New Fin

I picked up a 9" Greenough 4A by Larry Allison of Fibre Glass Fin Co.

Sanded for flex and overall sickness. Gonna put it in my new 9'3" Modad which should be finished any day now...

F-curve

9" Hobie F-curve fin arrived in the mail last week. Psyched. I ordered it from the fine folks over at Surfy Surfy. Hopefully we'll have some waves soon so I can try it out on my 9'0" EC Daddy 0.

fresh coat

I stripped the old wax off of the frodo and put some fresh quick humps on it. Goin' down to pooport to shred with the boys tomorrow.

So fresh and so clean...and full of pressure dings.

I rode the shit out of this thing the day after I picked it up from EC. I never had the patience to let my sleds cure.

Frankenstein stencil courtesy of Reuben.

Get in the Van

Fellow fiends, Scotty and Turkey Stopnik of Cycle Zombies, are featured in the Captain Fin Co. film, Get In The Van/Tales from the Black Van, or whatever you want to call it.

The showing is May 30th @ 7:30pm in Costa Mesa, check the flyer fool.


















Flyer found at Bang Bang Club

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.

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



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

I Love Sharks

Check this out! Sightings at San-O, HB, and Santa Monica! I can't wait for shark week. So brutal.

Increased Shark Sightings In SoCal

Spring in on the horizon in Southern California and that can only mean one thing; Time for the annual shark sighting stories to scare the tourists and weekend surfers out of the water.

Just kidding.

But what is becoming a more common report are the sightings and encounters from around the Southern California areas. The following reports are taken directly from www.SharkResearchCommittee.com:


REPORT #2:

Huntington Beach — On March 7, 2008 Thomas Larkin was surfing with two friends. He recounted the following; “I was surfing a 6’6” Avisco (carbon fiber) Surf Prescriptions Bat Tail Quad. I paddled out at Dog Beach near Huntington Cliffs around 7:10 in the morning at a pretty full high tide. Dog Beach is located in a stretch of Huntington City Beach between Seapoint Street and Golden West Street. I was meeting two friends there, Matt Donoghue and Craig Angel. The current was moving around a lot of water, and both of them were on longboards, so about 20 minutes into the surf I was tired of paddling over to them on my shortboard, and was surfing pretty much alone. There were two bodyboarders about 100 yards north of me, and I was almost due west of the ramp walkway. At about 8:00 AM, I caught my best wave of the session, and even though Matt and Craig had already gotten out, I wanted one more. I paddled back out and was sitting in the lineup alone, with the closest surfers about 200 yards south, and the bodyboarders were inside and north. I was waiting for a set for about 5 minutes when I felt a jolt down on the tail of my board, immediately followed by violent bubble cascade, which sunk the board down about another 8 inches (see photograph). I didn’t really get what was going on as quickly as I should have, but as soon as it begun it had ended and I was apparently alone again. A wave popped up, I paddled into it but pearled because of the water in the nose of my board, I quickly got back on and paddled into the whitewater of the next wave and boogie boarded it to the beach where I emptied the board through the apparent bite mark." The diameter of the bite suggests an adult White Shark in excess of 15 feet in length.












-From www.surfingthemag.com

New Header

This is the new header I just drew up. I borrowed the quote from a Doors song.

I think I am going to get some shirts made. Any takers?

Finding Nemo

Last summer.

5'5" Phantom of the Agua

Stopped by EC's last night to pick up a new shred sled for my brother. 5'5" Phantom of the Agua. It is a blend between a traditional twin keel and a modern quad.

Full steam ahead!

EC Surfboards

San Diego

Murdercity and I ventured down to ASR this weekend. Besides free a free sushi dinner, this was the coolest thing we saw.


















ps. I met Mitch Abshere and he told me about his new fin company, Captain Fin Company, very rad.