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Peanut Butter Coast: T-shirts

Log Lady — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:12:03 +0000

Our friends over at Peanut Butter Coast have teamed up with Teespring, to create some silly shirts. You should buy one. They’re American Apparel. They’re only $15. Justin was born with a tail, and if he sees you wearing one of his shirts, he might feel a little less self conscious about his stub.

The Teespring campaign ends in 10 days, so hurry up and pony up before it’s too late.

Ponies are also born with tails.

Peninsula

Log Lady — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:11:18 +0000

On a trip from north to south, from the most crowded spots to unknown breaks, PENINSULA is the tale of a journey to discover and describe where surfing in Italy came from and what it is like nowadays. Peninsula is a freedom collage about surfing and surfers, about friendship and rivalries, about environmental issues, climate and a bit of history. entirely shot in 35mm, 16mm and super8 film.

Onde Nostre / Block 10

Film Review: Secret Sound Underground

Patrick Keenan — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:09:19 +0000

The surf video is a tricky art form. The subject matter – surfing – must constantly remain the main focus of the art which leaves little room for a filmmaker to be creative and contribute. Storyline, cut-aways, filters, editing and overall tone are the limited utensils that allow a film to stand out. In Secret Sound Underground, Jack Coleman is well aware that in order to make an impression and to project his art he must utilize the few film tricks allotted him.

Coleman’s Secret Sound Underground scraps storyline, taking an approach that is a collage of surfing from places like Indonesia and Mexico while being completely stamped with fucked-up b-roll footage likened to a methadone addict’s wonderful and terrifying dream. The film is abrupt and abrasive, breaking from normal surf film form. Though the film is reminiscent of Morning of the Earth and other psychlike 70s surf culture Coleman adds his own schizophrenic artistic voice making Secret Sound Underground unique. The dreamlike, removed aura of the film is partly attributed to the exotic Southeast Asian influence seen in the cut-away footage.

Like good art, this film is not easy. Secret Sound Underground is a piece of art that needs consideration; it is not a purely entertaining straightforward surf film nor is it a rhetoric film (which is so popular these days). Overall, Secret Sound Underground is a well scored, well edited meditation on drugged-out surf culture that is sure to weird out your parents.

- Patrick

Get your own copy of Secret Sound Underground here.

Diosa De La Costa

Log Lady — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:00:37 +0000

Diosa De La Costa (Goddess Of The Coast)  is a short surf flick by Quality Peoples. QP was founded in 2010, as an art collaboration between friends in foreign lands.

Sliders: Lola Mignot, Israel Preciado, Amanda Seea and Rhea Cortado.
Music: ‘Brindo’ by Devendra Banhart

Almond Wetsuits x Yoshihiro Sayama

Shawn Jennings — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:09:24 +0000

Almond Wetsuits are designed in California, and built by Yoshihiro Sayama at his wetsuit shop in Hiratsuka City, Japan. Sayama has been hand crafting wetsuits from start to finish, for forty years.

Video & Edit: Chad Cress
Music: “Hope Valley Hill” by Helios

WA-shirt

Log Lady — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:53:28 +0000

Behold the Stoke Harvester WA-shirt! Head on over to Teespring, and pick yourself up some sweet Stoke Harvester Schwag. Men’s & Women’s styles available. $20.

Book Review: The Plight of the Torpedo People

Justin Coffey — Mon, 27 May 2013 20:40:09 +0000

I buy a lot of books. My wife would tell you too many. A nasty habit I acquired from my old man. Buy three, read one. But coffee table books don’t count. Because you can’t really “read” them. You pick it up on occasion, peel through a few pages, ogle some images and then return it to its home on the hardwood (cause glass coffee tables should have stayed in the 80s). This book, however, is an exception, as it accompanies Come Hell or High Water, a body surfing film made by Keith Malloy. Now, to be completely honest, I didn’t watch the movie until after I’d already browsed through the book. Maybe a mistake. But the images inside The Plight of the Torpedo People are incredible, and as far as I’m concerned, they can be appreciated with or without an introduction to their importance. There are also screen grabs from the film, which offer the “reader” a window into the world of a surfer sans stuff. A poem by Mark Cunningham captures their connection – Torpedo People pulling to big peelers, falling down the face, escaping underwater. A connection us above water wave riders can’t have. It’s a beautiful book. One that’ll make you wanna pick up a pair of fins and swim out when it’s shitty. Or when it isn’t.

J.W.

Pick up your own copy of Plight of the Torpedo People

Justin Coffey is known to enjoy small waves, strong drinks, motorcycles and misbehaving. He’s also the guy that runs Peanut Butter Coast.

Morning Coffee, Afternoon Tea

Shawn Jennings — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:35:18 +0000

New by Drew. Morning Coffee, Afternoon Tea features one full day of beach-combing in Florida with Justin Quintal and Joe Pulido.

Music: Nina Simone and Rodriguez
Images: Drew Miller

Almond Lumberjack: The Process

Shawn Jennings — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:02 +0000

Cam Oden documents Clutch, shaping Almond’s 9’6″ Lumberjack.

Shape -> Laminate -> Glass-On Fin -> Hotcoat -> Sand -> Gloss & Polish.

Band of Frequencies: All I’ve Found

Shawn Jennings — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:38:27 +0000

Last year George Greenough teamed up with Shannon Sol Carroll and released a video for the Band of Frequencies single; “All I’ve Found.”

Check out an interview with Shannon Sol Carroll here.