4.24.2008




skate and destroy!

4.22.2008

Your Daily Donkey

I made it. That's me: ShredTheGnar aka Danimal aka Surf.Destroy.

I started a new thread about flailing on the erBB with this photo taken by captmouth.













It ended up on Your Daily Donkey!

4.21.2008

Happy Belated 420

Go Ped

We fired up Travis' Go Ped this weekend. It had not been ridden in about 8 years. These are going to be the new fixed gears.


















1sland 3ater














Check em out. 1sland 3ater

Under the Sun


















Our friend Cyrus has a surf documentary/film, Under the Sun, premiering at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 26th at 8:30pm. Check it out. SurferMag

4.18.2008

San O

I surfed San O today after work. I picked up the old lady. Booked it down the 5 (In the carpool lane, thanks babe.) Pulled out the kook killer and got my shred on.





Bummer It's Daley

I added our friend Daly's blog to our links. This is what his introductory post said...

"So this is the beginning. Being that, I'd really like to point at that while I'd love to think I will be writing about the music I'm listening to, the books I'm reading, and the cool threads and kicks I stumble across, in all reality it will probably just be a record of the stupid ways I get drunk and awkward documentation of my successes and failures."

He is funny as hell. I read his other blog about his Europe trip. Too funny.

'Atta boy Daly!

That is Matt Johnson.

Pop out.

Does anyone else want to kick this guy's ass???

4.17.2008

Johan Stuckey

This Kid from Flordia skated with me at the Vans ramp and gave me some of his Footy form YOUTUBE!!! He is insane for his age....so sick...keep an eye out on the two bangers!

God went Surfing with the Devil!

Nikki Scoggins, works with Daniel and I. She and her crew are a part of a film project that sounds awesome... here it is.

Film Synopsis: God Went Surfing with the Devil

The Middle East. A region seized by war, terror, and hatred. Israel and Gaza have seen some of the worst: fifty years of retaliatory strikes, with no end in sight. Yet despite the rubble, the sniper killings, the mortar fire, the jihadist propaganda, guys are surfing. "We go to the beach to forget about the suffering," says twenty-year-old Gaza resident Mohammed Juda.

God Went Surfing With the Devil will hear from Palestinians like Mohammed A'lwan about what it's like to surf in a war zone. It will explore 16 year-old Omer Levin's pursuit of sponsorship amidst the prospect of conscription. It will document life with Abdulla, an Arab-Israeli surfer who's been shunned by fellow Arabs and attacked by Jewish settlers. It will accompany American Matt Olsen's attempts to open Gaza's first surf camp. It will visit with surfers, soldiers, militants and politicians.

It will chronicle the lives of these incredible young men, Israeli and Palestinian, who have put down their guns and picked up surfboards, reaching out to each other with hope and love in their hearts.













Link to blog: God Went Surfing With the Devil

I will post the trailer when it comes out!

4.16.2008

.. I really need to get a microphone.

next level shame.


Today my subaru exploded. I got a cab ride from natural cafe to my home and had a very interesting travel home with Jerry my cabbie. Jerry is about 40, skinny as shit, studdered on his S's, and told me If how I wanted to, I could get money from the government to be a beach bum and eventually leave the country. Jerry is fucking cool. In a nutshell, 10 hits of acid and a few tests to determine your sanity are the only pre req's. Then you can get money from the Gov't by being declared legally insane. Jerry said he considred taking the sanity tests but he said he liked to work for his money and also get's bored easily. Jerry also told me he liked to "talk shit on people" while he was in his cab because they could not see or hear him, and it helped him "blow off sss"st, ssSSssS, SSSSteeaamm." I began a very weak argument with him over his method and it's diffrences to shame-ing. Anyways we got off that topic pretty quick and he started talking about laughlin Nevada and fat girls.

Charlie Don't Surf

9'2" Mod Sled by Eric Christenson. Douche McGregor can vouch for how much this board rules.

Part 1 of 16

I guess I will periodically post all 16 episodes up on the blog. John Cardiel is a mad man.

ALL HAIL CARDIEL!

You're Next

4.14.2008

4.12.2008

Shred

Fun surf this morning. Lots of ladybugs in the water with the help from the warm Santa Anas.














Scotty back in the water after some injuries. It was a slalom course out there. Scotty and his brother Turkey are Cycle Zombies.














Julio on some old waterlogged Harbour Nineteen. The thing was full of holes and covered in duct tape. The board is known as "The Whore." Everyone has had a ride.














Julio on a hot one.














Weekend warriors. I should have brought the kook killer. Maybe tomorrow.

