Resin soaked rails & Johan working the nose Went by Johan’s shop last night to watch him put on the final lam of glass on my new board (still a hot coat to do) and the top logo. Beautiful process and Johan’s gotten so good at working quickly on such a huge surface. I think this […]

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I don’t normally like HDR images; but this one is stunning. From digitalapoptosis | See full size (very large — right click to open in new window)

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Update:: One more image that shows the effects of bottom trawling for seafood/fish “Bottom trawling is the most destructive of any actions that humans conduct in the ocean,” said zoologist Les Watling of the University of Hawaii. More reason to support the Sea Shepard society or a group like Surf Rider.. “What happens in the vast stretches of […]

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Glued up Johan sent me a shot of the beginnings with my huge block of foam that will eventually be a work of art. Follow along with the progress here as Johan sends me shots and I take some when I visit the shop. Stoked.

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Beautiful screen At our replacement cottage we have a beautiful flat screen Sharp Aquos 42” on the wall. I watched some surf movies on it over the weekend, using the worlds crappiest DVD player (25$) and RCA cables that looked like they came from the dollar store. It still looked absolutely beautiful. I was really blown away. […]

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Allen, one of my fellow Plankers, is leading one of the Core Conversations at SXSW this year. Along with his co-lead, Eric Smith, they’ll be speaking about the growing pains that happen when going from small web firm to a medium sized one. There is also a great bio of allen up which I love, “Allen couldn’t […]

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MetroStainedGlass Montreal has some beautiful Metro (subway) stations. Love these lines and colors. Wikipedia on the MTL metro

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Montreal Bagel Just born. World’s best bagel. “According to native Montrealers their bagels are the best in the world! In fact, many a former Montrealer when returning on a visit to the city will invariably visit St-Viateur Bagel located at 263 St. Viateur in order to stock up on bagels.” — Boots n All

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Johan has got a couple beauties now in-stock. I saw these up close and the production quality on them is amazing! The semi-fish is one of the nicest boards he’s ever made (3rd board from left). A Quad Fish (650$), Funboard (750$), Semi-Fish (650$) and a Thruster (500$). The ocean is a 5 hour drive from MTL […]

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I’ve never wanted an aquarium (maybe I did when I was 5 but not since then); if I ever did, I’d want one that looked like these. Stunning. Aqua Forest Aquariums

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Really liking this well done “blue map” of Japan (Not sure of the source) View large version

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New iPod Had to pick up a new ipod. The color 30 Gig that Linda gave me was starting to get a bit worn out - seeing that I used it everyday for 2 years and it went with me everywhere - it held up really well! FutureShop had a sale on the 80 gig Classic, for […]

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Enjoying Nick Brandt’s photos of Africa. Stunning composure, light and print quality. See gallery here

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‘Surfy Surfy’ is one of my favourite blogs; these guys are producing some beautiful work out west. Visiting the Moonlight Glassing showroom is on my to-do list at some point when I get back to cali! “Surfy Surfy is your daily source for surfboards, surfing and surf culture. Surfboards shown are built at Moonlight Glassing in […]

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The WESC headphone program is about to take off. I’ve seen them in person and they’re awesome… “The first of several WeSC headphones videos are finally done! You’re the first to see them, and we think they’re pretty amazing. We hope you agree! Links literally just went up and can be viewed here: Ray Barbee, Lady Tigra, […]

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