I recently got back from Costa Rica with my surf homeys, and was looking through some photos. Afternoons in sleepy surf towns require a little creativity to alleviate boredom that can set in. It’s too hot to do anything, and it’s too windy to surf. So, typically,… Read the rest

Took this photo of a Bare Throated Tiger Heron, who was hanging out on the inside of a sweet left point break we surfed on the inside of the Nicoya pennisula. Good stuff. Click on it, it gets bigger.

Our hearts go out to the good folks at Alpinist, the high quality quarterly magazine dedicated to adventure climbing, who had a warehouse fire that destroyed much of their back issue stock. That’d be a horrible thing if it happened to us, and from all of us… Read the rest

Great video about building bamboo boards, and sustainability. This is a Rough-cut edit of a surf trip to the Philippines to a special place called Lanuza Bay where Bamboo boards are made, with the AltarNarive surf crew.

For those who read wend and our blog, you know that we are on a mission to make the greenest surfboard possible. Today I received a press release from a new company making bio-plastic fins. So if you are trying to do the same, besides making a board from wood… Read the rest

For those of you who have followed Jacob and The Riding the Spine crew through their travels, now you can join them on a ride. In the beginning of February they are inviting people to come ride with them as a way to raise some cash.

I found another new wood surfboard maker the other day, this one from seattle. They use xps foam for the rails which cuts down on the cost and time of construction. If you know of anyone besides Hess, Grain, 42 and now Conception post a link… Read the rest