Update: June 2011

As a result of high seas in the week 13-17 June there has been a general reduction in beach height. With calmer conditions over the past wee...

Nice (Wall) Rack

So the nice people at Nice Racks sent me a wall rack to try out, which on looking at the stack of boards in the corner of the Child's ...

Los Angeles History

Humble beginnings indeed.

Bonzer!

One of Mackie's boards; 7', lightly used and $700 will have the thing in the U.S. for you. He's on a roll is young Mick, the stu...

Friday Harbor

The University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratory has been perched here on the point north of the town for most of the last centu...

Eagle Cove

If you take a rocky coastline and add a little sand and gravel, you'll get pocket beaches and there are no shortage of them here on the...

South Beach

The south end of San Juan Island is why you can't categorize Puget Sound beaches in any simple way. It's the same ocean, and the ...

Jakle's Lagoon

The north and south sides of the peninsula that ends in Cattle Point couldn't be much different. The south side is high grassy bluffs ...

Cattle Point

Cattle Point is a rocky headland at the south east end of San Juan Island, jutting out into the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. ...

Ship Harbor

Ship Harbor is a north-facing cove just east of the Anacortes Ferry Terminal. It's a swash-aligned barrier beach and marsh with a long...

Trefz & Mulcoy

Go here and you can check out a very awesome edit of Josh Mulcoy surfing that was made by Patrick Trefz. Apparently it's in some deal p...

Flex Path pt5- Futro

This is where it's been taking Mackie. EPS/Epoxy with uni directional carbon fibre, concaves, keels. He'll make you one if you want.

The Winner Is....

I've gone on about how good 'Lost In The Ether' is for a while now, and it's not because Andrew's a mate, or he owes me ...

Update: April 2011

There has been some lowering of beach sand levels over recent weeks. In one spot, to the west of Moana Rua Road, sand levels have dropped by...

Jeff Ho Surfboards For Sale

The word has come down from Jeff Ho that he's going to shape a run of his boards- the model that Alan Sarlo has been riding at Malibu. B...

Soapy Simmons For Sale

A couple of takes on that old workhorse the mini Simmons. First up is a pretty classic 5'6" Mackie built for Skater Andy down in ...