Black Garden | West Coast Dreaming with Mischa Davis

Black Garden - West Coast Dreaming with Mischa Davis
from Sitka on Vimeo. Sitka team rider and New Zealand surfing champion Mischa Davis slides through her beloved West Coast of New Zealand.

Camera | Edit - Joe Hammond
http://www.hammondimages.com

Soundtrack: Four Tet - You Could Ruin My Day

SBT: Real Shapers | Real Surfers | Real Boards

SBT: Real Shapers - Real Surfers - Real Boards from misfit pictures on Vimeo.

Noosa Heads | De'fer

Noosa Heads//De'fer from De'fer Media on Vimeo.
Morning session's with some of Noosa's most passionate people in the line-up. The Morning began with that taste of Take Away Java and freshly Made bakery food, Then as the day progressed the car parks Filled up like a state school Hat rack, Then we all headed off to our day jobs still smilling from the time in the ocean we just had.

enjoy!

www.defermedia.com

The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water from SURFER Magazine on Vimeo.
A film from Mikey DeTemple's winter trek in Maine.

BELLA VITA | Jason Baffa

BELLA VITA FILM from Bella Vita Film on Vimeo.

Remember a Day

Remember a Day from Taylor Bonin on Vimeo.
One session with Chris Del Morro in Central America.
Shot/edit- http://taylorbonin.com

Chad Marshal

Chad Marshal from Jack Belli on Vimeo.

Grain looking to get mobile with Kick Starter

"As you know, sharing the experience of building your own board with surfers is something that's really important to all of us here at Grain. We've taught our week-long surfboard building classes to hundreds of people from all over the world, and with our kits that people use to build their own boards at home, thousands have enjoyed the process.
Most of our classes are here in our shop in Maine, but we've been trying to get out on the road and share this with people that have trouble making it here. With our Kickstarter, we're hoping to raise enough funds to be able to buy and outfit a mobile classroom (truck and trailer), so we can travel anywhere and share this experience of building your own surfboard from local sustainable materials with everyone.

You can visit our Kickstarter project by following this link,www.grainsurfboards.com/kickstarter. There are some great videos on there that help explain what our goals are. We need to raise a total of $38,500 to make this project possible and we have a long way to go. "

" Our goal? To share what we do with more people. To make opportunities to reach out to youth and talk with them about sustainability, craftsmanship, and the tremendous rewards we’ve gained from pursuing the values Grain has been built on. We’ve got plans for the west…and we’re inviting you to be part of it. So if you like the idea, check out the project and all the cool rewards we set up for it. Or, just pass the word along on your Facebook or social-net of choice. If you just want to watch the progress of the project, that’s cool too – stay in touch by checking the periodic updates we’ll be posting on Kickstarter and in Facebook. And, to all of you: thanks for everything."

So guys if you help Mike and the Grain team get this off the ground it will enable them to get out there and bring wooden boards to the people on the road.I think it is a great idea and if you can help the boys will be mighty pleased.

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Manly Beach | Perfect Summer

Manly Beach | Sprout Daily
Air temp was recored at 45 degrees celcius this day. Best place was in the water

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Batman Bob 1966 | McTavish Surfboards

Batman Bob 1966 || McTavish Surfboards

Matt - Replica of Bob's personal favourite from 66'. Complete with Batman on the bottom

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Tyler Surfboards: The Man Bear Pig

Tyler Surfboards: The Man Bear Pig
from Grayson Hild on Vimeo. Tyler Surfboards Test Pilot Mike Siordia on the new Man Bear Pig.

See more at http://www.tylersurfboards.com/

Music: Imaginary Person - Ty Segall

Filmed and Edited by Grayson Hild
http://graysonhild.com/

Lucky Bastards glassing 2013 (music: Animal Style)

Lucky Bastards glassing 2013 (music: Animal Style) from No pain in Dream on Vimeo.
LUCKY BASTARDS is a little crew of surfboards glassing, created by two french glasser: Tristan Mausse and Paul Lefevre. After working for many different surfboards companies all around the world, The label called LUCKY BASTARDS began in 2006 with the aim to make the best quality, and to give a new image to the surfboards artwork, inspired by the punk-hardcore movement, the tattoo movement and of course the american car culture. The Lucky Bastards only work with tinted resin, and are specialised in the polish finish.

