A Clock with No Hands

No Redeeming Social Value Live 2.23.07 With Kevin Gill

Old Jersey in Full Effect

iphonography from today …









Another lifesaver- Subway expanded it’s $5 footlong deal to every sub! Can’t beat 2 feet of sweet onion chicken teriyaki for 10 bux to feed 2 dudes on the run. First time I had one was in a Subway in Ireland (probably the only non-fried foot I ate on that trip). Been hooked ever since as there isn’t much else I would probably eat in the way of non-boarshead cold-cuts. But to be honest I’ve probably only had 4 feet of chicken teriyaki in all of 2008 b/c I couldn’t afford the sandwich at 8 bux plus, and generally it’s stuff I’ll only eat on the road. Same with McDonalds, which I get sick of pretty fast. Wendy’s is my usual fast-food fix b/c they have decent chicken on the dollar menu. I’ll be getting my fill of Subway though I’m sure, if they make this new stimulus promo as standard as gov’t bailouts for gas-guzzling car companies …

Jersey Shots [not taken with iphone]

Valentine’s Day w/my Sweets and my iphone …

The Moet was a gift from my cousin for our engagement. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to afford to buy my own but right now I’m flat broke. Thanks cuz, for a taste of the good life …

iphonography [iphog]

Posted from the road on a Mollusk ding run …

Hitler’s Surf Trip Ruined!

OMG!— This is classic!- Click the pic to watch the vid …

Matt Collins

There’s a lot of good surf photogs in the NY Metro area and a few great ones. For coverage work I think Mike Nelson is one of the best. For creative surf shots a handful of guys really stand out in my mind. Jack Brull, Chris Gentile, Matt Clark, and Matt Collins are four guys from around here that are probably at the top of my creative list. Here’s a recent shot by Collins. Check the links below for more stuff by him.



http://www.newyorksurf.com/modules/ipboard/index.php?showtopic=18120

http://www.newyorksurf.com/features/mattcollinspr/slides2.html

A couple of film snips by some of my favorite cameramen …

Mikey Detemple

Picaresque Trailer 2009 from High Seas Films on Vimeo.

Matt Clark

January New York Session from Matthew Clark on Vimeo.

RedBull Snowscrapers coming to NYC, 02.05.09

Faktion Slipstream Fish

New sled made a reality by New York shaper: Petro. Board-snobs known to only ride shapes that exit through Moonlight on the West Coast are quickly becoming believers in the glass-work by local legend: Ed Fawess. Petro sculpts, Ed laminates, and Petro does the rest. Take your idea to the duo if you want quality shortboard concepts executed locally.

Click the following link to learn more about this board and to view more pics:
http://www.newyorksurf.com/modules/ipboard/index.php?showtopic=17987

If you want the ultimate Long Island board for all conditions up to a couple feet overhead I highly suggest you check out Petro’s, “Quadzilla” four-fin fish. But don’t stop here on the East Coast, my quad spent a month in Bali and handled almost every spot well at small to medium size and didn’t start to get squirly until I had it in medium Nusa Dua *with plastic fins (which at the main peak was probably a little past my caliber on the one day they said it was 5ft [Bali-size, which would have been huge for NY where when it’s overhead we say it’s 4ft, but nobody really calls that “big” here, more like “good”]).

FaktionSurfboards.com
Only the haters will never know …

Violence with Grace - TJ Gumiela

From what I notice some groms are “explosive” on a board but they usually aren’t the same kids I would deem “consistent.” And especially around here in NY I think you seldom see any one surfer have a solid grasp on the two traits enough to utilize them both at one time in harmonious fashion. TJ Gumiela seems to have harnessed a balance b/t each realm making him not only fun to watch, but also a quiet threat in regional surf events. In a place where getting paid to surf is a rarity, TJ has worked his bum off to beat and stay ahead of the curve and is now on salary with Zoo York. Not to mention all along the way he’s done so with a humble head (a direct reflection of good parenting I suppose).

If you don’t know him yet, look out for TJ as you’re officially on notice. Under the mentoring of the Skudin Clan (so it seems), TJ is one of the young guns putting a torch to the future ass of NY surfing. And “Who am I?,” you might ask. I’m nobody but a guy at the beach with his eyes open. And not that he’s asking me but if he was my advice to TJ might go a little something like this:

“Youth is KING! … Learn it, know it, and own it before you’re old and washed like the rest of us [or in my case, just plain old]. Make sure you enjoy the ride and have fun growing. Don’t submit to any pressure as you’ve already made New Yorkers proud. Keep up the good work and progression as long as you can so when you raise you’re own little family of surfstars you’ll have something to brag about.” Well, he already has a few things to brag about but I’m sure you won’t hear him talking about himself. Whatever, you know what I mean. Just check the kid out, he’s a solid surfer and he’s really nice.

Pompermayer/TheShot.com.br

Check Wetsand for more shots of TJ training with fellow New Yorker, WIll Skudin, and Hawaiian big wave pioneer, Garrett McNamara:
http://www.wetsand.com/photos/pd/20090126/first_look-9027.html