Monthly Archives: October 2009

31 Days / 31 Ways: “Just Plane Fun”

By Lauren | Published: October 23, 2009

Alex Davis Day 22 was spent hand-planing with friends at St. Augustine’s finest shorepound, Vilano. Nick Collins

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Rich With Love”

By Lauren | Published: October 21, 2009

Day 21 of 31 Days/ 31 Ways was spent with my longtime friend and longboarding extraordinaire Mikee Paton. We did not find optimal conditions in which to film today, as it was drifty and very choppy, but we had a great time sharing waves. Mikee was one of my surfing mentors when I was younger. [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “His Surfing Speaks”

By Lauren | Published: October 20, 2009

Day 20 of 31 Days/ 31 Ways was spent admiring the stylishly acrobatic surfing of Lee McCaughin. Generally speaking, Lee is a pretty quiet and humble guy. Knowing this, we decided to keep the interviewing and talking to a minimum and let Lee’s surfing speak for itself. He is a total unsung hero so we [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “An Excellent Device”

By Lauren | Published: October 19, 2009

Day 19 explores the use of an excellent and rarely seen wave riding device: the tandem boogie board. Rachel and I hung out with Paige Atkinson today and she was kind enough to let us catch a few on her tandem boogie board. In case it doesn’t translate, that thing is really bulky and very [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Things Fall Apart” aka “Bloody Hill”

By Lauren | Published: October 18, 2009

Rachel Bardin has great surfer hands (and a bloody chin) Things almost never go as planned. Sometimes this works out to be amazing, invoking a sense of magic that only the spontaneous alignment of people, places and conditions can conjure. Check out the episode “All Dressed Up” for example. We had no idea that there [...]

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l’avventura: (Equip)Mentally Challenged

By Lauren | Published: October 18, 2009

My co-creator in pretty, Rachel Bardin, has a blog called l’avventura where she thoughtfully writes about all things creative. We had lunch with a few friends last week in the midst of one of our shoots and one of our friends was surprised to see what tiny and inexpensive equipment we have been using for [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “We Tried”

By Lauren | Published: October 17, 2009

Day 17 turned out to be the first official day of cool weather in Florida, bringing with it only a modicum of swell. So, instead of filming another day of logging we decided to take out some big, bulky kayaks and catch a few waves.

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31 days/ 31 ways: “Cultivation”

By Lauren | Published: October 16, 2009

Day 16 was spent logging and in the garden with New York transplant Nicholas Collins, whose homegrown style is something to behold. Nick and I traded waves on his beautiful, blue modern Hansen 50/50 today. In Joy!

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Farrelly Liberating”

By Lauren | Published: October 16, 2009

Day 15! We’re already half way through our grand hometown adventure, which is hard to believe. Today I helped liberate a bright green original Midget Farrelly Gordon and Smith stringerless longboard from Tory Strange’s wall. Thanks to Solid Pony for providing today’s soundtrack! In Joy—

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “All Dressed Up”

By Lauren | Published: October 15, 2009

Day fourteen of 31 days/ 31 ways explores the joy of riding waves in dresses and with friends. Youtube pulled our original soundtrack pick, so it wasn’t our first choice, but Rachel added the jazz in the mean time, until we can get back to it and make a thoughtful match. The unplanned days seem [...]

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