Finless and then some…
Brad Domke is an amazing progressive skimboarder. In the video “Domke Visions” by Dylan Palmer, Brad takes on big waves on a skimboard.
Domke Visions by Dylan Palmer, uploaded 15 April 2012.
Posts Tagged ‘surfboards’
The Tyler Warren Experiments
After watching the trailer for The Tyler Warren Experiments I bet you will want to grab your board and go surfing…
Words from the films website; “From the makers of “One California Day” and “Natural Expressions” comes a new feature length surf film documenting the evolution of a surfer and his craft.
Drawing from 50 years of design inspiration, “The Tyler Warren Experiments” explores Tyler’s surfing, influences, and interest in board design through collaboration with a number of today’s most respected craftsmen.
Shot on location in Australia, California, Indonesia, Mexico, and Morocco, the film features (in alphabetical order): The Campbell Brothers, Manuel Caro, Chris Christenson, Skip Frye, Josh Hall, Devon Howard, Terry Martin, Dave Rastovich, Joel Tudor, Christian Wach, and more.”
The film is due to be released mid-summer 2012.
http://www.thetylerwarrenexperiments.com/main.html
Vintage Surf Meet
Sunday 26 June was a beautiful day in our bit of Cornwall, a warm sun shone down from a blue sky and a clean swell fanned by light off shores lit up the beaches. So after surfing in the morning a visit to the Vintage Surf Meet added to my surf stoke. There were many familiar Newquay faces and a few friends in attendance. Here are a few pictures of the event and of surfboard logos…
The view from above Lusty Glaze beach looking across Newquay Bay
More on the event can be read here –
http://www.facebook.com/notes/museum-of-british-surfing/the-vintage-surf-meet/10150300940189460
http://vintagesurfboardcollectoruk.blogspot.com/2011/06/yesterdays-meet.html
Vintage Surf Meet
Sunday 26th June 2011 sees the Vintage Surf Meet taking place in the car park above Lusty Glaze beach in Newquay. This looks like a fascinating happening for any one interested in vintage surfboards. The event starts at 09:30 wrapping up at 12:00.
The wonderful event poster was designed by Nick Radford. More of Nick’s work can be seen at his frootful website; http://frootful.co.uk/
More event info at – http://vintagesurfboardcollectoruk.blogspot.com/ & Lusty Glaze details – http://lustyglaze.co.uk/
The new stick
I took advantage of today’s good weather to wax the new board… a 6’4” retro twin fin fish from Custard Point. No doubt that has put the kibosh on any decent surf for the foreseeable future.
I suspect all surfers approach the first session on a new board differently, my particular ritual is waiting for clean manageable surf; a straight forward paddle out and clean wave faces to give me a good first opportunity to see how the board performs.
And so the waiting begins…
Cornwall Surfing Style
The Cornwall Surfing Style exhibition opened today at the Trelissick Gallery located in the grounds of the National Trust’s Trelissick Gardens and park. This was our first visit to Trelissick and what a wonderful park and garden it is. Perched on the edge of the Fal Estuary it overlooks the King Harry ferry crossing and the river Fal. The hint of the arrival of spring was evident in many of the trees and bushes.
It was a pleasure to spend time looking over the small selection of historic surfing items belonging to the Museum of British Surfing. We particularly enjoyed chatting to the artist Ben Cook about his surfing landscapes and publications. The wooden board building skills of James Otter are much to be admired; his hollow construction wooden surfboards are beautiful solid functional surf craft – a credit to his craftsmanship.
More info on Ben Cook and his art can be found on his website – http://www.bencookartist.co.uk/
The Otter Surfboards website – http://www.ottersurfboards.co.uk/
Trelissick Gardens – http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trelissickgarden
