Oh Dawn

Worst Idea Ever – Dude

http://www.ohdawn.com/

Thomas Surfboards

”I make surfboards, i reckon i make pretty rad ones, just not too many white 6’1″ thrusters. Most of the testing is done on some pretty tasty point waves and few beaches, been doing it a little while now and really enjoy it.

I make ’em at a factory that has a lot of history in Australian surfing, bit of a bonus for me really. I’ve learnt a lot off some really great people from spending many hours in the shaping bay and in the water.

Surfing’s fun and doing it on all types of boards makes you smile and keeps it interesting”.

– Thomas Bexon

Austin Surfboards Virginia beach

Var i Virginia Beach och hälsade på bekanta. Var tvungen att kolla de lokala tillverkarna, träffade Austin där, grym kille och grymt ställe. Kunde naturligtvis inte hålla mig från att köpa en bräda.

austin2

 

I was thirteen or fourteen when the surfing bug first hit me.  It had been a long time since my Dad was on the surfing scene, but he was willing to teach me whatever he could remember from those days.  We borrowed a few of my Uncle’s boards and headed out.  The boards were completely wrong for us and it made learning incredibly difficult.  However, after catching a few waves, I was hooked.

After returning my Uncle’s surfboards, most-likely trashed, we bought ourselves a couple of used boards that we thought would be right for us.  As with any beginning surfer, I racked up a ton of dings.  We found a local ding repair guy to take care of them.  It was always an adventure going to see him.  To get there we had to park on the street, walk around a ship repair facility, down a small path, past a three-legged dog, through a tomato patch, until finally we’d get to his beat up old trailer.  For some reason, if we brought a good looking girl we’d always get a better deal.  He was fast and cheap, two things which don’t exactly add up to a quality repair.  The dings were never polished and always had exposed weave.  Although his rates were reasonable, getting a board repaired every weekend was really cutting into the little bit of spending cash I had at the time.

After about a year passed of me spending my hard earned money on sub-quality ding repairs, I told my Dad I wanted to try my hand at fixing my own dings.  He took me to the local boat store and bought some fiberglass cloth, resin, and catalyst (we weren’t aware at the time that surfboard resin and boat resin were two different things).  After a few failed attempts and a ton of online research, including a visit to the library, my repairs slowly began to get better.  About a year later, I had acquired a network of friends and acquaintances that I was doing ding repairs for.  Little did I know that at the age of fifteen, I had started down the path to producing my own boards.

It was during that year that I got the urge to build a surfboard for myself.  I figured it was just a small step beyond doing my own ding repair.  Man, was I wrong.  My father was able to purchase a blank, and with the most basic of hand tools, I began to whittle that thing into the most beautiful board I had ever laid eyes on.  Looking back, it was horrendous and full of errors, but I loved it because I had made it.  Most people would have stopped there and turned to a professional for the glass work, but I was determined to master every step.  With tarps on the floor of the garage, and the internet as my guide, I worked my way through my first glass job.  It was an enormous mess, but I enjoyed every second of it.  With each successive board, I became more skilled and the boards began to look better and better.

I continued to use every resource at my disposal to broaden my skills.  I had become friends with the head glasser at the shop where I bought my supplies, and he allowed me to watch him glass boards whenever I wanted.  I paid close attention to every detailed movement of his hands, and then I would go home and try it out myself.  Each board and each mistake provided me with the opportunity to learn new ways of doing things, and I soon became very comfortable with the process.  I began to glass so many boards in the garage that my parents were worried about the fumes getting into my room at night, so I saved enough money to build a decent glassing room behind our house.  I had a few less headaches after that!  I had made the room climate controlled and fashioned the correct lighting.  It had all the perks of a top notch glassing facility, just on a smaller scale.  The glassing room was a big step forward for me, and it allowed me to produce an even higher quality product.

