Hang Five by Tak

More cool board art by Tak Aoyama. This one is titled Hang Five.  Check out more of his work at: http://taksanart.com

Some New Eco Art by Rodney McCoubrey

Photos and artwork By Rodney McCoubrey

http://www.rodrigosrecycledart.com

As part of our Enjoy Handplane project we team up with local Eco Artist Rodney "Rodrigo" McCounbrey in a "Leftovers' program to use our left over parts to make art. He is amazing. Thanks to all who support our handplane project and donate boards as this is part of the love that comes from your gift. If anyone wants one let us know. We'll connect you with Rodrigo.

Corey's Messer's New Quad Fish

Corey with his new fish shaped by Dennis Murphy. Corey painted this board up himself prior to glass!  It looks amazing. Good job Corey!!!

John Culqui Show at International Surf Museum Huntington Beach

Summer Fun on the 101 - a festival of surfy music!

What: The 2nd annual Summer Fun on the 101 event featuring 16 bands.

When: Friday July 8th and Saturday July 9th

Where:

Friday: 6 pm Lou's Records and Ducky Waddle's at 434 North Coast Highway 101 Leucadia, CA 92024

Saturday: 9 am beach clean up. Moonlight Beach walking north to Beacon's Beach.

Noon-8pm music in the Leucadia Roadside Park (at Leucadia Blvd and coast highway 101)

8pm-10pm music at Surfy Surfy Surf Shop 974 N Coast Hwy 101(2 blocks north of the roadside park).

Who: Mattson 2, Slacktone, The Blank Tapes, Dirty Gold, The Fink Bombs, Space Nature, Aloha Radio, Todd Day Wait, Trouble in the Wind, Glen and the Boys, Starfish, Alejandro’s Awesome Surf Band, Tropical Breeze, Tower 7, Old Tiger, Boaz

Why: Because it's summer time! (and a chance to check out and enjoy our funky little beach town of Leucadia.

Other stuff: Raffles, Beer Garden, charity stuff for Paul Ecke Elementary school. Presented by the odd couple of the Leucadia 101 Mainstreet Association and The Ruthless Hippies

More info at summerfun101.com

CANELA ROSE FULLBRIGHT MCCOUBREY

Canela Rose was born on Neptune underwater no less in 1993. She has been singing her whole life. Here is a little taste of her talent. Sent in from a proud father and good amigo Rodney McCoubrey.  Do these McCoubrey's have talent or what?

Happy 4th!

Tak + enjoy = Artist Collaboration #9

Our friend and local Leucadia artist Tak Aoyama just dropped off a handplane he painted up for us for our artist collaboration project. He's the 9th artist we have worked with to date  and he came back with a handplane that blew us away. It is so unique, beautiful and subliminal. 

I love Tak's work because he thinks everything through. You will never hear out of Tak's mouth that there is something like a color  in his painting just because he likes that color. If something is in the painting it is because it has deep meaning to him and it conveys a message related to the overall piece. You can look at his work multiple times and find new things you missed the first few times around. 

All and all we are so stoked that Tak is on board to paint up some handplanes with us. This artist collaboration project is turning out to be so much fun.  If you'd like one like this (I think this one is going to hang on our wall!) then let us know and we'll connect you with Tak to do one special for you. Thank you Tak!!! Great job.

Leucadia love

Photo by Allison Renshaw 

I often find these heart shaped cobbles myself and seem to always take them home with me. I just can’t help it. I’m always amazed by them and how they were formed. When I got this photo from Alison I couldn’t help but spread the Leucadia love.

Lauren Tolford + Almond = Sweet Swimsuits

Our friend and neighbor Lauren Tolford just did a really cool collaboration with the guys and gals at Almond. Lauren is making all these suits herself.  I'm always blown away at the talent in Leucadia, let alone on our block. So stoked for you Lauren! Congratulations.

My New Favorite Portrait

This one is going up on the wall. 

By Alia age 5.

