Surfboards by Royal

Rob Royal lives between the Bahamas and the UK at the moment, and he builds some highly interesting looking surfboards. He's been a gre...

Mackie by Kidman

Asymmetric channels, a sidecut and some lovely keels. I have an idea for what could be done with keels like those, and as soon as the R&...

Sarlo Shoots The Pier

Saturday night I run into Jeff Ho and have a nice hang. He told me Malibu had been good that morning on the South swell and he'd seen so...

Denevan & Baikal

Apparently this is Jim Denevan's art on the surface of Lake Baikal. Quite lovely and amazing to see, and that's a nice yurt he has g...

Seattle

The eastern shore of Elliott Bay was once a gravel beach with a steep bluff gradually rising from south to north, perhaps 80-100' high i...

Cape George

Cape George is a large residential development west of Port Townsend. It faces northwest across the mouth of Discovery Bay, looking out ov...

Port Hadlock

Small, sheltered beaches often seem much more complicated than big, high energy ones. High energy ocean beaches with abundant sediment are...

Simmons & Curren & Beamish

Christian Beamish & Boards, photo by Patrick Trefz from the film 'Idiosyncrasies' Beamish built these boards to ride Mavericks o...

Schaaf & The Unicorn

Many of you with a fondness for the skateboarding may remember Max Schaaf. Always a skater who's style I liked and despite aging along w...

MP

It's amazing how well and intuitively this man built surfboards, and how much impact his designs have had. Still by Kidman from 'Los...

Craft Island

As the Skagit Delta has expanded into Puget Sound, it has gradually engulfed the small islands that once must have dotted the northern port...

Klootchman Rock

This big hunk of metamorphic rock sits on the beach below Scenic Heights, somewhere between Penn Cove and Oak Harbor. I think it can safel...

Blowers Bluff

I need to explore this beach with a better geologist along - one who really understands the complex stratigraphy and sedimentary tales expo...

Monroe's Landing

I suppose it is the interplay of easterly and westerly wave action that results in accretion here inside the northeastern corner of Penn Cov...