"Hot Tuna"

"I can see the light" Bringin' home the bacon

305 lbs

"Elevation"

http://www.marquee.demon.co.uk/

"Stolen Moments"

Acetone: "All For The Love Of A Girl" Thanks JP

"Golden Brown"

one of my favorites at the fry

Jeff McCallum's
four fin beauty.

http://theswiftmovement.com/

"Footsteps"

"Main Man"

The fish fry is so great because of it's open minded non political approach to surfing. That's what surfing should be, I think. Well, if you try, you can allways find some politics. I'm tellin' myself ,at this moment, I should not be writing this for fear of putting any sort of lean on this soulful gathering of like-minded people. Well, screw it! It's just one's opinion! I'm sure a lot more, if their honest. If you were to ask,"who's the man"? I think the answer would probably be .......? Rich Pavel 'The Main Man' award for the best fish stew! Just my take. http://www.greenroom.com/

"Party Of Special Things To Do"

survival kit

"The Space Between"

Yak Yak.....Yak

Love

"Moonlight In Glory"

@The Fish Fry 2006

Heart of the moonlight

Peter, Sally and JP St Pierre of Moonlight Glassing

A moon light special

Moonlight Glassing Company by Art Van Delay

It often seems that real surf companies just don't get enough credit where credit is due. The layman side of our business, the surfboard manufacturers, is too often taken for granted. The less glamorous end of resin fumes, foam dust, and whining planners isn't as appealing to most as the rag trade is with the glamorous models and constant parade of high paid surf stars. The egos, corporate raiders, and non-surfing wannabees tend to crowd the high profile media end of surfing these days, and the mellower lifestyle companies go unnoticed.

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pinliner photo: JP

Somewhere in the evolution of the surf industry, the shapers and glassers got left in the dust of the higher-margin clothing and accessories companies dash to the bank. They didnt (couldnt?) board the lucrative locomotive that many surf companies are riding on today.

Nevertheless, theyre an integral part to the surf industry. Without surfboards, there wouldnt be a surf industry. Its almost like were the evil necessity, the anchor that drags them {surf companies}, says St. Pierre.

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Surfboards are among the last of a dying breed of custom-made handcrafted goods. While most consumer products are spit out 2 4/7 in automated factories, high-end surfboards are each painstakingly shaped, painted, glassed, and sanded by hand. This is an art, not a business, says St. Pierre, referring to the process of making surfboards.

But even though theyre overlooked and under-recognized, and even though the cost of running their business has become extremely expensive and nearly unfruitful, glassers like St. Pierre have managed to keep it all in perspective: If the surfs good, I just leave and go surfing. Thats the only thing thats kept me going. And its rare in America that you get to build something bitchen and actually see it being used. Thats fun. Going down to the beach and seeing your friends riding something you built makes it worth it.

the showroom

"Dream Lover"

In Taoism and some Chinese martial arts, "third eye training" involves focussing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed in various qigong postures. The goal being, at first, to be able keep the attention busy while other physiological changes are happening in the body. Eventually this training is designed to allow one to keep one's attention properly on the opponent or opponents in a physical confrontation. Students who undertake such training often report experiencing feelings of pressure, pulsing, tingling and other sensations between the eyebrows and around the forehead area.

"Whatever Happens Next..."

Mike **%^$## is the most consistent spot in *%$%## . If *&#&*&# looks flat, go check #$&^%^%^ because there's almost always something to ride. *&%%$% is, however, extremely varied in shape and depends on the contour of the sandbars. Lefts tend to be fast and predominant during south swells and are quite hollow . Westerly winds easily blow out the spot. In winter, the break is far peakier. Steep peaks are found on the right tide, but if you don't surf the spot regularly, the chances of a great day are slim. Because %**%%$#$ is a fast shortboard wave, you tend to get aggressive crowds. It's one of the few breaks in the city where you don't have hoards of beginners swarming the peaks. If you can lay down a solid turn, you're welcome out there. O.K. !