After have worked for many companies as: UWL WORKSHOP, RHINO LAMINATING, GLASS-IT, PANDA SURFBOARDS, WILDE/GNECH FACTORY, DMS SURFBOARDS, WEST COAST GLASSING, MICHAEL CUNDITH, CLASSIC MALIBU, BLEND GLASSING, PSM/LORENTZ FACTORY, GATO HEROI FACTORY, EUROGLASS, REVOLUCION SURFBOARDS, CATALYST, PUKAS... and many more in FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA, CANADA, SPAIN

we are now glassing every summer in spain at the Pukas factory, and moving every winter to australia or California specially for the "special series" as we developped with LOST SURFBOARDS.

Dodging Tourists

Dodging Tourists from Andy Staley on Vimeo.
Dane Peterson & Matt Cuddihy Get a couple of fun ones at Noosa First Point over Summer 2012/13.
Enjoy this black and white edit of these guys having fun and dodging through the crowds of tourists.

Please excuse the shakeyness of this clip, I am using some budget tripod at the moment and will be investing in something more suitable soon.

Enjoy and keep an eye out for my clips in near future.

www.andystaley.com

DEWEY WEBER

DEWEY WEBER from Capitan Surfocker on Vimeo.
DEWEY WEBER........ MASTER OF MASTERS!!!!

BOOTLEG by George Trimm

BOOTLEG- FULL LENGTH from George Trimm on Vimeo.
Bootleg premiered 9/13/2012 in Laguna Beach California.

Original Concept by Joel Tudor and George Trimm

Starring

Harrison Roach
Joel Tudor
Yuta Sezutsu
& John Haffy

With Cameos by:

Richard Kenvin
Joe Roper
Ryan Burch
Justin Quintal
Justin Adams
Brittany Leonard
Alex Knost
Jared Mell
Kameron Brown
Tommy Witt
Tyler Warren

Illustration by Danica Elbertse

Additional FIlming by:

Peter King
Chris Bystrom
Mike Adno
Jordan Blumetti
James Tolerico
Adelya Khurmatullina
Scott Gerrent
Reagan Ritche
Thomas Robinson

Post-Production Assistant
Jason Scallo

Special Thanks:
Sector 9
Vans
Matuse

Kookboxx.com
www.buzz-cut.com
www.facebook.com/buzzcutfilms

Testing1212 | Harrison Roach

Testing1212 from Deus ex Machina on Vimeo.
Harrison Roach riding his new Board shaped by Thomas Bexon at the Temple of Enthusiasm.

I like sharks...

I like sharks... from Matt King on Vimeo.
Australian surfboarder Andy Findlay does surfboarding on his Gato Heroi surfboard at Whangamata Beach. A beach which is sometimes, but not, alllll the time,,, good for surfboarding in New Zealand. New Zealand is cold and windy and sharky. Australia is warm and sunny and dolphinny. Easy Decision. Save your pennies.

Spring 2013 Lookbook | Almond Surfboards

Spring 2013 Lookbook from Almond Surfboards on Vimeo.
Coming March 2013

The new Almond menswear collection is made in California and draws inspiration from the surfing heritage that surrounds us. Our goal is to create timeless, quality pieces that reflect our commitment to being the premier lifestyle brand of the Surfer + Craftsman.

Ellis Ericson | Bali

Ellis Ericson | Bali from RVCA on Vimeo.

Ellis Ericson surfing in Bali. Filmed and Edited by Taylor Bonin. Music Tell Me (What's on your Mind) by Allah-Las

More Ellis Ericson here: http://www.rvca.com/c/advocates/ellis-ericson

Fire Wire Techno Grain boards

Wooden Surfboards Blog - Fire wire have picked up my Paulownia skin approach to building boards and blended it with their building method to come up with a range of boards they will market under the Techno Grain range. It gives them a far greener product to their range of high tech and high performance boards. It has been great to be a part of this step forward in their surfboards.