The next year I founded Austin Surfboards.  I was a sixteen-year-old entrepreneur that had started in his garage making boards for close friends and family members, and I ended up finding a career that I loved and would spend the rest of my life pursuing.  Now I’m in a four-thousand square foot factory with seven employees, and my boards are in shops up and down the East Coast and in California.

-Austin Saunders

 

20140801-205109-75069900.jpg

20140801-205108-75068949.jpg

20140801-205109-75069692.jpg

20140801-205108-75068645.jpg

20140801-205110-75070464.jpg

20140801-205107-75067672.jpg

Nya T-Shirts/Sweatshirt

Första Applebaykläderna är här!!!! Kolla E-shopen! applebay.tictail.com  T-Shirt (Vintage Grey, Vintage Blue) 349 kr, Sweat (Marin)499 kr

Earth Positive® New Collection

Produced under the Global Organic Textile Standards (G.O.T.S) from 100% organic cotton using only renewable energy from wind & solar power and approved by the Carbon Trust (UK) for reductions in CO2 emissions.The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) has audited the entire production chain for correct ethical labour practicesl.

T-Vintagegrey

T-VintagebluesweatshirtMarin

Dfrost Surf House Morocco

”Footage of the Dfrost Almugar Surf House area. Located in Taghazout / Agadir we shot awesome footage from – people. the surf, the area and excursions organised by Dfrost Almugar Surf House. Inspired now? contact us for your holiday in Morocco!

We offer full packages with surfing – yoga and excursions”

dfrostsurfmorocco.nl /surfcampmorocco.co.uk

Dfrost Surf House Morocco – Scenic Promo 2012 from Dfrost Almugar Surf Hous Morocco on Vimeo.

News Surf Saloon

Snart kan ni hänga på Surf Saloon vareviga dag! Från och med midsommardagen har vi öppet även vardagar och det kommer att hända en massa skoj hos oss redan under första veckan! Vad sägs om yogamorgon och premiär för vår stora hälsofrukost, presentation av vår nya fantastiska meny och performance av ingen mindre än Governor Andy (lör 28/6). Vi kan knappt bärga oss! Hoppas ni ser fram emot allt lika mycket som vi! Mer detaljerad info om varje event kommer snart!

10487391_629424693831693_2710680935976684794_n

RAAM Sweden

IMG_1866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race Across America är en cykeltävling som startar i Oceanside i Kalifornien och går i mål i Annapolis utanför Washington DC. Det är 480 mil från kust till kust, man ska ta sig genom öknar, över bergskjedjor och över de stora slätterna. Det är en etapp så tävlingen pågår dygnet runt till man är i mål. Race Across America (RAAM) är ett av de mest respekterade och längsta uthållighetstävlingarna i världen oavsett idrott.

Den 14 juni i år kommer vi stå på startlinjen i klassen 2-person team. Vi heter Anders Klavberg och Günter Andreasson, vårt lag heter Team Cykelmagneten Sweden och det här är den största utmaning vi någonsin gett oss på.

Vi har med oss ett service team på 7 personer som ska hjälpa oss under den dryga veckan som loppet pågår. Dom kör de två följebilarna, sköter navigeringen, ser till att vi får i oss tillräckligt med energi, masserar ömma ben, fotografera och filma, håller våra cyklar i topptrim och alltid försöka bidra med ett gott humör

Att genomföra RAAM innebär givetvis en stor utmaning för oss som cyklar men det går inte att klara utan ett fungerande serviceteam. Både cyklister och serviceteam är igång dygnet runt och det blir oerhört viktigt att ha en plan för allt från att äta till att sova.

Vi hoppas detta ska bli en fantastisk upplevelse!

Följ resan på www.raamsweden.se

 

Liz Clark and The Voyage of Swell

Surfs Up Kåsa!

Här på västkusten ändras vädret varje dag och det finns alltid något du kan göra på vattnet. För två dagar sedan var vattnet spegelblankt och supbrädan perfekt. Idag var jag vid Kåsa på lunchen och fick se ett tiotal surfar göra sitt bästa i ganska bra vågor och vind på 10 sekundmeter.

kasa