the longboard skate

about 10 years ago now (hard to believe) some friends and i saw a peculiar looking 5 foot plank of wood in a surf shop. Some guy was trying to pawn it off as a longboard skate deck. collectively, we found the concept enticing but his outline was just plain ugly. so we got to the wood shop and worked out a few templates of our own. The final versions, 12ply birch, 60" long- i should know the wheel base but i'm too lazy to check the garage, maybe 53".

we used to ride the hell out of these things. this was before the whole sector9 craze and after we showed ours at ASR they came out with a very similar Luke Nosewalker. bastards. i was taking orders and designing ea one by hand. custom artwork, colors, pin stripes, hawaiian fabric inlays, even the odd dingle berry (tasseled fringed). i even teamed up with legend jerry madrid for a while in an attempt to mass produce... a very frustrating venture.

anyhow, i found some old photos that friend/shooter laura doss snapped in the hills of PV. these things really helped my surfing. drawn out lines, foot work, drop knee turns, etc. they have some flex and do better on the strand than on hills. i custom hand painted about 200. i now have some blank decks lying around if anyone is interested. painted or blank- they should be enjoyed. i'll try and post photos of the blanks soon. cheers, baffa big board.

festibal surf film, san sebastian spain

i love spain. i truly do. i studied there over ten years ago, which makes me feel really old and well, i miss it - a lot. i've screened a few films at this festival and whenever i finish a film, i'm so broke from making it- i can't go visit the festival! that's just lame. my friend jamie went this year and i'm jealous and he's right, the redcam vs. 35mm debate truly rages on in every pub i enter!!! check out his cool article here and kudos to my buddy joel, the Waveriders gang and those cold looking beers they are drinking. hmmm... more jealous. maybe next year i can return to spain - with or without a film. definitely with a single fin.

the days before digital

i just love the old days, when CGI effects didn't exist and you had to do insanely stupid things like this to sell a product.

wave painting in motion

people have asked how i paint, so i thought it would be fun to post this - it was the wave painting for my series of prints. oil on canvas at 48 x 60 inches. created in manhattan beach, ca.

get surf stoked on your iphone

don't ya just love technology?

okay - so, i'd much rather you watch my films on a big screen with a great sound system - but if you need a little surf stoke while stuck at the office, in class, or waiting for the significant other to find that perfect outfit, fear no more. Singlefin: yellow & One California Day are both available for digital download at the surf network. now you can take 'ole yellow everywhere you wanna go. laptop. ipod. iphone at high quality h.264. enjoy & thanks for watching.

www.thesurfnetwork.com

and at

surfline.com

this is epic

sorry, but i am impressed.

I'm toying with doin' another film

never say, never - right? hmmm... i guess.  i keep swearing that my next film will be about something besides surfing - and i guess we did do the king of karaoke for fun but here i go again.  had a long talk with devon howard yesterday about an idea he and i have toyed with for a while.  it will have a coffee table companion book and possibly begin production this winter '09.  no more four year beasts, i want to release this in fall 2010.  i'm not giving too much away at this point but talking to the malloy crew and praying greenough borrowed falzon's copy of singlefin: yellow... and enjoyed it-  i'll keep ya all posted.