New Team Rider

The groms couldn't resist tagging a local surf shop with a well placed WCS sticker.

I thought the result was rad. It lasted about a week or so which is about right for pro surfers these days. Ha! Anyway, we had a good laugh - the kids are alright.

Surf Buddies

Everyone needs a surf buddy, someone who gets you amped and fired up to go surfing. Good surf buddies are always planning the next go out. They tell you when you're ripping and bring you back down to earth when you're kooking. And mostly a good surf buddy is someone you can hoot for when they're scoring good waves.

Richie Schmidt, photo by Jerry Miller

Ben Coffey, photo by Neal Swanson www.nealswansonphotography.com

Richie and Ben kick the new year off using the buddy system to it's fullest.

Hollow Day Cheer

That big dude in the bright red suit gets to stoke everyone out one day a year.

I guess it's fair that I get the other 364 to try and make sure we all enjoy the other hollow days.

Thanks for the support.

Shaper's Alley

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Watercolor

Think Different

Lee sent this postcard thanking the crew for these boards I did. They were a gift from Apple for being such a cool guy and for showing us all how to "think different."

For more insight on Lee and what his gig is all about, check out the current issue of The Surfer's Journal.

New Old Logo

I recently took one of my logos from the mid 90's and moved it away from it's original, centered placement on the nose.

Off set and a third of the way down the board looked about right. It seems to fit the racy, shortboards the best, and that's fine.

Royce's Ride

Royce is digging this summertime twinzer fish with lots of curve and volume.

The glass on 101 bamboo fins make for a solid yet light feel. The glassers hate it but I keep telling them, "the more you do, the easier it is to do a good job."

Baguette to Go

Kelly's Bakery celebrated their 30th anniversary by putting on a big party for the neighborhood and asked me to do a surfboard with their logo for a raffle prize.

I couldn't resist sliding it into Mark's car, parked next to the delivery trucks. "Now that's a big baguette," I heard someone say.

A Day on the Bay

We scored a perfect day for the Santa Cruz to Monterey paddle race. Ben was paddling as part of Team Grom and I got to tag along as pit crew.

Thanks to Joe for putting it all together: kids, boat, and plenty of stoke!

And thanks to Paul for being an honorary grom (with lots of pulling power!) and for documenting the day:

Bay Crossing 2011 from Paul Steinberg on Vimeo.