Looks like the system that dumped all that snow on us also contributed to making some crazy surf on the East Coast. I’m pretty sure it was cold out there waiting for those bombs to roll through. Brrrr…..

There’s a short story about it on Surfline, as well as the usual write up and pics on Ralph’s weekly ‘Pic’s of the Week’ column over at Cinnamon Rainbows’ site.

The wave pictured above is in Delaware.

Stevey in Costa, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

The crew just came back from a trip to Costa, where they got a chance to enjoy the sun and waves. (Marc is due back shortly)

The above is a pic of Stevey catchin a wave on the Fish I made him. He has a bunch of pics of the crew riding waves here. These pics were taken by a girl in Costa, who works for a company called Matos Films.

Jesse has photos of the trip here. It looks like a beautiful country.

I’m stoked to see some of the boards that I have made for my friends getting some action, as well as my friends having a blast; but; I really need to save some pesos up so I can join them on the next trip.

Sunset/Moon/Wave/Surfer, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finally a good weekend of surf!

Steve, Marc and I headed down to the coast on Friday morning to catch some expected swell. We got to Kennebunkt Port around 2, and spent the afternoon surfing there. It was choppy, but with waves coming in from stomach to head high.

After our afternoon session, we went by the wall, where it had cleaned up with some light and warm offshore winds. We had an amazing session until about 7:30 PM, that was supposedly some of the best that the wall has had for the summer. What a score!

The rest of the weekend saw Jesse and Steph join us, and a mix of choppy waist to shoulder waves with some good morning and evening glass-offs. We all got some sick rides in, leaving us sore and tired, but oh so stoked.

Both Jesse and Marc used the boards I made them and were thoroughly stoked with them.

You can check out the photo set here if you want to see more.

The guys over at surfysurfy have a post about the showing of this new surf film One California Day.

I’ve checked out the trailer; and it looks like one of those films that stand apart from many of the ones out there. A well shot piece of film with features of people from all parts of the surf world, including shaper Terry Martin.

Unkown rider2 at Goochs, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finally! Due to financial constraints and timing this has been the first weekend that I was able to join the guys on a surftrip; and after a month of flatness they were finally able to get back in the water. And it was great!

After an interesting Friday night, where the campground refused to let us setup, becuase even with reservations we were past the ‘cut off’ time for check-in. As if we would have reserved a spot that we couldn’t get into after driving all the way from Montreal. So we ended up camping out at a rest area …. sketchy anyone? It went ok, though on very little sleep.

Saturday was amazing, especially for a weekend in July. Steady waist high waves with sets easily shoulder high. Clean in the morning, slightly choppy around midday and super clean in the evening. It was the first time out on the 8′ mini-mal, and it went great. Caught some sweet rides, even trimming along in the curl a couple of times for some long rides.

Sunday was smaller, but still had sets coming in at waist/chest high and it was still pretty clean. The afternoon had Banane, Steve and I sitting alone out on this one peak just having an amazing session.

Finally the season is beginning. Stoked!!

Walking In, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

It’s not east coast swell, but it’s been so long what with missing early season swell and a long flat spell lately that I need to get a fix.

There is this small wave in Lasalle that is a good one to practice paddling and getting up on, and seeing as the paddle in is much easier than the wave at Habitat; as well as the fact that Habitat is not simmable at the moment; I figured that this would be perfect to get my arms in shape and get better at catching river waves, so when I do go to Habitat
I’ll be able to do some ripping. (hopefully ) Not to mention having my arms in top shape will help so much when surfing the ocean.

I didn’t manage to catch the wave, but I know it takes a number of times to get it down.

I use state of the art Epoxy resins and modern 2# EPS foam. By combining the properties of these two materials I can use a stronger glass schedule than most off the rack poly boards and still end up with a final product that is lighter than a traditional poly board. That means that you get a board that is more dent and ding resistant and yet lighter than most of the poly boards out there.
Don’t confuse epoxy with ‘pop-out’ either, all my boards are made in the traditional way with wooden stringers and hand laid fiberglass. When you order a board from Elder Surfboards you are getting a board that is designed and handmade; from block of foam to finished board; by a surfer here in Canada.
I can customize the size, or shape of any of the boards listed. I can also make a board with several different types of finishes; anything from a plain sanded finish board to one with colored resin work.

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