Minor Threat Sauce

I found this on Pitchfork today.




A taste of Minor Threat.

RIP Stu Nahan

Rest in Peace Stu.

Stu played himself in the memorable dream sequence of Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," where Spicoli discusses his plan to "Wing on over to London and jam with the Stones."



LA Times article.

Christmas Nugs

It was pretty fun. Took out the new camera for some test shots.

i laughed
no offense chad

Kook Killer

I picked up my new Shred Sled/Kook Killer/SUP Assassinator from EC on Monday...

Some boardporn for ya.

Fellow Fiends

Randomly happened upon some fellow fiends while browsing the ever popular YouTube....Ah, the wonders of the world wide web...



Destroy and enjoy.

Hank the Tank

Here is a 1985 Flag interview gone sour when the tables are turned on some poor kid. This chump looks scared shitless, I know I would be. Rollins in top form.

Raymond Pettibon

Raymond Pettibon rules.

Check his work out...

Seasons Greetings from Immortal!

The Note

Shredded some ankle slappers this morning on the 9'7" log. Everything was normal until I got out of the water and saw this note on my windshield:














Weird. Anyways, I enjoyed a beautiful sunrise.

My Eyes Won't Dry II

Thank you Brian Conley.

John Rambo

Not surf related...but definitely destroy related...

John Rambo - Trailer

Can't wait.

The a.m.

A few blurry shots from last week...

skate mean, live clean

Amid my usual procrastination while I should be writing papers I stumbled across this gem on the web. A young H Rollins pictured in his high school year book. Enjoy.

BL!SSS Magazine

Get your ass out there and grab the newest issue of BLI!SSS Magazine.

The featured artist is Randy Noborikawa. He is a good friend of EC and the artist who hand paints all of EC's art boards.

When asked by BL!SSS if Randy shaped the boards he gracefully replied: "Hell no, they are shaped by Eric Christenson, a good friend of mine. He is an amazing shaper. He keeps his stealth profile by riding bikes as much as he shapes surfboards, as depicted by his logo. Seriously, he's a master craftsman and he lets me design wacky tails."







































Randy and Eric have been preparing for an art show in early 2008 that will feature hand-shaped custom shred sleds of assorted shapes and sizes to serve as canvas' for Randy's unique artwork.

Get ready for some insane demonstrations of artistry and craftsmanship.

dear the great outdoors and the road,

the surf and destroy fools hope to see you again soon. i in particular hope to see you in the very near future.

fondly,
captmouth

p.s. to blackbirds everywhere, we mourn the death of a particularly great blackbird. (i'm sorry, i was protecting a surfboard and camp)

New Shred Sled

As winter marches on, I figured it was time for a new addition to the quiver. Something that felt wintery. Hence,




















With hopes of large surf in the forecast I went for a 6'3" step-up, pintail, mini-gun type thing, shaped by Dan Taylor. The spray job is a custom Patrick Bateman stencil I made in the garage.

Now I just need some solid NW swell...this round of swell didn't do much up here in N. OC. There was some size, but lacking shape. :(

****** Camping Trip

We got skunked.

Wetsand said it was going to be 20ft. Surfline said head high. It was chest high junk.

No worries, we found other stuff to do...




















Shoot Cans.














Watch the sunset.




















Wear lots of neoprene.

We'll be back. Hopefully we will score some waves during this over hyped swell.

Shaka Bra.

Danimal

Surf Trip to ******

The Surf&Destroy posse is heading up to ****** this weekend for a surf trip.

The forecast...













isn't looking too hot, but we have been watching our fair share of Survivorman and Man vs. Wild to get pumped on new survival techniques.

As H.R. of Bad Brains once said, "Go to keep my PMA." So we will keep our fingers crossed and hope for some waves and cooperative wind.

Anyways, expect photos and videos to be posted next week. Along with some boardporn from doucheMcgGregor and danimal.

-danimal

just ride the barrell and get pitted

for those who haven't seen this...

More along the lines of destroy...my first post

The following came from Guy de Maupassant's "The Horla", anyone thats been around my long drunk rants about the university system and it's bubble of followers will understand it's signifigance.


The populace is an ignorant herd, at times stupidly docile, at times fiercely rebellious. When it is told, “be merry”, it is merry. When it is told, “Go and fight your neighbor,” it goes to fight. When it is told, “vote for the Emperor,” it votes for the Emperor. Then it is told, “Vote for the republic,” and it votes for the Republic.
Those who lead it are also fools, but rather than obeying men, they obey principles, which can only be inane, barren, and false by the very fact that they are principles, that is to say, ideas thought to be certain and immutable in a world where one can be sure of nothing, since light and sound alike are but illusions.


board porn quiver shots soon to come.

Check Nikki's Blog out

thevansblog.blogspot.com

She works at Vans and writes Blogs about new projects that are not incorperated with the Company...Plus she rules
Scope that !!!!!!!

