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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Fish Hawk

The template of the "Fish Hawk" translates into an interesting ratio for a modern Fish (5'x24").
Taken from the pages of Sam Rabl's masterwork "Boat Building in Your Own Backyard" (1947).
Huzzah! Sam.

Friday, October 23, 2009

A man called "Canoe"



Ron "Canoe" Drummond - circa 1930's / Author of the 1931 out of print classic "The Art of Wave Riding".

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Grow Your Own

Krusback grew his own chair in 11 years using box elder bushes. Imagine a Paulownia surfboard/paddle board grown in similar fashion.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/dont_have_a_chair_grow_your_own.html

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Porker Breaching Santa Monica


Great White off Sunset Beach in Santa Monica... the camera man is outside on a kayak.

snagged from:
http://pushingtide.blogspot.com/2009/10/whoa.html