September 16, 2009

riding a tri fin porpoise shortboard - new video on espn surfing

a story and video was recently posted on espn surfing from a trip i did to natividad over two years ago. what they dont mention is that i was riding the board in the pics below. a nick mirandon shaped single porpoise tri fin modern shortboard. have fun watching ...





here's a link if you want to read the story and check it out more biigga

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4446009






September 5, 2009

surfing at seaside reef on the last day of summer

it was the last day of summer before all the kids went back to school ... a crowded hectic crowded sunday with some fun waves ... i took my new 5'5" down to seaside reef to surf some fun chest high insiders. todd glaser was chillin on the beach with some friends and his camera and got a shot of me on this left ... enjoy. thanks todd. http://www.tglaser.com http://tglaser.blogspot.com/




September 4, 2009

festivus organicus sept 10 11 2009 and the eli mirandon simmons inspired hydrodynamica test pilot series



here is the finished shape. richard and i will be getting it in the water any day now ... it will be showing at festivus organicus as well as a few more of my boards and my dads ... look forward to seeing you all there !






September 1, 2009

WAVE TOOLS LANCE COLLINS ELI TWIN PIN COLLABORATION WITH GREG WEAVER AIRBRUSH





LAST WEEK I WENT UP TO NEWPORT TO MEET LANCE COLLINS OF WAVE TOOLS ... AFTER A LOT OF GOOD STORIES AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF DESIGN AND EXPERIMENT TALK WE GRABBED A BLANK TWEAKED A FEW THINGS ON THE BOTTOM AND RAILS OF MY ELI TWIN PIN MIRANDON FISH AND CUT ONE OFF THE COMPUTER BY MID DAY. I SHAPED IT UP IN HIS BAY AND THEN WE CALLED GREG WEAVER OVER. THE TWO OF US THOUGH OF A DESIGN, PATTERN AND COLOR FOR THE AIRBRUSH AND BY THAT NIGHT WE WERE ALL DONE... now its ready for glassing ...

all pics via camera phone...