Went with Alex and Rossco to Porthtowan yesterday. It was pretty sweet. I had another go on the hull except this time the waves were much cleaner and longer.
Rossco had a go for the first time on his fishstick. He’s be thrusterless for a while now.
Alex’s hulls. He rode the GeeBee which is in that gnarly little bag and I rode the MP.
Sunset reflection on Rossco’s vanagon.
Last light panorama.
Praa was no good, St. Ives was no good and Portreath was aight.
Walking on the path to checking out the surf.
This is what we saw.
Thought this bird looked cool and had a wicked name.
Ben soldiering on with a bum leg/foot.
Following the convoy in the rain.
St. Ives didn’t look any better so we went to Treath for a fun little shred sesh.
These things are the insane. Now it’s fairtrade.
I haven’t even had a Galaxy since I’ve been back yet.
Saw this thing at Waterloo.
It’s made out of nuts bolts and a lot of rolls of brown paper.
When I was in London, Mike, one of the kings of FBBB invited me to this doodle event. They’re called Secret Wars. Two teams battle each other by doodling on giant blank boards.
They had this projection of an animation on the wall and anybody that was at the event could draw on it.
Here’s Mike doing his doodle on the animated “earth”, which is more like a map of London.
Mike again tagging up the walls of the Notting Hill Arts Club.
Here’s Macca’s doodle.
Here’s my SCO doodle.
One of Mike’s artist friend doodled for FBBB.
Mike’s finalized graffiti with the obligatory link to FBBB.
This long haired, long bearded man played us a few us a few songs to keep us on edge before the battle begins.
Man doodling on wall.
Dj CH!CO mixing some tunes.
Master of Ceramony for this battle.
Here are the teams: Team A vs. Team B. I think the theme had something to do with the impact humans have on the Environment or something like that.
Team A starts off strong with a whale and a duck.
Team B starts off with a tree.
Some crabs and other weird lines added.
The ceiling looked pretty gnar at the place.
Almost finished.
Swapping places.
Front view.
Team A finishing up.
I vote for Team B.
Mike was a judge and he voted for Team B.
Here’s the creator of Secret Wars.
The crowd screaming at the decibel reader. Team A got a louder read…
This lady judge was terrible.
So the MC took over. He voted Team A… So Team A won the battle.
The guy in the tree is the guy that played us a few tunes.
Here’s a proper doodle.
A few of us went to a Chinese pub afterwards. It was the first I ever saw. Weird…
One final doodle shot.
If you’re ever bored in London, go to South Bank. Great Graffiti, great skating, great biking, and if you get super hungry, great food super close by.
With the exception of the ground, everything else is tagged and retagged eternally.
K grinds look extra special when out of focus and “cross processed”.
Fresh graph. Too bad this other guy covered it with a lesser quality one on the top right corner. Jerk…
This unicycling grom was pretty good.
The bikers are pretty mental.
Here’s a k grind in focus.
My flight was alright. Had the same exact vegan meal for the 6th time on Virgin Atlantic. They bumped up one of my fins but hey it could have worse right?
The blue specs on the ground of the underground trains intrigue me. The guy sitting across from me works for British Airways. They now allow boards 6’3 and under. Time to fight for boards over 6’3.
First shot I took outside.
There was a Peace Festival going on.
The National Gallery is still sick to this day.
A few classic landmarks.
I didn’t even know that I was leaving on the 23rd. Some of my friend came by to say goodbye.
I knew it was going to be a mission to lug those three bags around London.
Just got back in Falmouth. Time to start blogging again. Got loads of pics for you people!
My friend Ross who I interned for at the end of last school year went on a trip to Ireland and Wales to score some waves. It’s weird since people that live in California or Hawaii never really think about how surfing exists pretty much everywhere that land meets water. Here are some shots taken by Ross from Easkey, Ireland.
Not bad for a place outside of Cali eh?
Epic landscape for viewing while waiting in the line up.
