mad dog!!

cooperfish blackboard flex pig!! PRICE CHANGE!!!!

from gene's web site:Now that we’ve got it dialed I have dropped the price to pass on the savings. The last batch were delivered with this price adjustment and I’m in touch with those that got the first run to make sure that the first Flexpig customers don’t feel slighted. At the same time I raised the price of the Ricefin option since I now know how long each panel takes me to build.

Originally conceived with the idea of making a pig that has the feel of balsa(with a dense core and a lighter shell), and flex to give it more life and some noseriding advantage, the Flexpig has met and exceeded my expectations. I believe that this is a very unique product and I’m super happy about the reception I’ve gotten from Flexpig riders. I’m looking forward to concentrating on building these boards along with the Speedhulls. You’ll find that the wait time on both of these models will be greatly reduced in the near future.

jon steele! art show to help pterygiums!!

Jon and I have been friends for decades.

it is getting to the point, so that when i see a line up shot, i can almost know it is his.
he shot all these! here is a few of Al on his FLEX!!
here is the flyer in support of Jon's group show: Re: Eight artists converge to create works on recycled broken skateboard decks to raise money and awareness for Pterygim ( aka surfers' eye) research and cure! All boards will be silent auctioned off and net proceeds go to benefit research and diagnosis.

joe's blackboard flex pig!!!

yeah GENE!!

bobby D's flex pig!!!

Gene made this for bobby D. check his story out!!

cooperfish blackboard flex pig!!

nedsurf shot this photo. this is al's van and his new blackboard.

can't fuck with that!!!!

big al! flexing!!!

Gene shot this of Al surfing his 9'4" COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD flex PIG, the other day when we were all out at San O.

Richard's Blackboard!!!!!

Gene!!!!!

2/6/11

this morning was spooky. i'll get back to that in a bit... there is a circus going on down at sliders today and yesterday. some kind of gremmie contest. haven't they watched jazz the glass?... "surfing's for everyone no one owns the waves!"..."shut up KOOK!" ...whatever. yesterday i had to evacuate the point 'cuz all the "johnny you have a 3.79, you need a 4.63 to advance... que bob marley 'get up stand up...don't forget your rights'...5 minutes remaining, five minutes" bullshit over the loud speakers was harshing the mellow. thats fine , i still caught my fill, albeit in a less peaceful setting than is normal down at the corner. after yesterday's experience , i decided i was going to super ultra crack it today. i wanted to be in my wetsuit on the water's edge by 6. i was. it was dark. there was fog all around. there was some bubble of a no fog zone right at slider's though. that was rad. you could see fog just out side, it was in town, and it was south of us...just none at sliders. there is no one on the beach. there is no one in the water. i paddle out. i am spooked. it just had that "you will be eaten by a great white today" vibe. the colors right over the point start to GO OFF. the white water was opal-essence, the water was coke bottle green, the sky was pink /orange/blue/purple off to the east and right over head. the dense fog banks had this violet shade working right on their frontier, but at their core it was BLACK. they look menacing. i was sitting out in the line up lost in the time space continuum. i saw a school of bait fish spread this way and that ...just off the nose of my board. then a piece of kelp brushed my foot. i almost defecated in my wetsuit. eventually a set came....FEEE-YYYUUUCCCKK!!! so clean! just a beautifully lit chest high peeler. pulled into a fluorescent pink almond shaped curl came out and layed my board down on it's rail...proceeded to trim up on the nose all the way across the point. it was surreal. i was the only one out for 40 minutes (what a contrast to yesterday's scene!), finally a pack of gremmies showed up at about 6:45. these photos were taken after i got out of the water. the fog banks had finally popped that bubble that had existed earlier in the morning. that bubble of no fog was probably there from 6 - 7:15.

birds , people
give you an idea of the shape
a nice little A-frame.

something i have been meaning to write for a while, but i keep forgetting..... this blackboard i have is INSANE. the foam is strong. my deck is in amazing shape. every other board i have ever owned...the deck gets dented up..not this board. the deck... everywhere, NO PRESSURE dings. anywhere. that says something to me...my boards usually get pretty beat up.

2/5/11

surfed today.

the colors this morning were amazing!

i cant get enough of dawn skies behind bare limbs.
the surf was nice.
like i said.
there was this tree that washed up. i couldn't help it!!
a little A-frame!
again!
it was a day of standing tall in the pocket. sweeping bottom turns, critical positioning...gliding in the curl.
the orate brothers made this...passing the stoke along!!!!!

cheyne's flex PIG!

these boards are INSANE! just looking at this picture makes me jealous!!! then i remember i have one, then i remember Gene and I are buddies that collaborate!!!

then i am fucking PSYCHED!!!!

miles cooper and the maiden voyage...

this shot was taken just over a year ago. maiden voyage, blackboard. yeah. notice the jazz shirt.

the pig was just right!

this morning was beautiful at sliders. you wanted the bay waves. they would build as they broke, where as ..not the bay usually just had a peak and not much else.

a quick pre paddle out shot of an A-frame.
surfboard.
birds, waves.
surfboard, wave. the wind went from off shore to glass, to "ball bearing texture" to slight on shore.
pelicans.
i was so stoked today. it was a perfect day for this board. i am amazed at the turning ability of this board, and how well it nose rides my fat ass.
pelicans.
surfboard, wave.
sea-glass!

102310

this has been an unusual october. the rain has warshed a rut in the trail.

when i got to the beach, i nearly didn't paddle out. it was chunky. then i thought about the fact that i am at the beach , with a surfboard, i have my health, and there are ridable waves breaking. it was pure logic at that point.
a bird!
i was stoked i paddled out. i sat to far north at first. my buddy phil of sliders was getting all the good ones. eventually i found my way to the spot.
look ma! i'm an artist!!! this is a shot taken with my cell phone, like all the others on this post. except for this one i used photo shop to give it a photo-shop pseudo analog lo-fi look. you know, its important to keep up with the trends!
i have a shit ton of photos of my fin. Gene is a smart mother fucker. putting the cooperfish logo on my fin has his brand in all the shots i tend to gravitate toward.
another bird!
it went through periods of glassy conditions today. there was a stretch where i had some incredible waves. i am SO grateful for the board i have.
classic sliders point. a short boarder missed the section, a nice one out the back.
i was stoked on a few rights today!
that is my buddy troy taking off on a BOMB! he scored this wave all the way into the bay.
the wave after troy's
how i reproduced such a beautiful daughter is beyond my understanding.
the estuary.