4.10.2008

explosions in the sky!



My records came today via Fedex... i have listened to them all and my face has been completely melted off...they are for real!!!!!!!

Hunter S. Thompson!!!!!!


My lady and I just Started reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...We read out loud and i suggest you try reading this book or any book out loud it is very amusing that way...We are half way through it. After seeing the movie a handful of times i can say the book is truly better as it should be.

Did you see what God did to us man?

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After numerous days once again residing in spring time santa barbra, typical daily events begin to awake a questioning state of the brain that borders all too closely outright paranoia. I feel like Duke's attorney after losing an 8 ball to the overwhelming combination of highway and wind. You see what god just did to us man?

4.09.2008

Green Goblin

I saw this awhile back on Daily Bread.

His blog is one of the few that I actually check on a daily basis. Usually when I am at work, around lunch time. His posts usually make me regret not getting out of bed that morning to surf. If you read his blog, you know what I am talking about.

It's me.

4.08.2008

Thank you Mr. Mailman



Burke-zerk

Here he is. Mr. Seal Beach himself. Mark Burke...going Burke-zerk as usual. Today he told me that the surf woke him up at 5am. He knew it was going to be good. If you think you have surfed good Seal. Think again. Burke was already on it before you got there...and it was better.

Go visit him at Yucatan and order a pitcher of PBR. That's what the Surf and Destroy boys do.

Full Disclosure

I apologize in advance. I have hid this for far too long, I can no longer go on with this charade...

I received a Surftech as a gift about 2 months ago. I know. Crucify me.

Anyways, it is a 6'9" Joel Tudor Diamond Tail Egg...And you know what...I really like the thing. So far I have ridden it in everything from 2 foot slop to overhead racetracks.

The thing floats and paddles as good as my 9'0" Daddy O from EC. It glides and turns super well too. It is much more responsive than its chunky outline and rails make it appear to be.

A big hangup for me is that I always wonder if the PU version works better. I am assuming it does. Hopefully I will be able to try one out one day.

Anyways, I have 12 boards in my quiver right now, and this is the only one that is a popout. But hey, Joel has a kid now and college is damn expensive(damn you student loans!!!) So I can understand going for the Surftech deal.

Anyways, her she is.



































4.07.2008

Ride As Fast as You Can - They're Shooting to Kill

I am a lurker and infrequent poster on LA Fixed and the other day I came upon some guy named Scottie and his bicycle trip around the US.

Here is his tentative schedule...


4/1 Border Field State Park, Ca to Calexico, Ca
4/2 Calexico, Ca to Blythe, Ca
4/3 Blythe, Ca to Phoenix, Az
4/4 Phoenix, Az (loop)
4/5 Phoenix, Az to Tucson, Az
4/6 Rest Day!

4/7 Tucson, Az to Bowie, Az
4/8 Bowie, Az to Deming, Nm
4/9 Deming, Nm to El Paso, Tx
4/10 El Paso, Tx to Van Horn, Tx
4/11 Van Horn, Tx to Marathon, Tx
4/12 Marathon, Tx to Del Rio, Tx
4/13 Rest Day!

4/14 Del Rio, Tx to San Antonio, Tx
4/15 San Antonio, Tx to Austin, Tx
4/16 Austin, Tx to Houston, Tx
4/17 Houston, Tx, to Beaumont, Tx
4/18 Beaumont, Tx to Opelousas, La
4/19 Opelousas, La to New Orleans, La
4/20 Rest Day!

4/21 New Orleans, La to Mobile, Al
4/22 Mobile, Al to Pensacola, Fl
4/23 Pensacola, Fl to Panama City, Fl
4/24 Panama City, Fl to Perry, Fl
4/25 Perry, Fl to Spring Hill, Fl
4/26 Spring Hill, Fl to Fort Myers, Fl
4/27 Rest Day!

4/28 Key West, Fl to Key Largo, Fl
4/29 Key Largo, Fl to West Palm Beach, Fl
4/30 West Palm Beach, Fl to Melbourne, Fl
5/1 Melbourne, Fl to Saint Augustine, Fl
5/2 Saint Augustine, Fl to Brunswick, Ga
5/3 Brunswick, Ga to Savannah, Ga
5/4 Rest Day!


5/5 Savannah, Ga to Charleston, Sc
5/6 Charleston, Sc to Myrtle Beach, Sc
5/7 Myrtle Beach, Sc to Jacksonville, Nc
5/8 Jacksonville, Nc to Ocracoke, Nc
5/9 Ocracoke, Nc to Currituck, Nc
5/10 Currituck, Nc to Hampton, Va
5/11 Rest Day!

