yesterday getting shots with a crew of some unbelievable surfers. I can't wait to see what he got. In the mean time here's a teaser for you. Enjoy.

Goodbye Andy

Happy Halloween

Art by John Culqui
www.jsculquiart.com

Dylan

Photo by David Gray

You are invited to a LEED Plaque Ceremony & Open House for 1491 Neptune Ave.

My friend Rich will be having a LEED Plaque Ceremony & Open House for his 1491 Neptune Ave. project.

For those of you, like me, who were fascinated by his project here is your chance to take a look for yourself and learn more about what makes it so environmentally friendly. 

You can RSVP at leedplaqueceremony.eventbrite.com.

Liquid Salt Collaboration Supports SurfersHealing.org

A while back we thought it would be fun to collaborate with some of the people we know and respect in our surf community to do a program that we could have fun with as well as have an opportunity to give back to some of the organizations we feel need our support.

What we came up with was a Collaboration Program where we pick one of our heros in the surf world and collaborate with them to design a model that will give a bit back to a charity of their choice.

Our first collaboration is with Glenn Sakamoto of  Liquid Salt Magazine. For those of you familiar with Liquid Salt you know Glenn as the brains and talent behind the interviews of the surf world's elite.

We didn't know Glenn that well so we approached him to see if he would be into it. Turned out he was already a fan of our work so he was stoked and eager to get one designed. Glenn is an amazing brand designer so it was fun to come up with his model. After some ideas we settled on doing one after his Bing he loves so much. That way he can have a little mini me of that board. 

When it was done we took it with us to some shows we did and people loved it. Everyone wanted to buy it. It took us a while to get it to him but when we finally did we were stoked to hear that his lovely wife actually let him put it in his living room! Guys, as you know it is almost impossible to get any beloved board in your living room!  Believe me as much as he'd like to have that Bing on his wall there is no chance that is happening.

When Glenn was asked who he wanted to support with proceeds from the sale of the model he quickly chose Surfers Healing, a non profit organization started and run by Izzy and Danielle Paskowitz.  The organization is special because it uses surfing to heal autism with amazing results. See more on their program here.


If you'd like to support Surfers Healing and help an autistic child learn to surf you can donate directly to them here or you can purchase the Liquid Salt model and we will donate to them for you.

Dumpster Dive'n

Last night while at Surfy Surfy JP told me that he got word that a dumpster at a storage unit in Solana Beach was filled with busted boards. Apparently the owner of these boards was moving and had to do something with them fast. With only the information of it being somewhere in Solana I took off last night to locate them only to be skunked. This morning I did a bit more poking around and stumbled upon the score!  4.5 boards of old foam goodness. Life is good my friends. Life is good. 

Next time, before you throw your broken boards in the trash and make me search all over town and rummage through the trash, please, contact me. I'll gladly take them off your hands. 

Thanks JP for the tip. We will make some mighty fine handplanes out them.

IMPROVISED EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICA @ Ducky Waddles Oct. 28

Ducky Waddle's  Emporium Presents Improvised Experimental Electronica.

Three talented veterans of the San Diego music scene, James Call , Joyce Rooks and Marcelo Radulovich, on organ, theremin, cello, computers, various percussive and sound effect devices,  will  perform what can best be described as an Avant Garde Concert of Improvised Experimental Electronica.

Thursday evening October 28th, performance at 8:00, doors open at 7:00. Seating is limited, reservations are reccomended. Admission $10.00. You can reserve seats by calling 760-632-0488 or reserve on line here;  

http://www.duckywaddles.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1755

For more information call 760-632-0488

For additional information on Improvised Experimental Electronica , contact
Jerry 760-632-0488 or visit http://www.duckywaddles.com

Ducky Waddle's Emporium, North Coast San Diego Art Gallery, Book Store
and Center for Cultural Studies.


Support our local business!

Sunsets

I love promoting the work of others but is it even sweeter when they are from your own family. Here are a few shots from my Dad and local San Diego photographer, RM Lewis. I love his work. Beauty in everything he shoots. Well done pops. Enjoy.

Thanks for Supporting Max

Thank you to all who supported and continue to support Max.  The event raised money but most importantly it raised awareness for Max which will bring in more support. 

 Here's a video of Max.  If you would like to donate Max's cause go to www.maxspartacus.com/.

The Might Max K. Benefit

Mighty Max Benefit

on Friday Oct 22nd 2010,
5pm to 10pm
in the Cardiff Town Center

Come help 6yr old Max with his battle against cancer

94/9 Mikey Show producer Jay Isbell

Champion Vert Skaters - Pierre Luc Gagnon, Rune Glifberg and special guests

Bands: Cut Back Curve, Friends and Enablers and Robin Henkle Band

Silent Auction: Week in Hawaii, Mexico, Mammoth, ENJOY HANDPLANE!…

Raffles: snowboards, surfboards, decks…

Food/Hip Hop Dancers/Hula Hooping/face painters

Sponsored by: 20 Lounge, Zenbu, Rimels, Seaside Market, East Coast Pizza, Sambazon, The Leucadia Project/ Enjoy Handplanes.

We were asked to make a handplane for the Might Max K. Benefit. Here is the one we donated. If you are looking for a handplane stop by the event and bid on this one please. 

If you can't make it  you can donate via PayPal.

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Recycled Art Exhibition - Rhythms Within The Fun Zone

A Reception Of All New Art featuring:

Environmental Folk Artist

Rodney "Rodrigo" McCoubrey

Where: Solana Beach City Hall 635 S. Highway 101 Solana Beach,Ca

When: October 22, 2010 5 till 8 P.M.

Light Refreshments will be served.

Look at this piece. It's unbelievable. You won't want to miss this event. Rodney is truly one of our living Leucadia Legends. Support his work as he is doing it right. Go Rodrigo go!

Devon Holloway's Short

My friend Devon made this cool short about her trip to the Channel Islands.  Enjoy.

ArtHaus-2: Certified LEED Platinum

ArtHaus-2: 1491 Neptune Avenue REMODEL

My friend and fellow fish riding, handplane loving, Leucadian Rich Williams sent over these photos of a project he did over the last few years. He has just received news that it achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's highest "Platinum" LEED certification.  It is the second "LEED for Homes" single family residence project to be certified in San Diego county, and the first to achieve certification in the City of Encinitas.  LEED stands for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.   It is a internationally recognized and rigorous rating system that not only covers energy and water efficiency, but also indoor air quality, the durability of a home, the use of eco-friendly materials,  community connectivity,  awareness and education of the building's occupants, and construction waste management.  Not only shall the buyer of this home be assured that they live in a truly eco-friendly and healthy home, they can enjoy owning an architectural beauty as well as having stupendous ocean views from the second story.  Yes, you can also see how the good the surf is too! Love it.

Rich, well done my friend. If you want to see more of the house check out his site. www.arthaushome.com/