Taped Off - One of my new favorite blogs

www.tapedoff.com

Peter St Pierre is a legend in Leucadia but more importantly the world of surfing. We are lucky to have him on our planet. He of course is the one that paints those trippy universe scenes on surfboards for his company Moonlight Glassing. I think it's been around for 30 or 40 years. Kipp and I have always looked up to him and somehow I just found his own blog called Taped Off. I love the about...

ABOUT

I really like making surfboards. Shots from our shop Moonlight Glassing. Plus anything else I think is cool. think of this blog as a spinoff of Surfy Surfy but with crappier photos and more typos. --Peter St Pierre

A while back JP passed off one of our handplanes to him at the shop and months later he handed this off to JP. The writing on the bottom said "Enjoy The Universe". We were so stoked he did this I couldn't get the smile off my face for months. I still get a warm fuzzy every-time I look at this. THANK YOU PETER!!!!

At any rate his new blog is a few months old now and filled with tons for great posts from Moonlight Glassing. It is worth a daily click for sure.  Enjoy!

Lines from a Poem - By Nathan Oldfield

Lines from a Poem by our friend and ultra soul photog/filmmaker Nathan Oldfield just got released on thesufnetwork.com. Nathan is the filmmaker who made Seaworthy another great film. Lines of a Poem was Nathan's debut film and features lots of great longboarding in Australia. If you are a fan of Nathan then this is a great one to add to your collection.

If you haven't seen Seaworthy yet you are in for a huge treat. One of my favorite of all time.

Video- Artist/Surfer Micaiah Hardison

Micaiah Hardison doing his thing in the water and with his paint brush. I've known Micaiah for about 15 years now. When I met him he was an 18 year old self taught painter and beach rat. Always either painting or in the water. I love to see how things don't change even after a few kids. He is an amazing artist. His art just gets better over time. I have a number of his pieces and they are my favorite things to look at when I get up in the morning. Thank you Micaiah for the years of visual enjoyment!

Falcon's

Here is a cool little video about Justin our local bodyboard shop owner. If you are local stop by his shop and check out his fin selection. He donates all his boxes for us to ship our handplanes in.  Thanks Justin!  http://www.falconsbodyboardshop.com

Video by Adrian Henke

Happy Father's Day

Father's day is great. Now that I am a dad it is even more meaningful. As a kid I remember giving gifts of crafts made in my class to my dad and waiting wide eyed at how he took them in. No matter what the gift (and how bad it was) he always unwrapped it with a sparkle in his eye and love in his heart.

Now that I am a dad I am on the receiving end of these such gifts.  This year I got the best present I have ever recieved. The teachers at my daughter's school are so amazing. They had the kids fill these pages out and had them do a drawing of the child and their father. It is a treasure to see inside you're child's mind and their perception of you. I am feeling very loved this father's day.

To my Pops, my dear friend. You are amazing and I love you so much. To you I give you this:

I love my dad because:

1. He taught me what it is to be a father.
2. He is always there form me.
3. He can always make me laugh.
4. He is the best listener I have ever met.
5. He is patient and loving.
6. He tirelessly edits my misspellings.
7. He will always pick up the phone no matter what time, day or night.
8. He modeled for me what it is to be a kind and gentle to others.
9. He always encouraged my creativity.
10. He brought me into this world and has never left my side.

The best to you on your father's day. 

Treasures for Trash Beach Clean up - Sunday June 19th.

Our friend and neighbor Erik Baldwin from Nirvana Surfboards is co-hosting a beach clean up at moonlight beach tomorrow (Sunday - June 19th). There will be a raffle, BBQ and bonfire. Sounds pretty amazing. Thank you Erik for doing such a good job in our community and for all your hard work that goes into a community effort like this. 

Surf Indian - Wild Ones - Show Photos

The opening for The Wild Ones featuring Susan Wickstrand and Kevin Roche at the Surf Indian was unreal. What a night. The energy at the event was amazing and the artwork and photography was utterly inspiring to say the least. This was the second time one of our handplanes has made it into a show but the first time Kipp and I were at the event to see it hung.  Seeing someone buy a Susan / Enjoy original lit me up. I could barley contain myself.  

