1st Movie Night of the Summer...Walking on Water

This Saturday, June 11th will be our 1st Movie Night to kick off the Summer of 2011!  We're showing Walking on Water, sponsored by the Christian Surfers Manasquan...should be a real fun night.  Entrance is free and we'll have some food and drink for all.  DJ Trish comes on around 7pm and the movie rolls at dusk.

Harbour surfboards - Super Revolvers...in the shop

Just got some Harbours delivered...still a couple on the rack.  Stop in and check em out.






7'6" Super Revolver...2+1 fin set-up

  


new 'sketchy' lam



7'0" Super Revolver...2+1

 



 

A few more things from around the shop...

I've picked up some old albums here and there...here are 3 that are cool.

Endless Summer, Morning of the Earth and Bustin Surfboards (Dewey)

Wayne Lynch...Transition era stylmaster.

Wayne Lynch was way ahead of his time...still rips today.



1968...ahead of the curve.



Wayne's quiver...borrowed from Switchfoot to share the stoke



Gerry Lopez...the real deal.

laid back

Cool as it gets...

right where he belongs.

Bing Family Tree...check out some new models.

Chris Del Moro rips...period.

The Ride Everything mentality.

This is the start of our 16th year...crazy yes but 16 it is!  Seems like only yesterday.  We've always been from the 'ride everything' mentality...heck, we live on the East Coast...we need to ride everything. There's alot of board design going on out there right now...our FOCUS is on what we like to call Solution Boards.  Boards that allow us to catch lots of waves...whether they're weak and mushy or fast and hollow, these boards solve the problem with our beach breaks.  We need to catch waves early and get up and ride...if you're not catching the waves, you're not riding and if you're not riding then you're not having fun.  After all, isn't that what surfing is all about...having fun?

I think Richard Kenvin said it best..."We've got an infinite # of choices to do this thing...starting with no board at all. Most of us don't make a living competing with the best surfers in the world. It's a total delusion that we can't ride whatever we want...because we can ride whatever we want."  Richard Kenvin on waveriding - Idiosyncracies

Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to highlight the Shapers and the companies we carry...from Clean Ocean Surfboards to Hap Jacobs and Bing...to Harbour and Mitsven and Chaize Surfboards out of Asbury...sit back and enjoy.

Below are 3 mini Simmons that are FOR SALE in the shop...right now.

3 Mini Simmons

all handmade fins.  The COS has handmade bamboo twins, the mitsven twin, handmade ply and the mitsven quad, handmade glass



Misven's hand drawn tissue laminate



We've got a new Captain...

Cool Transition Era Velzy in the shop...V-bottom

Just picked up this late 1960s Transition Era Velzy V-bottom.  Stringerless 8 footer...really cool board.

cool lam.

a little beaten, but smooth none-the-less

v-bottom

Freddie's photo of Greg Noll...cool as it gets!

A couple weeks back, I posted a story about local legend, who recently passed away, Fred Knapp.  We had the ceremonial paddle out and gave Freddie the propper send off...we got in a circle and each told a story.  I shared this story about Fred at Makaha, the day Greg Noll caught his infamous wave...

"It was a bunch of years back. I've got an early 60s Greg Noll Surfboard hanging on the wall in the shop. Fred got talking about Greg and how he looked up to his big wave surfing ability and how he visited Hawaii in the late 1960s. He said it was 1969 and he was in Makaha...they were getting hit with a huge swell. Only the best of the best big wave riders were out. He watched as Greg Noll paddled out and sat in the line up for a long time. He went on to tell me how he saw Greg catch one of the biggest waves he had ever seen! Freddie was referring to the infamous December 4th, 1969, where Greg Noll surfed what is still considered to be one of the biggest waves ever paddled into. Fred was there! He ran down the beach and retrieved the famed yellow board that was ridden that day and gave it back to Greg. He went home and came back to the shop with photos of the day and of the ride. There they were...I held them in my hands. You could see the wave and the surfer...he was there all right! Fred was a local legend and will be greatly missed."

A few days later, Fred's wife came into the shop to let us know she appreciated what we all did and to drop off this photo.  She was going through some stuff and came across this shot that Fred took that day...I had goose bumps!  Freddie was there...

Greg Noll...Makaha, 1969. photographer, Freddie Knapp