Finished my first longboard

With my new trucks (Carver CX and C2) and wheels (Fu Manchu 76mm 74a) arriving today, I had to finish it all up and go for a first test ride. Here goes my Loaded Ceviche replica:

Great Lakes Ice Surfing

Ok, there are people doing surf trips to Denmark at Christmas.
And yes, surfers have been spotted on the island of Sylt even in winter time.

But these guys really take it a step further:





Not only does it look pretty icy, they are actually surfing Lake Michigan!

Respect!

(Did anyone check the wave forecast for Sylt on the weekend?)

More pics / info:
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/lake-michigan-glassy-cold-and-peeling-indiana-ice-session_21918/
http://www.greatlakessurfer.com/

Gloss finishing product at LIDL

Today I went to my favorite (closest) discounter store LIDL to do some basic shopping and I stumbled over the following (temporarily available) product:

Baufix Klarlack (Alkydharzlack)
(http://www.baufix-online.com/produkte/fenster-tueren/klarlack-hochglaenzend/)
Price: 2,99 EUR


This might be the solution to the gloss finished problems I experienced when working with epoxy resin on wooden surfing fins.

My tries so far:

1. Use a lot of resin.
   Which results in some uneven, bumpy surface and which makes the thing quite heavy
   
   
2. Polishing (with car polish or toothpaste).
   Hard work, even with a polishing machine. Only works with perfectly glassed surfaces.
   
   
3. Use gloss finish.
   
   I tried the Schooner from Interlux, which smells awful, is very dust-prone and never use too much of it because then the surface looks like miniature mountains.
   

Anyway, I tried some of the Baufix stuff on my new longboard deck today and the result looks promising...

Bright Tradeshow Winter 2009: Bowl Session Pictures

See more pictures taken at the Bright Bowl Session on January 24th and 25th at:
http://picasaweb.google.de/erizofinsonly/2009_01_24BrightFrankfurt

Bright Winter 2009: Made for Skate Exhibition

More info on: http://www.madeforskate.com/

Wall paint animation

Thanks to my friend casual-photographer.com for providing the link to that video:

Tape Art

It's time to tape:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C_45kKY28c
http://streetart.berlinpiraten.de/aakash-nihalani-tape-art/
http://www.tapeart.com/

Surf Art Links

http://www.wolfgangbloch.com/
http://www.surferart.com/
http://droog79.blogspot.com/
http://www.clubofthewaves.com/

Finished my first Humu

Finished my first Humu:



Inspired by Longboard Larry's Short Humu:
http://www.longboardlarry.com/boards/short%20humu.php

And doing some research on the name "Humu" I came across this wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humu%C2%ADhumu%C2%ADnuku%C2%ADnuku%C2%AD%C4%81pua%CA%BBa

Just in case you wonder where that name comes from.

Do you Humuhumunukunukuapua'a?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR0t5_SAdV0

Lanzarote Surf Pics

Check out the pics from our latest trip to Lanzarote:
http://picasaweb.google.de/erizofinsonly/LanzaroteK100D