Restoring the Duke's Chief

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Wa'apa by Joao Rivera

Detailed photos at http://kiaoratearoa.blogspot.com/

Tom Blake's Waikiki Surf Club Card 1951

Courtesy of the Sufing Heritage Foundation - Gem of the Week!

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The Flying 15

An interesting little boat for sale on ebay.
Update: she sold for $830 dollars... trailer included.

A Man Called "Canoe" Part 2

This photo was donated by the Bascom family and was given to Willard Bascom by Ron Drummond. On the back of the photo is a handwritten note which reads:

"The inner peace that comes with the quiet contemplation of a beach on a still calm morning, or the feeling of exhilaration that comes from riding a great wave in a small boat, is more reward than most will ever know." 

Willard Bascom

This we have in common!

Sincerely,

Ron Drummond

via the surfing heritage foundation

Update (2017): I spoke with Ron Drummond's nephew, Tom, a few years ago and he informed me that "the surfer sitting just of Ron's bow is none other than Duke Kahanamoku". Well, I'll be a pickled popsicle stick(le).

31 Days/31 Ways - Byron Bay

More great work from LL Hill. Via.

French Twins

I stumbled across these traveling french twins via 70.8%
Apparently they have an inclination towards wooden paddleboards, surfboards and sailing craft. Huzzah! to Emmanuel and Maximilien Berque.

Apparently Wood Boards Started with Bob Simmons

 

Suffering from a SoCal Lobotomy - modern history is being re-written in Japan. Apparently wooden surfboard building began with Bob Simmons and ended with Clark foam. Although, for the first time outside of New Zealand, the word "Flex" is being used as a positive in surfboard design. My prediction; one day many of the hipster elitist and socal old boys will ride on Stewart inspired craft - but they will not do it knowingly or admittedly - it will come from Japan... or something like that. Enough conspiracy theories for a Sunday morning. I got work to do.

Ian Balding Surfboards

Ian Balding from Wrightsville Beach, NC (by way of NJ) puts together a beautiful board and has a killer car.

Surf Films - Portland, OR

 

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Picture... Thousand Words..

An Iceberg Barrel - 3 to 4 feet overhead - breaking north of the Antarctic. Thanks to Surfbird.

Surf Shorts: Seattle

The Laurels are in! Thanks to all that participated.

Xmas in LA

Christmas time and again I find myself somewhere warm and breezy - Will Rogers State Park - Santa Monica, CA - 75 degrees

The Moaning Chair

Above is Master Boardsmith, Roy Stewart, pictured in his "moaning chair". Howard Chappel put it best as:

""The boatbuilder (surfboard builder) is well advised to place a comfortable chair within easy walking distance, but out of sight of the project. When the builder has done some damn fool thing, like cut two left garboards, or put a drill bit through a newly varnished Honduras mahogany panel, they must immediately retire to the moaning chair, until the period of moaning is complete, lest they turn the whole project into firewood.""

Still Motion in the Ocean

31 days/31ways: Day12 via 10,000 still photos by Daniel Florez: http://merseabeaucoup.blogspot.com/

Get Yer Laurels Here!

Long overdue, but none the less finished are the Festival Laurels for this years First Coast Surf Film Festival.
Official Selections:
Surfing 50 States: Jonno and Stephan (Australia)
Picaresque: Mikey DeTemple and Dustin Miller (Florida)
Halloween Swell 1991: Jim Sitton (Florida)
The Hope Collection/Florida: Jedidiah Clothing Co. (California)
Jugo Majstr (Masters of the South Swell): Mitja Legat (Slovenia)
Fresh Surf: Alex Horner (Minnesota)
Submerged: Jakob Daschek (NYC)
Field of Peaks: Jeff Crego (Florida)
Hermanos: Mateo Rojas (South America)
Endless thanks and praise to these industrious filmmakers.
Keep an eye out for the Surf Shorts Film Fest....(it's the international short film festival of surfing).

Draw them Lines beaches

Drawing Lines from JWBolton on Vimeo.

We wrapped up production on this puppy 5 years ago this week. www.drawinglines.org

Mer Sea Beaucoup

Fun, Fun, Fun...LL.Hill

Tiger Surfboards

Tiger Surf Boards from howies on Vimeo. Mark has made this movie about his craftsmanship that goes into the environmentally responsible surf boards. Check out glass-tiger.com

Slower Strestles

Slower Strestles from Circulate on Vimeo.

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.

A man called "Canoe"

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

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

THE FARM!

Surfing the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun; Denny Aaberg & FARM's Soundtrack Tribute to George Greenough from Veetz la Playa on Vimeo.

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

Call for Entries

A recent move has landed me on the west coast for a while... so i started another film festival out here. It's focus is on short surf films (under 10 minutes). check out the website for more info:

http://www.surfshortsfilmfest.org

ps - the First Coast Surf Film Fest will still run as usual in 2010 with the addition of a short film mini-fest.... and i think this blog will become the official blog of the fest!

Will Rodgers State Beach

With editing/shooting on the road has become my new routine, an occasional bike ride to the beach has replaced time spent in the shop... but my notebook is full drawings and plans.

Fagers, Horn, Topanga

Tequila Sunset over Ocean City, Md. - Blowin some wicked west coast jazz - filmmaker Greg Schell emerging from a Topanga Canyon line up... (all photos courtesy of their respective snappers). Smith/Crosby/Schell

Malibu

This was my first trip to Malibu. It was different than I thought. I'm used to big east coast beaches. Still interesting and fun to see.

Workin'

I've been on the road, without internet, for quite a while now. From the top - The Dead at the LA Forum - riding in a chopper over Lake Tahoe - getting the shot in Emerald Bay.

Flight to California

I shot alot of video on this trip - all of which is awaiting my arrival home... that and a house i have to paint. These shots were snapped over the southwest.

Shuttle Launch

Shuttle Launch as seen from my roof. We are 160 miles north of the launch site.

Sargasso meet Dune Grass

I talked with the Dept. Director of Park and Rec., here in AB, about the deposition of Sargasso on living dune grass (bottom photo). Surprisingly, he agreed this was probably not a good idea. After a good talk I was quite relieved to find he was a coastal engineer, passionate about maintaining a healthy beach. Huzzah, Deputy Director!

Presidential Shaka, Bra!

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

FCSFF09: Call for Entries

CALL FOR ENTRIES

4th Annual First Coast Surf Film Festival

This is a FREE festival that takes place in St. Augustine Beach, Jacksonville/Neptune/Atlantic Beach and Fernandina Beach - Florida.

FREE means that there are no submission fees for filmmakers and no admission fees for audiences.

The festival will be held April 8th - 11th, 2009

Submission deadline is March 15th, 2009

The focus of this festival is on short films, animations and industry videos (commercials/webisodes/podcast/youtube/vimeo) basically any video work done for the surf industry or with surf culture in mind. Pro or amateur.

For more info check out www.fcsff.org

or contact Josh at:
jwbltn (at) gmail (dot) com

January 1st 2009

Air:54/Water:64/Windy - MicroNorEaster