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tom curren interview

channel islands surfboards just posted a few photos and an interview that i did with one of the world’s greatest surfers – tom curren. his style and approach to surfing is unreal. yet even more, tom is a thoughtful, soulful, humble and down-to-earth person who i admire. he is much more than a great surfer.

>> click here to listen to our conversation

pier

walking along the ocean’s edge
the morning fog softened sound and sight
making me think new thoughts
as i absorb all that i see

surfboard factory

rock post (from 3 different angles)

i came across this rock post in my neighborhood and it immediately caught my eye. i have always had an affinity for things built from natural materials.

visual poetry videos

last week jacob (pictured above) and i went up into the santa barbara mountains to shoot some videos for the companion site for the book visual poetry. the site should be live in a few weeks – i’ll write a post once it’s all wrapped up.

joe curren

joe walking along the goleta pier

kelly slater

here’s a closer look at the kelly slater photo published in the surfer big issue (click the image above for a larger view).

kelly slater / channel islands surfboards

channel islands surfboards just posted a few of my photos of kelly slater + an interview. to listen to the interview on the channel islands site click here 

also be sure to click on the image above for a larger view – yeeehoooo!

kelly slater photo shoot

Here’s a pic of a recent pic of me photographing Kelly Slater (photo credit: Travis Lee). Not only is Kelly a 9x World Champion surfer, he’s a super cool and down-to-earth guy. I wish I could show you some of my photos from the shoot – they are insane!! Once they’ve been published, I’ll post some here. For now, click on the image above for a larger view.

shaun tomson

 

i recently photographed world champion and legend shaun tomson for surfer magazine. we met at sunrise and made some unreal photographs. the above image is an out take from the shoot. while it wasn’t one of the photos i selected in the final edit, i still like it because you of the light and shadows. (click on the image above for a larger view)

as we walked back to our cars, i asked shaun a few questions. you can listen in below:

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magic

another magic channel islands surfboard.

(be sure to click on the image above to view the details)

kelly slater

been doing a few projects recently… and here’s a photo of kelly from last week.

tom

tom curren decided to play some tunes at his ripcurl shop on friday. i swung by to hang out for a bit. tom is one of a few, who actually are, true artists/surfers. he is a thinker. he is a great dad. he is a traveler. he is creative. he is someone who charts his own course. and he happens to be one of the most influential surfers of all time. yet, tom doesn’t let that get in his way. he is authentic and soulful through and through. click on the play button below to listen to a sample of tom’s fluid and freeform musical style. i recorded this on fri in the shop (while the recording quality isn’t great, it’s definitely worth checking out).

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to see some youtube surfing footage of tom: click here

joe curren / even keel

joe curren is someone i admire deeply: an artist, writer, thinker, traveler, and super talented surfer. 
channel islands surfboards has just released a joe curren signature model: the even keel

i had the chance to snap some photos at the hammonds tracks
and to record an interview at his brother tom’s house in santa barbara.

>> click here to listen to the interview <<

free

a surfer waxes his board at rincon

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