The Definition

Gaze.

Gaze.

Party.

b>DiP

Brandon DiPierri has been hanging 'round at the shop lately, yesterday afternoon he shot this pretty one of me and Herbert working on a 7'4 gun...yew! He also sent along a shot he took of the stamp that I use on all of my shapes, I enjoy pushing something into the foam vs. only writing with pencil on it, this is the tool that I use to do that, you'll find it stamped under my signature on every board I've built in the past number of years, today I shaped # 813:

m.Mesa

Some recent polaroids from visits to the shop. Greenhouse shot by one of the raddest people I've ever had the pleasure of spending copious amounts of time with, Kabir Cardenas.

Recently...

Powers Of

Herbie.

I've been representing all week with this little ode-to-howl that I drew last week all over a shirt that I made for myself...one proud papa, one justified Herbert. I figure he blasts posi-vibes all over my life on a daily basis, so why not take the time to draw exactly that and put it on a shirt that I'll now likely wear until its tattered to bits.

Now I'm screwed 'cause everyone who knows Herbs wants a piece of his t-shirt debut also. As if I wasn't already a one-man sweatshop ;)

Options and Settings

Greenhouse Mysteries

Brandon DiPierri cruise through the shop zone last week just before a dawn session down at the point. He shot these of Herbie and I with a v.Bowls that I put my Pocket Please foil and bottom shape into...dig!

Oh Boy Oh HerBerTo

If you've ever come to see me and Herbie at the shop, you know the drill.

Power tools = music to his ears. Planer, router, anything that goes REEEEEEEeee3333333333rrrrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrrrrr and Herbs is on it with impeccable howling precision and unmatched tone. What a G.

@ Tally's

photos: Kew

The Other Side

Mini-Lovelace by Larger-Lovelace via phone/canon ae-1 doubleup.

Projectz v2.1.6

builadlicious.

While We're...

...At it, here's Kew's new 5'3 t.rev, also heading for a remote corner of the India Ocean in the next handful of days...Good luck campers, may the tube god's be with you...

(Tank the cat, shortly after sniffing and deeming worthy, pissed all over the tail of the board, claiming it for his own. We were humbled and I was beyond honored. Thanks Tank.)

post-bottom-color-jobber, pre-deck-lamination, at the White Owl shop with Gregg Tally and m.Kew:

photo: Beamer Wilkins

Wise

I wonder what Herbie sees...

photoz:me

Ocean Tables

Best mid week trip ever. I'm claiming it now. Connor, Jason and I split town for an impromptu Spoon delivery and board swap between some shops down south...and the final nail in the coffin, to hang out with Lightner for a bit...

We hit the road and went southward, through miles of beautiful sprawl.

Found Kyle on a sunny afternoon and went to the food store...where we found a new friend kickin' it on the sidewalk.

Lightner made us the most outrageous family style meal and watched The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun and Morning of the Earth...Dave Allee and Cam Oden joined us as well as KL's fantastic roommate. We all had plenty of food and it was the bomb. We were all more than impressed...

Then he put hand soap in the dishwasher and things got heavy.

We crashed to My Eyes Won't Dry 2 and woke up at the buttcrack of dawn to luck into some standup tubing combo swell a few miles from the pad. We only had one pair of fins and one handplane for the three of us so we rotated and proceeded to get unending tubes through the morning.

It was a ridiculous two days, and by far the raddest of short trips I've ever embarked upon...Big ups to the man in the shadows, Kyle Lightner...

Best Friend

Good Wednesday Evening to you too, good sir!

Baotyahrd

A brief collection of phone pics from this week so far, at PC headquaters...

........always keep your elements aligned.......

 ...and your doggy happy...

4 days 'till 24, 6 days 'till Japan!

heeeellooooooo

sacred craft :)

Just Say Yeah

I'm pretty sure the conversation we had today out front will go down in history in the awkward category.  I enjoy it very much when everyone comes out to the shop and hangs out for a bit, slows down work but I'm pretty sure these are the good 'ol days so I'm not too worried.