luau recap!!!!

Bing face book has some pictures from yesterday here:
the photos below were taken by glen sakamoto. thank you glen and thank you Margaret (at Bing Surfboards)!
that gnoll was a trip. super heavy.

me shuffling boards!

Gene and Rob Royal and Ken.

Gene and I.

my boy jason arnold out the back, and a hoof in the front.

jason bringing up ye old 2680.

camp

dawn patrol and I

smukes!!!

Rob and Carmen, Bj and I

Reese, Kameron, and I

Bj was super rad!

Kameron, twinkle toes, and Rosie

Gnar Gnar and Casanova

anyone seen a pig?

hilbers, casanova, and KP. it was so nice to hang out with everyone!

little al and dawnpatrol

all surfing photos shot by Ken Samuels 

Gnar Gnar, Casanova, and Johnny...doing it right!! 

Jason was giving the flow trough a go. 

johnny trimmed out! 

Kameron killing it! 

Gene owning it! 

the below pictures were shot by johnny g! 

variable heights on the pig.

makes you want to go veggie ehh?

did i mention going veggie?      ...NEVER! that shit looks horrid at this point...but the taco was golden!

i was documenting the encampment, johnny was documenting me documenting.

sawing rib bones. butterflying a pig.

 

pork chop!

 

rocker

encampment.

 

bottom of the pork chop.

the camp.

casanova.

big boss chef. the man of the weekend.

jjohnny and hilbers.

lla familia.

casanova and gnar gnar

what is chef drinking? and what is he drinking out of?

get my paipo on!!!

 

chewin on some cheek!

i call it dirt foot, he calls it alabama grocery toe.

left overs?

bout to skee-dat-tle.

thank you so much for every one that could make it to this year's luau!!!! it was an amazing day. i surfed 3 times, on 4 different boards. the surf wasn't perfect at times, but it was still super fun. my good buddy tom did so well with the food. so stoked!!!! i'll post up more pictures here when i receive them.

CHEERS!!!!

one day from now!!!!

one day from now!!!! can't wait. we're are getting everything put together. this year's luau is going to be so great. for those that can't make it, i suspect next year will be even better. i have been getting some request for directions. exit basilone. go south. you'll dead end into the San O Bluffs state park gate. pass through the gate , go down a ways. we are in between trail 3 and 4. you'll see a bunch of boards and a pig. if you can only make it down for a day, Saturday is the day to be there. cheers!!!

if you can't make it to this year's luau, and you care to see what is happening as it is happening... and ... if you have an android or iphone....then check it out on instagram...surfapig on instagram...i'll post tons of shite up there throughout the luau.

2nd annual luau!

two days from now!!!! can't wait. we're are getting everything put together. this year's luau is going to be so great. for those that can't make it, i suspect next year will be even better. i have been getting some request for directions. exit basilone. go south. you'll dead end into the San O Bluffs state park gate. pass through the gate , go down a ways. we are in between trail 3 and 4. you'll see a bunch of boards and a pig. if you can only make it down for a day, Saturday is the day to be there. cheers!!!

if you can't make it to this year's luau, and you care to see what is happening as it is happening... and ... if you have an android or iphone....then check it out on instagram...surfapig on instagram...i'll post tons of shite up there throughout the luau.

october 6th, next week, and instagram

we'll be recovering from the luau one week from now. that is a trip. after opening the summer with the luau, i figure we'll close the summer with this surf board show. i'm really excited to be a part of this year's show. i suppose my booth will be different than most booths there, as i don't necessarily have a "product" that i am trying to sell. rather, i am just going to be there with a herd of pigs, happy to talk story with whomever stops by. below is a partial list of this year's exhibitors:

also, i just started an instagram account. my username is surfapig. i'm going to be doing some math stuff that involves social networking and shite like that, so i figure i'll get the hang of it with surfapig. search for me and check it out. i'll be posting pics from the luau and current sessions there. should be rad.

9'4" dano hog for sale...$600

according to the owner: 9'4" Hog - Volan cloth, Custom D Fin and High density foam with extra heavy glassing. Insane resin work. 

Used one summer season and not a heal dent or ding. Shaped by Dano and glassed at Pure Glass.  9'4" 23.5w and 3.25 thick.

Its about 27 pounds and the board is foiled nicely. Most Dano's are fat in the center and thin out nicely in the tip and and tail. A traditional pig just a little wider than most. 

call 619 573 6101

paging surfore ...paging genius....

amol singla sent me this via surfapig@live.com:
hey,
i live in charleston sc and recently bought a velzy pig on craigslist.  the board itself has no dimensions written on the board at all.  i'm just curious if there's a way to know if it's original or not. . .there is a 5 digit serial #.  i emailed velzy and they said that dale didn't put dimensions on his boards generally.
the board had only been surfed once when i got it.  almost no wax on it.  one pressure ding.  i've broken the thing in nicely with some awesome swell we had over hte last 8 days.  and i've had a blast on the thing. different from what i've been surfing, but very fun and getting my feet under me more and more.
the person i bought it from said he bought it at a surf shop here in charleston about 4 years ago. . .anyway, interesting stuff.  i've gotten some folks who've seen the board and said they hadn't seen a pig in years!  and though not common here, has been great for our longboarding waves.  it's a 9'4" but i haven't measured anything else.
anyway, i'll try to send some pic's soon!

for which i replied:
Thanks for the email. i really cant say much at this point. i'd be happy to post it up on surfapig, and see what we can find out. i know someone that used to shape for Velzy, when you send me the serial # and take some pics, i might be able to find something out. Cheers!

for which he replied:
mike, i finally got those pic's taken of my board. that's a quintal fin i put on there. board is 9'4" i believe. serial # is 56083 as far as i can tell. it's really tough to read, but i may do better in the sun light. . .lemme know what you think/find out! and thanks again for the help and the blog! amol








i just received this response from Dale's old sales rep:

This is something probably built late 2003 or early 2004. Dale shaped the first one that he loaned out to Joel "ah Joel loved it" and others to ride. I had it for a month and rode it all around sd and up here in Pacifica. He had it digitized and then boards were run off the machine and finished by either Jim Phillips, Ralph Parker, Ernie Higgins, Ricky Carroll and over the weekend Jim told me something I didn't know at the end even Bob Mitsven was shaping some. At that time the production numbers were lower than they'd ever been before and Jim was mainly doing Velzy's for Japan and the rest were farmed out to whomever. As far as if it's original....it says Original Pig right on it. If he's asking if Dale shaped it then no it's not original. But it's an original Velzy design that he did as probably the last model he (re)created...how fitting.

a little salt on the pork!

johnny goss sent me this via surfapig@live.com:



i got a feeling we'll be sliding this beauty at the luau!!