A view from above San Onofre

Can you believe this? A model airplane shooting an aerial assault on the famous surf spot San-O. The video footage was shot by the aerial genius known as Warz earlier this week. The surf was pretty small, the conditions were nice, and the crowd was at a minimum. This gives a great view of the lay of the land and the water that makes up San Onofre. Check out Church's and Lowers in the distance to the north. If you look close you can see the nuke plant south of Dogpatch. Stay tuned for more views in the near future.

Seal Beach Surfing Championships 09

The 2009 Seal Beach Surfing Championships was held this past weekend. The two day affair was hosted by the Seal Beach Lifeguards, and headline sponsored by Katin Surf Shop and Vintage Cotton. The contest brought together surfers from all walks of life; Seal Beach locals, to contest pro's, and groms surfing in there first contest. There were plenty of cool booths to check out as well. Harbour Surfboards was there showing off their FIFTY Year Anniversary Surfboard, Matt Bettis (Bettis surfboards) and Aloha Glassing had a large selection of boards to check out. Jeremy Labreau, who got started at Foam E-Z a few years ago, also had a variety of boards on display and he surfed in the men's open longboard and open shortboard competition. Of course we (Foam E-Z) were there with a booth filled with blanks and products for people to peruse. Some lucky people also won stuff from our free raffle. It was a great time filled with cool people and great surfing!

Dale Velzy's Shaping Shack at the Surfing Heritage Museum!

Check out this awesome virtual tour of the reproduction of Dale Velzy's Shape Shack at the Surfing Heritage Museum in San Clemente California. You'll need to have the plugin to view the tour which you can get at http://photosynth.net

Let us know what you think.

Drew Brophy Pen Painting Video

Check out this cool clip of Drew Brophy's Paint Pen Techniques video.The clip gives you a brief idea of what the video offers, and what it takes to create radical artwork on your own.You can purchase the video from us here at Foam E-Z for $29.95 http://www.foamezjavascript:void(0).com/paint-pen-techniques-dvd-with-drew-brophy-p-695.html

Guy Okazaki is at it again!

Guy Okazaki always seems to find himsself on the silver screen or at least You Tubes version. This is a groovy little video with some shaping footage by a true Venice legend. Guy has a been a great customer at Foam E-Z for over ten years. Spending time between Californina and Hawaii for many decades has contributed to Guys evolution of shaping from the beginning of the shortboard era in the late 60's. Check out his website
http://www.guyokazaki.com/ for more info.

Twitter Aflutter With Toll Road Talk

Twitter aflutter with toll road talk 

Here’s a sampling of what people were saying on Twitter yesterday about the toll road decision:

@dodgemedlin: A win for surfers, environmentalists - federal agency rejects plan for toll road through San Onofre State Beach. http://is.gd/cnGr (12:26:06 p.m.)

@chriscote: We Won!! the fight to Save Trestles is over. Check transworldsurf.net in a few for the whole story. (11:58:13 a.m.)

@Steve_watkins: Awesome! The toll road expansion that threatened Trestles has been killed - http://tinyurl.com/4pbwz5. (
11:54:18 a.m.)

@klenlaundry: is amped on the Trestles Victory! (11:53:25 a.m.)

@sdradio: @hilahil @andrewwp This is a good day: closing Guantanamo prison; and Trestles SAVED.
(11:49:38 a.m.)

@lkilpatrick: @SaveTrestles your going to need to change your name to Saved Trestles!  (11:46:49 a.m.)

@JonathanDuarte: Congrats. Surfrider… another success. Toll road Dead!http://ff.im/kFA9 (11:39:13 a.m.)

@lkilpatrick: WOOT TRESTLES SAVED!!! Finally something good from the credit crunch!http://tinyurl.com/3fm6zv (11:37:50 a.m.)

@UkuleleJammin: Toll road through Trestles DENIED!!! http://tinyurl.com/4bmdfu (via @10News) (11:32:38 a.m.)