5/12 Hampton, Va to Crisfield, Md
5/13 Crisfield, Md to Cape May, Nj
5/14 Cape May, Nj to Toms River, Nj
5/15 Toms River, Nj to New York, Ny
5/16 New York, Ny to Montauk, Ny (1/2 Loop)
5/17 Montauk, Ny to New York, Ny (1/2 Loop)
5/18 Rest Day!

5/19 New York, Ny to New Haven, Ct
5/20 New Haven, Ct to Warwick, Ri
5/21 Warwick, Ri to Boston, Ma
5/22 Boston, Ma to Portland, Me
5/23 Portland, Me to Belfast, Me
5/24 Belfast, Me to Lubec, Me
5/25 Rest Day!

5/26 Lubec, Me to Bangor, Me
5/27 Bangor, Me to Lewiston, Me
5/28 Lewiston, Me to Lancaster, Nh
5/29 Lancaster, Nh to Burlington, Vt
5/30 Burlington, Vt to Albany, Ny
5/31 Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
6/1 Rest Day!

6/2 Syracuse, Ny to Buffalo, Ny
6/3 Buffalo, Ny to Erie, Pa
6/4 Erie, Pa to Cleveland, Oh
6/5 Cleveland, Oh to Toledo, Oh
6/6 Toledo, Oh to Columbus, Oh
6/7 Columbus, Oh to Cincinnati, Oh
6/8 Rest Day!

6/9 Cincinnati, Oh to Portsmouth, Oh
6/10 Portsmouth, Oh to Charleston, Wv
6/11 Charleston, Wv to Paden City, Wv
6/12 Paden City, Wv to Pittsburgh, Pa
6/13 Pittsburgh, Pa to Cumberland, Md
6/14 Cumberland, Md to Washington, Dc
6/15 Rest Day!

6/16 Washington, Dc to Richmond, Va
6/17 Richmond, Va to Lynchburg, Va
6/18 Lynchburg, Va to Bluefield, Va
6/19 Prestonsburg, Ky to Lexington, Ky
6/20 Lexington, Ky to Bowling Green, Ky
6/21 Bowling Green, Ky to Nashville, Tn
6/22 Rest Day!

6/23 Nashville, Tn to Jackson, Tn
6/24 Jackson, Tn to Memphis, Tn
6/25 Memphis, Tn to Little Rock, Ar
6/26 Little Rock, Ar to Fort Smith, Ar
6/27 Fort Smith, Ar to Tulsa, Ok
6/28 Tulsa, Ok to Oklahoma City, Ok
6/29 Rest Day!

6/30 Oklahoma City, Ok to Ponca City, Ok
7/1 Ponca City, Ok to Wichita, Ks
7/2 Wichita, Ks to Dodge City, Ks
7/3 Dodge City, Ks to McPherson, Ks
7/4 McPherson, Ks to Topeka, Ks
7/5 Topeka, Ks to Kansas City, Ks
7/6 Rest Day!

7/7 Kansas City, Ks to , Sabetha, Ks
7/8 Sabetha, Ks to Omaha, Ne
7/9 Omaha, Ne to Des Moines, Ia
7/10 Des Moines, Ia to Kirksville, Mo
7/11 Kirksville, Mo to Columbia, Mo
7/12 Columbia, Mo to Saint Louis, Mo
7/13 Rest Day!

7/14 Saint Louis, Mo to Springfield, Il
7/15 Springfield, Il to Champaign, Il
7/16 Champaign, Il to Peoria, Il
7/17 Peoria, Il to Rockford, Il
7/18 Rockford, Il to Milwaukee, Wi
7/19 Milwaukee, Wi to Chicago, Il
7/20 Rest Day!

7/21 Chicago, Il to Lafayette, In
7/22 Lafayette, In to Bloomington, In
7/23 Bloomington, In to Indianapolis, In
7/24 Indianapolis, In (Loop)
7/25 Indianapolis, In to Fort Wayne, In
7/26 Fort Wayne, In to Gary, In
7/27 Rest Day!

7/28 Gary, In to Kalamazoo, Mi
7/29 Kalamazoo, Mi to Detroit, Mi
7/30 Detroit, Mi to Lansing, Mi
8/1 Lansing, Mi to Saginaw, Mi
8/2 Saginaw, Mi to Grand Rapids, Mi
8/3 Rest Day!

