Fish Fry # 7

This year we were very lucky with the weather as we have had a week of heavy rain , flooding, huge seas and beach erosion. The weather sure had an impact on the numbers as well as we had the smallest turnout in 7 years , a little disappointing and yet still a great way to show case your boards for very little effort. So a big thanks to those of you that did come and enjoyed a great day in the park.

 

 Surfboard laminated with a fabric, Abaca made from the fibres of the banana palm trunk

 Shoji Muto's stringerless EPS creations

 Sam Yoon's new Steve Lis fish he had shapedfor him on his recent 6 week + trip to Hawaii and one he has had for some time - Timeless

Nice spray job on a Retro fish

 Another Abaca laminated board

 A great day in the sun finally

 Rich Pavel and local legend shaper Rooster check out one of Rich's long fishes

 Travelling Japanese soul surfer , musician and board builder in town for the day , was a hit with the local Japanese girls.

 One of my glassless Paulownia simmons getting the once over

 Very talented local shaper and glasser Jun with one of his boards

 A nice mix of boards from Feral Dave at Diverse surfboards

 Local shaper with one of his creations

 Local life guard and shaper Eden Saul of Dead Kooks with a few of his great boards

 Duncan with a hollow wooden board he had just finished.

 Rich passing on his knowledge to young Melbourne shaper Carl Jurkschat who was up for the day

 Sammy Yoon , local shaper and talented all round surfer

 Jackie kicking back for the day

This lady from the Sunshine coast with a great voice was in the park to entertain us as part of the Bleach Festival.

Local shaper Jun with a range of boards

 One of Daves cork covered boards

Young Melbourne shaper Carl Jurkschat does a great job for a self taught hobby shaper.

Always things to discuss and meet new people

Some of my Paulownia simmons

 A real character

Always good to see people interact and bridge the cultural void.

Thanks to Johnny T and David Kirk for some of the photos above.

So a big thanks to those of you that turned up and took a punt on the weather. Your support is what makes the day and the reason we have it at all.

The sliding Harrison Roach

The Salty Merchants

 Check them out at the Fish Fry next weekend.

Frothing on the Gold Coast

Cyclone Oswald as it headed our way captured by our good friends at Foto Media.

Bob's in town

Check out the details here

Tyler Warren slides a few

Learning the trade

Corey Munn embodies what the Fish Fry is all about. A young guy who loves his surfing and building his own boards . He hand shapes them , glasses them and hand foils his fins. He can't wait the build the next one for his mates. His day job is at DMS  where he is learning the craft , but his spare time is where he expresses his creativity.

 He likes old school and adds his touch to it.

So look out for Corey at the Fish Fry in a few weeks.

"Almost Cut My Hair " movie trailer from Ryan Lovelace

Almost Cut My Hair from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.

A quick trailer for the surf flick I've been working on for a bit now to give a little insight into the project so far. Give it a gander! "You knew it would happen eventually. Almost Cut My Hair is a zero budget surf film containing approximately 96% pure surfing coupled with a sound track worth listening to...the only catch being everyone involved is riding a surfboard that I built. If you can get past that last bit, I think you'll get a pretty killer show. Over the past few years of meeting and working with countless creative individuals, I've made them boards and they've in turn shared their talents with me; I've piled it all together in what is my ultimate surf movie. ACMH is essentially the past few years of my work, set to some serious jams. It makes me very happy and I hope it does you the same to you in the Spring of this year. Containing the musical and/or surfical talents of: Travers Adler, Trevor Gordon, Landon Smith, Will Adler, Morgan Maassen, Troy Mothershead, Ryan Lovelace, Johnny McCann, Michael Kew, Phil Browne, Joseph Horswell, Washmen and the Fisher, Simon Murdoch, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Connor Lyon and piles more..."

The boys having fun

Joel Tudor: Unfiltered The longboard icon speaks without inhibition about the state of surfing

A great interview and insight into Joel Tudor from Surfer Magazine : 

http://www.surfermag.com/features/joel-tudor-unfiltered/

Justin Adams and Kyle Albers sliding a few

Geo Blank , a new innovation in surf blank design and technology

" Conformity is the enemy of growth " 

"Flex is perhaps the most neglected component of surfboard design, yet for many years has been considered by shapers and athletes the world over, as the holy grail of performance "

About GEOBLANK from GEOBLANK on Vimeo.

FIRST WAVE from GEOBLANK on Vimeo.

 For more info and an insight into the technology that Guy is onto check out www.geoblank.com  
Or come and check them out at the Fish Fry

Nice

Ryan Lovelace , the travelling shaper