It's Official

Today is my first day at **** ...and this is my first action completed on my computer....A blogspot, just wanted to let all my friends know!
thanks Danimal for getting me in there to skate which led to this job....
if any you guys want to come skate give me a ring

peace

New Additions

P-cakes picked up two new shred sleds from EC recently.

This here is a 9'2" Mod Sled. This board is one of EC's newest designs and this is the first one with a diamond tail. This board handles everything quite well: off the top, off the bottom, and most importantly, on the nose. I have heard through the grapevine that the Greenough 4A is the fin of choice on this model. P-cakes has chosen a 9" Good Karma fin by Joel Tudor Surfboards to suit his sliding pleasures.















Next, we have a 5'8" Phryed Fish. A staple in many quivers. For flyin' down the line and G-Force turns, look no further. EC has narrowed the tail a bit on the newer editions and they seem to be working insane, as always. Hand foiled plywood fins by EC.

Literary lion Norman Mailer dies

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/11/10/mailer.obit/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer

Rest in pieces big guy.

PooPort

I surfed Orange St. this morning.


Now, I am sitting at my desk at work bleeding from the head. I have the bloody t-shirt and paper towels to prove it.

No stitches required, just some direct pressure.






















Yay for closeouts!!!

-Danimal

Spit On me!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4_p7Q1EmOs

Boys Im sure you have heard of this band I just want to make sure because they are Fuckin awesome and they love to freak out the SQUARES!

murdercity...

just sayin'

Happy Belated Halloween

the last couple parts of this part are absolutely fucking insane. one slip and that fool is dusted by not only a 50+ foot fall, but the traffic too.

i'm going to santa cruz for the weekend. this time i will take pictures of the scotts valley park and the new santa cruz park. all we are planning to do all weekend is shred. until sunday: capt mouth out.

New Shred Sled

9'7" Diamond Tail Noserider, compliments of EC, has arrived.

I will wax her up and take her out for spin tomorrow in the a.m.














































ec surfboards

ps. Halloween is tomorrow. Hence, the mask.

-Danimal

Another Addition to the Surf&Destroy Family

DoucheMcGregor is now a part of the family.

I know he likes to shake things up a bit and "freak out the squares," so it should be interesting to hear what he has to say.

-Danimal

FreeRice.com

I found this website the other day.

FreeRice

It is very addicting. I suppose that is a good thing. The website they have set up sharpens your vocab skills and donates rice to hungry people around the globe.

It's a win-win situation.

-Danimal

New Addition to the Family - ANTHRAX

Finally picked up the 5'7" Anthrax thruster from EC (as always well worth the wait). I am going to let it cure for the weekend so I don't stomp the deck like I did on my Frodo.

I was feeling the force and went with a Vader meets Warhol meets spraypaint meets Anthrax.


























































Picked these two up a week ago for $80. A nice project to work on.




















danimal

Surf & Destroy Family Grows Again

captmouth...welcome to the blog...this one's for you.

-danimal

a poem of weariness and thought!

Purple Velvet Night Walker

The Bearded man strolls the streets at night for
A nip of fall air and some people
Watching. His attire consists of a
Purple velvet coat with brown wooden toggles.

One of the toggles is missing, leaving
A velvet loop stranded like an empty
Neuse swaying in the breeze. The flannel
Scarf is clinched tightly to his neck allowing
Little blood flow to his already flushed cheeks.

His black fedora says, “Peace not War” and
The stiff republicans give him “the eye”
With their Sunday denim strangling
Their manhood to the right hand side. The man,
With his beard flowing in the wind, thinks that
The world has surrendered to the Church and
Creativity is forever lost.

A harmonica sounds like a scream for
Help. The man dashed to find the breath behind
This howl, realizing that not all have surrendered
To the masses of working class heroes.

MurderCity

for my first contribution to this blog i bring you john cardiel, he is a fucking madman and skates way to fast.

Firestorm

Winds whipping a frenzy. 5 hour shred sesh. 2 secret locations. Countless offshore shacks. Amping on Dethklok. Sorry no pics.

Go watch this...



Surf&Destroy

Morrissey

a man throws his shirt to the savages,
they cut it with thier blades and have dreams of the one inch fabric.
the gong rings
the voice appeals
the lights flash
the ears burn
10$ shirts
the night is bliss

thank you MoZ
thank you danimal...

Ch-ch-ch-changes

I know the blog is all over the place. So I am going to stir up the pot a bit more by inviting some friends to join in on the fun. Today, Murdercity and - have been added to the blog of radness, Surf&Destroy.

We are trying to maintain a surf, skate, and snow focus...but anything goes.


enjoy!

Surf&Destroy

illustrator

I am trying to teach myself. I should probably get a book.

The Present

The conditions were looking pretty meager this morning, so I had to turn to this trailer to get me psyched. It is Thomas Campbell's newest film, The Present. I always look forward to his films...check out the trailer.

