Style.........

Some early October shots from the SD reefs.

photos: J. Slavin
rider: JP Marengo

So Long......

This sums it up pretty good. We found this on slider blog site. Sharktoons are pretty good. http://www.slidermagazine.com/sharktoons.html
Good riddance summer of 2010.

Bottoms Up

Nice bottom turn in SD

New Red Baron model

New board made for team member Cabrito. Board # 15,297. Just had its maiden voyage in Mainland point break for 8 days of bliss. Nine foot Red Baron model. This board has lots of rocker and generous kick in the nose and the tail. More so than the average LB. This is not your Grampa Earl's longboard. 17.8" x 22.5" x 14" with 2+1 setup with FCS GX's and Cowboy Dan's redwood/balsa 7" fin.
Found this old ad from a 1998 Longboard Magazine section..."Dyno hybrid that noserides like a banshee, can turn on a dime and gets real vertical. Try it. You'll like it."
12 years later and it still holds true.
Glassed by our good compadres at Diamond Glassing with 5 oz. and a acrylic/scuff finish.

Seaweed Smuggler

Mr. Marengo enjoying some of the NW from this week. He looks like a caveman with the seaweed headress/cape. So easy a caveman can do it.

Moon Plug is Finished

Our friend and test pilot Erik Baldwin from Leucadia worked closely with Dennis on the shaping and fine tuning of his "moon plug". It's a light, short quad built for So Cal waves and high performance turns. Erik colored and glassed the board himself and it turned out pretty damn cool. Here's the 411 in his own words:
"Well, she's finally done! ...and her maiden voyage this evening was spectacular! I can't explain how cool this board feels under my feet! its quite a responsive yet very retro-ish' in how it glides through flat sections. As for the performance, it seemed as if the better the wave, the more it opened up. Foot positioning was also very comfortable, as the sweet spot seemed to be pretty big! It was hard to do something wrong! Oh yeah, it flys really well! Punts are a natural reaction for this plug! Yew!"

~EB in action last year....

August 2010

This summer will certainly not go down as one of San Diego's finest. Cold water, minimal swell and a missing sun. However, there were a few ok to decent souths that crept in. Many spots here in SD missed the action, but if you were at the right spot - at the right time - there were a few good ones to be had. Here's one of our team riders reaping the benefits of local knowledge. Mr. JP Marengo leashless at a pile of rocks off the crown jewel.
photos: Lance Smith