eden and dead kooks!!!

eden sent this to me via surfapig@live.com: Hey mike, hows things? To provide a little context first, i live on the Gold Coast and Matteo is one of my close friends. I know you guys are close and i have been a fan of what you're doing. I've been shaping under my own label Dead Kooks for a while and my latest board is something i wanted to share with you and your fans. Named Babi Guling - that's balinese for sucking pig- its 9'9 x 23 x 3. I hand shape all my boards and take pride in what we're creating. My buddy was kind enough to put a clip together of this board coming together which you can check vi http://vimeo.com/29543332 My website is simply http://deadkooks.com/ Have a look. I hope you enjoy, and would be stoked to hear from you soon. Eden -TDKS

check the video! this shit is so well done!!!!
thanks eden! that is what this blog is all about!

another day surfing with friends!

clean day out there. so stoked to be out there on my board with friends!

saw this flower today.
lagoon.

"matt the magician", and the one board quiver.

this is the best surfboard i have ever seen or touched or surfed. period. strangers and non surfers are telling me that my surfing is "beautiful" when riding this board. i have had beach walkers say that to me on two separate occasions. random shortboarders are going out of their way to chat with me about the board, and my surfing on it. i am in shock that a board can function like this. i am generally enthusiastic about new surfboards...and every surfboard has a feeling that is worth being enthusiastic about...but this here bing feral pig...it IS the best functioning surfboard i have ever had under my feet. so stoked to own this board. and to surf it in these waves this morning! it is a great feeling to bring boards to a skilled craftsman and tell him how those boards rode in the conditions i rode them in, and then...have him keep that in mind while we discuss numbers...and then have this board be birthed. i was stoked just looking at it, then when i felt it in my hand, i was shocked...now experiencing the effortless turns, the speed, the stability, the nose rides... this is THE pig.

my buddy is selling his anderson slide and glide!

this is the exact board our beloved chad marshall is shredding in the following link!

$425 email : dgeary4@me.com

...feral pig!

looking forward to tomorrow!

why i love pig boards.

this shot sums it up. i see this dudes face , and all i can think is "acupulco gold, or maui wow-ee" or what ever they were chuffin back in the day. i'm not sure if he even knows he is holding a pig instead of the pocket rocket he had been riding at the santa monica pier just the last swell. maybe i am totally off. maybe he IS smiling like he just ate peyote because he is holding a pig. i would be. that board is classic. electrical tape...not duct tape. electrical tape. the thing about a pig...a proper pig, it's gong to maintain it's essence even if you have electrical tape on the nose. that board under this dude's arm still trimmed, still cutback, and probably still gave him a bit of a nose ride by the break wall.

thanks jason for the link!

east side sliders!

Eric Dranginis sent me this via surfapig@live.com: A couple days ago, the day after overhead bombs. Our east side version of sliders point!

NICE!!