In case you plan to go on a trip overseas be sure to check this out before buying your flight tickets:
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Vintage surf magazine covers: Tracks
Australia's tracks provides a nice selection of their covers since 1970:
http://www.tracksmag.com/Magazine/Covers/
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
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.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Hand-planes
Now that everyone is making his own alaia aka "now my fence wants to surf", these guys are doing some beautiful hand-planes for bodysurfing:
Weisbecker Surf Movie "Water Time"
Seems like Weisbecker's has been doing his Montauk to Costa Rica trip again, now with a camera and producing a documentary. While his book "In the search of captain zero" was a classic, his latest book was quite a hard read...
We'll see what the movie brings. First glimpse seems interesting:
We'll see what the movie brings. First glimpse seems interesting:
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".
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