I HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH SELEMA MASAKELA FOR YEARS, HE‘S A COOL SURFY SKATE DUDE WHOSE SUPER FUNNY AND HAD A FAMOUS MUSICIAN DAD, I WAS WRONG, OR AT LEAST I WAS JUST FAMILIAR WITH A TINY BIT ABOUT WHOSE HE WAS AND WHERE HE WAS COMING FROM. SELEMA’S A SUPER RAD GUY AND HAS A SUPER RAD STORY; ADD RICH ROLL TO IT AND YOU HAVE AN AMAZING FEW HOUR CHAT, IT’S 2 SUPER COOL DUDES TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND HOW TO LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHECKING THIS OUT. IT BLEW US AWAY. ENJOY
DAVE RASTOVICH - A COOL LOOK AT HIS WORLD, THROUGH HIS EYES - HERE & NOW
WHAT TO SAY ABOUT DAVE RASTOVICH, HE’S AND AMAZING SURFER, WATERMAN, HUMAN, FAMILY MAN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND A PRETTY SICK MUSICIAN. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO MADE BY THE GREAT TAYLOR STEELE, TAYLOR CAPTURED DAVES LIFE SO WELL, IT’S LIKE YOU BEING THERE.
SUNDAY PAINT DAY
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT GETTING A NEW SURFBOARD IS THE FRESH PAINT JOB!
DOHENY SURF FEST 2019
DAVE RASTOVICH IS THE MAN
IF YOU AREN’T FAMILIAR WITH DAVE RASTOVICH, LOOK HIM UP, HE IS AWESOME, HE IS TRULY LIVING A
GREAT LIFE, LIVES ON A FARM NEAR THE BEACH AND SURFS AMAZING. HERE’S A SHORT CLIP TO GET YOU INSPIRED, HE ALWAYS KEEPS US INSPIRED.
LIGHTNING BOLT - A PURE SOURCE
HERE’S A SHORT FILM ON LIGHTNING BOLT, ONE OF THE GREATEST SURF BRANDS IN HISTORY, IT’S FULL OF GREAT OLD FOOTAGE AND WHO DOESN’T LOVE INTERVIEWS WITH GERRY LOPEZ, WE DO.
IT ALSO SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR FOCUS FROM GREAT PRODUCT AND PASSION TO MONEY AND SUCESS, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL TO US BECAUSE WE BELIEVE MONEY AND SUCESS IS A BY PRODUCT OF BUILDING THE GREATEST PRODUCT WITH THE MOST LOVE. ALOHA
DOHENY SURF FESTIVAL
THE MINDS EYE WAY IN MILL VALLEY
FIRST DAY OF FALL
YOGA + SURFING = PURE JOY
RESPUN LACE
IN THE YEARS OF DESIGNING I HAVE COME ACROSS A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CREATIVE PEOPLE, LACE IS ONE OF THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARN NOW TO BUILD ART OR CLOTHING BUT THE SMALL FEW THAT ARE REALLY CREATIVE DO IT ALL. WITH A BACKGROUND AND THE SCHOOLING TO BE A REAL DESIGNER, SHE'S ABLE TO CREATE DESIGNS AND BUILD THEM FROM CONCEPT TO A SEWN GARMENT, OR A PAINTED CANVAS. A TRUE ADVENTURER, SHE SPENDS HER TIME LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CREATIVE EXPERIENCE, SHE 'S A REAL INSPIRATION FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY. GO OUT THERE AND GET IT, IS HER MOTTO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE CLOTHES? THEN DO IT, OR TRAVEL THE WORLD LOOKING FOR WAVES OR GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS TO PAINT CANVASES, THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND A FEW YEARS CREATING WITH HER AND SHE STILL AMAZES ME EVERYDAY, AND THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. HAHA. GO AND CHECK OUT HER STUFF, SHE MAKES IT ALL FROM CLOTHES TO JEWELRY TO BIKINIS. IN FACT THIS NEXT SPRING YOU WILL SEE A BIKINI CO LAB WITH RUSTY. GOOD WORK RESPUN LACE.
JACK DENNY - WORLD JUNGLE
GROWING UP IN LAGUNA BEACH IN THE 80S, EVERYONE KNEW JACK DENNY, HE WAS THE MAN, BEST SURFER IN TOWN AND HE WAS A GREAT DESIGNER, REALLY TALENTED. JACK WAS ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT, SO, YOU WERE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1998, AND THE SURFING WORLD LOST AN ICON AND HE WAS OUTSPOKEN ON THINGS HE BELIEVED IN, I THINK IF HE WERE STILL HERE, THE INDUSTRY WOULD BE DIFFERENT, MAYBE MORE CREATIVE AND LESS BIG BIZ. HERE IS AN OLD ARTICLE I FOUND THAT HE DID, ITS PRETTY COOL TO HEAR WHAT DESIGNING FOR A SMALL SURF BRAND WAS LIKE BACK THEN, BEFORE THE INTERNET AND BACK THEN THERE WERE REALLY ONLY A FEW SURF BRANDS.
POTTZ...
