Taylor Knox demonstrates turning a surfboard

Photographer David Gray sent me this sequence of Taylor Knox choosing to break trim on a wave so I turned it into a GIF animation for you to enjoy (unless you find GIFs annoying which most people do).

Here are some photos of Taylor Knox surfing bamboo fins

Taylor Knox photos by David Gray, poached from the Leucadia Project Blog.

Take the Red Pill

8'0" x 22 1/4" x 2 15/16" 5 fin Bonzer egg.

Handshaped by Malcolm Campbell.

Red resin tint by Gary Stuber.

Shiny polish by Elliot Reinecke.

Available at Moonlight Glassing Surfy Surfy Surf Shop.

*This board is SOLD, thanks!

Todos Contest is GO for Sunday

Surfer/shaper/big wave hellman Gary Linden has organized a big wave contest at Todos Santos (the island off northern Baja with the big wave spot, you know the one).
The forecast for Sunday is 18-20 ft so they are running the event. There is no live webcast but maybe they will give results and upload photos to their Facebook page.
As always Surfy Surfy roots for Greg Long. Go Greg!

Nano Nano

I received a sample kit of this stuff in the mail yesterday. It truly is the 21st century. Year 2010 AD! No jetpacks or daily flights to the moon, but we got nano technology for surfboards.
Stray observations from the video:
1. Moonlight doesn't use cheater spray coat finishes, we do fine wetsand and polished gloss finishes.
2. If you are interested in a fast board don't put your sponsors mylar stickers on the bottom that will mess with the waterflow.
I'm going to give this stuff a try. I'm curious to see if it's snake oil or legit. I've got an open mind on this one. Anyone out there try it yet?
www.surfnanoproducts.com

Sunbeam

Rick's flight to southern California to pick up his new board was
canceled due to snow. So his board waits patiently in the afternoon
winter sun...

Eat the Sun

Moonlight Glassing head surfboard laminator Gary Stuber's youngest son Jed is working on this fascinating looking film about people who stare at the sun. Check it out:
www.eatthesunmovie.com

Moseley's Fine Art Slob Quad

A lot of people these days milk the "surfer/artist" vibe but John Moseley is the real deal. He's been scratching out an existence as a dedicated artist for decades. Today he showed up with his repainted Pavel bio-foam quad. We are hoping it glosses out.

See also Moseley's California

Taylor Knox "can't do airs"

Elevated Wing Mini-Merk

6'3" x 20 1/8" x 2 1/2"
Custom for Vincent who is soon to be a proud papa, hence the mini-Fish for his new baby.
This is a good application of the e-wing on the Mini-Merk Bonzer5 model, pulling in that wide tail but keeping that sweet hip. Nice and light blue 4 oz resin tint. White wishbone airbrushed on the hotcoat. Gloss and polish.
Of course, half of the original concept of the Mini-Merk was a production friendly Bonzer that didn't have a polished gloss tinted e-wing. Oh well, that didn't last long...
Surfy Surfy: Little Blue Fish
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To Oxnard!

EA in da house

EA Eckerman from Santa Cruz doing some art stuff.
Surfy Surfy: EA Eckerman, Kelp Man

Little Blue Fish

Custom for Sam. 4'0" x 16 1/2" x 2"

Spacetron 2010 AD

Maggie Marsek Art Banner

If you are in the area this afternoon you should attend the Arts Alive Banner Project in Leucadia. Every year local artist create these art banners which are displayed along the coast highway on lamp posts. Pictured above is Surfy Surfy team member Maggie Marsek's banner, the only photographer with a banner this year.
February 20th, 2010 from 2pm-5pm at Cabo Grill located at 1950 N Coast Highway 101 on the corner of La Costa Ave and Highway 101, the 101 Arts Alive Banners will be unveiled. After the unveiling the Banners will be on display on the lamp posts along Hwy 101 in Downtown Encinitas, Leucadia and the Cardiff Town Center where they will remain until May. On Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 the banners will be auctioned off at the Cardiff Town Center.

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Bonzer5 Shortboards

Yellow deck-6'2" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4".
Blue deck-6'4" x 18 3/4" x 2 3/8"
World champ Mick Fanning on a Campbell Brothers Bonzer5.


Handshaped by Malcolm Campbell in Oxnard, California.

These boards are part of the growing stock selection for the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop slated to open this April (exact date to be announced. Thank you for your patience).

Both boards are built solid. Glassed with a combo of 4 oz E and 4 oz S on the deck, with a 4 oz tail patch. 4 E bottom. Bamboo side fins. Sealed with a thin wetsanded performance gloss finish.

Sample video of Bonzer5 shortboards in action:

Daring stories of ladies united by the sea

If you missed the first theatrical run of Dear & Yonder you can catch a free outdoor screening of it at the Patagonia store in Cardiff-by-the-sea.
Feb 27th (Saturday)
Two shows: 6:30 pm & 8:00 pm (encore showing)
Art show reception: 7:30-9:30 pm,
Music by Tomorrow's Tulips featuring Alex Knost.
Gallery space open all day from 10 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
(It is the opinion of Surfy Surfy that surfing should not be segregated by age, race or gender. However I hear that Dear & Yonder is a well crafted surf film so check it out).

1990's GH

This is Dr. Bob's GH from the early 1990's. We have it at the shop because Dr. Bob is getting a new version of this board, inspired by this one.
This is an early slimmed down low volume board, on the cutting edge of contemporary 1990's momentum surfing. Note the glass-on fins signaling pre-FCS dominance.
The Moonlight logo is huge as the big 80's influence still lingers, but it's clean and simple and not neon green or pink so that is good. This is a refreshed GH logo with more organic lines as opposed to the original GH logo on this Astro-Egg. The super pulled in pointy nose is classic 90's for more critical surfing in the lip.
These big leash cups are no longer used, although I liked them because they were easy to feed the string through.
This board is extra snazzy because it has a Bonzer bottom. There was a time in the 90's when Bonzer bottoms on thrusters had a big push. The Campbell Brothers have a nice page dedicated to that movement on their website. Read 1990 Back to the Future
By the way, Dr. Bob is a second generation dentist operating out of Solana Beach, Ca. His mom and dad were my family dentist my entire life, and now Dr. Bob is carrying the torch and is our family dentist. Need a checkup by a trusted professional, family man and fellow surfer? Visit www.drbobdental.com

The Daily Shaka

My friend Ed Lewis created a new blog dedicated to links to your blogs called The Daily Shaka. It's got a really groovy rotating thumbnail thingy for the featured blog of the day.

Do You Wanna, Green Iguana?

6'4" Russ Short Bonzer3.
See also Surfy Surfy: BONZER

Fresh Shros

Big and clean by the longboard legend Bill Shrosbree.