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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Summer of the cat full movie

Sharing a post from the Mohawk East Coast Surf blog!!!


Summer of the cat full movie from gatoHeroi on Vimeo.
Now it's time for you to discover the Summer of the Cats !

An 8mm collage capturing the summer feeling at gato heroi surfboards,
small wave surf by:
Robin Kegel, Cody Simpkins, Tyler Warren, Alex Knost and others.

Watch all the bonus short clips at:
http://retromodernelove.com/summer-of-the-cat-series/

Monday, February 18, 2013

Bonsoir


Bonsoir from decoster pandora on Vimeo.
Man goes man goes
Trompette blows
Birds on the boughs
Eureka!
Dough on the road
Sleeping bread
Pana dodo
One for me
One for you
Goat cheese
The niece of which
Brebis
Feta feast
Like in Greece,
You can not remove your shoes on the train
In France you can not put your shoes on in the rain
Cold feast
North East
No West
South West
Frozen cheeks
So wet
Trompette flows
For me you are the chief
Formidable.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

THE HARRISON ROACH CHRONICLES: Indonesia, Part 4.

Deus ex Machina - The Temple of Enthusiasm

From Foam to Fibreglass – A Harrison Roach Concept.

Thomas Bexon cross-steps when he mows foam. He walks up and down the surfboard blank as though he’s riding his 10’0 on a perfect, never-ending peeler. He keeps a rhythm and pace that I find physically hard to match. Just standing around watching tires me out. Thomas can draw an outline and turn a 10’ / 25” / 4.5’’ blank into a 9’6 / 23” / 3’’ in no time.

Dust and sweat clung to his beard as I watched his steps in the shaping bay at the Temple of Enthusiasm. Thomas had strode straight off the plane and picked up a planer. We’d just gotten back from our travels in Java and were both eager to get to work on the first ‘Deus – Harrison Roach Concept’ surfboard. After agreeing on an outline he took to cutting out the rails. Next he lay hard on the planer and cut down the thickness to 3 inches. As the dust became heavy, I wished I had a mask. Foam went everywhere. The all important rocker line was set and I began to imagine how it would help to hold the board high and tight in the pocket. Thomas began his painstaking work on the rails and bottom-shape and the extent of his skill became obvious. This is where the surfer/shaper’s understanding proves superior. Anyone can shape a surfboard. I’ve tried, but turning-up and pinching a rail like Thomas takes years of practice. I was happy watching from the sidelines.

With Thomas’s job taken care of and my board shaped, it was time to move it along to the glassing room. When Deus first began the surfboard factory one of their main goals was to create a world-class glasser. While they’d be the first to admit they have not quite achieved that vision, they have come a long way from using resin on foam like paint on canvas. Over the last three years Dues resident, Victor Hadiyadi, has arguably become the best laminator in all of Indonesia. Renowned glassers Alex Villalobos, Jake Bowery and all-rounder Rich Pavel have all passed through the temple and guided him on his way. Joel Tudor rates Villalobos as the best glasser in the world. Victor has certainly had some amazing mentors, and it shows. I didn’t give him an easy job. I told him I’d like an opaque bottom, tinted deck inlay, deck patch and no pin-lines. He took on the challenge and blew me away. Victor was all class, and for those in the know… his lap lines were perfect.

All that was left to do was design a suitable fin. Joel Tudor once showed me how to blend the curves of two different fins to make a new template. I put his theory to use and ended up with a custom fin drawn onto a piece of cardboard. With the help of the Deus crew we used the template to cut out and sand the new fin. In the same afternoon we glassed it on the tail end of the board and voilà! The first ‘Deus – Harrison Roach Concept’ surfboard was created.

A lot has changed since Nat Young’s board ‘Sam’ was shaped in 1966. Surfboard design has come as far from bellied bottoms as Jon Jon’s mid-air pirouettes have come from Occy’s under-the-lip carves. Our team is influenced by every era of surfing, yet we don’t endeavor to copy or recreate old designs. We strive to take the best of what has already been achieved and mesh the old with the new. Our purpose is clear: to create modern longboards. Thanks to the efforts of Thomas Bexon and the whole Deus team, my new 9’6 is the best longboard I’ve ever had.


- Harrison Roach

















QUADRATIC SOAPAGE by Tyler Warren





Shaped by Tyler Warren

Thursday, February 14, 2013

WAITING OUT WINTER


WAITING OUT WINTER
from Andrew David Watson on Vimeo. A homage to all craftspeople who spend their winters tucked inside their workshops waiting for better weather.

Brought to you by: Cast & Salvage /// www.castandsalvage.com
Directed by: Andrew David Watson /// www.andrewdavidwatson.com
Music by: Huma-Huma /// www.huma-huma.com
Radio Voice Over by: Blake Delong

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Flex Spoon by Wavegliders















Nico shaper of Wavegliders  - From an idea, soon transformed into a project that finally saw the light.
Its a lot of work, and also a lot of fun to build a board like this.


Monday, February 11, 2013

A few from Indo by Thomas Bexon

Thomas Bexon - had a really rad trip to bali and java in jan, got the chance to shape a few boards for one my most favourite surfers and all round legend mr harry roach. thanks to anthony dodds for the pics and deus temple for the trip and the shaping gig.














