birken newell's california

maiden voyage on the new pintail flexpig!

thank you mother nature, thank you gene cooper.

well, this board rides VERY intuitively. it feels very smooth. the waves today weren't that powerful, but the few with any power at all gave me a chance to feel this board in the transition part of the face. this thing is luscious on the fade left go right. it handles my fat ass on the nose beautifully. it is stable up there, yet controllable. I have had quite a bit of experience on a hornet, and on my ole malibu foil pintail... so maybe that has something to do with this board feeling so intuitive. i don't know...i feel like i have been surfing this board forever. this one has a bit less foam in the rail than my old one, maybe a few other refinements...i don't know. my stoke meter is pegged!
yeah, i had one wave where my right arm was stuck in the face up to my triceps, you'd have thought i was examining a cows innards or something. it was a wave where i got two head dips, then a nice little up toward the nose trim...just looking at the glass.
obligatory foliage.
another slider.
hey! what gives?!!
check the video!

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my new sled. 3 months of summer in front of me. a healthy happy family. watch out sliders point!!!!!!! here i come.

9'6"

pig roast!!!!!!

thanks don for this photo! best kitchen in town.


(thanks Jason and Jenny for the next photo!!)

old mans!!!!! pig roast is ON!!!!!!!

well X marks the spot. we're at old man's under the hut! come one , come all!

9'10" of swine perfection FOR SALE!!!!!!!! $800

I have ridden this board. my buddy let me borrow it, i went out and bought one, just like that. i let my buddy borrow mine, he went out and bought one just like that. this board and the two other owl's i mentioned will be at the pig roast saturday! (speaking of owl, there is an amazing write up that michael kew authored in the upcoming slide #19 due to hit the stands later this month.) back to the matter at hand... this board is crazy. its the type of board that....if you were to be blindfolded stroking rails, you'd stop once you stroked this board, and buy it. the board paddles super fast, trims amazing , you can direct this board from up on the nose. check out what the shaper, marc andreini has to say about pigs . to purchase this board, email Mr. E at tels@earthlink.net

slide #19! ,a scouting mission! and some ALOHA!!!!!

we got an ad in SLIDE #19. it is hitting the racks late JUNE!!!!!

this magazine is great. i am honored to have contributed a couple of articles.
i did some preliminary recon for pig blast shred fest 2011!!!! its going to be SSSSSIIIIIIIAAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and finally, brother colin says: Firstly, I apologize for the blinding whiteness of the kook standing next to the pig. I usually surf in a shirt....anyway, your pig wanted to send you a photo to let you know she's doing well in Hawaii. No more black wetsuit stains on the wax. Aloha!