Surfing is a Trip

If you need any surf-related gifts this year, check out the new online store, Mike and I just added to www.BlueMountainSurf.com.

All proceeds will go towards a surf trip this Spring. I recommend the Jack Johnson Holiday CD and the new DVD Waterman. (You can listen to Jack's "Someday at Christmas" song at the site). Sorry Matt I think our store only allows US-based transactions.

No word yet on whether Santa will be able to fit a 12' standup paddleboard down my chimney.

6'4", 2 1/2", 20 1/2", shaper Steve Barber "Full Force" single to double concave, swallow tail, abit more shallow tail than my fish but same idea, middle of board very flat, hardly any rocker, with alot of volume up front, quad. Will take pictures when I can find the camera. Rode it this weekend on a ok swell about 3 feet but a bit weak. It took a bit of figuring out. This board is very tail driven, you have to plant your back foot and drive from there. If you get too much on your front foot(which I tend to do) the board will not turn and seems to stall. Once it gets going it is very fast. I think it is going to fit in nicely in my growing quiver for smallish days. It really is a bit more foam than I was after...but I am experimenting. I have 2 shapers that I have on a deal...I take care of pets, they make me boards. I have 3 more boards already to my credit!! This board is kind of an attempt at a version of Al Merrick's Pod shape. Probably more "pody" if was about 4 inches shorter.


6'4", 2 1/2", 19 3/4" Shaper Skye Burton "On Fire" different shaper to above, more standard looking board, took this to Bali, only board I took out, and handled surf up to solid 6-8 indo. Still has a fair amount of volume, again maybe too much, probably could shave another 1/8-1/4 off the thickness, the width is fine, and maybe just a touch too much foam in the tail(rounded square/thruster/FCS K2s. Single to double concave, very moderate rocker.

New iPhone surf report app from Oakley. I don't have an iPhone but this looks pretty good.