Off to Australia!!!

Headed to Noosa tonight, in part to see these dudes.

Kameron Brown, Harrison Roach and Christian Wach

Stoked to see friends and experience warm water.

See you all soon.

Everyone else, I'll be home March 26. In the meantime, bug Taylor@lifeisjustswell.com or call Jeff at the shop 949.515.2102

-Dave

Photos: Christian Wach

Vans Derby Skate Park

Contest within the Contest

Al may have won the surf contest, but Christian won the arm wrestling contest at the awards dinner.














Because this is what CWach eats for dessert:

Joel Tudor x Vans Event #3 | Jan 14-15

The third event in the Joel Tudor x Duct Tape x Vans series will be held next weekend in Santa Cruz, CA.

Nathan got "the call" yesterday informing him that he's in!

Other participants include: Harrison Roach, Jared Mell, Chris del Moro, Al Knost, Justin Quintal, Christian Wach, Dane Peterson, Tyler Warren, Mikey DeTemple, JJ Wessels, Troy Elmore, and a few others.

Should be an incredible weekend of surfing at the Lane, probably going to make the trek up there to witness it.

Congrats Nate, stoked you're in the contest.

CWACH

I really like this board that Christian Wach shaped for himself, and painted.

Keep up the fancy footwork, amigo.

Sea Walk Shares

Belinda Baggs on Christian Wach's Log Rhythm.

photo: Adam Kobayashi

Courtesy of Kameron Brown:)

Sea Wach

Christian Wach took 1st in the Noosa Contest...
For the 4th time in a row!

Photo: Bevan

Blue Magazine, November 2009

Check out our 8 page article in the newest issue of Blue Magazine.

Amigos de Sur

Here are some rad photos of some of San Clemente's finest gentlemen, Kameron and Christian.

Slide Magazine

Just picked up the new issue of Slide Magazine. Really stoked on it. They've been operating in New Zealand thus far, and are now here in the US spreading good vibes and great photos.

There's a multi-page spread on Christian and Kameron's trip to Noosa in March.

If you get a chance, flip through the new issue, I think you'll like what you see, we have some copies around the shop.

Picaresque at Shelter

Be sure not to miss the showing of Picaresque at Shelter on Saturday Night...

Orange County Surfers of the Year

Vote HERE

Zip Hoodies by Almond

Relief from the wind: we have zip-hoodies at the shop.






















Shockingly comfy on the inside (like the es.cent.ial suits)

Artwork by: Christian Wach, Jeremy Searcy and Dave Allee

Available in Sea Blue and Dark Heather Grey

What the.....?

Not to post about Christian every week, but I just stumbled across these photos on wetsand, and couldn't pass them up.

This sequence from the 2009 Noosa Noseriding Contest blows my mind...

Lebron Wach.

3X Noseriding Champ!

Just got word from Christian that he won the Pro Noseriding Competition at the Noosa Festival... AGAIN!

Soooo stoked for you, bud.

Sea Walk: Grace Under Pressure

Sea Walking Blues

Christian, hope Aus is treating you guys well. California has the surf blues again.

Watch this video

Fins by Stavron!

I hug out with Christian in San Clemente yesterday, and we spent most of the afternoon hanging around Mark Stavron's shop (O'fish'l Fins) while Mark foiled some incredible fins for Christian's Australia trip.

Christian designed both of these templates for his 1o' CJ Nelson Model Aviso that he will be riding in the Noosa Noseriding contest next month. (Where he'll be defending his title and looking for a three-peat)



















































The first fin was a modification he made of the Huck Finn we made for his Almond Log Rhythm. He lengthened the fin base and straightened out the trailing edge. (Looks siiick)

The second one Christian cut out from a piece of paper without even drawing it first. he just took a pair of scissors to a piece of paper, and went with it.

I was so stoked on the fins, and what a rad guy mark was, that we're talking about some Almond fin-box fins via Stavron in the near future.

Best of luck to our sea walking amigo, Christian, in the Noosa Contest this year.

Lightner Photos of Christian

Here are Lightner's radical film shots of Christian and his new almond surfing board. 

Thanks to our Grass is Greener friends for the coverage

Christian's New Log

Christian Wach came up to hang out yesterday, and pick up his brand new 9'7 log we just did for him.

Fortunately, Lightner was around to snap some photos of the occurrence.  Film shots coming tomorrow...

He told me he hasn't had a glass-on fin since Joel Tudor gave him one when he was 12.  I guess that's the price you have to pay when you travel all over the world to surf.

Can't wait to see Christian in action on this thing.

Picaresque Trailer

Judging by this trailer, I think Picaresque is going to be a must-see film.

Picaresque Trailer 2009 from High Seas Films on Vimeo.