Female companionship......

...i'm all about sharing the stoke in the line-up....right?..........a-hem...........

O'Side racetrack...

...Mr. Mattison at it again @ oceanside harbour...equipment-BKQ2 xtr epoxy, new fcs joined plug system, & custom paint pen art job by Sean himself...not to shabby...

..Couple of Eddie Haskels...

...Wolves in sheep's (golfer's) clothes, these two....they'll raid your liquior cabinet, drain your pool, & spend your money....actually, these two characters are good friends, & a couple of Jax's finest skater's...the Johnson boys....they almost look harmless....

Hynson 'Especial'..

...Benefit board for the Midget Smith cancer fund. Super cool 5'10, some lucky rider / collector will be proud to have this, & Midget will stoked as well..beautiful work to all involved...

You guys can have the Northwest....

....Cold water is enough, but throw Mr. Happy here into the mix, & i'm thinkin' snowboarding is looking more rad all the time....Funny how we (FL) are considered the 'shark' capitol of the U.S......i'll take my chances with the small, single foot-nip from our terrier type sandbar dwellers, as opposed to a tiger-like chomp from fatty in the grey suit here...

i forget which blog i snagged this from, but the author said this just 'washed up' at his local break...hellofa local intimadation, eh?....

TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET CRAFT PROJECT FROM HYNSON/MATTISON....new protype being put through stealth manuvers in an undisclosed lo-Cal....top agent & notorious wave assassin, S. Mattison, piloting said model. This craft may be too dangerous to release into the fold..further testing is required...you saw nothing...you know less....this post will self destruct...

visual evidence provided by agent brownfish...

New Foam Rulez....

...A couple of week's back, a 4-pack of Black Knight Quads came to me, packed lovingly by Mr. Mattison, & meant for 4 stoked out friends. Only one guy has had the chance to test his out, & judging by the giggling convo we had after his 1st session on it, he seemed a tad blown away. I will be stoked to surf my 1st sesh with all of them to see the looks on each of their faces after their first waves on these sleek machines. Here's a pic of my good bro Scott Jackson (a.k.a. Jacko), bugging out of his skin waiting for a decent swell to arrive so he can get this thing under his feet. This guy has always ripped hard on anything you throw at him, & I have a sneeky suspision he's going to be taking the roof off about anything he drops into on this thang....

captian idiot strikes again...

...regarding the story below...the movie short Nathan made is correctly titled 'Making Noelani', you can search www.swaylocks.com/forum with the title 'journey of a quad' for his touching story about the making of the board. I shoulda done my homework a bit more, no disrespect meant....now go watch / read it....

Proud to be a surfer.....

When I come across people/surfers who actually have the deepest love for surfing & bring that across in their work or art...it makes me that much more proud to call myself a life long surfer. Nathan Oldfield is one of these people. I first came across Nathan's work in form of a film short called 'Making Noleni'. As I viewed it, I could tell there was more going on in the film than the process of shaping this quad fish...the moody music, the style in which it was filmed, really drew me in, & I found myself watching it many times over. Then on the website Swaylocks (shapers site), I saw one of the threads was Nathan's 'Making Noleni', & it was actually his personally tragic story of his & his wife's stillborn birth of their daughter, & the film was one of his ways in which to deal with the pain of his families loss. Now I was touched, saddened, but drawn yet further into his film. I urge you to check it out for yourself, though it's short, it's extremely powerful, especially after learning the story behind it. The Phoresia blog recently interviewed Nathan for his upcoming film 'Seaworthy', & links to his youtube site, as well as his personal site, http://www.freefilms.com.au/, are there, great interview as well. On his youtube site is 'Making Noleni'....www.youtube.com/user/freefilmer, & you should be able to search for the original thread at http://www.swaylocks.com/, it's inspiring, emotional, & yeah...makes you proud to be a surfer..

Rabbit still got plenty o' hop....

Rabbit Barthalemew(spelling?) surfing a heat at the Kirra MP Pro, in honor of Michael Peterson, against new school rippers of today. Although he didn't advance, the former world pro, now in his 50's, showed some flashy style. Good on ya, Rab!!

bamboo cutaway keelin'

...these are purty interestin'.....i dig the carbon cutaway keels the Rasta / DVS have done, but these are really nice. Marlin Bacon doing some 'keel-er' stuff with bamboo at 101 Fins. Wonder how this feels, they say bamboo fins have rad flex charateristics as it is, add the cut-away aspect & man...sling shot pocket rocket i'm thinking...pics / board compliments of Ian (must be a cool guy, he's got my son's name) @ Rip Shred Lacerate bloggy....nice work Ian...godd stuff.