Custom wood surfboards born out of a collaboration between Point Concept and Wolfe Surfboards. Santa Barbara based Timberline is turning heads with its beautiful creations made of eco-friendly foam layered with thin Paulownia wood planks.
There are really some creative and innovative options out there to help soften the environmental impact of our toxic surf industry.
Have a look at their site TimberLineSurf.com to learn more.
Barry Tuck captures a beauty here with Mark Healey air dropping into a beast that was let out the Dungeon.
Grant “Twiggy” Baker became the 2008 Red Bull Big Wave Africa champion for his skilled riding in 20ft surf. Sounded like an action packed event with over the falls backwards wipeouts, 10 point tube rides, and plenty of swell on hand.
SurfersVillage had some good coverage and reported “Greg Long catching what webcast commentator Richie Sills called “Undoubtedly one of the best waves to be ridden at Dungeons.” The set wave saw Greg make a massive drop, set up for a thick inside bowl and get fully barreled through two massive sections for a perfect and absolutely deserved 10-point ride.”
Here is a bit of video to check.
Can’t help but think that there are perfect waves going off somewhere nearby this thing. Mass destruction in Texas, Surfers Rejoice … somewhere.
Looking forward to seeing the goods from some of the local chargers. I bet Louisiana is going off.
A little bit late on the news, but just came across this today. It looks like there is a real problem down at Padang Padang with a fishing boat that ran aground on the reef at Padang Padang right in the takeoff zone and starting to leak fuel…but don’t take my word for it, read on.
Here is a little report from Slim at Baliwaves.com.
‘Situation we have down at Padang Padang. Well as far as I know at around 7.00pm on the evening of the 11th of July the fishing boat pictured on the cover of baliwaves.com ran a ground just about smack dead in the middle of the take off zone of Padang Padang reef (give or take 5yrds). Now the funny thing is that looking at the angle she hit the reef on I’d have to imagine that she was under power at the time, bow first into the reef. If she had lost power and adrift the strong off-shore wind would have blown her out to sea.
This boat also had a valuable cargo hold full of yellow fin Tuna all in the 50-70kg range that were also abandoned. Needless to say the Padang Padang / Uluwatu folk were all BBQ’ing fish the next night. As of yesterday afternoon the boat is still there in the same position on the reef. And with the tide’s that we have at the moment not being high enough for a tug to extract her until after the Full Moon rises on the 17th.
As of yesterday afternoon the boat started to leak diesel fuel and oil so her hull has been broken by the hard lava flow type reef of Padang Padang. This is going to cause some big problems with the fuel and oil already contaminating the Padang Padang area. The slick was also expanding and heading towards Uluwatu driven by the wind. I just hope it hasn’t gone that far as no one would really know just how much fuel and oil was on board the stricken ship. And if they are able to pull her off the reef there’s every chance that she will just sink as soon as it hits deeper water. So that’s about how much I know at this point in time but if I do get any new info on this crisis I’ll keep you all posted.
Jason Childs got some good photos of as well. Check out Surfing magazine here.
Going on 7 days in a row of surf. Everything from a knee high to well overhead, peaky and rippable, to pull in and get pummeled. It has been an epic summer thus far and many are claiming it to be the best early summer in nearly a decade. Last night got to surf my 9′6″ and was cross stepping this way and that getting incredible rides from the nicely shaped little peelers.
The day before I got the early session which was the clean-up from the peak of the swell the day before that. It was really nicely shaped and had some round opportunities on most every wave.
I was able to pull into a bunch of them and log some tube time although not making it out of most. It was all about the view anyway regardless of what the outcome was.
At the peak of the swell, it was a solid 4-5 ft with only a couple guys out. This was Monday night, if I’m not mistaken. The swell was dropping pretty quickly, but if you could get the right ones you were in heaven. It was magical with the neon red sun from all the fires burning here in California and the dolphins were out in all their glory.
There was a pod of about 6 or 7 of them and twice that evening a 500+lb dolphin leapt out of the water flipper style within about twenty feet of where I was sitting. They would ride some of the bigger swells that came in and then disappear into the depths as the swells reared up.
The pelicans were also out showing off as they glided up and down on the incoming swells, in formation. It was surreal and very magical. Aside from the life in and above the water, if and when you did get caught, you felt alive as ever, since this was some of the biggest swell I’ve had in a few months.
These photos were all shot the following morning which was equally majestic, not nearly as big, but really clean and glassy. Not since my last surf trip have I surfed for 6 days in a row….going on 7.
Courtesy of ZunaSurf.com….I was too lazy to write something up myself. Been surfing too much.
If you missed the packed April screening of the Matt Archbold film, Archy The Movie, here’s another chance to catch it on the big screen at the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival this Friday.
ARCHY the MOVIE
the opening film of the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
Friday, July 11, 2008
5:30pm Screening (running time: 83 mins)
at the Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street (at Valencia), San Francisco
Tickets: $10 | Get advanced tix here.
About the film:
When Matt Archbold started surfing back in 1979 at age 11, the world had no idea that it was about to witness one of the most explosive surfers to ever set foot on a surfboard. With a career spanning nearly 3 decades now, Archy is considered to be the most successful free surfer of all time and a pioneer in advancing the evolution of aerials and high performance surfing.
Directed by Bill Ballard and narrated by Henry Rollins of Black Flag fame, ARCHY documents the highs and lows of iconic
Enjoy compelling interviews, explosive surf action, timeless photos set to all-time soundtrack including The Clash, Social Distortion, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Devo, and more.
Check out the trailer:
About the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
Founded in 2006, the San Francisco FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL shows yearly in July — the Dead of Summer, when
The film kicks off the Frozen Film Festival tonight, followed by RFK Personal Quests for Truth, which probes the mysteries of Robert Kennedy’s assassination, as well as a shorts program that includes The Ghost in the Material, a doc about imprisoned artist William Noguera, who narrates the film by cell (heh) phone. For Saturday’s highlights, tickets and more info, visit here.
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