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: MP: The Life of Michael Peterson

New book: The California Surf Project

New book: Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

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.