@chris949: Trestles has been saved! thank you Dept. of Commerce & Ca. Coastal Commission! http://tinyurl.com/3l7m82 (11:23:24 a.m.)

@degroodt: Totally stoked to see the “people” getting their way finally. Toll Road has run rough shod over OC for years. http://snurl.com/8ud5w (11:15:15 a.m.)

@brianschoening: The Toll Road is dead! Trestles lives to be surfed another day!!http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/tollroad.html (11:14:46 a.m.)

@tierranet: RT SaveTrestles http://cli.gs/241 South Toll Road Extension STOPPED! WE SAVED TRESTLES!!! Nice work everyone (11:10:00 a.m.)

@nique22: YAY!!! RT @swelldotcom: TRESTLES SAVED! THE HIGHWAY TO HELL CRASHES!: The Trestles toll road crashes today . http://tinyurl.com/3g6lyg (11:08:50 a.m.)

@formatted_dad: @NeonSurfer . Great news. Lets hope this is the end of the toll road plans. (11:07:53 a.m.)

@locustfist: RT @SaveTrestles: http://cli.gs/241 South Toll Road Extension STOPPED! WE SAVED TRESTLES!!! Nice work everyone! (11:07:35 a.m.)

@SaveTrestles: http://cli.gs/241 South Toll Road Extension STOPPED! WE SAVED TRESTLES!!! Nice work everyone! (11:06:07 a.m.)

@scorpusmaximus: WOOT! We saved Trestles! (for now): http://tinyurl.com/4pbwz5(10:55:15 a.m.)

@NeonSurfer: WE SAVED SANO!!! http://cli.gs/241 Toll Road Extension KILLED!!! (10:52:31 a.m.)

@Foa.m.EZ: [What the blank???] Trestles Saved! 241 South Toll Road Extentsion Killed (10:50:42 a.m.)

Trestles Saved! 241 South Toll Road Extentsion Killed

Department of Commerce Rules on Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency Consistency Appeal


The Department of Commerce today upheld the California Coastal Commission’s objection to a proposal to construct a 16-mile toll road connecting California state Route 241 to Interstate 5 in southern Orange and northern San Diego counties.

The commission objected to the proposed project under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act on the grounds that the toll road was not consistent with the state’s coastal zone management program. Under the CZMA, federal agencies may not issue any permits required for a project if a state has objected, unless the Department of Commerce, on appeal, overrides the objection.

The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency appealed the commission’s objection to the Department of Commerce in February, triggering an administrative review process that involved written briefs and arguments by the parties, input from interested federal agencies, tens of thousands of written comments from the public, and a 10-hour public hearing in San Diego County.

Under the CZMA, the department may override an objection only if no reasonable alternative to the project exists and the proposal is consistent with the objectives of the CZMA, or if the project is necessary in the interest of national security. The department determined that there is at least one reasonable alternative to the project. The department also found that the project is not necessary in the interest of national security.

TCA may pursue another route for its proposed toll road that the commission determines is consistent with California’s coastal zone management program, and TCA is not limited to the alternative proposal described in the department’s decision.

Since the enactment of the CZMA in 1972, the department has acted on 43 appeals, upholding 29 objections by state agencies and overriding 14.

From NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources.

WOULD YOU SPEND 15 MINUTES, IF IT MEANT SURFING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?

Despite being a 1000-year-old sport with a $7 billion industry, surfing has failed to produce the demographic and economic studies to show who we are, where we live, and what we spend. So while other interest groups bolster their arguments with impressive numbers to prove their positions, all-too often, surfers get blindsided and bowled over, unable to offer a single hard number to support their cases or save their breaks.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY!

Custom Blanks!!!

U.S Blanks dropped off a really cool custom blank this week. Newport shaper Mino Suzuki ordered a 9-9B with a angled T-band stringer ( 1/2 colored foam sandwidched between (2) 1/8" dark cedar stringers, and black glue lines). This is just another great example of the awesome things U.S. blanks can do with custom blanks. Custom blanks can be ordered over the phone or in the shop here at Foam E-Z and usually have a 1-2 week turn around time.

