I took this series of photos last Tuesday, during the first real storm swell of the summer season. A small hurricane was churning up the coast sending pulses our way. Most spots in the north bay were rainy, windy and roiled, but flat. To get to the goods, we moved further inside the bay to [...]
Tonight! Tonight is the opening of Liz Cockrum’s Sirens photography show, at Eric Phleger Gallery in Leucadia, CA. 6-8pm. Los Angeles peeps: once again, please support dope artists. This show is definitely worth the trip down from Lost Angels. If you hi-jacked a pterodactyl you could get there in 20 minutes flat, maybe sooner. hook [...]
Exhibit A: Bochos Galore Exhibit B: Stoked Winner So the Mattson Family Benefit was last night and Maggie sent in an awesome email this morning. She was outside Surfindian, where the benefit was held, and she caught up with the guy who threw down the cold-hard, for my Bocho piece which I donated to the [...]
art by Jay Watson Jay Watson shows off his contributions for the Mattson Family Art Benefit, amazing stuff. If I were at the show, I’d bid on the above jammer for sure.
Who is Bozo Texino? A Bill Daniel 56 min. black and white, experimental/documentary Who is Bozo Texino? chronicles the search for the source of a ubiquitous and mythic rail graffiti– a simple sketch of a character with an infinity-shaped hat and the scrawled moniker, “Bozo Texino”– a drawing seen on railcars for over 80 years. [...]
Ryan Thomas‘ new surf video/movie BS! looks awesome. I’m psyched. Definitely looks like there is a strong flavor of calling the bs. For those that doesn’t knows, Ryan Thomas directed The Bruce Movie, which was as close to an avante garde surf flick as a brand sponsored surf bio pic can get.
Part 1 soundtrack (gets really good around the 1 minute mark) Part 2 soundtrack A mesmerizing compilation of various surfing videos and surf-culture significant movie and tv clips for today, the longest day of the year. Due to corporate jackassery, YouTube has disabled the audio track, most likely because it contained some unlicensed surfy music [...]
The Golden Pig Documentary about the island of Nias. Provided to Surfrider by Australian film director Joel Peterson. The film showcases the dangers of modern surf colonialism, focusing on the impacts it can have on native populations. The waves at Lagundri Bay on the Indonesian island of Nias are what dreams are made of. The [...]