Sticks and Stones...

The Wedge has been known to break the more crucial bones of a person's body.  This is a beautiful video illustrating it's power.

A Grainy Glimpse

This is a pixelated version of what South Haven looked like on Monday morning.  It was shifty like she often can be, but super fun.  Here's Tim Folkert finding a shoulder to lean on after his morning coffee.

Waves in Black and White

Interpol - All The Rage Back Home

Drink Coffee, Drink Beer, Go Surfing (maybe not in that order)

Colectivo Coffee and Lakefront Brewery just received their personal plank walking, nose riding, surf anything longboard.  Neither will be owned by the company, but donated to the Surfrider Foundation, and auctioned off at an event in Milwaukee on August 23rd.

The Blank Slate

Painters have an empty canvas, writers have the unwritten page, and sculptures have a block of clay.  Shapers, however, have the untouched blank.  Inside of it rests a surfboard waiting to be used, but the excess material must be removed, refined, then made more permanent with a resin shell.  The process is called deductive sculpture, where material must be subtracted to create a final piece.  This is the exhilarating moment, seeing the crude outline of a surfboard sitting on the stand patiently waiting to become something else.

This is How the Party Stops

Jack Frost

Shaping in sub-freezing temperatures is painful, but starring at a frozen lake that has no intention of thawing soon hurts worse.  6'2" long and 22.5" wide, it's a mix of a thruster and a fish.  I was introduced to a similar shape in Florida and it was a true quiver killer.

The War on Drugs - Red Eyes