conjuring!

yeah johnny!!!

shawna ankenbrandt shot the photo above!

friends!

gene and i surfed some little ones today.
its always nice to surf with friends!

yey-ah!

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i surfed with friends today. i am grateful to have friends. especially donnie and andrew.

obligatory A-frame!
it was crossed up and peaky. a perfect day for cover ups!
check the video!

I wasn't at sliders today!!

i surfed with some buddies though!

empty little peeler.

little set!

little nose ride!!!!
NICE VIEW!!!
Donald Brink and a REVOLVER!

friends!

we surfed north sliders yesterday morning. i got one of the best waves of my recent memory.

good breakfast.
yeah miles!
at the level with the birds.
my buddy has the best house in san clemente.
friends.
catalina!
seal rock and san clemente island!
yeah!
gene!
gene's test driver chris vail!!! yeah Chris!!! david pu'u shot this!!
weezel!
this is a shot of weezel paddeling out the other day!

grattitude .

i went by Mitch's North today. They have been so incredibly supportive over the years. . between them and Mollusk Surf Shop i feel lucky to know the people I do. It is amazing to come up with these far fetched ideas...and through the support of the right people....the ideas are accepted by many people...hence becoming not "far fetched"

February board closes!

the surfing heritage foundation rules. i had the pleasure of chilling out there this evening with Gene , Jim Phillips, Chris from icons, jason of "used board sales" and Erin Ashley ...among other rad people. I shot a video of all the rad doo dads, nick nacks, and surf culture items available at the gallery. Gene's board closed at $2,050. Gene had the latest issue of SLIDE. Ryan Smith wrote a review of Jazz the Glass in this new article. He nailed it!!!

the below picture was snaked from gene's blog

Friends of Jazz the Glass!

American Astronaut scored Jazz the Glass. They are MEAN RIPPERS. We are so honored they believe in us. Jazz the Glass would not be the project it is without them. Check out their latest project STINGRAY SAM

A huge thanks to Gene Cooper for his friendship, support and belief for all these years. 

Thank you Eric Walden and Brian Michler of 12th floor surfboards for all the amazing work, and the surfboard for the raffle.

Jon Steele... THE DEATH WEASEL... the master of the lens. Thanks be to a great friend. Jon shreds.

Robby Adams @ Hurley has been HUGE in supporting STOKE FILMS,LLc. I have never paid attention to huge corporations. Hurley has shown me that you can use the power of being huge to provide opportunities for people that aren't huge. That is HUGE. 

A massive thank you to Ryan Smith at SLIDE magazine. You believed in us before we had anything done. I am so pumped we pulled this off. Thank you for having faith in us.

Thanks be to John McCambridge and Mollusk Surfshop. 

A huge shout out to PRIMO BEER for sponsoring our Hurley premier. 

Thank you Ryan Engle of Nation Surfboards for your support of Jon Steele and for the other surfboard to be raffled.

Thank you Chad Marshall for your friendship and the mean ripping skills you brought to this movie. Thank you Matt Wesson, Jared Mel, and all the other mean rippers!

Thank you to every one that has helped spread the word... Saturday Night dec 12. 7p.m.  at the Hurley HQ. 

This being my blog.... I am going to throw a MEGA thanks to David Potter. The Reverend Speefnarkle. You technical wizard, you comedic genius. 

this would work.

my buddy emailed this to me. picture this: wife , kids, garden, art studio in the basement, make boards out the back. i'd do it. looks a wee bit cold though.