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A Tale of Two Steves...

My buddy Caleb snapped this today... too classic, haha! Speaking of Steve, maybe somebody will see these and urge him t...

The Pacific Beach Surf Club / Cardiff Surf Club / Coalition of Surfing Clubs Tou...

The custom trophy for the PBSC/CSC/TCC 8 Ball Bash pool tournament What can I say other than i had great time assemblin...

Meet "The Gimmick" - Vince|Vaughn Model...

Board #4 is finally finished and in the water. This one got started when I was shaping and building the Viceroy in my ga...

STOLEN: The Vr2(b)...

March 27 I went for a surf with my nephew Quinn and I brought two boards along for him to try out. After being out for a...

Surf Photos by Jeff Kerridge...

Jeff's photography is always so spot on. He's gotten more great photos of me surfing over the years than anyone else, an...

Skip Stories No. 1 - The Kickout...

Surf around Pacific Beach long enough and your chances of surfing right next to one of the sport's all time legends will...

Introducing "The Viceroy"...

"A viceroy is an official who runs a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory."...

Late 60s Wilken Midlength Transition Era Vee Bottom Keyword Stuffer Surfboard wi...

I recently got a request to send out a W.A.V.E.set fin box adapter to the owner of a Wilken midlength board from the lat...

Some Really Positive, Absolutely Killer Praise for the WAVEset Finbox Adapter...

A little while back I got a random but very welcome email from a young lady named Lainey who is the proud owner of a lat...

People Riding Surfboards with Vees in Their Bottoms...

1968 Surfboards Hawaii 8'0" Vee Bottom It's going on five years since I bought this board at Bird's, and in that time I...

The WaveSet Fin Box Adapter Project...

Old boards and old fins This story starts with a borrowed Gordon and Smith "Midget Farrelly Stringerless" that I took f...

This Changes Everything! (or at least that's the plan...)...

My goals for this project are simple: create the proverbial "one board quiver" create the most exciting surfboard ev...

The First Modern Surf Music?...

or: EveryThing NoBody Ever Told You About AquAtic Bliss WithOut Slurring Here's a little piece I threw together after d...

Planning Out My First Hand Shaped Board...

And so it begins... the planning for my first hand shaped surfing board: Building things has always been a big interest...

File this under "The Ones That Got Away"...

The fiasco that was the sale of LambrettaWorks forced me to sell many of the boards that I had collected over the years,...

More Fun with Surfboards and Lambrettas...

Here's a nice snapshot from the old West Coast Lambretta Works days... Going through my old photo library I found this ...

Goodbye For Now, Sophia Tiare Bartlow...

Like many other San Diegans I spent a gorgeous Sunday morning yesterday at the beach: surfing, hanging with friends, and...

One of My Favorite Lambrettas Ever...

Of the hundreds of Lambrettas we restored over the years at West Coast Lambretta Works, this one stands out as an all ti...

My One and Only Win (So Far)...

Preface: My racing career was almost an afterthought in the bigger picture of my whole Lambretta experience. As owner of...

Product Testing: as Important as Good Grammar....

Another blast from the past from back in the old West Coast Lambretta Works days A few random thoughts on this photo......

Surfing with Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids...

I am so stoked that I ran into one of my musical heroes in PB yesterday afternoon: Rick Miller of Southern Culture on th...

Some random cool images from the old Lambretta shop photo albums...

Here's a nice smattering of Lambretta history for you, including a great shot of Matt Dawson's aluminum framed gas power...

All Roads Lead to Tourmaline...

The date was July 12, 2012, and after many months of planning and preparation, it was time for my good buddy Glen and I ...

V is For Vee Bottoms!...

Detailed notes are important The vee bottom boards masterfully ridden by Australian Bob McTavish in the mid '60s ...

West Coast Lambretta Works Was Born in a Garage Way Out in the Boonies...

These shots are from the really early days of my Lambretta adventure at the family garage in Lakeside, probably around 1...

Accidents Will Happen...

While going through old footage in preparation for a historical ASRA documentary film I've started producing, I came acr...