GC2200 9' X 22" X 3" !!!!!!!!!

SOLD!!! gene.cooper@gmail.com

marc andreini!!!!

marc sent me this via surfapig@live.com: Here is the 10' pig I keep at my house as a wall hanger!(thanks michael kew for the photo!)
he describe the board below: Here are a few of a pintail spoon!
marc's shapes are so clean! the first pic took me back. I have seen little glimpses of that board he is holding...but that shot...the board pops! then these two of the spoon. SUPER CLEAN!!! that red stripe just seems so right! Marc is super STOKED!!!

Marc mentioned he might have a pig he could shoot some photos of and post up here as a board for sale. It is currently at a shop, I sure would be stoked feature it here also.

sounds like i'll be posting a blue fin Jim Phillips pig up for sale here soon. NICE!

Gene has a 9' red fin FLEX coming up VERY SOON. OH MY!!!

gene and some pigs!!!

gene is headed to sacred craft santa cruz next weekend. if you are in that area, check it out!!! he is going to have a grip of rad pigs!!!

THE BLACKBOARD

cooperfish blackboard flex pig!!

nedsurf shot this photo. this is al's van and his new blackboard.

can't fuck with that!!!!

big al! flexing!!!

Gene shot this of Al surfing his 9'4" COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD flex PIG, the other day when we were all out at San O.

Richard's Blackboard!!!!!

Gene!!!!!

where am i?

today was unusual. i surfed somewhere other than sliders! it was different!

big al picked up a blackboard flex pig from gene this morning.
how is that right peeling in the lower right hand corner of this photo?!
me shooting gene shoot al.
me shooting gene shoot al...again.
gene and al made a board swap. ....board swap!
more surf!

weezel shot this of Big Al on his new Blackboard Fex!!!

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is nice to live in a time where true men still make art.

gene cooper, blue magazine.

check it out!

new blackboard!

a trip to santa ana on a hot day...VIOLA! a new sled. FEE-YUCK!!! what is going on? i don't even know what to think or do. i just got to make good decisions from here on out. HEARD DAT!!!

gene cooper , surfing in the 70's

gene cooper ...pig discussions...

gene cooper has this to say about pig boards:

"The plan shape on some of the earliest Velzy pigs from the mid-50's was pretty extreme and I find those the most interesting. 16" nose, 17+" tail, 8" tail block and a beautiful combination of curves. At first glance they look pretty simple but if you take a closer look every contour and design element is very thoughtful and exactly in the right place, never better. I'll just say that the design is "subtly complex" or "complex in it's simplicity" not unlike what was being created by the artists and architects of the mid-century. Velzy's design was groundbreaking, enduring, and those early examples were pure art. I'm glad we live in a time when many surfers embrace surfings roots and designs. Riding a proper pig, nice and dense, sans modern rocker and modern foiling is just pure fun. A clean solid feeing that defies description, I'm hooked….again."

gene and i have collaborated on a surfboard design. the COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD. below are some photos of that board in action.

COOPER sighting at sliders point.

today i surfed with my friend. you have to love nice waves shared with a friend.

blurry photo, look ma...i'm an artist!
check the video! gene slides a few. my other buddy tim gets a nice one.

Gene Cooper on liquid salt!

CHECK IT OUT!!!

you must keep an eye on Gene Cooper!!!

Gene Cooper's blog .

did I mention I am pumped to be a part of the COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD?!!

check out this link to Gene's Blog. Its interesting!

COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD proto-type

well. i must say that this board has me feeling unworthy. what i have been experiencing on the COOPERFISH BLACKBOARD prototype ...the way it carries through sections, the drive it has off the bottom, the tight turning radius, the maneuverability on the nose ...all of that has me feeling like the first one was everything I have been looking for in a board. enter this other prototype . the roll on this thing with the proper rocker... it is so true to tradition. the lack of a stringer is going to make for some interesting flex. Gene has been thinking about the materials on this one. so PSYCHED!!

the video below is kind of like watching the video of logs burning. not a lot is happening. however it is strangely soothing to listen to and to watch.

Friends!

Gene shot this picture. Dan and I are real close friends. Gene is dirty.

velzy jacobs at the board swap in doheney!

got dam this board!

FU(K! FU(K! FU(K!

thank you gene for taking the pix!