VIA – THE COAST NEWS By Jared Whitlock Apr 28, 2013 • 144 views • Jim Phillips works on a hand-shaped surfboard blank at his shed. A longtime surfboard shaper, Phillips continues to push forward with surfboard design. Photos by Jared Whitlock ENCINITAS — Covered in a light layer of resin dust, Jim Phillips clamped … Continue reading Surfboard shaper still honing his craft after all these years
VIA – EASY READER NEWS For the month of April, a few local board builders and skate shops showcase some of their April offerings. Be smart, buy local! Brog Surfboards The Mid Potato The Mid Potato takes design elements from a mini-simmons and adds a tighter turning radius with its unique diamond swallow tail. … Continue reading Surfboard Review April 2013
VIA – THE STAR ADVERTISER By Erika Engle POSTED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 LAST UPDATED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 The rare book “The Surf Riders of Hawaii,” hand-made by A.R. Gurrey Jr. between 1911 and 1915, and believed to be the first book on surfing, is being … Continue reading Rare Hawaii-made book to crown surfboard auction #Aloha
VIA – OUTSIDE Tuesday, November 13, 2012 By Adventure Ethics Photo: Sustainable Surf Here is the good news: Expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. EPS, or the branded name Styrofoam) is recyclable. Here’s the bad news: much of it is not recycled and therefore EPS-based surfboards are made from virgin EPS. Some more bad … Continue reading How We Can Make the Surf Industry Much More Sustainable
Tom Curren’s Personal Surfboard 1991 Shaped By Al Merrick Selling On Ebay! Check out the big bucks this stick is bringing… Tom Curren’s Personal Vintage Surfboard 1991 Shaped By The Master Al Merrick!!!! 3 Time World Champ, Signed By Al Merrick For Tom Check it out here! http://www.ebay.com/itm/110915850049?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
VIA – THE SAND PAPER Board Shaper Bill Kretzer Gives Live Demos at Surf Unlimited Section TwoBy JON COEN | Jul 12, 2012 By JON COEN | Jul 12, 2012 If you pop into Surf Unlimited at 19th Street in Ship Bottom this summer, you might see a little more than the … Continue reading Board Shaper Bill Kretzer Gives Live Demos at Surf Unlimited
VIA – LOS ANGELES TIMES Santa Cruz seeking mementos of Jack O’Neill’s 1959 surf shop Jack O’Neill’s surf gear empire grew from this 1959 surf shop in Santa Cruz. His sons, Pat and Mike, are shown on skateboard at right. (Santa Cruz County CVC/O’Neill Archives) By Mary Forgione Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & … Continue reading Santa Cruz seeking mementos of Jack O'Neill's 1959 surf shop
Sad… VIA – LA TIMES Famed surfboard designer hanged himself, coroner says August 23, 2011 | 4:18 pm Robert Russell Brown, who had been shaping custom surfboards in Newport Beach since the 1960s, has died. He was 63. Brown hanged himself, the Orange County coroner’s office said. He was pronounced dead at 3:08 p.m. Saturday … Continue reading Famed surfboard designer hanged himself, coroner says – Los Angeles Times
They had me at ‘spokesmodel’… VIA – PNJ Spokesmodel to launch surboard line in Pensacola 12:31 PM, Sep. 16, 2011 Surfer, model and designer Dawn Gaines-Taylor will launch her own surfboard collection tonight at Seville Quarter. Gaines-Taylor is the spokesmodel for the women’s line of RuSik, a California-based skate and surf clothier. She started her … Continue reading Spokesmodel to launch surboard line in Pensacola
VIA – IMPERIAL BEACH PATCH Surf Exhibit Opens in San Diego An eclectic crew of surfing legends, shapers, and historians from Coronado and Southern California attended the weekend reception for the show, which continues through March. By Serge Dedina 5:45 am Coronado surfing historian John Elwell with the Simmons surfboards from his … Continue reading Surf Exhibit Opens in San Diego