Sacred Craft Day 2 Highlights

Shawd from Rainbow Fins has been making some amazing one off fins. I went back a few times to the booth to drool over them.

More Grain. Did I tell you that my board is almost done?

Our buddy Mick Waters is now collaborating with Grain. His first assignment was to film a board coming to Rasta for him to test out. The board is a Waka 5'4" for a charity called Stoked Mentoring. They are raffling it off for $10 online. More on that later. 

Bruce Jones was there throwing boards on the ground all day long. It was hard to watch at first. You get so used to your board being so fragile.

Gary Hanel and his team rider Miss Anne. 

Erik spent some time in the Moonlight booth chatting about boards. Petter made a finless Thumb Board that Erik will get to ride.

Love the Sticky Bumps wax art. Erik has been playing with the colored wax for months now. It was really cool to see the  kids get so into it.

Anne bought this beanie. It says Surfing Sucks. Don't try it, you'll hate it.

Jamie, Tak, Anne and Kirk. Prom Photo.

Cyrus Sutton, was in the booth showing off how to make one of his hand plains. I met him the day before. He's a super cool and humble guy.

Karl Eckstrom's model. I got to chat with him for a while. Just a really down to earth guy who is just as stoked now as he was when he was a kid.

MR was such a nice guy. He signed posters and took photos the whole weekend. I had him sign it to the Leucadia Project.

Brewer judging the boards. The judging took a bit and had to be hard. You had 5 of some of the best shapers in the world. They had to measure everything and fight to find flaws.

Dennis watching as the judging was going on.

Dennis had every one sign the template. John Peck took notice and checked it out.

Dennis was funny. Every time I tried to get a photo of him he gave me a new face. This was his serious one.

And the winner is.... Pat Rawson. 

I wondered if Dennis was disappointed. I asked him how he felt and he said he was just really honored to be there. All the boards were amazing, besides, how often do you get to hang out with Dick Brewer!

Sacred Craft Day One

The guys I went to see, Grain crew Mike, Brad and Allen, were there to answer questions and share the stoke of wood board building. Here's a shot of forever stoked Kevin, a two time kit builder from LA with a third in his sights.

The booth was busy all day as people came in to see first hand what these boards are all about.  I have to admit I was a booth rat. They couldn't get ride of me as I kept asking questions and looking over their boards.

This is the board that I think is going to be amazing. It's copy of a 60's relic that somehow made it to their shop. It's called the Leaf. It's 4.6 and guys have been surfing these things. They hinted that I might get to demo one! Erik, you down to try her out?

Man of the weekend, Dick Brewer, was on hand to judge the shape off and take part in the festivities. I got a chance to say a few words to him and he was a really cool humble guy.

Dennis Murphy was up first in the shape off. He did really good. It was so much fun to watch.

Brewer came in and complemented Dennis on his shape. Dennis was blown away to meet him. He said later "That was soo cool. As a kid everyone wanted to be Dick Brewer. "

Erik was there to represent Sticky Bumps. He has a cool wax art project at the booth for kids.

Moonlight and Surfy Surfy were there. Good news for us Leucadians. We will soon have a new place to hang out. The old Longboard Grotto space will be the new site of the Surfy Surfy board shop!

Surf Heritage museum was there was some amazing boards.

Lots of great craftsmanship. This was a cool hand burned sign.

Lot's and lots of Brewer boards, old and new.

The old ads were posted up and were really cool. My favorite was John Peck.

Karl Eckstrom was there with his amazing asymmetrical boards.  I really wanted to ride this fish.

Eli Marandon was on hand to show off his work. He is one of David's favorite guys to shoot at Blacks. He is a well rounded guy, with skills in the shaping bay and in the water.

Eli has a new set of fins out based on his unique tall twin fins. These are shorter and wider with the same hatchet style template. I am hoping to demo a pair. They look like they will work good.

Murphy Brewer shaped and ready for judging.

This is what I like to see. I love how it looks like a guy in the '50s bought it for a $100 and was his daily ride to the beach. 

MR was there. What can I say. I grew up with him as a hero.

Back today.  Hope to see you there.

Scared Craft Saturday and Sunday and the Del Mar Fair Grounds.

This weekend is Sacred Craft. Dennis Murphy won a spot on the shape off with his Balsa fish. Tomorrow he is in the booth at 11am showing off his talent. 

The guys from Grain will also be in town and displaying. I was hoping to get my board done but I had a few set backs in schedule. 

Moonlight Glass will also be there. Stop by and say hi to J.P. and the crew. I will be there this weekend as well. 

Stop by and have fun. See you there.

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More surf photos

Grain Update - Cheater Coat Applied

As I get ready to pour resin all over a board that has taken me 2 years to finally get shaped I take a deep breath and hope for the best.

It's wet and it's time to move. 

Kipp was great. He would call out what was happening and direct me on what to do. As we start out we are calm and take our time.

 After a bit the resin started to kick off so we had to hurry.

It was huge to have Kipp there. He's done a dozen or so home glass jobs so he at least had an idea of what he was doing.

The wood grain is soooo amazing. It darkened to a deep amber.

On the board I wrote a message to Alia. It said... 

{Alia, I hope your children's children ride this board. Love Dad.} 

With all the time I put into this project I can't help but think how amazing it is that having it made out of wood means that it will last for decades. I spent a lot of time and my friends spent a lot of time on this board. As it all comes together it feels so good knowing it was all worth it. 

When we flipped the board to do the bottom the experience I had with the top made it much easier. 

I still can't get over how amazing the wood grain looks.

Tomorrow we glass the deck.

Local Surf Artist Steve Burrows' Art Show Is On Now

Leucadia local, Steve Burrows, is having an art show at the Pannikin in Del Mar/ Flower Hill Mall. It goes from Oct. 5th to November 5th. You might remember him from his Fin Art Submission. Steve has some great work so stop in and check his stuff out. You can checkout his work online at  www.burritoart.com. 

Cheryl Sorg In the Tribune

Our very own Cheryl Sorg got interviewed by the Union Tribune's Robert Pincus last week. The article came out in yesterday's Sunday paper. You can read the article here. Congratulations Cheryl!!!!

Not sure who took the pics but thanks!

Encinitas Environmental Day Flowers On Display

Rodney spear headed a community art project at this years Encinitas Environmental Day that got kids and parents alike to reuse bottle tops to make some really cool flowers.  They have been installed on the north side of the Encinitas Library and will be on view through March, 2010. Stop by and check them out. 

Thanks to everyone who helped make that happen. Special thanks to Kirk for manning the booth and putting in a lot of his own artistic efforts to make them turn out so good. Good job everyone. Less bottle caps on our beaches!

Not sure who took the photos, but thanks!

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