Happy New Year to all of you that have supported the Alley Fish Fry for the last 6 years
Next years Alley Fish Fry is part of the Bleach Festival
Unleashing an artistic tidal wave that will engulf the Gold Coast, Bleach* Festival is set to return from 22nd Feb - 3rd March 2013.
With a global reach estimated in the millions and showcasing the work of more than 168 artists in its opening year, Bleach* Festival will again celebrate coastal culture with a series of indoor and outdoor pop up music & arts events and installations. Moving down the coastline like a wave, Bleach* Festival will kick off with Pre Bleach* Weekend festivities in Burleigh and Palm Beach on Saturday 16 Feb and Sunday 17 Feb. The official festival program will then roll through infamous Southern Gold Coast surf towns like Currumbin, Tugun, Kirra and Coolangatta, with a stationary major central Bleach* ‘hub’ remaining in Coolangatta’s beachfront Queen Elizabeth Park for the duration of the festival.
More details about the 2013 festival will be announced in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned!
www.bleachfestival.com.au
Big Red gets a run
Big Red from Deus ex Machina on Vimeo.
Josh hall has been in Bali shaping and he mowed some serious board out of a 12ft 3" Burford blank.
A gaggle of Simmons
A line up of simmons I have made all ended up back with me today so I laid them all out
4ft 8" - 5ft - 5ft 10" - 5ft 4"
These guys are Paulownia over styrene and no glass.
http://surfboardsbygrantnewby.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/the-green-waxless-board.html
A couple more ready to be skinned. 4ft 4" - 4ft 8" - 5ft
Hot doggin the Hot Curl
Roger Hall, committed , fearless and finless on his 9ft Hot Curl.
A craftsman who loves to experiment, a great combination that leads to great results. Nice one Roger.
Josh Hall on the road
While I was down in Byron Bay the other week for the Surf Festival, I ran into Josh Hall and his dad Dave who were in Australia for the first time. He seemed to be settling in pretty well to how things roll in Oz. They had both just been in Bali and Josh had been shaping at The Deus Temple.
Josh is a hand shaper and was traveling with his templates and tools. He had been in contact prior to leaving home to see what the chances are of shaping a few boards while over here. I said it probably needed a bit more lead time to organise. But he is keen to come out for next years Fish Fry and so if you would like a board shaped by Josh you should start thinking about what you want and get in touch with him.
He loves his fishes and is pretty in tune with what Skip Frye is doing as well.
2 weeks on the road
The Alley Fish Fry 2013
Next years Alley Fish Fry will now be part of the Bleach Festival.
Saturday 23rd February
"Long renowned as the global home of surf culture, the Gold Coast was
the logical birthplace for Bleach*. The festival embraces the beach
heritage of the Southern Gold Coast, reimagining it in the form of a
contemporary arts celebration.With a global reach estimated in the millions and showcasing the work of more than 168 visual and performing artists in its opening year, Bleach* Festival 2013 will again celebrate coastal culture with a series of indoor and outdoor pop up music & arts events and installations. Like an undulating flow, Bleach* Festival will roll its way down the coastline through infamous Southern Gold Coast surf towns like Currumbin, Tugun, Kirra and Coolangatta.
Bleach* brings together high calibre artists from national and international markets and the Gold Coast for a 10 day celebration of music, photography, design, theatre, film, ideas and lifestyle events. Bleach’s home is the world famous beaches and foreshores of the Southern Gold Coast combined with major venues within the region. The largest Festival on the Gold Coast, based on its geography, Bleach* will grow as a celebration of Coastal and Beach Culture, delivered through a contemporary arts program.
The natural linkage to one of the most celebrated surfing cultures in the world combined with the natural environment and the need for increased artistic experiences on the Gold Coast, the Festival provides a platform to marry all of these into a unique celebration of our connection with the coast.
Bleach* will build on its very early success and will continue to build the profile of the Gold Coast as a cultural destination and position itself as a major cultural festival for not only the Gold Coast but Queensland."
It will be great to be part of The Bleach Festival and showcase the wide range of boards and designs that are now part of what the Alley Fish Fry has become. Stay tuned closer to the date for more details as they come to hand.
Keep tabs on what is in store : Bleach Festival
Byron Bay Surf Festival
What a great day we were greeted with at Wategos Beach. First up at 6am we paddled out for a tribute to Donald Takayama and from there the numbers grew as people embraced the day and all the boards and activities taking place.
Toru from Japan had people making their own handplanes throughout the day
He had a great range of tools and planes for everyone to use
Lachlan Leckie from The Salty Merchants had a nice range of fins on display
Dead Kooks
Eden Saul from Dead Kooks helping himself to a nice 13" fin
Retro Classic Malibu board
Peter White of Classic Malibu in the middle and some great looking boards as always
The local surf club did a roaring trade
Ryan Lovelace and his girlfriend from Santa Barbara made the trip out for the day with a about 8 boards. One was too long for the airlines so he cut it in half and put it back together when he got here.
True story.
Every man and his dog was there.
Toru passing on the vibe
Simon Jones of Morning of the Earth Surfboards
This Italian guy from Rome liked my wooden board and took it for a spin
The kids had a ball
A happy girl with her days work.
Make a date to go next year for sure
Byron Bay Surf Festival this weekend
See you there we had a great time last year.
Fins and Fishes
Californian, Steve Schirmacherlikes his fishes and big boards to. Here are some off his latest additions to the quiver. Skip Frye is a favorite shaper of his for sure.
7'9" diamond tail Fish Simmons, 7'7" Derek Hynd style fish. Both are 22" wide and 3"
Check out his great blog of big and interesting boards. the-big-slide.blogspot.com.au
Steve, has been using some of our Gold Coast Burford blanks for boards like this as they make a
12' 3" blank which is pretty rare these days. Rich Pavel took one back with him last year after the Fish Fry and that got the ball rolling. Rich has shaped a few for his mate Steve as well.
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