New York Fish Fry time

 

The 6th Annual NY Fish Fry is On!
Saturday, May 12th @ Washington Blvd
9AM-2PM
 
Bring your beloved Fish’s, quads, keels, asymmetrical shapes, oddities, blocks of foam, and positive vibes…

All surfer’s are invited…

The NY Fish Fry is chance for “surf enthusiasts” to get together to try each other’s boards out and enjoy in the camaraderie of other surfers. Dozens of boards will be on hand to ride as in years past. Shapers from both East & West Coast will be on hand with their boards. Positive vibes all around…

No need for cash, no need to sign up. DIY style… Just show up…

Matt Cuddihy styling

Bob clocks up 50 years in the bay

Bob was there when everything in surfing was changing and evolving and he is still at it, exploring and revisting the past and applying his great experience to what he does. A great guy , full of beans and surfs every day. Can't wait to get in the bay and carve out his latest idea.

Sacre Bleu a film from Tristan Mausse

This is the trailer for Tistan's first movie.A great little guy who did the art for me for this years Fish Fry poster. " Hi everybody, I'm still in Nicaragua, I Left France in September for working all around the world and doing my first surf film! This is a documentary about surfboards all around the world, Tomorrow will be my last day of travelling, I go back in France, So I still have lot of work on this film, but the DVD could be release for August 2012, and now i'm proud to announce you the OFFICIAL TRAILER of my first surf movie: SACREBLEU. Enjoy and please: reblog it, share it, and talk about it!!!!

Tyler / Simmons slow mo

Quite often I have people ask me how is a simmons different and how do you surf them , well here is a chance to see how it is done by one of the best. Tyler Warren not only shapes his own boards but certainly knows how to make them perform. Check it out and see for yourself. Lots of weighting and unweighting, body movement , rail grabs and weight transfer. Not unlike skateboarding is what I tell people. Also so check out Dave Rastovich on a fish and you get the idea.

Kiwi - Anything but 3 to run again

An alternate surfing competition is growing in New Zealand. The second Anything But 3 event will be held at Ocean Beach, Whangarei Heads on New Zealand's north-east coast on Saturday May 5.

The rules for the competition are simple: Ride any sort of surfboard but a thruster, which is a board with three like-sized fins.The first Anything But 3 competition was held in Mangawhai (also on NZ's north-east coast but not as far north) 

The second event will be hosted by Ocean Beach Board Riders Club and was timed to co-incide with the full moon because this generally brings more settled weather patterns and good waves.
Competitors from as far away as Taranaki and Christchurch entered the first event and about 60 were expected for the second.

Anything But 3 aims to embrace different surf designs and board styles.
Another attraction was the log division for surfers riding traditional single fin longboards.

Entries close May 1 and are available from zepher.co.nz & The Surf Emporium and Nudge Custom surfboards at Ocean Beach. Numbers are limited.

"It also will be a great spectator sport to come and see different surfboards, the quality surfing and enjoy the sausage sizzle put on by Ocean Beach Board Riders."

- Report by Denise Piper and Pacific Longboarder Magazine

Event: Anything But 3 event 2
When: Saturday May 5, from 7am
Where: Ocean Beach, Whangarei Heads, NZ
What: Open, women and junior Anything But 3; log open.

Now this looks like fun

Gettin flexy with Bob

 
Bob Mc Tavish has been working on a stand-up Spoon concept Flex-tail. " Something that flexes and winds up like a Spoon, but you can stand up on it and paddle it in with ease. Heres a few progress shots, its got a groovy swirl on the bottom too!!"
Bob

I love the way Bob is forever experimenting and taking time out to look back at his shaping and surfing past to bring us a new round of thinking. His wealth of knowledge , experience and the little guys unbelievable energy are to be admired.

Mick Mackie and Roger Hall have both had a lot of success with flex tails on boards over the years. Roger has even experimented with a detachable flextails so that he could literally screw on different tails with different flex patterns and shapes to see what the outcomes would be. Flex of any kind is an interesting aspect of surfboards as it is very hard to quantify and measure. It is more of a seat of the pants feel thing for most people. I also believe if we knew how much some things flex with loads and pressure we put on our boards and fins we would be amazed.