This is a piece from the Surf Rider Foundation by Jim Moriarty

This is what innovation looks like.
"I wrote a blog post a few months back about glassing a surfboard in the middle of a party (to drive home a message of sustainability). What I didn't share in that post was far from the glassing process a board captured the attention of, literally, everyone who saw it. It was a Paulownia-encased Firewire.It looked like one of the boards to the left and I'm not exagerating to say that it stopped everyone in their tracks.
Let me set this up a bit... we've all seen our fair share of plastic and foam floating in the ocean. I've written a few blogs on the simple idea that EPS blanks can be made from recycled tv-packing trash and the fact that the use of non-toxic Super Sap resin for surfboard glassing is "ready for prime time."
Still, the Pawlonia-encased board I saw that evening seemed to nod to all of those concepts and take the dialog a few steps further. It seemed to be a logical extension of what my blogs have been saying... surfers should seek ways to minimize their impact on the environment that that includes the equipment under their feet.
It was heartening to see another entrant in this space, complementing Danny Hess's boards and the hands-on aesthetic connected to Grain surfboards.
Rather than try and encapsulate this innovation I thought I'd reach out to Firewire's CEO Mark Price and have him explain this innovation via a quick interview.

Jim: Your new boards look and feel radically different than pretty much anything I've seen. My experience is that literally every person that sees them stops and walks over to check them out. In a few words can you tell us about the construction?

Mark: Perhaps the biggest difference aside from the overall wood-look, is the fact that, except for very narrow strips of cloth to cover the seams on the rails, there is NO external lamination, just a hotcoat to seal the wood. In addition, by using Entropy Super Sap bio resin for the hot coats and in the sandwich, we've dramatically reduced the toxicity of the small amount of resin we actually use.

J: The second question I found myself asking (after being drawn in visually) is how do they ride? Firewire is known for being perhaps the first company with an alternative/modern construction board used by pros on Tour. Are these wood boards a niche Firewire product or will we see pros on these?

M: That is the best part. They still incorporate sandwich construction and parabolic rail technology so the flex is there, and by removing the external lamination cloth and resin, they are even lighter than our regular boards. Chuy Reyna believes Technograin performance is on par with any tech we offer, and Timmy Reyes just re-ordered his entire quiver in Technograin after riding one. We've also built Filipe Toledo and Michel Bourez boards as well which they'll receive shortly, so we'll see how they like them.

J: Nice. Tell us more about the construction, I found myself wondering how thick that wood is. Also, are these a part of the Sustainable Surf's Ecoboard Project?

M: Yes, they are and we're big fans of what Sustainable Surf is doing. The wood deck skin is actually 3mm thick, so it's is not a thin veneer. As a result it has tremendous structural integrity, and you also do away with all those minor dings and shatters because these is no cloth. Repairing them is a breeze as you can use any epoxy resin and cloth if needed, or even wood putty if its a small ding.

J: Ok, let me ask you a question about the eco-side of this equation. Everything I've heard is wild… from the foam to the paulownia wood deck to the distinctly different approach to glassing. Tell us how that all works together? Was it your goal to have such an emphasis on environmental footprint or did you arrive at that endpoint via another path?

M: We're always trying to make as green a surfboard as possible and still maintain a commercially viable product that also does not sacrifice performance, and costs the same at retail. We believe that for an Eco surfboard to succeeded beyond a cool niche, those parameters must to be met. We actually exceeded our expectations with Technograin and these are only the Version 1.0 recipes. The Paulownia wood is sustainably grown and we're reviewed the suppliers certificates to verify that. And by removing the exterior cloth and lamination resin while using bio resin hot coats, the toxicity is a fraction of a traditional surfboard. Version 2.0 will have recycled EPS cores, but we're not quite there yet.
J: Great, any last comments or thoughts?

M: I do want to mention Grant Newby, a talented Australian craftsman who first turned us on to the potential of this construction, and our internal R&D and production crew who worked tirelessly to make this tech possible in a production setting. Building one-offs or small quantities is one thing (and not to be discounted), but it also took a tremendous effort to overcome all the issues that arose as we tweaked the original recipe to increase performance and build reasonable quantities. Of course having our own vertical factory was a huge help."

J: Thanks Mark. For more info check out their site here.

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