The Present


When the waves suck, I skate...it's always glassy.


Surfandestroy

Fantasy Surfer

My team went down in flames at the Quik Pro France :(

Sl8r
AI
Timmy Reyes
Bede Durbidge
CJ Hobgood
Jeremy Flores
Marlon Lipke

All of them were taken out by Round 3.

Quik Pro France

Surfandestroy

MEGA Pollution!

This morning I surfed Cliffs. My first surf since Southern California's first rain of the season, "the first flush."

Anyways, plastic bottles, bags, debris, and a dead/dismembered cat littered the shoreline. The two storm drains south of Goldenwest St. seemed to be Polio Pits infused with trash and a weird brown foam.

At least HB didn't look as bad as Playa del Rey and Ballona Creek, check out this video...and pack your trash.

Ballona Creek

-Surfandestroy

Food Fight

Feeling a bit rusty on the history of warfare? Check this out...it might make you hungry.

Food Fight

surfandestroy

New Shred Sled

Finally. After a 3 months of waiting, my new sled has arrived.














I just picked up my 5'7" Frodo Bat-tail Quad. I'm not gonna lie...I am pretty amped. EC hooked me up with some of the new Speed Dialer fins, so things should be wild tomorrow morning when I go out for her maiden voyage tomorrow morning at Cliffs.


While I was at EC's house I got an update on my 9'7" Diamond Sled; should be done pretty soon. I was also able to put in an order for a 5'7" Anthrax thruster and a 10'6" Pelican. The Pelican will be my longest surfboard to date...and EC said it might possibly be a quad! His brother and Skip Frye have been toying around with the concept of a quad cruiser, so I will happily be the Guinea Pig. I am also going to be putting an order in for a quad Comp pretty soon as well.

EC SURFBOARDS

Here is some board porn for ya.

bottled up

Here is an excellent article from one of my favorite magazines, Fast Company. I try to avoid jumping on the bandwagon, but I beleive the environment to be a worthy cause.

Message in a Bottle

To sum up the article, a few things are happening...

We buy bottled tap water or something close to it (tap, filtered, artesian, well, purified, distilled, etc.).

$15 billion or 38 billion plastic bottles each year (a figure that is still creeping skyward).

About a 1/4 of these bottles actually make it into a recycling bin.

Tap water is fine for you, for the most part. Bottled water companies have done a mighty fine job of making us think otherwise.

Anyways, read the article and buy one of these... www.mysigg.com

I bought one about a month ago. Now, I refill it with purified water out of the sink. Reducing my bottled water use by 1 or 2 bottles per day.


Just a thought.

Anticipation

Anticipation...it's a helluva drug, or something like that. Currently, I have on order a 9'7" diamond tail sled as well as a 5'7" bat-tail frodo quad, courtesy of Eric Christenson surfboards (check it - www.ecsurfboards.com). They have been in the works for quite some time now.

For the most part, I have been able to keep them out of sight and out of mind. Until this past week. I am getting the itch. New shred sleds are a wonderful thing. They are much more than things, it is a whole experience...similar to having a child I would assume.

The experience involves the phone call that you receive from EC, or whomever is your craftsman of choice. Excitement kicks in and you rush to the bank, withdraw a fat wad of cheese and exhaust your checking and savings account (cash is the preferred form of payment...gotta stay under the radar. Leaving a paper trail is foolish.) Now it is the mad dash down the congested and hellish wasteland known as the 405.

Arrival. I have made it in record time to meet EC. We engage in small talk and other formalities before he unveils the newest additions to my quiver. This is where the "drug-esque" feelings kick in. A 'high' if you will. The gnarliest high off some AK-47 sticky kush that you just scored from the local clinic for your glaucoma. Now, put the board/s in your rig and get 'em home and begin the ritual.

First, I take the board in as a whole and give it a good groping...rails, check...nose/tail/width/thickness, check...color, check...on and on.

Secondly, it is sticker time. A time to pay homage to those companies that help you out in the never ending quest of wave slaying. Katin Surf Shop is my core shop of choice. They get nice positioning next to EC's logo. Vans kicks also scores a strategic placement next to Katin. Top and bottom for these bad boys.

Next, a thin yet bumpy layer of tropical Sex Wax (Always use Quick Humps. Although Original has nostalgia, it has too much paraffin in it and this inhibits nuggety wax formation and optimal traction.) as a base coat. Nose to tail, rail to rail. Nice and easy, too quickly and the friction will heat up the wax and you will lose your bumps. After the base coat, another layer of preferably cool or cold water Sex Wax. Keep it sticky.

Fin positioning and installation is next (If it is not a glass on.) This is a continually evolving placement due to desired feel and the conditions at sea.

Finally, the maiden voyage. Take the new sled to south bolsa: destroy and enjoy.


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check it and wreck it EC Shred Sleds