Look forward to seeing you soon. Happy holiday shopping!

Dingy Thingy - Fixing Your Stick the Right Way!

Dingy Thingy – Fixing Your Stick the right way
by Adam Wright www.socalsurf.com

If you are like me then you probably have at least attempted to repair your board at some point during your surfing lifetime. It seems so easy...just mix a little of this, a little of that, a little sanding and viola you are ready to get back in the water. Riiiiiight, things are never that easy...I don't know about you but when I was first starting to fix dings I would generally turn my board into a total cluster-f*@k of a sticky, itchy mess that has very little to do with being watertight and is more about making your board more ugly than it was before, as well as ruining your clothes at the same time.

I am not sure where the breakdown usually occurs in the process...maybe it is the sudden time crunch you feel when you drop the catalyst into the resin and everything starts to heat up...maybe it is just the fact that none of the materials seem to work well together until they bond up in the final product...maybe it is just the pure stickiness of the resin that seems to get on everything. All I know is that if there is a way for something to go wrong it probably will.


magic potion

Anyway enough about my incompetency (actually I am not too bad at ding-repairs now that I have been doing them for 15 or so years)...I figured that there a lot of you out there interested
trying it for yourself or at least learning what is the proper way to make a repair. I probably could have walked you through some sort of retarded fix myself but I figured that it we should probably talk to an expert who has done this for a living. So I went to Brad Nadell over at Foamez.com to see if he could help walk us through a ding-repair.

There are a lot of different places you can accidentally munch your board, some of which are pretty difficult to fix...so in the interest of everyone's sanity (and our outer layer of skin that we can potentially lose) we thought it would be best if we start with a relatively simple repair.

So here is the scenario...you have been out surfing at Lowers, ripping (like you usually do), and after a long session you head to the beach to hang out with your hot swimsuit model girlfriend (or boyfriend...if you swing that way). As you belly across the inside cobbles at low tide you feel that gut-wrenching crunch as your board bottoms out on a particularly sharp rock. After doing the ankle-snap dance to the beach you see a nice big hole in your bottom deck. You being the handi-capable person that you are decide to fix the board yourself.

I actually let Brad smack a hole in the bottom deck of my board so that we could walk through the repair...though I think he got a bit of evil satisfaction taking the hammer to my thruster.


Hmm...that rock was surprisingly shaped like a hammer.


So here are the steps...they break down into three stages that sound easier than they actually are: Prep, Glassing, and Sanding

Stage 1 - Prep

1. Set up your workplace - Having a large enough area to work is important since you may need to walk around the board to get at it from different angles. Ideally your workspace will have some shade and will be well ventilated. Also remember that the resin can make a horrible mess so make sure you are either doing the repair over some sort of floor covering or an area that you don’t mind trashing. (like next to your beat up Camaro that you have on blocks in the dead grass of your front yard).

2. Plan out the repair in your head - It is good to have a battle plan thought out before you actually put the tools on the board or activate the resin. Think about the steps you need for the repair...will you need to fill the hole with q-cell? Will you need to have a couple of sheets of glass?
What sort of finish do you want the board to have when you are done? Do you need pigment for the resin? These are the sorts of questions that you need to address before starting.

