Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Kookumber Project #2

Kookumber Project Update.

- The Hollow Redwood Kookumber is in the glassing process. Greg Martz laminated it late last week.

- I passed off the chambered balsa blank to Griffin yesterday so he could finish shaping it. (Not before ensuring that the tail was at least 2 shakas wide)

{Cam'ron O'den took photos}





Cyrus in ESPN Magazine

My brother stumbled upon a little profile of Cyrus in the latest issue of ESPN Magazine.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Real Life by Kyle Lightner

Moci, topless at church.

Nate, boxed in. (In his former truck)

Photos: Kyle Lightner


- Gully -

Portrait of Gully, the resident fin-foiler.

Each wooden Almond fin is hand-made by this dude.

Photo: Cameron "Camoden" Oden

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Throwback for your Mac

Remember when downloading pre-made desktop backgrounds was a big deal?

Worm is working on custom skins for your WinAmp next.

Photos: Oden

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Film Photographs by camOden

Taylor getting all sorts of creepy on the nose.

Dave arranging surfboards.

Photos: Camera Oden
















Soak Inc. | Jerry Yee

Jerry Yee and a friend testing out the 5'8 Kookumber in Taiwan.


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Surfing Newport in the 1960's

Bill, pictured below, just picked up a hollow redwood fish from the shop to hang on his wall, next to his balsa longboard.

He sent me this photo yesterday.

Thanks Bill.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Return of the Smart Brothers

We're working out a date to have the Smart Brothers come back again this summer... stay tuned... get stoked.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Ahoy!

Forgot to post about these when they came in... we have a variety of Ahoy board bags in stock!

They make really good board bags, and really bad ghost costumes.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Balsa Kookumber

I'm embarking on a new project. I want to build a kookumber in as many different surfboard constructions as I can. My Dad and I will be working together on this project, and probably Griffin at times as well. But since the kookumber is our most unique looking board (and one of my personal favorites), I want to explore and see how many different ways we can construct one.

We've already done plenty of them with regular foam and fiberglass. We just did a hollow redwood one. Now we're working on a chambered balsa one. Next maybe a recycled Marko EPS blank with entropy resin? Or a composite sandwich board? Only time will tell.

Here's the fully chambered balsa blank for new 5'4.

Virtual Film Festival

Check out Korduroy TV between midnight tonight and midnight tomorrow for a virtual film festival of the top 5 films from the Sacred Craft showing last weekend.

Trust me, there are some rad clips.

Korduroy's Virtual Film Festival- THIS FRIDAY! from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Krochet Kids | Thank (YOU)ganda

The Krochet Kid team never ceases to amaze. Check out their latest video.

Stellar dudes. Stellar cause.

Koyle Loightnea

Here's a recent self-portrait by our good friend, Kyle Lightner, posted up with his entire arsenal of equipment that he uses to create his images.

(If you're wondering about the strange blog title, sound it out. If you still don't have a clue what I was going for, sound it out and imagine you're crocodile dundee.)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sacred Craft by Tomohiro

Tomo shared some of his photos from Sacred Craft this weekend.

1. Cyrus, Tomo and Stefan
2. Tomo and Dave with team Marko (Jimmy and Clay)
3. Korduroy TV display


Monday, April 12, 2010

Grain Surfboards

Got to catch up with Mike LaVecchia from Grain Surfboards this weekend at the Sacred Craft.

Super great guy, and one of my earliest inspirations in surfboard building.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work Mike and the crew do.

Here's a photo of Scotty Stopnik doing a layback on a Grain fish during his visit to Maine last year.

Redwood Kookumber

5'6 hollow redwood kookumber by Dave and Mark Allee.

Photo: Sea Amoden.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Happy Birthday Kyle Lightner (dotcom)

Happy Birthday Kyle!

Erin Ashley | Liquid Salt

Early bird gets the worm.

Read Erin's interview here. Be sure to read her bit about who she thinks is shaping the future of surfing.

Photo: JD Massey