"The Monochrome Set"

Blinky Palermo

(Peter Heisterkamp)

untitled (1969)

Captagon (1969)

untitled (67-69)

Artists need a memorable, resonant name. If you haven't a good one of your own, it's worth inventing or stealing one. How Peter Schwarze became Blinky Palermo is uncertain. Adopted not long after his birth in Leipzig in 1943, Schwarze was registered Peter Heisterkamp. Later, when he was a student under Joseph Beuys at the Dusseldorf Kunstakademie, facing the perennial question of who or what kind of artist to be, he took the name Blinky Palermo. Perhaps Beuys, himself one of the great self-mythologists of 20th-century art, gave him the moniker. Or perhaps it was a fellow student who rechristened him, recognising that Schwarze bore a resemblance to an infamous Italian-American mobster in the fight game.

" Ride into the Sun"

Never too much Velvet another view and if you care

"Mummy Rock"

Future Pigeon Jason mason

Upcoming Shows

May 20 2006 11:00P

Detroit Bar

Costa Mesa, CA

A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.futurepigeon.com/

Ed Ruscha

"Another Green World"

http://www.dhlovelife.com/archive/index1.html

"I haven't been to a gas station in years," she said. "It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of war for oil."

Rudolf Diesel expected that his engine would be powered by vegetable oils (including hemp) and seed oils. At the 1900 World's Fair, Diesel ran his engines on peanut oil. Later, George Schlichten invented a hemp 'decorticating' machine that stood poised to revolutionize paper making. Henry Ford demonstrated that cars can be made of, and run on, hemp.

A matte-black El Camino roars into a filling station, dust billowing as crashing guitar chords compete with the sound of squealing tires. Out steps Daryl Hannah. This dragster is powered by twin turbo, 24 valve, P7100 mechanical fuel pump, 5.9 liter Cummins Diesel engine. Same basic engine as a Dodge Ram truck. This is a pure stock short block with 35,000 street miles! We are just out there trying to see how fast and quick we can go. The engine has two stage ATS Diesel Performance turbos providing the boost. It can build over 100 pounds of boost. The pump and injectors we are using now are built by John Russin of Buddha Power. The transmission is a ATS Diesel Performance custom 47RE Dodge 4 speed overdrive, lock up 5 Star Viskus Converter Drive, with a electronic transmission brake. We have made many full throttle launches with this with no breakage. The lock up converter is bulletproof. The fuel that we are running is biodiesel, supplied from Blue Sun of Colorado. This fuel is made from virgin agricultural based products, not petroleum. We have found that this fuel has a higher cetane rating, and performs very well. In addition, it is a alternative fuel, a renewable resource. http://www.cumminsracing.com/images/wf_mid_run.jpg

"Senses Working Overtime"

Sigmar Polke's Mushrooms

"This Old Road"

"I simply enjoy making the type of surfboards that I have learned to love and ride."

My first boards were long boards that were influenced by the surfboards that I rode at the time: Yater spoons and the very parallel outlines that Mickey Dora rode at Malibu in the early and mid 1960's: Jacobs, Dave Sweets, Yater "Spoons" and Greg Noll "da' Cats".

Then came the short board revolution. I was particularly influenced by the designs of George Greenough after watching Nat Young surf Malibu on a Greenough inspired Keyo surfboard one day at Malibu "First Point".

The extreme shapes designed for the down the line surfing in California point surf, particularly Malibu were not easy to ride because the rail turning style had to be conciously developed. The natural tendency is to pivot turn off of the back foot and these boards were full rail turning machines. Stand forward, lean over and push off both feet to drive them down the line. The results and feeling of that style of surfing, for us were very rewarding and unique. More on link http://www.liddlesurfboards.com/index.html

"Guiding Light"

creek critter. photo: J Hall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band)

"Ship Of Fools"

While digesting reader's digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with gum on the back, Fell out on the floor. Well, i picked it up and i ran outside Slapped on my window shield, And if i could see old betsy ross I tell her how good i feel. Chorus: But your flag decal won't get you Into heaven any more. They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war. Now jesus don't like killin' No matter what the reason's for, And your flag decal won't get you Into heaven any more. http://www.johnprine.net/

"Trampled Under Foot"

Photos: Freidmen Recently I was talking to a friend about Russ Short and how we thought he is a surfer that uses the 'complete package' in his approach to surfing. Jay Adams' skate version. http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/jayadams/