Susan and Kevin are some of the nicest and most talented people I have ever had the pleasure to get to know. The joy they were feeling while in a room filled with loved ones and strangers alike enjoying their passion was contagious. I seriously couldn't have been more stoked that night then if all my own work was on the walls.

The thing that I like about Kevin and Susan is there ability to collaborate. Kipp and I are huge fans of working together with others but these two take it to a whole other level. The work by Susan mixes her own talents with the works of legend photogs and Kevin finds his way into the lives of some of our most beloved surf figures to bare their souls in all his glory. 

The Surf Indian was a star in itself. A show there just contains an energy that is hard to find anywhere else. I don't know if it is the location or the energy it attracts but events there are well worth the trip if need be. 

All and all I give the show a huge double shaka and wish all to see it before it goes down. 

Micaiah Hardison Originals

Evening Sandbar

Oil on Claessens Linen

18 x 36

Available

Over the Sandbar

Oil on Linen

18 x 36

Available

Relentless

Oil on Claessens Linen

24 x 48

Available

All oils of local breaks. Check out http://micaiah.net/collections/12645

Wish Big launch party on June 18th at Art n Soul in downtown Encinitas

Kids for Peace (www.kidsforpeaceglobal.org <http://www.kidsforpeaceglobal.org> ), a San Diego-based nonprofit, is hosting a book launch party to celebrate the publication of their 2nd book, WISH BIG: Children’s Wishes for the World.  His Holiness the Dalai Lama was recently handed the very first copy.

Children ages 3-11 from Kids for Peace chapters spanning the globe submitted artwork to accompany their imaginative “wish for the world.”

I wish for peace in all things. by Shivani Parmar, age 9
I wish our earth was free of pollution.  by Tenzindavaa Negi, age 8
I wish that everyone could be friends and not bully each other.  Daniell Pahm Nguyen, age 8
I wish everyone could close their eyes and know they're in a safe place.  Richelle Mah
I wish that children around the world had a warm bed to dream in. Skye Mirandon, age 11


The WISH BIG book launch will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 11:00pm – 1:00pm at

Art N Soul on 101, 633 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA <http://www.mapquest.com/maps/622+South+Coast+Highway+101+Encinitas+CA/> .



An award-winning high school band will provide entertainment while a few of the youth authors and illustrators eagerly sign “their” books. All children are invited to participate in a special Father’s Day Wish activity.



ABOUT KIDS FOR PEACE
Founded in 2006, Kids for Peace is a chapter-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating every child’s innate ability to foster peace through cross-cultural experiences and hands-on arts, service and environmental projects. With over 100 chapters spanning 6 continents, boys and girls of all ages meet regularly to creatively put their “Peace Pledge” into action.  (www.kidsforpeaceglobal.org <http://www.kidsforpeaceglobal.org> )

ABOUT ART N SOUL ON 101
Art N Soul on 101 in Encinitas is a gallery with a passion for social change, with 100 percent of store profits donated to area charities. (http://www.artnsoulon101.jigsy.com/)

A Surfer's Memories and Observations

Swamis 2010

"Nolan's New Family"  Nolan was my dog (family) for 14 years.

John Flores is having  an exhibit at the Civic Art Gallery at the Encinitas City Hall until July 18th.  The exhibit “ A
surfer’s Memories and Observations” includes paintings of two different styles which are represented above.

Reception on June 15,
5-7pm.

City Hall Art Gallery at 505 S Vulcan, open weekdays 7 am
to 6 pm. Closed every other Friday


Www. jfloresw.com

Susan Wickstrand Collector Handplanes at Surf Indian Tonight

Our friend amazing artist Susan Wickstrand hand-painted two handplanes for her and Kevin Roche's art show The Wild Ones tonight at the Surf Indian. Doors open at 7PM and it goes till 10pm. Music by the Mattson 2!  Come and stop by and check out these beauties.  See you there.

Surfindian

4652/4658 Mission Blvd.

Pacific Beach, CA 92109

858-412-5334