Pacific Longboarder made me aware of the International Surfing Day
On Thursday, June 21 surfers from across the globe will unite to celebrate International Surfing Day. The annual observance, now in its third year, was established to inspire waveriders everywhere to take a day to share and acknowledge their mutual love of surfing and our beach and ocean environments.…
Wow… some guys have all the luck…!
From 24-29 July, the world’s best longboarders will gather in the beautiful archipelago of French Polynesia, on the island of Tahiti for a battle for both women’s and men’s european titles.
The black sand beach of Taharuu, Papara, will be the location for the 4 Star WLT event and is known to offer great surfing potential on all conditions, from 3 to 8+ ft swells.
read all the news here:
Pacific Longboarder
I like the smooth, active style on a small but very nice wave.
Check it here.
I just found this little article on Makaha skateboards. My third board was a Makaha I bought it in 1978. It was back to wood decks, after giving my first, a Nash Shark (green), away and riding the daylight out of the kicktailed plastic thing that followed it.
Incidentally Domenic Priore wore his Makaha teamrider jacket two or three weeks ago arriving at the Luxuriamusic.com studios.
Towards the end there’s a beautiful 12′ that reminds me of what Skip Frye would choose on a casual day, but more nose-rocker.
Tom Wegener Surfboards Promo: Two
at YouTube
What an interesting subject. The baby boomers have so much to write about…
Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies
The First Wave, 1959 – 1969
by Thomas Lisanti
I don’t remember how I came across this, but today is the day to pass the link over to you!
If you have enough place it might be a great idea.
Quote from site:
Indoor Longboard
Hop on this custom embroidered vinyl longboard for a soft cushioned ride down your hallway or around your office desk. An upholstered vinyl longboard with custom designed embroidery, Indy 215 trucks, clear and aluminum wheels & 1/8″ risers, 36″ x 9″
When not skating, Indoor Longboard is cool art; it is sculpture you can ride!
Designed for indoor cruising, conversation and fun.
Where Kustom Kulture, skating and Tiki collide – just had to post this.
Blackseapearl forwarded it to me – Thanks!!!
Found here (MySpace).
Now I discovered this project (book and website) a couple of years back and just realized they changed the website to a blog, which is reason enough to try and make you aware of Legendary Surfers.
Very thorough reading, from various knowledgable people. Just reading the free articles will keep busy and well informed about the history of surfing. I guess a complete historical overview is obtained through buying the book or the PDF-files.
