Artist: Chubby Button

Reading the .blue mag blog, I came across the announcement of Australian surfer/artist Chubby Button having some of his works at display in Hamburg.
All of his paintings show his connection to the ocean. I really loved his horizon paintings:

For more about the artist, check out:

http://www.chubbybutton.com/

Got to do some painting again...

Good thing about winter is that I finally found some time for painting again:

New book: Tunnel Vision

2011 surfboard baggage fee comparison

In case you plan to go on a trip overseas be sure to check this out before buying your flight tickets:

http://www.surfermag.com/features/2011-surfboard-baggage-fee-comparison/

Vintage surf magazine covers: Tracks

Australia's tracks provides a nice selection of their covers since 1970:
http://www.tracksmag.com/Magazine/Covers/

New book: The California Surf Project

California for Better or Worse

California day by day:

http://www.surfline.com/video/trailers/cali-for-better-or-worse_31260

Free CAD programs for surfboard design

For my alaia outline I was looking for a free software solution instead of using some commercial DTP software like InDesign.

The one I used for my alaia is AkuShaper which I came across while reading some articles on Swaylocks. It's free (there's a commercial pro version, too), java based and really easy to learn. As I just needed it for the outline, I didn't get too much into the two other views needed for real 3D modelling.

The other one I came across is BoardCAD. Also free, also Java based. The screenshots look pretty similar to AkuShaper, however I didn't install it as it seems AkuShaper is the first choice.

Original alaia footage

Doing further research for my alaia project I stumbled across the following footage about early surfing in Waikiki. Includes some scenes with alaias and olos and the occasional "surfing dog".

http://www.hawaiibc.com/media/Waikiki1.mov

Nice article on how to simply build your own alaia

http://www.thesurfboardman.com/how-to-build-an-alaia/

Free surf video for download: Reef presents Cancer to the Capricorn

It seems like fashion labels spend more and more money on creating vidoes and providing them as free giveaways.

Checkout the latest one by Reef here:

http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/promo-player.cfm?id=44275

Featuring Mick Fanning, Rob Machado and more.

Good music, amazing shots and most importantly: free!

And hey, dont't forget to buy some Reef stuff next time you visit a fashion surf shop...

Surf Sufficient - Great DIY surf videos

Check out these great Do It Yourself videos by Surf Suffienct showing e.g. how to build surfboard shaping blocks or your own canvas boardbag.

http://vimeo.com/videos/search:surf%20sufficient/8b44a009/page:3/sort:relevant/format:thumbnail

The Art and Design of Erik Abel

The current issue of TIDE features artist Erik Abel.
Check out his website for more ocean inspired work or an interview on "Club of the Waves" with additional information on his cooperations with Billabong and Oxbow Artworks.

Wooden surfboard and alaia links

Some links on wooden surfboard designs, material and technology:

http://woodensurfboards.blogspot.com/
http://islanddreamssurf.blogspot.com/
http://www.tomwegenersurfboards.com/
http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/surfing-pulse/the-alaia-update-tom-wegener-interview-042209/
http://alaiasurfing.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
http://bitness.com/?p=364
http://scosurf.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/jumping-on-the-alaia-wagon/

German Surf Pioneers

Nice trailer about the first German surfers on the island of Sylt.
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBa1ensvkK0

It's all about passion

For those, that have been complaining the last couple of months about the weather being too hot, to humid, too cold, too rainy, too windy or waves being too small, too choppy, too onshore or whatever, check out this video and enjoy the summer:

http://magicseaweed.com/video/flvplayer.php?id=909

Playmobil Boardsports Video

Check out last year's winner of San Sebastian's Surf Film Festival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6u-d_4o7kE

Tom Curren's first wave in J-Bay

When I was reading Riding the Magic Carpet by Tom Anderson, I was wondering what Tom Curren's rides at J-Bay must have looked like so that Anderson decided that this was his personal final surfing destination in the early 90s.

With the Clash of the Icons having been held at the Billabong Pro in J-Bay this month, old footage of Tom Curren has been dug out.

Check out these clips from the movie "Searching for Tom Curren" with Curren's first ever rides at J-Bay:

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/occy-to-surf-against-curren-at-billabong-pro-j-bay_28293/

Surfrider Foundation PSAs

I found these PSAs from Surfrider Foundation on youtube and there should be a higher view count!

Watch!

Glove:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByB4ONw4-HQ


Sandal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9qQ3OVqzQ


Smackdown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IzDIyhUgQE


Threatend Species:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EWLlz3NY3s


Fish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3sjim4CUAI


Butts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toov5j-0-4g

High quality surf cams in Denmark

A friend of mine sent me this Link with high quality surf cams in Demark. Enjoy!

http://www.waves4you.de