Icing on the cake, lemon next to the pie, and everything is gravy

5'7" Channel Islands Gravy. 19 1/2" wide x 2 9/16" thick. The Gravy is similar to the CI Biscuit but with much thinner rails. Glassed with premium 1st quality materials because your Gravy should last. Endorsed by the skinny goofyfoot with the crazy hair so you know it shreds.

Tyler Warren, the most surfy man in the world

Tyler Warren- All Yew from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

It's only natural that Tyler Warren graduate into shaping, he has been a fly on the wall in master craftsman Terry Martin's shaping room for years. I once went to a baseball game with Terry Martin and learned more about shaping by the 5th inning that most people do in a lifetime.
In this fine segment from our friends st Korduroy TV we witness TW drawing some interesting lines on his self shaped 4'10" "Bar of Soap". We currently have one of these in production at Moonlight Glassing for Surfy Surfy Surf Shop, keep your eyes peeled and your mind open!

New Surf Film: High-5

Premieres at the historic La Paloma theatre in downtown Encinitas Friday July 30 at 7:30pm. Only $5 bucks!

Interview: Behind the Cardiff Kook Shark Attack

Behind The "KOOK" Attack- InnerViews from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

The city of Encinitas has decided to remove their #1 tourist attraction. Photo source.

The opposite of plastic

Manolo Caro of Mandala Surfboards got a snazzy new camera and has been taking these nice fin shots. He also has a new Tumblr blog loaded with lots of eye candy. Check it out and bookmark it: The new Swallowtail Society blog

Lucky 6'4"

6'4" x 20 1/4" x 2 5/8". Thinned out rails and pulled in nose. Features the crafty "Astro Bottom" to organize the water flow under your back foot. Not quite an egg, not really a pod, just a good clean practical surfboard for the modern surfer. Handshaped by Gary Hanel in Leucadia, California.

Battle of the Blogs Semi-Finals: Surfy Surfy vs Follow the Fish

The next round of Surfer Magazine's Battle of the Blogs is on! This time Surfy Surfy is up against Follow the Fish, a surf industry blog from the company Reef. It's all about the misadventures of their team mascot Paul Fischer. This blog features lots of half naked girls so they will do well in voting.
In other voting our friends at Korduroy TV are up against the Dane Reynolds blog, Marine Layer.
To vote for your favorite blog click here

Watch This

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Surfy Surfy is closed Monday for remodeling. In the meantime watch this amazing video that combines our favorite things: animation, urban landscapes, art, creativity, group effort, nature, dinosaurs and a message.

Derek Dunfee: Down with the Ship

Down With the Ship from Derek Dunfee on Vimeo.

Derek Dunfee stopped by the shop recently to spread the word about the premiere of his new surf film Down with the Ship.
On June 9th 2008, Dunfee severely broke two bones in his leg while surfing in Fiji. Two days later Derek underwent surgery in San Diego California: eight screws and a titanium plate were installed into his leg.
On November 30th 2008, 5 ½ months after Derek broke his leg, Derek caught the winning 2008/2009 Billabong XXL paddle in wave at Mavericks.
This short film shows what happened in those 5 1/2 months leading up to Derek's XXL winning wave.
Down with the Ship premieres 8:00 pm Thursday July 29 at the MCASD Sherwood Auditorium at 700 Prospect St. La Jolla CA 92037
Old school surf movie price, only $5 bucks!

Gimmie a Y !

Jon Pankopf working on the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop sign!

Ready for Surfy tunes on a balmy summer night

SHARK EATS KOOK!

Epic guerrilla art installation which appeared overnight at the infamous Cardiff Kook.

The Crafty One

This here fine looking custom 3 stringer machine was handshaped by Mike Slingerland in Encinitas. The groovy nose and tail blocks were made by Slingerland's next door neighbor John Peugh. This board is only 8' instead of the traditional 9'. The shorter length combo'd with the multi-fin box setup makes this board versatile and nimble. Surfy Surfy approved!

Artifact of Stoke

Robbie Nelson is the founder of the Adaptive Surfing Foundation, a surf school that specializes in taking disabled and severely wounded people surfing. He stopped by the store this week with a special gift for my dad Peter St Pierre of Moonlight Glassing. It's a handplane from the 1800's. Read what Robbie has to say about it:

When we were living in the Northern New South Wales area, my Dad had this handplane in the tool shed for a long time, taking it out only for projects around the house and sharpening. Yet whenever my grandfather would come over, they would go to the makeshift shaping bay in the barn and make boards out of whatever wood they could gather-mostly balsa but I have seen them use gum tree wood as well (with often dodgey results with gum though).

The plane actually belonged to my grandfather but everyone would use it for various projects but often failed to sharpen the blade when they returned it, which bloody aggravated the old man so he stashed it in our tool shed.

Grandpa (or "Anvil" as he was called by his mates, apparently he was a boxer in his day) was on hand on December 23, 1914 when Duke Kahanamoku made a surfboard out of Sugar Pine and went surfing on a at Freshwater Beach in Sydney. Apparently Grandpa Crawford was hooked because he immediately went and sourced out the necessary tools and timber to make surfboards.

Regarding the plane itself, my Grandpa bought it second hand (source unknown) but it is believed that it came from England via sailing vessel before the turn of the 20th century and has been in the hands of dozens of sailors, carpenters, farmers and surfers for over a hundred years prior to arriving arriving in your shop.

Note: it does NOT work with foam. Tried it, total disaster.

Hello

The Kerrs Rip

Caden Kerr (the son) on a 5'9" Mandala 2+1 now.
Dave Kerr (the dad) on a Carl Hayward Fish back in the day.

Choice Kneeboard

Here is a pretty cool artifact from the early 90's, this snazzy kneeboard shaped by Rich Pavel under his Choice label and glassed at Moonlight Glassing. One of the first summers I worked at Moonlight full time handsanding for Kenny I remember sanding a lot of these Choice fishes and kneeboards with glass-on fins. They seemed like little UFO's at the time. It's kinda funny now how just about everyone has a modified kneeboard in their quiver. These boards were once the most obscure craft in the surfing universe and now the Fish is everywhere.

Hot Fishcuit Action

See also Getting Fishcuity

Surfer Mag's Battle of the Blogs continues...

The next round of voting has begun in Surfer Magazine's Battle of the Blogs. In this heat we are up against Dooma's Rumors which is an entertaining blog mostly about pro surfer gossip.
Vote in the Round of 8 on Surfer Mag Dot Com: click me