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SURFER Celebrates the 50 Greatest Surfers of All Time By Rob Machado

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:05:51 +0000

There’s always been that comparison between the way Gerry and I surfed, but we had never spent any amount of time together. The first time I hung out with him was in 2004. We had crossed paths many times before and had known of each other for a long time. We were in Indo filming for Waterman and both Gerry and I showed up late, and the boat was already gone. The rest of the crew had gone down to Thunders, and Gerry and I had to jump on a speedboat to catch them. We basically sat on a boat from sunrise to the late afternoon. It was just a small little speedboat and it had one little bench seat. We sat on that seat for eight hours straight. At the time, I thought to myself, “This is how you get to know someone.” We talked about everything and anything. I asked him about G-Land, Uluwatu, Padang—spots he had pioneered. Of course, there would be these awkward silences and I would suddenly think, “Gosh, I’m sitting here with Gerry Lopez, I could ask him about anything.”
Banzai Pipeline in 1979. Photo: Jeff Divine

We just went from one thing to the next, speaking about life and love and surfing. When we arrived at Thunders, the boat wasn’t there. They were surfing somewhere else. There were a couple of guys out so we unpacked our boards and paddled out. Within minutes everyone went in. We surfed these perfect little 3- to 4-foot barreling lefts with no one out, just us. There were no cameras. No one was watching. We were out there hooting each other into waves. When Gerry’s surfing, you can really just tell just how much he enjoys the actual act of riding waves. When you watch him surf you realize there’s something else going on there beyond what normal humans encounter—like he’s tapped into something that the rest of us are not.

Fifty years from now, Gerry will probably be remembered for his tube-riding, and the way he surfed Pipeline, but I think his contribution to surfing has been more than that. He’s inspirational, not just in the way he makes difficult situations look easy, but in his whole act from head to toe, from sunrise to sunset. There is a relationship he has with riding waves and with being in the ocean, there’s that synergy between the two, and you can just see it.

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The Surfboard Recycling Project

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:27:03 +0000

9Fish Tent & Jay Alders Board

Through the collaborative efforts of VERB TV, 9:Fish Surfboards , and PEAKSandBARRELS.com the Surfboard Recycling Project was established to raise awareness for Surf-Aid International & Save The S.D. Fire Pits. This partnership is proud to announce an innovative fundraiser at this year’s Vavi National Kickball Championship at NTC Park in Point Loma on August 15^th.

The Surfboard Recycling Project will be raffling off select prizes donated by local businesses and used surfboards donated by local surfers. Prizes will include the limited edition 9:Fish Surf-Aid Surfboard (6’2”) featuring the artwork of renown surf artist Jay Alders, gift cards from local shops like Muir Surf, free subscriptions to Surfshot’s digital Magazine, used surfboards and much more.

* All are welcome to donate or participate in the raffle!

* Proceeds will be donated to: Save the S.D. Fire Pits & Surf-Aid International.

* Please give back and assist the initiative by donating a surfboard.

Surfboards can be donated 7 days a week. Please email verb@verbnetwork.tv to make arrangements for pick up or drop off. You may bring your board to raffle at the event as well.

Jay Alders Art Board

The Surfboard Recycling project would like to thank Jay Alders for graciously donating his artwork to help the cause and Vavi Sport & Social Club for hosting this amazing event on August 15^th at NTC Park in Point Loma, 8am- 5pm.

Surfboard Rack and Set up

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How to Shape & Make a Surfboard

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:17:59 +0000

Surfing is an extremely popular sport that can be done indifferent ways: kneeboarding, bodyboarding, kite-surfing, tow-in surfing, and of course stand-up surfing.

In this free video series, our expert Kimo Greene will teach you how to make a surfboard. He will tell you all the necessary tools you will need, and talk about the different types of blanks, fins, and stringers. Kimo will also teach you how to trim the crust, make an outline, draw the template, shape the board, level the stringer, and put in the rails. Kimo will teach you how to add resin and airbrushing for color, how to add fiberglass for strength, and how to install the fins. He will even show you how to repair dings in your board! Prevent dings with a surfboard bag!

Enjoy this video series by Expert Village: From Surfboard bag.com

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