ASBURY PARK (August 5, 2009) – Lightly Salted Surf Mercado, Asbury Park’s oceanfront surf and skate shop, and art gallery, welcomes brand names Dano Surfboard’s White Lotus line and Captain Fin Company on Saturday, August 15 for an all-day, boardwalk fiesta.
The premiere party, kicking off at 2 p.m., will celebrate all things surf and the artistic contributions of the two, new product lines. Local musician Quincy Mumford will play live on the boardwalk as Langosta Lounge serves Sailor Jerry Rum Punch in honor of the festivities. Later in the evening, the party will continue as Captain Fin Company premieres its newest surf film, “You Scratched My Anchor,” featuring wave mavericks Kassia Meador, Tyler Warren, Alex Knost and Rat Boy. Jazz quartet Bossa Brazil will continue the tunes and light-hearted vibes with a performance at sister restaurant Langosta Lounge.
From the front lines of conservation comes The Cove.
A small town in Japan has a very big secret. Join Dave Rastovitch, Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, Kirk Krack and company blow the roof of a shameful practice in Killing Dolphins and Whales for food.
Wedge was recently massive and Tom Lynch was in town to document the carnage. I expect he’s got some sick footage of the event. Stay tuned for the new stuff coming soon.
This is ian exerpt from Surfer magazine volume 8 number 6, the Legend of George Greenough by Bill Clearey:
On a big wave you can pull it down to a 60 degree angle, all the way over till you start dragging your shoulder. That’s two Gs and you’ll hardly notice it if you’re concentrating on the wave. I don’t know how far I’ve gone beyond that but It’s gotten t the point where it started to hurt and things started to break. I had one board start to collapse on me one time, I let off power when I felt it start to go, and I came out of the turn aright…
Then, with out a pause, George launched into a description of one well remembered ride close to the very limit. “It’s a 10-foot wave, a thick heavy powerful wave. And you’ve driven 20 feet ahead of the curl…then you come around left again and put it right on the floor. You’re going as fast as you can, head-on straight into that tube! You’re right at the top and at the last possible second, you peel of and drop like an airplane, diving. You get railed in tight, you get everything setup…get the suspension loaded: everything’s twisted and bent to the maximum like a spring…and then you bring on the forces. Slowly. You come into the turn: brushing the whitewater-going to the bottom-banking harder and harder-still dropping. Then you hit the turn and start climbing., and you begin setting up your target. The target is high, you’ve got to tighten that turn. Now you’re really flying because you began accelerating from the time when you were 20 feet out in front of the curl, and you’ve come all that way back left, and you’ve driven all the way to the bottom. Your speed is tremendous! And now when you pull it down, you are very aware of the forces. Your shoulder is only 3 or four inches from the face, and in your mind you say, “Take it more. There’s more power. You can’t kill this wave!” And you pull it down harder and , and suddenly your foot feels like it’s going to break, and your head is pushed so far down you’re straining to see over the board at the target…and you know there is a lot of something pushing down on you.”
As part or our ongoing effort to give the masses a glimpse into the underbelly of the surfing world, Squidforce and Duke Storm bring you; badass Inlet regulator, floridah rippah and West Coast PR wheelie puller, Francis Charles King.
As waterpeople, the ocean is the life blood of our existence. Please make time to come out to show your support for Clean Ocean Action and all they are doing to defend and protect mother ocean.