3. Lay out your tools and materials - Get out everything that you will need for your repair. Make sure you have enough.

For this repair we actually were doing the repair in a glassing/painting/shaping bay at Tim Stamps factory. Below is a list of the materials that we used...(if you click the links you can actually order these products from the Foamez.com online store...see isn't that handy!)...actually I hope this doesn’t come off like an advertorial, Brad and the gang were super cool to donate their time, expertise, and materials for this story…and since I am a big fan of supporting surfer-labor I thought that linking up their products would be a nice way to thank them. Show 'em some love if you need a board fixed.

a. Q-Cell (hollow microspheres, you mix it with the resin to create filler)
b. Squeegee
c.Laminating Resin
d. Surfacing Agent (turns lam-resin into sanding resin)
e. UV Activated Catalyst
f. Mixing Buckets
h. Tacky Glue (for sticking sanding pads on the sander)
i. Resin Brushes
j. White Pigment
k. Sandpaper (80-100 grit for prep/repair...then 220-300+ for the final sanding)
l. Mixing Sticks
m. Rubber Gloves (please turn your head and cough)
n. Fiberglass cloth (not pictured)
o. Mask/Respirator (not pictured)

p. FlexPad sanding pad (not pictured)

4. Prepping the Ding - Once you have your workstation, tools and materials in place you can finally get to work. First thing is that you want to get the ding in shape so that the repair materials will bond properly with your board. You start by sanding the area with 80-100 grit paper. You need to be a little gentle in this process so you don't end up sanding away healthy parts of your board. Ideally you are going to want to sand a slightly concave bowl around the ding...so the ding is the deepest section of the bowl and it gets progressively more level to the deck of the board as you move further away from the ding. (This will let us layer in fiberglass for the repair...so the patch will hold and we can get the bottom deck to be flush when we are done sanding.) It is best to take this part slowly...you can make the mistake of sanding too much...or not sanding enough...both can be problematic.

Once the sanding is done you pull out any broken fiberglass so that you can get the filler to actually touch the foam core.



5. Cutting Fiberglass Cloth - Next you want to measure out some fiberglass so that you can properly cover the hole and the slight depression that you just sanded into the board. 4oz cloth is usually enough for a repair...particularly if you are going to be layering extra-cloth to create the patch.



We actually used three circles...each one bigger than the next...to create the patch that we would be glassing over the filled hole.





Stage 2 - Glassing (AKA sticking to things)

A few notes on this stage of the ding-repair

For this repair we used a cool product that Brad had brought along...I don't know the specific name... but basically it is a UV activated catalyst...sort of like what you would see in other solar-ding-repair kits but you can drop this catalyst into standard laminating resin and as long as you stay out of the sunlight it won't trigger the chemical reaction that causes resin to set. This is particularly sweet because it gives you time to work with the resin...getting the ding or glass job properly set before setting off the catalyst. Naturally this might not be the best set up if you don't have a shady place to fix your board...if that is the case you will want to stick with the standard resin/catalyst that activates shortly after the two chemicals are mixed.
*** There are a few catches with the UV Catalyst; when using it with Q-Cell filler, pigmented resin, or under lams you must add a bit of regular MEKP Catalyst since the UV rays cannot adequately reach the resin to activate it entirely.

Also...Brad pointed out that you want to know the difference between Laminating Resin and
Sanding Resin. So here is a quick little definition of the two resin types.

Laminating Resin - Lam resin is the "pure" stuff you want to use when you are trying to get the resin to stick to either the surfboard foam core, ding-filler, or to other patches of rough sanded, already set, fiberglass. This stuff will eventually dry out and harden but it doesn't really lose the tacky, slightly rubbery feel. It also doesn't sand very well...you will always see the "cross hatching" of the fiberglass cloth as you rough-sand it.

Sanding Resin - Sanding Resin is actually almost like the Lam Resin but it has a few other chemicals, including paraffin wax & Styrene Monomer, that hardens into a smoother and
more ridged surface that is much more suited to the fine sanding that you need to do in order to do the final smooth-out of the ding-repair.

Ok with that out of the way...on to the repair.

1. Filling the hole - A big deep gouge, like the one that we put in my board, required us to use a little filler to create a plug that will stick to the foam of the surfboard and at the same time provide a stable sticky platform for the fiberglass cloth that we will use to patch the hole later.

You might be able to get away with just dribbling laminate resin in a smaller ding or crack but when the ding is big enough that the patching glass can bend or dip it is a good idea to paste in some filler before starting the glass work.

