The Changing Mat

My friend Rob rides motorcycles. Big, no bullshit bikes. He rides everywhere, and often. Sometime last summer Rob realized he needed something to set his wheel on when changing a tube, something that he could also use as a doormat for his domicile. Enter the Trailmaster Adventures Changing Mat. Developed in the Colorado backcountry, the Changing Mat is a lightweight, quick drying, American made mat that just so happens to work wonders when you're climbing out of a wet wetsuit.

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Clovis Donizetti and Trevor Gordon surfing a smooth little single fin somewhere down south.

Surf Wagon: Volkswagen T3 Vanagon DOKA Syncro

Spotted this uber rare 1987(?) Volkswagen T3 Vanagon DOKA (Doppelkabine) Syncro truck on Sunday. Don't know the details, but it's safe to say this is one of the wildest Surf Wagons I've ever seen!

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Finterview: Christian Wach Canvas Fin

It's a big bastard. Ten and a quarter inches tall and seven inches across. A fin that allows for a lot of upright rotation. Designed by Christian Wach from Canvas Surfboards, this True Ames fin is sorta like a late seventies mullet - all business up front and a party in the back. I put it on my 9'6" Becker UFO, a board that I really haven't been riding, but has been the basis for most, if not all, of our Finterviews. So I stuck it on the stern and paddled out to find a few peelers.

Isaiah Toothtaker

What I've been listening to lately...

Seems So Obvious

A few folks have asked us about the custom motorcycle and classic surfboard show we're hosting next month. Not questions regarding its location, or whether there'll be beer, but questions about our intentions, about whether we honestly think these two tribes can co-exist. Come together. Well, we say of course they can! In most parts of this planet, where people surf and the sun shines, there's an abundance of motorbikes. So-Cal, Australia and Indonesia - home to both misbehaving motorcyclists and loggers alike. Don't you know Deus!? It just seems so obvious. Bikes and boards. Two of the three infinite cools. So there you have it. An explanation. A why-you-doin-dat for those that don't know.

Click here to learn more about Two Tribes: Custom Motorcycles + Classic Surfboards.

Bing Boys Surfing San O

Mick Rodgers, Adam Cap, and Kyle Chambers from Bing Surfboards spent some time at San O.

Oliver Parker

A short bit of film featuring So-Cal slider, Oliver Parker, produced by Luca Merli and Matteo Ferrari.

A Going Away Gift

I went away for a week. To the midwest for a motorcycle rally. Work and whatnot. But before I left on Sunday, we surfed. It wasn't what we expected to see when we showed up. There were signs - swells rolling through, strait and narrow, breaking on a beach we never see break. But this big?! A going away gift, clearly. So as soon as we parked, I slipped into my suit, grabbed the blue banana and paddled out as fast as fast as possible.

Cherry Pie and Windy Waves

We knew it'd be windy, with waves from the west. But it wasn't that bad. Better than it looked. So after a banana and some sorta chocolate protein juice box thing, I paddled out to find a few. A couple of clean little lefts, rights that were alright. It was crowded by comparison. Ten, maybe twelve people had also paddled out. But I don't give a damn. Makes things more interesting.

Karissa came out, as did Derek. I had been surfing the south end with a friend from Bremerton, but paddled north so I could snake a few waves from my future wife. She didn't seem to mind, though. After a few hours, we went in and found some friends we hadn't seen for many moons. Then dinner, drinks and some damn good cherry pie.

Poler Stuff & PBC Schwag

Interested in a Poler shirt, some stickers, a key chain and a couple of Peanut Butter Coast wax scrappers? Just share this shit on your Facebook page and we'll pick a winner when we get back from the beach!

Secret Stache

A couple of quarters can fund a lot of fun. We've done it once before - picked up some stick-on staches at the general store and wandered around town while everyone eyeballed are business. They were milky white and wouldn't stay on the last time we tried. So, not wanting to waste a weekend, we bought a handful of big black mustaches and took a few photos. Funny, but I kinda want a fu-manchu now...