carnival.

where i live. there is a carnival every night.

complete with carnies.

sean-o in africa.

buddy sean is in south africa. living good. have fun bud. you earned it.

photos stolen from restless youth movement page.

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collage from picture magazines

"acid sea"

6.20.11

beach days.

been going through old photographs recently. gotta say, growing up on the beach was good.

jockey's ridge.

nags head.

oregon inlet.

mom.

rad dad.

happy fathers day to the raddest dad in the land! and water! probably the best body surfer in the land too.

9'6'' one fin pin.

the one fin pin is the result of a collaboration between surfer/shaper tyler warren and shaper terry martin. beautiful double stringer, piggish, single fin nose rider with wide point pulled back. nice and heavy for lots of glide. and a pintail to facilitate almost effortless cutbacks.

vern gifted me this bad boy for my birthday this feb. i was floored. in addition to a bitchin' party, i received this beauty. hands down one of the nicest, most thought out gifts i've ever received. i have had a blast on this thing. riding it almost exclusively since (in part because its been flat but mostly because its such a fun board to surf). im very happy with my hobie.

 

i'd never ridden a pintail longboard, nor a board with the wide point back of center. it felt a little squirrely/ shakey at first when walking, but i've adjusted and come to like it. especially on cut backs. the board comes around suprisingly quick for its size.

hand drawn logo by tyler warren.

happy ending.

matthew hearn and his new finishing move.

6.13.11.

making the most of what little wave there has been recently.

 vern

 hearn

 sean

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collage from picture magazines.

"southern by the grace of god"

whale.

oops.

mistakes with waterproof disposables.

5.31.11.

vern.

mas vern.

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collage from picture magizines.

"summer lunch"

possible direction.

got a few boards that serve a similar purpose but still drawn in this direction.
photo stolen from the web.

couch surfing.

memoriable day.

bittersweet end to a super sweet weekend. spent all day sunday and most of this morn on the beach and in the water with good friends. good surf for it not being good surf. good fun if nothing else. sunburnt. tired. relaxed. and slightly injured.

vern.

unknown.

improvement.

been chatting a bit with allen over at seagate about working on another board. i shaped my second board last december. it was a christmas gift for vern. (admittedly one of those gifts you give to someone knowing that you will benefit from it too. like giving your girlfriend an xbox). allen was kind enough to guide me though the process, giving me helpful pointers without telling me what to do (a sign of a good teacher). i was stoked on the process and the outcome. the more i look at that board, the more flaws i notice. most of them seem to be aesthetic because i love the way it rides. but they are flaws nonetheless. i love that board. but i am definitely looking forward to making a newer, hopefully better, one.

 seagate shed. dec 2010.

my kind of crowd.

tame binge.

been on a bit of a  tame impala binge again. so good to my ear holes.