To fill this ding we used Q-cell which you mix into the laminating resin.



2. Mixing the Q-Cell - Creating the resin/q-cell mix is sort of an art...there is no hard and fast mixing ratio. You start by mixing the resin and catalyst together and then adding q-cell until it gets to the thickness/tackiness that you need for it to stay in the ding (similar thickness to preschool paste). You may also want to add some pigment so that the filler plug doesn't look bright green/see-through. We added a touch of white to this repair.




The filler should be malleable enough to spread around but it shouldn't drip a ton. For a ding like the one in the flat part of the bottom deck the filler can be a little thin...but a repair on the rail or
the nose you might need the filler to be almost like super soft play-dough. Or that gummy bear that has been in my pocket all afternoon and it nice and squishy.

3. Filling the hole (didn't I have a section titled that already?)

This part is pretty easy. Take filler. Fill hole.



Smooth filler to the top of the foam.



4. Placing the Patch

Ok now that you have the filler in place you take the lovely fiberglass circles that we cut out earlier and place them on top of the filler...ideally before the filler has set.



Start with the smallest circle of cloth (the size of the hole)...then follow with the next biggest size until all of them are placed.



5. Apply the Lam Resin (without the q-cell filler)

Now you apply the lam resin...we already had ours mixed with the UV filler...but if you are working without the UV component you will mix a separate cup of Lam Resin and drop in the catalyst to set it off.

Once mixed pour a fairly liberal amount onto the cloth patches.



And then take your squeegee and smooth the resin over the cloth...making sure that it saturates all of the cloth, and that you smooth out any air bubbles that might have formed.



6. Let the resin set (drink a beer, take a nap, or something)

For our repair we actually took the board out into the sun and let the UV light set off the catalyst. This UV technique actually really sped up the hardening process and the board was ready to be rough sanded in just a few minutes.



The hardened laminating resin will look something like this.




Stage 3 - Sanding (and some more glassing, then more sanding...damn are we done yet?)

1. Sanding the Lam Resin - Ok we are in the home stretch now. We start the sanding process by rough sanding the laminate resin and our patch.



Ideally you should use something like 100-150 grit paper to do this part. Don't get trigger happy though...just sand enough to take some of the rough parts off the lam resin. If you sand too much you might end up having to do some another patch job (I am speaking from my own
dumb-ass experience here).

2. Applying Sanding Resin - once you have the lam resin sanded then you mix up a batch of sanding resin to paint on over the repair. For our repair we used the same laminating resin that we had been using (the stuff with UV catalyst). We added a touch more catalyst and some surfacing agent which is basically the chemical cocktail that is mixed into Lam Resin to turn
it into Sanding Resin.



Using a brush, put on a thin coat that covers all of the repair area and laminating resin. Then let it harden (or in our case take it back out into the sun to cure).

3. Final Sanding - Once the sanding resin has set...bust out the sander again but this time use
increasing finer grit until you achieve the smoothness that your board originally had.



You should probably move up into the 220-320 grit paper fairly fast...andif you are looking for a super smooth finish...try and hit up some wet-sanding paper (generally above 800-grit) and hand sand it for the final polish.


Final Stage - Go Surf

Once the board is sanded, and water-tight, it is ready...though it is always good to give the patch a couple of extra days out of the water so that it can cure properly. Have fun shredding on your newly healed stick.
Adam Wright http://www.socalsurf.com/

NOW STOCKING US BLANKS "SECONDS" LOW PRICES!

We are now offering a full selection of US Blank “Seconds”. We have the full range from 5-9 on up - shortboard, fish, and longboard blanks. Of course the selection will vary based on availability. The prices range from $35.00 for shorties to $85.00 for ten footers. Great deals and rock bottom prices to get you through the winter!!

These blanks are downgraded to “second” quality for one or more of the following reasons:

- slant rails (from paper pinch in the mold)
- buckshot air
- inconsistent cell structure
- damage
- crooked stringer
- pukas – anything too large we through out.
- soft spot near rails or nose and tail from improper distribution

Anything US Blanks thinks might be off ratio / shrinker, large pukas, etc they trash and won’t sell.

*** BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK!

*** SECOND BLANKS CANNOT BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED.

Call or come on down to check them out.

The 5-10RP Fish Blank by US Blanks

We've been waiting for this one since Clark Foam went out of business in December 2005! The 5'10"RP by US Blanks just arrived in our shop and we're stoked to have it. This polyurethane fish plug was shaped by San Diego legend Rich Pavel. He is one of the experts and innovators in the revolution of the Fish board. Rich has been deeply involved in the "Fish Fry" events around the world which are his inspiration for this blank. The blank is versatile enough to be able to shape short high performance fish as well as traditional fish boards up to 5'10". This blank is thick enough to yield 2-3/4" if you're trying to recreate an old school design.

Come in the shop and check them out.

See you soon-

Brad

Posca Pens back in stock!

It's been a long time but we have the original Posca Pens back in stock. They've always been difficult to get since they come from Japan. We now have a great source that will help us to keep them in stock at all times. See how creative you can be with these pens and feel free to send us pics of your color job and we'll post them on our site. Have fun!

US BLANKS NEW RED FOAM!!!

US Blanks Goes High Performance!

US Blanks, is proud to announce the release of their new high performance polyurethane foam formulation effective immediately. In responding to the growing demand for a light density, high performance surfboard blank, US Blanks has responded with what will be named their new Red density.The new red foam is the same weight as the old red foam, is more dense (to result in less pressure dents and a longer life of your board), and has better recoil than there old red foam. Feed back from local shapers has been very positive, with everyone saying it shapes and glasses well.

We are currently stocking all short boards and short fishes in the new Red Foam. If you need a different size with Red Foam feel free to custom order it, they're only a week away. Please stop in and press your thumb into a Red blank and compare it to the Blues.

Happy Voting Day!

Today is that day every four years when you should get out and let your voice heard. The problem is that for most of us allot of the propositions are to hard to decipher. It seems they are written in some type of legal mumbo jumbo to make it hard for the public to make heads or tales of. My theory is to keep it simple and vote on what you know and what you really believe in don't try to vote on everything on the ballot. It's kind of like a scantron test and you're shooting for a "B".

Have fun and enjoy the day.

Rob Machado and Pat O'Connell Shape a surfboard at Sacred Craft!

Pro surfers Rob Machado and Pat O'Connell came out to the Sacred Craft Show to shape a surfboard in front of hundreds of people. The two surfers/shapers were mic'ed up and placed inside a fishbowl type shaping bay for everyone to watch and listen. Machado shaped a Channel Island stub and O'Connell shaped a Timmy Patterson style thruster. It was fun to watch these guys handle the tools and blanks and hear what they had to say during the shaping process. A good time was had by all.

FCS FUSION PLUGS!

We just got the Fusion Plugs in and they seem to be a nice alternative to the usual FCS Plugs. The Fusion Install Kit makes it extra easy to install teh plugs the correct way. Here is a link to the FCS Fusion Install Manual http://www.foamez.com/pdfs/Fusion_Manual_Final_Rev3.pdf

FCS created the Fusion because of a need for a high quality, easy to install system, that can be installed under the fiberglass (as preferred by boards using new technologies such as EPS). This also provides the consumer a higher performing fin system that fits the worlds largest range of premium fins.

The insert provides a base of high density foam. This helps disperse any forces on the plug. It provides a solid base so the plug does not rotate or sink into the foam. This is especially evident in EPS blanks of low densities.

The slots in the Fusion plugs are slightly elongated which allows slight fore and aft movement of the fins, this is great for fine tuning the performance of the board.

The FCS Fusion offers 3 different cant angles (0º, 5º, 9º): This makes the system easy to install and minimizes the chance of error in fin angles.

We appreciate any feedback you can give us on new products.