THERE IS SO MUCH I COULD SAY ABOUT MARTIN POTTER, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF ALL THE THINGS THAT POTTZ DID FOR SURFING AND HONESTLY THE YOUTH THAT WANTED TO RIDE SURFBOARDS. THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS RADICAL WITH ABOUT 20 EXCLAMATION POINTS, HIS LIFE WAS RADICAL, TURNED PRO AT LIKE 13 OR SOMETHING CRAZY, FIRST ONE TO GET TOWED INTO A WAVE AT THIRD REEF PIPE, THE FIRST GUY DOING PROPER AERIALS AND BIG ONES, THE FIRST RADICAL SURFER TO WIN A WORLD TITLE. POTTZ WON THE WORLD TITLE IN 89, AND THAT YEAR HE WON ALMOST EVERYTHING, HE WAS AN ANIMAL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE JUDGING DECIDED THEY WOULD SCORE HIM ACCORDINGLY, KIDS COMPLAIN NOW THAT THE JUDGING SUCKS, BUT BACK THEN A BUNCH OF SMALL TURNS WOULD BEAT A BIG TURN OR AN AERIAL, THE JUDGES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN HE SURFED, IT WAS ALL NEW. SECONDLY POTTZ WAS RADICAL IN HIS LIFE, HE RAN AT 100 MPH AT EVERYTHING, HE CARRIED AN ATTITUDE THAT STOOD OUT, HE WORE BRIGHT COLORED CLOTHES HAD LONG ROCK AND ROLL HAIR, HE HAD AN EARING, HA, WHICH BACK THEN WAS PRETTY CRAZY, AND HE RODE FOR GOTCHA WHICH WAS THE MOST BADASS BRAND OF THAT TIME. BASICALLY POTTZ CHANGED MORE THAN THE WAY WE SURF BUT THE WAY WE SEE SURFINGS POSSIBILITIES , I DONT THINK PEOPLE GIVE ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THIS, WITHOUT HIM IN HISTORY, SURFERS MAY ALL BE POLITE ATHLETES WHO ADHERE TO EVERY RULE AND WOULD BE RIDING WHITE BOARDS, WHICH WOULD SUCK, CAUSE FLAMES LOOK GOOD ON A SURFBOARD AND I LIKE THAT KIDS THESE DAYS ARE ABLE TO EXPRES THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR SURFING. THANX POTTZ, IT HAS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING WATCHING ALL THESE YEARS.
GETTING COLORFULL
HALF OF THE FUN OF GETTING A BRAND NEW SURF BOARD, IS ALWAYS GETTING TO PAINT IT!!!
GERRY LOPEZ AGAIN, BUT THS TIME AT ULUWATU
IF YOUR GONNA SHOW VIDEOS OF GERRY LOPEZ, YOU CANT LEAVE OUT SOME GOOD TUBERIDING, AND THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS WHAY WE LOVE ULUWATU SO MUCH. AND THE MUSIC IS REALLY COOL TOO.
GERRY LOPEZ IS THE MAN.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED GERRY LOPEZ'S APPROACH, IN LIFE AND SURFING AND YOGA, HE SEEMS TO BE SO RELAXED AND I THINK TRULY JUST BEING WHO HE IS. THIS IS A COOL LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT YOGA AND SURFING AND HOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
PROOF LAB IS THE BEST SHOP IN THE WORLD, IF YOU ARE EVER IN MILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA, GO THERE.
PROOF LAB IS A SURF/SKATE SHOP IN MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA OWNED BY A COUPLE GUYS (WILL HUTCHINSON AND NATE MCCARTHY) THAT GREW UP IN THE AREA THAT WANTED TO BUILD A BUSINESS THAT WOULD LET THEM LIVE THE LIFESTYLE THEY WANTED AND WOULD ALSO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU WILL TRIP WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THESE TWO GUYS HAVE DOWN OVER THE YEARS, ITS TRULY INSPIRING. ITS A SURF SHOP WITH LOTS OF BOARDS AND GEAR AND A SKATE SHOP WITH A SKATE RAMP IN THE BACK. ITS A CORE SHOP FOR ANYONE INTO ANYTHING REALLY, THEY SELL IT ALL AND THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND NOW YOU CAN EVEN GET A TASTY COFFEE. THE COOLEST THING TO ME IS THAT THEY BUILT THE PROOF LAB OUT OF AN EXISTING SURF SHOP THAT WAS THERE FOR YEARS CALLED THE MARIN SURF SPORTS, THEY BOUGHT IT AND KEPT THE SPIRIT OF SURFING IN MARIN ALIVE. I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THIS SURFING WORLD NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE GUYS, THEY ARE HERE TO TEACH US ALL, THAT FOLLOWING YOUR PASSION WORKS, AND THAT IF YOU GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THEN THE COMMUNITY TAKES CARE OF YOU. I SEE THESE GUYS GOING STRONG FOREVER. KEEP IT UP GUYS, YOU KEEP US INSPIRED.
ALANA BLANCHARD - THIS GIRL CAN SURF, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE VIDEO
DAVE RASTOVICH - A LEGEND
ITS HARD TO EVEN TELL ALL THE THINGS THAT RASTA DOES FOR THIS PLANET.
HERES A FEW, RASTA IS ONE OF THE BEST SURFERS ON THE PLANET, ON ANY TYPE OF SURFBOARD AND ON ANY TYPE OF WAVE, HE HAS SUCH AN AMAZING BOND WITH THE OCEAN. WHEN HE IS NOT PLAYING IN THE WATER HE IS USUALLY SAVING OUR FRIENDS IN THE OCEAN, HE HAS PADDLED INTO THE KILLING POOLS OF TAIJI JAPAN TO TRY TO STOP THE JAPANESE FROM KILLING DOLPHINS AND WHALES. HE TRAVELS WITH THE SEA SHEPHERD ORGANIZATION AS THEY PATROL THE OCEAN FROM THE PEOPLE TRYING TO HUNT AND KILL WHALES AND OTHER CREATURES. BOTTOM LINE RASTA DOES ALL THE THINGS MOST PEOPLE WANT TO DO. SO, I THINK HE IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL OUT THERE FOR OUR MODERN CULTURE, IF SOMETHING OUT THERE SEEMS TO BE HURTING THIS EARTH OR CREATURES ON IT, THEN GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU WILL PROBABLY RUN INTO RASTA, CAUSE HE IS ALREADY DOING IT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU DAVE RASTOVICH .
