Red = Delamination (sometimes)

I finally decided to fix my Flyer II's delammed deck after about four years of dragging the board around from house to house.

This is the old deck.

... a little prep work

...then some glass and a snazzy paint job.

If only I had the time to ride it...

I hate Mrs. Palmers....

...but some people really like it

(despite the fact that it wears pink boxing gloves).

What kind of wax do you use? (vote up on the right)

Matt Biolos - Shaper of the Year

Read the article here

My two favorite quotes:

"Who gives a shit? Does it really matter? Really?"

"I made boards for Gorkin because he was the guy who was going to wear our clothes and smoke fat joints and represent the average surfer."

If you got to surf this morning then you were not alone...

It seems Portugal has declared war on us.

Fortunately most people out today were wearing full-suits which must add some level of security.

That doesn't mean you can start wearing booties and gloves tomorrow.

(unless you want to get called a sissy girl)

Waves A'Comin

It seems like there may be some surf on the way Tuesday through the end of the week. A perfect time to try the Washout's new location over on the west end of the island.

At Last

I'm sure you guys have been wondering when it would be safe to cross Folly's busy Center St.

Well... with any luck today will be the day. It reminds my of the old joke, "how long does it take for The City of Folly Beach to fix broken cross walk lights?" 6 months (they started in May).

Happy Halloween from ...Lost...

"...hey I have a hat like that too"

Looks like these fellas decided to go on a little outing to the beach wearing classic safari hats. Now if I saw one guy in a hat like this strolling around Folly I may just think to myself, "hey there is an eccentric guy wearing a weird hat", but the fact that there is two of them is a bit odd. How does something like this happen? Maybe they met up and were both wearing their pith helmets and for fear of exposing their bald spots kept their supposedly unique head wear on. Plausible... but this clearly was planned. I bet what really happened is the guy in the vest called up his buddy, Red Hood and said, "Listen man, I've got this kicken safari hat I'm wearing out to the beach." Red Hood responds, "Hey, I have a hat like that too. Lets wear them together."

"Magic Board"

The limited edition Wizard Sleeve is a new shape from Channel Islands designed by Kelly Slater.

It seems like a biscuit with a pulled in tail at first glance of the outline, but is much thinner and not as flat.

Coming standard with a quint set of FCS K 2.1. Performance Core fins, this board can be driven off of the center pivot point as a thruster or ridden as a quad for speed down the line.


The tail is supposed to be a double bump rounded pen tail, but the bumps are very subtle and hard to notice.

The Dimensions of this particular board are 5'8" x 19 1/2" x 2 1/2" and it is numbered 109 out of 405. The msrp for this board is $780. Tim thought that sounded a bit high, so we priced it at $725. I know that is a lot for a sanded finish shortboard, but Kelly Slater's endorsement and Channel Island's laminates are expensive... and consequently awesome (maybe it's the other way around).

666... The Number of the Beast

Guess what. This is post #666. Iron Maiden would be proud. I hope you all got a little surfing in the past couple of days.