Trevor and the ThrougHull

A small edit I did with some Michael Kew footage of Trevor Gordon grooving around on the througHull! Trevor lays down some beautiful cutbacks in this one (in this video it's ridden as a singlefin, by the way).

I highly suggest watching them a few times over to actually get something out of this short clip (if you're searching for higher understanding of surfboard/surfer application). You'll be able to tell what makes this board so different from a normal 'hull'. It's still got all kinds of down the line speed but that cutback is unmistakably more user friendly while at the same time projecting through the second half of the cutback where more traditional hulls just don't cut it:

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photo: Keith Novosel

...Had enough videos yet? If not I've got a good pile by now in my vimeo uploads of all kinds of surf goodness:

http://vimeo.com/ryanlovelace

LetterBox

I got this epic email yesterday and really wanted to share it...this is how you spread stoke to someone saturated with it daily!!

Hi Ryan my name is Max. I am 15 years old and stoked on your boards. With winter right around the corner and a quiver without one of your sweet boards I am in a pickle. I have some money saved up in my piggie bank and I need to know how many more lawns I need to mow to be able to shred on an 8' V. Bowls this winter. Basically I was wondering how much an 8' V. bowls is going to cost me and how long it will take you to finish it.

thanks for reading this, Max.

P.S. Keep up the awesome blog it really gets me through my second period computer graphics class.

What a G.

Projects!

One big fat stringer for Spencer Gordon...yeehaw!

SbTown

Lookin' good.

Looookin' gooooood...

Shot these the other evening while at the top of the mountains with Nicole. Santa Barbara looking as majestic and point-riddled as ever...Fall time is here, and I couldn't be happier.

Beginnings

Lights, check. Racks, check.

...Tomorrow I get electricity and my many months of shoplessness ends.

Photo by Brandon DiPierri, one I'll be holding onto for a long time. thank you!

For Thursd33...

A pretty smokin' 6'1 WRP Quad for Gabriele in Italy!

Hats Off

Carl in France sent me a couple of shots of a througHull that I shaped for him while I was in Biarritz; Nico did a beautiful job with the deck inlay. I brought a small amount of the fabric that I've been using here at home and Nico went to work with it! Check out the top photo in full size...no pinlines and none necessary. unreal.

PriZm

some more photos sent over by mr.Kew from an arvo at Tally's.

Endless thanks for Gregg's hospitality and patience with Herbie and I!!!

Colorstack

Delivery time from Michael Kew