CLARK FOAM PLANER BACK IN STOCK!!!

We finally got the Clark Foam Planer back in stock. It was out of production for about a year but they're back now. Nothing mechanically has changed but there is a shiny metal green box the planers now come in. The planer is still being modified by the former Clark Foam engineer.



Here's a short description of the tool:

The mechanism that controls the cutting depth has been modified to make a full cut with only a quarter turn of the knob. The new features include a modified rear handle, two way pass clearance, precision depth adjustment mechanism (sealed), 20' cord, Exhaust Attachment, and improved sealed bearings for more power.

You can purchase the planer online at http://www.foamez.com/...008-model-p-190.html or feel free to call or email with questions or to place an order.

Quite the line up at SACRED CRAFT !!!

We got this email this morning with the updated event schedule for Sacred Craft starting this Sat Oct 11. Lot's of cool stuff going on with shaping seminars and the such. Stop by and check us out (booth B-16), we'll be giving out some cool shwag just like last year! Hope to see you there. Brad and the Guys at Foam E-Z.

SACRED CRAFT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

TRIBUTE TO THE MASTERS SHAPE-OFF HONORING BILL CASTER PRESENTED BY ICE NINE FOAM WORKS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11 - Akeena Solar Shaping Bay
10am - Ned Mahon San Diego
NOON - Ward Coffey Santa Cruz
2pm - Chris Christenson San Diego
4pm - Ricky Carroll (defending champ) - Florida

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12 - Akeena Solar Shaping Bay
10am - Timmy Patterson - San Clemente
NOON - Matt Calvani - Los Angeles
3pm - Judging - Hank Warner; Bird Huffman; Ernie Higgins; Chris Aherns; Tim Bessell
3:30pm Awards

MOVIE SCREENING TENT PRESENTED BY PURE FRUSTRATION PRODUCTIONS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11
10:30am BONZER: THE MOTHERSHIP
11:00AM UNDER THE SUN
1230PM BETWEEN THE LINES
1:45PM BONZER: THE MOTHERSHIP
2:15PM UNDER THE SUN
3:30PM BETWEEN THE LINES
4:45PM BONZER THE MOTHERSHIP
5:00PM BETWEEN THE LINES

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12
10:30am BONZER: THE MOTHERSHIP
11:00AM BETWEEN THE LINES
12:15PM UNDER THE SUN
1:45PM BONZER: THE MOTHERSHIP
2:15 PM BETWEEN THE LINES

SEMINARS presented by BUBBLE GUM SURF WAX

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11
1030AM DAVE DAUM - 'In Shaping Bay' seminar @ Coors Banquet shaping bay; Watch and listen as master shaper Dave Daum walks and talks you through the entire shaping process as he crafts a new board; QnA from audience; one lucky audience member will walk away with the finished blank courtesy of Ice-Nine Foam Works and Dave Daum Surfboards
11AM JEREMY SHERWIN - Renewable Surfboards: A whole new way of thinking - changing the mindset of the masses.
11:30AM ROBERT AUGUST / WINGNUT: Longboard quivers QnA with Endless Summer II stars
12:45pm DAVID RENSIN: Author of "All For A Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Times of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora"; Biographer QnA; Book signing
2:15PM JON STILLMAN/TERRY MARTIN/HAROLD WALKER: Foam - Past Present & Future
3:15PM TOM WEGENER- The Alaia; past to present wave sliding perspectives.
4:30PM AKEENA SOLAR: Why going green with solar is easier and more cost effective than ever.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12
10:30AM AKEENA SOLAR: Why going green with solar is easier and more cost effective than ever.
11:15 AM LEE VANDERHURST - SWAYLOCKS: Swaylocks as a resource for the home surfboard builder; QnA from audience
NOON DAN MALLOY - PRO SURFERS AND THEIR QUIVERS
2:00 PM DREW BROPHY - Artist extraordinaire. Paint pens explained. Paint your own board, it's simple, fun and now it is explained by legendary surf artist Drew Brophy.

