Recountdown

Danimal and Douchemcgregor just purchased their tickets for Henry Rollins next spoken word tour. We will be in San Diego at 4th and B, on October 10th.

I saw him last year with my brother at the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood. It ruled.

I would highly recommend Talk is Cheap Vol. I.

Visit his website, 21361

TOMS

Here is a shot from awhile back that my old roommate Scott threw together. We had some friends that interned at TOMS and we wanted to see what we could come up for them.

We paddled out one overcast, cold, and crappy morning to figure out how to use his water camera. This is what we ended up with.

This never ran as an ad or anything but it was fun little side project...the shoes are cool for kicking it around the house and that's about it. Can't skate in them or anything.

I will stick to my Vans Old Skools, black, size 9.5 as my everyday shoe.

"I'd rather smoke an atom bomb than listen to a Jack Johnson song"- Ozzie Wright

Summer time, single fins, kickin my shoes off, drinkin wine with the bros down at the beach, banana pancakes...sorry topics, but lyrically speaking, there's just no fucking room for you in my musical tastes.

Ahh that's more like it. A classic here with Converge's concubine/fault and fracture from what is argued by some to be their best album ever, "Jane Doe"

Homebrew Part II

So my Pale Ale is still in Primary fermentation. I took some hydrometer readings that past few days and I should be ready to rack it to secondary fermentation tomorrow.

In the meantime, I had the boys over to drink some beers so I could reuse them for my homebrew.

I soaked the bottles in warm water and ammonia to get the labels off easily. Bad call. Warm water and Simple Green next time.

I tasted the beer after I sampled it. I guess it is referred to as 'Green Beer' at this stage because it is not carbonated. It looked like a Hefeweizen, but tasted/smelled like the Pale Ale that it is. The cloudiness will go away with conditioning in secondary fermentation and bottle conditioning.

All is well thus far into the brewing. More updates to come.



















This is a photo of my hydrometer reading. More photos to come. Blogger is being lame.

2 Guys One Pole

Capt. Mouth and Poofy's post with the pole jam was kindly featured on the Vans blog.

Take a gander.

Off the Wall

"I Desire the end...I Desire the new Beggining...

Not a single day goes by that I don't think about Davis Miller. My friend Beau of Final Fight who was also a very good friend of Davis's took the words right out of my mouth with a bulletin he posted today. He shared a story about his daily smoke break down by the ocean and how he noticed about 15 dolphins swimming in the surf...riding waves. He thought that maybe davis had something to do with that beauty, and I often find myself noticing subtle things of beauty here and there, and feel the same way. Here are some lyrics Beau created in honor of Daivs for a new jam his band is recording right now. If you knew davis, or have read any LOFTUS, or Two Shamen lyrics that Davis wrote you'll see the connection.

daylight fading
setting sun in slow motion
dark waves breaking
this time in total silence
"the open ocean holds no mercy
ire vibes & circus scenes"
can you hear me? can you see me?
even down here on my knees
im getting cold
its getting dark
so glow for me
and trust the shark
storms approaching
take the ride
break on through to the other side
youve reached the stars
now shine on forever
your boat set sail to sea
now that youre gone
the music is over
we drown ourselves in whiskey dreams
drowning in memories


RIP...Break on Through and here's to your new beggining.

STYLEMASTERS : UNITE

i have arrived. currently? ..i am high as balls & watching buttons slay life in stylemasters II.

go buttons, do that shit - svrf&destroy.

:L

Paging Mr. Lightner to the Courtesy Phone

You have been officially added to the blog.

Svrf & Destroy fiend club posse now a staggering 7 dudes strong.

You may know Mr. Lightner from his previous work on such blogs as Radballs and Kyle Lightner.com

Shit's tight.














That's Kyle, second from the right, answering nature's call with a shaka to boot.

Lt. Dan...

If I ever had a nickname then this one was my favorite!!!!!!!!

Joel Tudor x Loomstate

Since I was a grom, Joel was always my favorite surfer. I felt like no one else's longboarding was any good in comparison to his. (I pretty much still feel that way, with the exception of the young crop of so cal dudes.) Yeah, dudes were doing gnarly shit like airs, huge gnar shacks, crazy kick fives, heels, and stuff...but it all looked whack to me. Joel had a certain flow and minimalism in the water.

Joel at Pipe? Fuck off. So tight.

Joel at Puerto Escondido in Siestas and Olas? Fuck off again. Cheater 5 in the death pit to boosting a little mini air on the inside on a 9'10" single fin. Yeah bro. Dig it.

Douche McGregor and I used to copy all of the Joel Tudor sections out of every longboard movie we could get our hands on. We ended up with a 6 hour Joel Tudor reel. It was like watching the highlights of every movie, without any of the crappy stuff.

