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

Do you Humu 2.0?

Besides of Adam Colton's almost famous youtube video "Do you Humu?" I found another impressing short flick showing some amazing stuff that can be done with a mini skateboard.

Check it out:

Humu! from Billy Meiners on Vimeo.

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.

New DIY skateboard with Bennett trucks and Flashback wheels

Finally I finished a longer version of the Sector 9 Superfish with a slightly modified tail. Equipped with Bennett Vector 6.0" trucks and ABEC 11 70's Flashback 78a wheels, it's a perfect setup for street cruising and puming.

The trucks and wheels had been mounted on my Superfish replica before, however turns were quite sharp. With the increased wheel base of this board, carving is far more easy.

Again the board is made of 9 ply birch and has been finished with lineseed oil (which smelled for about two weeks...). Additionally, I applied a new logo by using a stencil and acrylic paint.

Electric Skateboards

For those that are too lazy to push or pump:
http://www.alteredelectricskateboards.com/actionvideos.htm

Skate Study House

Furtniture design inspired by skateboarding: http://www.skatestudyhouse.com/
Thanks to Angelika!

Work in progress: Alaia-style skateboard made of Paulownia wood

Here's a couple of pics of my latest work in progress: a simple alaia-style skateboard made of Paulownia wood. I'm actually building this to gain some experience with Paulownia and lineseed oil before building my first alaia...

Enjoy!

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