Sunday, February 10, 2013

Cool Hunting Video Rough Cut: HHI V7 Wayward


Cool Hunting Video Rough Cut: HHI V7 Wayward from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.
Built to accomodate the daily commute or a bare bones cross country ride, the V7 Wayward from Hammarhead Industries is your minimalist's dream motorcycle. Unveiled in late January of this year and based on the Moto Guzzi V7 Classic, the V7 Wayward is a loud, powerful mid-sized bike designed to take shit from no one—like everything HHI makes. So, when owner, designer and builder James Hammarhead asked if we'd like to be the first to take it for a spin, of course the answer was yes.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Inspiration L.A.

From the blog of my northern friend Ignacio Solis, here's a post about the California way.

Um abraço "Chuk"!

Diario de un Churfer - This weekend will be held in Los Angeles the Inspiration 2013. This is a vintage clothing fair, biker culture, surfing, antiques and "American" in general. Going for the fourth year, so I think that things are not going badly. I leave you with some pictures of previous editions ...








Inspiration -VISIT CALIFORNIA- from BEAMSBROADCAST on Vimeo.


To see more pics about the event click HERE


Dora live! King of Malibu!


Dora live! King of Malibu! x264 from Capitan Surfocker on Vimeo.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Control vs Speed by Ryan Burch


Control vs. Speed by Ryan Burch from Cyrus Sutton on Vimeo.
I just got back from a trip with Ryan Burch to Spain. He blew my mind. There's some mental footage coming soon. In the meantime here are some of his thoughts on control vs. speed in surfboard design.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

RITRATTI DI SURF | GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS | part2


RITRATTI DI SURF | GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS | part2 from BLOCK10 on Vimeo.
The Onde Nostre Crew opens the new year with two episodes dedicated to women!
Luca Merli, Gio Barberis and Matteo Ferrari film an on the road documentary in the female universe, together with Amanda Chinchelli, Betta Dal Bello, and Natalia Resmini - Three friends with creative careers and a passion for surfing.
The episodes tell the story of a fashion designer, a stylist, and an illustrator, each bound by the surfing sisterhood and a deep friendship. They show us the many faceted ways that women confront the sea, and the energy with which they live.
If there's anyone out there who still thinks surfing is just for guys, here's proof that will make you think twice!
Onde Nostre's girls shine under an Italian September sun: Three different styles, perfectly blended, traveling between waves with thoughts on friendship, freedom, and future.
Enjoy Episode two.

RITRATTI DI SURF is a series of short videos about surfers, shapers, artists and other characters somehow connected to Onde Nostre and the italian surf culture.

Directed by Luca Merli

Edited by Giovanni "Sbrokked" Barberis and Luca Merli

Photography by Luca Merli, Giovanni "Sbrokked" Barberis, Matteo Ferrari.

Lettering by Luca Barcellona

Music Consultant & Marketing: Gabriele "Gabro" Minelli

Music (In order of appearaces) :
Garden of Alibi 'Herman'
Karibean 'God Bless The Summer'

Monday, February 4, 2013

Duct Tape Biarritz


Duct Tape Biarritz from Oficina de hechos on Vimeo.
Los monstruos del tablón sembrando el pánico en Biarritz. Su terrorífica y recalcitrante forma de vampirizar las olas pone los pelos de punta. Las escalofriantes imágenes de Pablo del Caño, descuartizadas en pedacitos por Nacho Susaeta, dan forma a esta horripilante ejecución de la Oficina de Hechos. Música: CAPSULE - Le salon & JACK MARSHALL- The Munsters theme.

9'6'' Pig by Wave Gliders

9'6'' Pig






Sunday, February 3, 2013

Thomas Campbell's Aberrations of Summer



We asked legendary surf filmmaker and fine artist Thomas Campbell to translate our latest swim collection through his sunny, soft-camera lens. We got Aberrations of Summer, his dreamscape of a film, starring surfers Danica Elbertse, Shannon Lewis and Tanner Prairie and an undisturbed swath of beach in central California.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Surfing the changing world: appeal for funding


Surfing the changing world: appeal for funding from Leo McCrea on Vimeo.
FOR MY LATEST ENVIRO SURF FILM PROJECT - Donate at http://igg.me/p/317233/x/2168137

9'5 Magic Ham by Jim "The Genius" Phillips

Smukes is lettin'er go, $700 and she's yours. 9'5" Magic Ham.
contact mdismukes@gmail.com








Thursday, January 31, 2013

Almost Cut My Hair


Almost Cut My Hair from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.
You knew it would happen eventually.
Almost Cut My Hair is a zero budget surf film containing approximately 96% pure surfing coupled with a sound track worth listening to...the only catch being everyone involved is riding a surfboard that I built. If you can get past that last bit, I think you'll get a pretty killer show.

Over the past few years of meeting and working with countless creative individuals, I've made them boards and they've in turn shared their talents with me; I've piled it all together in what is my ultimate surf movie. ACMH is essentially the past few years of my work, set to some serious jams.

It makes me very happy and I hope it does you the same to you in the Spring of this year.

Containing the musical and/or surfical talents of:
Travers Adler, Trevor Gordon, Landon Smith, Will Adler, Morgan Maassen, Troy Mothershead, Ryan Lovelace, Johnny McCann, Michael Kew, Phil Browne, Joseph Horswell, Washmen and the Fisher, Simon Murdoch, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Connor Lyon and piles more...

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Why Knot...


Why Knot........ from Jon Arman on Vimeo.
Tyler Warren sliding a couple on a Model T that Donald shaped before his passing...