Graceland

How is it when you feel like you have life figured out, that you somehow don't have any idea?

Today feels like this.

The Jam

Kyle Lightner surfing the day, and the board, that changed what I thought knew about trim.

shortly thereafter all of us took the money and ran...without any money.

Most of the time I'm looking for a fast forward button to see what the future holds, but not now, and not at all that winter.

Inspiration

Always finds me in very odd forms, but this one I understand. I have a few role models in life and the way I TRY to conduct myself...Herbie is in the top two and I don't see that ever changing.

FFWD

I'm pretty constantly mesmerized by the way hulls move through water; every curve and every line is optimized and planned to create as much speed as the wave will give...efficiency is the name of the game and to get it you don't have to sacrifice anything in terms of how 'extreme' a shape is; You just have to understand what it's meant to do and enjoy the simplicity.

If you've ridden these boards you understand what this video is showing, it looks boring but the sensation and fluidity is quite a different story.

Good'ol Days

Will I grow out of it, or will it seep it's way into my core, more and more?

G.Kaut

Geek out on G.Kautz' sack...er...sacks....

Garrett is a rad friend of mine and he makes super clean board bags and other bag-like things to protect your sleds. He happens to be able to match any of my templates and make custom socks for boards that I build, so if you want one, check him out and send him a friendly email!

STRAWFOOT

btw; you can snag one online or dirt cheap...

strawfoot.etsy.com

Ooooohsnap.

Wavegliders....Nico and Carlos.

f*ing unreal work.

So much love for these guys its stupid, they did an incredible job glassing all of my shapes and showed me so much hospitality. They're the first people i've really trusted to handle my glassing and they surely didn't disappoint!

If you're a shaper and you get an email from Rui at Magic Quiver, just say yes.

RedSpooned

Photo: M.Barreira

While I was at the Wavegliders factory in Portugal, I built one spoon and tried my best to pass on some knowledge of the craft to Nico and Carlos...They did the finish work on it after I left and delivered it to her owner, Miguel; who just sent me this photo...whoooaoaoa!

Stage III in Moving Pictures

Took some time to throw together a bit of a short on Stage III, a spoon, my daily driver (6'7 fish/hull thing) and some of my friends...hope you enjoy it...It was a blast to film and put together!

Whats Going On

Happy labor day...don't get too worked.