The Spanish " Rabbits Foot "

" Hello I am Rafa (better known as radesega) I write from the Mediterranean coast, I live in Valencia and although there are no waves every day I am a lover of shape and surfing.

Now I'm doing a finless surfboard inspired by the Rabbits Foot, I send some pictures to share with you.

It has a deep concave, the right rail goes round ending in a nearly vertical plane with the intention to hold. The left edge has a channel to go backside. Low rocker and slightly parabolic."

Rafa.
http://valenciaplato.blogspot.com/
http://platosurfboards.blogspot.com/


Looks like Ryan has inspired a few people with his Rabbits Foot . Without knowing too much detail , as I have not seen it in the flesh , it looks simple in design and execution which is great.  Rafa seems to have a few more things going on with his. Last weekend ( Easter ) I was surfing down at the Pass to Clark's at Byron Bay and saw Derek Hine crouched down and spinning his way through the huge number of people out surfing that day. His boards are very complicated by comparison to Ryan's Rabbits Foot.Love the simplicity of what he is doing.

Designed and crafted in Santa Barbara , tested in Lennox Heads

Byron Bay local Ari Browne tests the Rabbit’s Foot for Ryan Lovelace

Stand up for Kirra

High Noon Rally - We Want our Rocks Back!
Hi Kirra Point supporters, this Saturday we are holding a rally to unite local surfers and hit the Gold Coast mayoral candidates up for a clear answer on what they propose to do to help restore the Big Groyne and get on with the job of Bringing Back Kirra. Come on down, find out what’s going on & show your support.

Kirra Surfriders are putting on a sausage sizzle.

Bring a t-shirt & get it printed!

When:  High Noon, Sat 14 April

Where: Queen Elizabeth Park, Coolangatta (opp Beach House resort)

Why:  Get this moving now!  We want our rocks back!

See ya there , Kirra Point Inc  www.kirrapoint.org

Simmons v Fish vid

Tyler Warren on single fin cover shot

Lots to agree with here...

Kiwi " Anything but 3 "

The Inaugural “Anything But 3” surf contest kicked off in slightly average waves at beautiful Mangawhai Heads on the NZ North Island's east coast on Saturday 23rd March 2012. The brain child of surfboard shaper Steve Morris, in collaboration with Tony Baker from Mangawhai Board Riders, saw over 40 surfers compete in the alternative event.

The rules were quite simple: Ride anything but your thruster. Boards of all shapes and sizes were laid out on the lawn overlooking the beach, ranging from Mini-Simmons hulls, handcrafted Kauri twin fins, and old school logs from the 1960’s to modern quads, eggs and fishes. 

 Local Mangawhai Heads wooden board builder John Sutcliffe , who is a regular to the Wooden Board day here on the Gold Coast competed on two boards that he has built. An old school log and a modern fish.

Looks like they had a cracker of a day and fun by all. The only way to go bro.

Thanks JB for the intro stolen from Pacific Longboarder

Fish Fry Japan 2012

Looks like Blue magazine is sponsoring another Fish Fry in Japan this year. Great to see that they are still keeping the flame alive. If anyone knows the details or goes and can send some pics and story it would be great to check out for sure.

The last 3 for Sea

Girls just having fun

It is always good to see girls out surfing. On Friday Johnny T and I were down in Bryon surfing and I would say that there were as many guys a s girls surfing. Nice.

Muther Of All Things from Joe Morris on Vimeo.

Greg's new choc dip

 Local sparkie Alan Bruce shaped this great looking board at home for his mate Greg.

 9' x 22 3/4"  x 2 7/8"   EPS blank 12mm paulownia stringer, concave nose - v - slight double 

concave / V tail.  Epoxy , 1 x 6oz bottom & 2 x 6oz deck.  Came out at a nice weight too. 

Greg looks pretty happy with the glass job by Peter Mo in Currumbin.