8/4 Grand Rapids, Mi to Traverse City, Mi
8/5 Traverse City, Mi to Saint Ignace, Mi
8/6 Saint Ignace, Mi to Munising, Mi
8/7 Munising, Mi to Escanaba, Mi
8/8 Escanaba, Mi to Green Bay, Wi
8/9 Green Bay, Wi (loop)
8/10 Rest Day!

8/11 Green Bay, Wi to Wausau, Wi
8/12 Wausau, Wi to Eau Claire, Wi
8/13 Eau Claire, Wi to Minneapolis, Mn
8/14 Minneapolis, Mn to Rochester, Mn
8/15 Rochester, Mn to Mankato, Mn
8/16 Mankato, Mn to Sioux Falls, Sd
8/17 Rest Day!

8/18 Sioux Falls, Sd to Sioux City, Sd (half loop)
8/19 Sioux City, Sd to Sioux Falls, Sd (half loop)
8/20 Sioux Falls, Sd to Huron, Sd
8/21 Huron, Sd to Pierre, Sd
8/22 Pierre, Sd to Mobridge, Sd
8/23 Mobridge, Sd to Bismarck, Nd
8/24 Rest Day!

8/25 Bismarck, Nd to Parshall, Nd
8/26 Parshall, Nd to Sidney, Mt
8/27 Sidney, Mt to Miles City, Mt
8/28 Miles City, Mt to Billings, Mt
8/29 Billings, Mt to Sheridan, Wy
8/30 Sheridan, Wy to Casper, Wy
8/31 Rest Day!

9/1 Casper, Wy to Rawlins, Wy
9/2 Rawlins, Wy to Craig, Co
9/3 Craig, Co to Roosevelt, Ut
9/4 Roosevelt, Ut to Provo, Ut
9/5 Provo, Ut to Salt Lake City, Ut
9/6 Salt Lake City, Ut to West Wendover, Nv
9/7 Rest Day!

9/8 West Wendover, Nv to Twin Falls, Id
9/9 Twin Falls, Id to Boise, Id
9/10 Boise, Id to Grangeville, Id
9/11 Grangeville, Id to Spokane, Wa
9/12 Spokane, Wa to Twisp, Wa
9/13 Twisp, Wa to Neah Bay, Wa
9/14 Rest Day!


9/15 Neah Bay, Wa to Quinault, Wa
9/16 Quinault, Wa to Astoria, Or
9/17 Astoria, Or Lincoln City, Or
9/18 Lincoln City, Or to Coos Bay, Or
9/19 Coos Bay, Or to Brookings, Or
9/20 Brookings, Or to Eureka, Ca
9/21 Rest Day!

9/22 Eureka, Ca to Fort Bragg, Ca
9/23 Fort Bragg, Ca to Bodega Bay, Ca
9/24 Bodega Bay, Ca to San Francisco, Ca
9/25 San Francisco, Ca to Monterey, Ca
9/26 Monterey, Ca to San Luis Obispo, Ca
9/27 San Luis Obispo, Ca to Santa Barbara, Ca
9/28 Rest Day!

9/29 Santa Barbara, Ca to Long Beach, Ca
9/30 Long Beach, Ca to Border Field State Park, Ca

MENTAL!!! Each day he is putting in about 100 miles on his bike! This is what he is taking with him.












Photo: Scottie

Anyways, he just started a blog: Ride As Fast as You Can - They're Shooting to Kill

If you want to put him up for a night during his travels, send him a message on his blog. He is currently en route to Bowie, AZ.

I have been reading his blog and his posts on LA Fixed, he seems like a cool cat.

Vans Snow Cite

Hey Guys murdercity here!

a video a made from the vans snow team in Japan was just posted on the snow cite you can dig it at Vanssnow.com...
also some new podcasts that i made are up on the podcast page at vans.com check them out!
thanks dudes

4.04.2008

Home Sweet Home

This was taken this past winter about a mile off shore...









Photo: Awe F'shore

Major Skid-age

Get those skid stops down boys and girls!

4.03.2008

I know you are most likely familiar with this "Get In the Van"

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But here is the Captain Fin Co. crew with a new film, aptly titled, "Get In the Van."

Surf and Destroy's buddy, Scotty Stopnik, is featured in the film. We hope to see Scotty back in the water sooner rather than later. Last time I was at EC's I saw a new creation in the works for Scotty and Turkey.

You can check out the Cycle Zombie blog to see what those two are up to.

On to the trailer.

Get In the Van

4.01.2008

cyrus the virus

Such sick surfing he needs to go to cedar sinai hospital. Other fools are surfing sick these days yes, but maybe only as sick as a head cold. Cyrus has got the flu or something.