A surfboard made from agave plant, built by Gary Linden, tested by Mikala Jones, Dylan Graves, and Wade Goodall in Mexico after sampling tequila made in the town of Tequila. Sustainability in surfboard design doesn’t get more ligit than this. sources and links: www.cuervo.com/cuervo-stories/agave-board/
The spread of plastic and other garbage in our oceans is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. The amount of plastic floating around weighs between 4.8 and 12.7 million metric tons according to a study published in the journal Science. Larger pieces are breaking down into tiny fragments, creating a toxic underwater smog. Plastic pollution is hurting marine […]
The San Diego Surf Film Festival is set to go off from May 10-13th, 2017. The event is a multi-faceted extravaganza, featuring 25 international surf films, a Skip Frye Lifetime Tribute, beach clean-ups, surfing expression sessions, art exhibitions, and a slideshow by renowned photo editor Grant Ellis. The festival will be headquartered at Misfit Gallery in La Jolla and […]
The 2017 Boardroom International Surfboard Show is set to run from May 6-7th at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego County. The event includes surfboard and wetsuit demos, live music, panel discussions, laminating demonstrations, surfboard auctions, and a “shape-off” where shapers compete to see who can best replicate an existing design. Some of the topics to […]
Waves For Water has an ambitious mission statement – “To get clean water to every single person who needs it.” Through disseminating water filters and educating people about how to use them they’ve helped improve the lives of countless people around the globe. The organization is currently launching a creative campaign, entitled Artists For Water, to raise money for […]
Taylor Steele needs no introduction. He’s been dropping culture shaping surf films since the early 1990s. The term “momentum generation” which refers to some of the world’s most influential surfers to come out of the 90s (including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Taylor Knox, Shane Dorian, Kalani Robb, Benji Weatherly, Ross Williams, Chris Malloy, and Rizal Tanjung), was […]
Mexi Log Fest 2017, a unique surf invitational competition and music festival, goes down May 4-7th at La Salidita in Mexico: The multi-day experience includes yoga, local cuisine, surf clinics for kids, live music, and the marquee event – Joel Tudor’s Duct Tape Invitational “competition.” The goal of the contest is to showcase traditional logging, and classic style. Competitors […]