CASUAL MOFO

... stylin!

Grabbed this from LSoRo - lovely colour, great style, really liking the coolness, and definitely no window-winding necessary.

EVER FALLEN IN LOVE

... with something again and again?

For various reasons I've missed a lot of the good run of swell we had recently - but I managed to get in for a late one last night. It was fairly slack and only 2ft on the sets, but I paddled down the beach and found a little bank that was peeling and surfed until the sun went down.

Fell in love with surfing yet again...

supPORT[RAIT] your local shaper

Flicking through the latest issue of designweek... Lo and behold, there's Mr Fluid Juice himself - top shaper and all round good guy, Adrian Philips - moodily photographed by Peter Beavis.

SECRETS OF THE MASTER SHAPERS

In the latest Surfer's Journal there is an excellent feature on Jim Phillips, master shaper/craftsman.

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Could the double goggles be one of the secrets of the super shapers?

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BEACH TODAY…

Watch your step!

2004

Went on a little expedition to Northern Spain in 2004, found some beautiful setups. This was one of the more popular spots...

SO TRUE...

SKATEBOARD KINGS 1978

So good.

PIXELLATION

Some digitals from the archivals...

home of morgawr.

tv remote for the short-sighted (or giant-fingered...)

the passmore edwards gothic repository of books.

i'm feeling horny.

the big-legged, small-headed footplant.

the skinny - goes fast.

man i'm tired.

IN 7EVEN YEARS...

Just realised that The Beatles made all their albums (as a band) in just seven years. When you consider the impact, seven years is not a great deal of time.

// Please Please Me (1963)
// With The Beatles (1963)
// A Hard Day's Night (1964)
// Beatles for Sale (1964)
// Help! (1965)
// Rubber Soul (1965)
// Revolver (1966)
// Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
// The Beatles (aka the White Album) (1968)
// Yellow Submarine (1969)
// Abbey Road (1969)
// Let It Be (1970)

Please please me.

With the Beatles.

A hard day's night.

Beatles for sale.

Help!

Rubber Soul.

Revolver.

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

White album.

Yellow submarine.

Abbey Road.

Let it be.

On the other hand I started decorating the front room in 2003 and still haven't managed to finish it!

BOOKWORM

Wow!

Insane digital image of a library in Prague that allows you to zoom in for incredible detail.

Found at GEF

SK8HAUS

Indoor pool.

Tree ramp.

Keith Haring ramp.

Found here.

RHYTHM OF THE RAMP

Ker-thunk... ker-thunk.

I was reminded of this quarter-pipe today by Milo.

Now, just seeing a picture of it again, I can clearly hear the sound it made as we bashed our way up and down it endlessly. Metal, just over 6ft high with a bit of vert, only about 6ft wide, topped by worn wooden coping and a 6 inch platform. At the foot of a slope, bolted to a railing opposite a flat paved bank. It was sketchy at best - and we loved it!

Spent so many hours here. Lots of good times, lots of good memories, met a lot of good friends here too. And made enough scar tissue to last a lifetime.

SUNSET @ THE LOCAL

Nice evening for it...

Long lulls.

Here comes a set...

... followed by a party wave.

Golden moment.

Last orders.

S'CLEAN

I mean it's been small but clean lately...

Apres-surf snappage: DL

STITCHED UP!

Ok, so here we have quite a nice simple line drawing of a building...

But look closer to discover that it's actually been stitched!

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See more examples of his infinite patience here.

DRUTH OLD SKOOL

Went to the old Redruth School for lunch today.

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School dinners would have been a lot cooler if the canteen had been anything like this...

GREENERS

QUAKE

Tokyo alert.

My good friend and fellow blogger shares a personal account from Tokyo, click here for full story.