photo courtesy of shipworm and gribble
Interested parties please contact:
United Kingdom: Tim Mason, Perfect Trip Surfboards - tim@perfecttrim.co.uk
France: Phillipe Rodes, Spyder Surf - philrodes@aol.com
Portugal: Rui Ribeiro, Magic Quiver - magicquiver@gmail.con
Italy: Alessandro Marchi, Black Van - alessandro_sandy@hotmail.com
photo kidnaped at www.twinfintravels.blogspot.com originally originally uploaded by m_hagen
"A look into surfing through different prespectivs, the prespectives of those possedsed by the art of riding alternative boards"
Duncan, 49 y.o. from New Zealand sent us a shot firing down the line at Impossibles out on the Bukit in Bali last week.
"Had the thing wound up about as fast as it would go on my backhand during a session of 4-5ft perfection.
We got really consistent swell for three weeks. Pretty solid all the time so hardly had to surf the beach in town - just headed out to the reefs every day"
He is surfing on a 6'6"x21"x3" fish shaped by Peter Anderson. He worked with the shaper to modified the new board, bringing it in an inch, reducing the tail with the two wings and going to an EPS blank.
His board also have included a fifth fin option, so that it can be rided has a tri-fin with a smaller trailer fin. As per Duncan comments the board feels better under the feet and goes better in bigger waves.
The good thing about this blog is that. We have the chance to know very nice people and exchange a few stoke emails with some of the followers.
Mitch had mentioned at some point that he grew up in Australia in relatively isolated Tasmania, started surfing at 12 in empty lineups on a mystery purple psychedelic reverse swallow twin with green glass fins and a diving wetsuit.
I have asked him to o dig up that photo and where he is in Tasmania circa 1983, 12 years old with his first fish surfboard. He have no clue about who made this purple board...please let us know if you suspect of anyone.
photo Chris Cutris
photo Thomas Campbell
photo courtesy of Grant Newby
photo courtesy of Eli Mirandon
photo courtesy of shakas and single fins
related links:
http://www.thealleyfishfry.blogspot.com
http://shakasandsinglefins.blogspot.com
http://www.surfysurfy.net
From left to right: Nuno, DJ, Mick, Me, Paul, John, Phill, Nick, Tricia, Jimmy, on the night before de European Fish Fry in Portugal.
Looking forward to see you all this year in Ireland.
Taste is very subjective, and opinions differ about what "aesthetically pleasing" looks like. I take the risk to select a few surfboards web pages that are pleasing to our eyes.
As selection criteria we considered the aesthetic aspects as the graphic composition, photography quality, simplicity and philosophy.
By all above the Sea Surfboards is the first selection. It has a perfect blend off surf , shapping and art.
photos courtesy of sea surfboards
“I’m a great believer in do it yourself, which came out of the punk era. Have an art show in your bedroom if you want to, just draw some pictures and stick them up and invite some people; that’s an art show!..."
Dain Thomas in interview for New York Surf by Michael Machemer
related links:
http://www.seasurfboards.com/
http://www.newyorksurf.com/features/nysintv/dainthomas/main.html
http://www.empireave.com/?p=1803
http://www.fishbrotherhood.net/2008/08/all-round-ripper.html
We made this special edition t-shirt for Fish Brotherhood. It features a wave hand drawing screenprinted on 100% Fine Jersey cotton short sleeve t-shirt.
You can get one HERE, thanks!
Another marine non-motor vehicle from our rocket scientist friend . Same as the double-wing quad fish. Instead breaking the tail width with 2 pairs of wings. It has a cleaner continuous line.
photos courtesy of Manuel Caro
Just kidding, Japanese fish fry info in English. It's gonna be a big event, and we hope you can make it!
This is Currumbin Alley looking north to Surfers Paradise with Burleigh Heads on the left.
The Alley Fish Fry is happening in two days... time goes fast... unfortunally the bros wont make it this year. If you're nearby, drop in, surely it's going to be a great day.
Photo by Grant Newby
Packing List:
- bars of wax
- couple leashes
- fins + spare fins + test fins + more fins
- DK SwordFish Quad 5'10"
- DK 5-Fin Bonzer 6'5"
- CC Twin Keel Fish 5'8"
- CC Slider 9'4"
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
One Year has past, new year has come. This is the time for alternative surfboards lovers contribute to contradict world economics chaos and world de-globalization process.
Times tell us to get local, but as far as Fish are concern, we don't give a dam. It's time to get together to celebrate the fish design and review friends from our global village.
Southern Hemisphere, Oceania:
Meet at Alley, Gold Coast, Australia - Sunday 8 of March, 2009
Northern Hemisphere, America:
Meet at North Harbor, Oceanside-North, California - Sunday 29 of March, 2009
Northern Hemisphere Asia:
Meet at Shizunami Beach, Shizuoka, - Japan Saturday 6 of July 2009
Northern Hemisphere Europe:
Still cooking... stay tuned
Best Regards to all!
Don't forget to put your shoes under the christmas tree and have a A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Words from Erik aka EHO
"I hope all is well for you guys.
Things have been going good out here in San Diego. There's been a few good waves so far this Autumn and lots of nice weather. We're even soon to have a president we can be proud of!
Attached is a picture of my dog Lucy. I've always loved the incredible fish-like widow's peak she has on the back of her neck. It's amazing the proper curves you can find in nature. Hers is just like the crack on a fish. She was sniffing around one of my old fish boards a few days ago so I couldn't resist snapping a couple pictures. As the Fish Brotherhood, I thought you might get a kick out of this too.
All the best,"
