Mackie and a path of flex evolution....

More on that first board very soon as it's sitting in my front room now....

Three Wishes

It's the Academy Awards this weekend correct? If Aleks Petrovich doesn't win at least one it'll be a horrible miscarriage of artistic justice.

Brisick In New York

In one of those great turnarounds, bon vivant, raconteur and Malibu 'loke' Jamie Brisick will be showing slides and holding forth in New York the same night Glen E. is showing in LA. We're proud to be providing art and entertainment for both coasts simultaneously. Nothing is too much trouble for you fine folks. Go check Jamie out, he's a legend, it should be me doing the talk and telling Briso stories. I'd never seen that Madonna shot either, so big thanks to KLM and his fine Lenape Joking blog for sharing that one. Brisick info here or via Lenape. Jamie's 'Martinis' book is a classic and was the first to carry the ConSafos logo. If you want one they're $25, email info @ foamandfunction.com as always.

Tsoo-Yess Beach

Just south of the rocky cliffs of Cape Flattery are two wonderful sandy barrier beaches. Hobuck and Tsoo-Yess (Sooes) Beaches are both spits - the Hobuck at the mouth of the Waatch River and Tsoo-Yess at the mouth of the Sooes River (not surprisingly the maps I've seen alternate between native and anglicized place names).

The beaches are basically crescent shaped pocket beaches, contained within Makah bay, but both are further modified by additional rocky headlands and outcrops (Aerial, courtesy of Google), as well as the stream mouths.

On the 26th of January, 1700, when the Cascadia Subduction Zone last slipped, the resulting tsunami may have overtopped these low, flat beaches. Makah tribal accounts recall the devastating impacts of the wave in the Waatch River Valley (USGS link).

Cape Flattery

The northwestern tip of the continental United States is this rocky headland, looking out at the Tatoosh Island Lighthouse and across the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca (and therefore to Puget Sound, the Georgia Basin, and the entire Salish Sea). That's Vancouver Island in the distance.

It's a long drive from Seattle, but not out of reach for a one day trip, which is how D and I ended up here last Saturday afternoon. The trail out to the overlook is easy and the weather was wonderful - although I suspect we were very lucky. There was a strong, cold north wind during the crossing from Edmonds in the morning, but the drive out along the Strait was calm and pleasant.

Friedman Show

3 Shots from the Venice Skatepark and GEF's last roll of Kodachrome, an official end of an era situation. Glen is in LA this coming week to be part of the 'Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die' show, a sort ofphotographic history of California punk. The show opens this coming Friday the 25th at Subliminal Projects, 1331 Sunset Blvd. More info here. Should be a classic, and there's still a few slightly shopworn Dogtown books kicking around, half price if you want one. info @ foamandfunction for the details.

Ether Wheneverly- More Curren/Hynd crossover

with a little bonus Skip Frye....





From the Ether book. All shots by Kidman in the Hebrides 2001. info @ foamandfunction.com. It's really good, and you honestly need that new film of Kidman's.

Video Genius

Shot on iPhone and edited by the mighty Aleks Petrovich.

Derek Hynd by Joe Curren

More from Joe soon, and he has an absolutely brilliant series of photos from a recent trip to Haida Gwaii up on his blog. Worth a look for sure. Derek's hair is nearly as bad as mine if it gets some length. Must be a New Zealand thing.

A few from Mackie...

The boss has taken a few weeks off, bit of a break from the shaping bay to go on a snowsurf mission. He always seems to come back full of inspiration which can lead some very interesting places with surfboards. I'm hoping he has a fine time once again.