My walls were covered in every picture and poster I could cut out of surf mags.

I have a stack of every Longboard Magazine issue I could get my hands on that has an interview or cover shot of him.

We would drive down to Donald Takayama's shop and drool over Flow Models...and by "drive down" I mean get our moms to drive us for the day. We would cruise down to Cardiff, Swamis, Malibu, Windansea, and all the places we would see him shred in the movies.

We actually got to ride our friend's dad's 10' Flow Model at Bolsa one day.

When Tudor surfboards started up, we about shit ourselves. Douchemcgregor got a 9'4 Diamond Tail Noserider, so did MasaTom. MasaTom also had a Good Karma model (that flew off the roof of his rig on the way home from shredding one night.) Then Douchemcgregor got another one of his single fins. We both have a few Tudor fins.

Fuck, this weird! Borderline stalker, I know.

Anyways, I thought I'd share some Joel Tudor x Loomstate radness I found on the interweb @ Harmony Amplifier.















Here is a clip from J. Brothers Longer. Get into it.

Svrf & Destroy Fiend Club Continues to Grow

Please welcome Travis to the Svrf & Destroy posse. We are now 6 strong. Most blogs are 1 strong. We outnumber them by five. If this was a fight. It would be a serious ass whuppin'.

He has a pentagram on his lip and a Ron Paul sticker on his car...you can expect big things from this chap.

Are we not men?

We are DEVO!













One of my favorites.

Loftus @ Chain Reaction 2005

LOFTUS - SURVIVAL OF THE LOVERS

Loftus w/ Davis Miller (RIP) on Vocals. We love you dude.



I had to brush the dust off of this one. The sound is terrible at this place, but they are going for it regardless. My best friends.













From SmartPunk

Loftus
Hugs And Drugs (Monarchy Music)


The debut from Seal Beach, California's, Loftus. Prepare for an orgasm in your ears as Loftus brings you a blend of noise and harmony that can only be described as organized chaos.For fans of Daughters, The Locust and Converge.

Cardiel Part V

Hwy 14...

My lady and I were driving to Kernville this past weekend and saw this on the way up!!!!!

The laws of physics, gravity, and motion are all being challenged here!!!!!!

Ultimate Surf Mobile

Wake the Dead

Kid's Menu

Some of the Svrf & Destroy crew went to Yucatan to enjoy a few ice cold pitchers of PBR. I love the crayons and paper the provide at each table.

Brew #1

On Saturday I brewed my first batch of beer. I opted for a Pale Ale and hopefully everything continues to go smoothly. The whole process took about 4.5 hours from start to finish.

Here are a couple of photos I snapped. It was my first brew so I didn't want to mess around with taking pictures and chance messing something up.

My brew will be in primary fermentation for about a week, then secondary fermentation, then bottle conditioning. So in about a month I will be sipping on some quality homemade brew.

happy 4th of july from where eagles dare and capt_mouth

yesterday with nothing to do, me and my pal adam decided that with the lack of pole jams around our area, why not just make our own. we used a hacksaw to chop a pole from a construction chain link fence and went to this park that has holes in the ground for tennis courts and kicked the pole with the result of a homemade pole jam, endless hours of hassle free skating, and a couple pretty funny polaroids. enjoy me riding adams pole.

Svrf & Destroy T-shirts

Is any body interested?

I have been wanting to get some made for a long while now...but I suck at drawing, illustrator, and photoshop. Not a good combo. But! I have a dude at work that will print 'em real cheap like.

So. What I'm askin' for is some help designing a shirt. If you have anything email it to me in eps format. That's what Ari needs to make it into a screen.

I don't want to sell them or anything, I just want to give them to good people. I will try and pool some cheese together from the Svrf and Destroy posse to fund this venture. I will then mail out free t-shirts to as many people as possible...for free.

surf.destroy@gmail.com

If I don't get any suggestions, they will probably look like this...wait a sec...that's kinda what I want them to look like!

Do Not Pass Go - Do Not Collect $200

My friend Kyle of Radballs and KyleLightnerPhotoBlog went to jail the other night...read the full story here...

Do Not Pass Go - Do Not Collect $200

This isn't his mug shot, but that is his plastic baggie of possessions straight outta' the big house. I hate laughing at other people's misfortunes, but this was pretty funny - "MR. LIGHTNER, YOU’RE UNDER ARREST."

Under the Sun Blog

I found Cyrus' UTS blog. Take a gander.

Under the Sun.












Photo: Matt Lyons (poached from the UTS blog)

Let this video by Cyrus trip you out. It's rad.
Making Of... Pt. 2

Training Montage

The ERbb is has been full of solid gold lately.

July 1 = Need Hands Free Cell Phone

Done and Done. It was that easy.














Poached from SURFER bb.