COORS BANQUET BEER SHAPING BAY

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11
1030AM DAVE DAUM - 'In Shaping Bay' seminar @ Coors Banquet shaping bay; Watch and listen as master shaper Dave Daum walks and talks you through the entire shaping process as he crafts a new board; QnA from audience; one lucky audience member will walk away with the finished blank courtesy of Ice-Nine Foam Works and Dave Daum Surfboards
1PM MICAH WOOD - At 26 years old, Micah Wood represents the new breed of young shapers that includes Chris Cravey, Ryan Burch, Jeff McCallum, DJ Kane, Josh Hall and others. Micah is a local San Diego surfer/shaper who works at Waterlines Unlimited.
3PM BRAD GERLACH - Local San Diegan and legendary professional surfer Brad Gerlach takes to the planer. Gerlach's board will e auctioned off with proceeds going to SURFAID INTERNATIONAL.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12
1030AM DAVE DAUM - 'In Shaping Bay' seminar @ Coors Banquet shaping bay; Watch and listen as master shaper Dave Daum walks and talks you through the entire shaping process as he crafts a new board; QnA from audience; one lucky audience member will walk away with the finished blank courtesy of Ice-Nine Foam Works and Dave Daum Surfboards
12 NOON PAT O'CONNELL Retired WCT surfer and star of Endless Summer II puts the mask on and gets all foamy for his charity SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
2pm ROB MACHADO Ultra smooth local legend Machado will enter the foam fray and will undoubtedly create a smooth aquatic slipper for whcih to walk the water. Charity: Rob Machado Foundation benefitting the arts programs for Cardiff Schools.

CRAFTSMAN EXPRESSION SESSION FOR CHARITY presented by HANSEN SURFBOARDS

Boards by Gary Hanel/Moonlight glassing, Danny Hess, Matt Biolos/Lost, Dave Daum, Ron House/Drew Brophy, Craig Hollinsworth/Wade Koniakowsky, Stu Kenson, PhotoCloth/Headlline Graphics

Viewing and bidding both days and continued at HANSENS BOARDROOM THROUGH DEC 1.

NOTE: First 100 paid in the door both Sat & Sun entered in 'early bird' chance drawing for a new board! All paid attendees automatically entered in a seperate chance drawing.

Seal Beach and Long Beach Surfing Pioneers

What an awesome night in the history of Seal beach! Thursday September 25th at 7:30pm some of Seal Beach and Long Beach's earliest surf pioneers got together for a Q & A session. Some of the panel members included Harold Walker, Bob "Ole" Olson, Harry Schurch.

Harold Walker of Walker Foam was one of the pioneers in making polyurethane foam cores back in the early sixties. He competed with Clark Foam for forty plus years until finally going out of business in 2007. He is now working with Ice Nine to try to perfect their foam formulas.


Ole is famous as an early master craftsman of surfboards in the beginning foam era. He still makes surfboards in Maui under the Ole name. Ole flew out to Seal Beach to join his old buddies to talk about Seal Beach surfing days.

Another of the legendary crew is Harry Schurch. He was involved in that first attempt at surfing Waimea Nov of 1957 with Greg Noll, Micky Munoz, and Mike Stange. They all paddled out in 15 to 18 foot Waimea Bay on 40 pound planks in an attempt to survive the massive drop.

Shaping and Seal beach legend Rich Harbour attended the discussion that included many hilarious stories from the boys. Of course everyone had something to say about the notorious and ever present Sphinx. It stood on top of Blackie Augusts (Robert Augusts' Dad) house for some forty plus years. They told about how they would show up at the beach to go surfing and there wouldn't be anyone else in the water so they would have to wait until a buddy arrived to adventure out. There were endless classic stories from this eventful Seal Beach night. Unfortunately two guys from the main crew ,Jack Haley Sr. and Lloyd Murray, were not present (having passed away in recent years) but they were memorialized in the many stories.