Your correspondent has been spending too much time below decks tinkering with the engine, so it was about time he put in appearance on the bridge. We have a bit of a backlog in the way of suggested links, so I’m calling this round ‘from the mailbag’.
Cardboard boards? Sounds mad doesn’t it? Rod D. sent us this link, and apparently it’s at the prototyping stage – but the real deal nonetheless. And Mike Sheldrake, the brains behind the concept, has actually built a few of these strangely beautiful looking objects. Check out the slideshow to see how he built one (takes awhile to download).
For some reason I find the idea of surfing in New York intriguing. There’s actually quite a surf scene there from the look of it. Frank D. sent me a link to the cool and rather folksy New York Longboarder. When I checked it out, the waves were in the waist high range at Long Beach – better than in Sydney!
If you haven’t come across the excellent mag Kurungabaa before, I highly recommend checking this site and getting your mitts on a copy. To quote from their about page, “Kurungabaa publishes diverse genres including poetry, fiction, reflective and scholarly essays, memoirs, review essays, and interviews. Four pages each issue are made available for a photo essay or series of art reproductions by a single photographer or artist. All work undergoes anonymous peer review.” (Thanks for the tip Larry!)
We have another longboarding site for your amusement. Suggested by the webmaster Arsen B., Longboard the World actually covers off both long and shortboarding in Florida. Kinda fun to check out the waves they get in Kelly Slater’s home state. Pretty slick design too…
Okay, most experienced surfers will pretty much know how to clean a board, but this little how-to page on santangelosurfboards.com.au, is a useful step-by-step for folks new to the sport. Thanks to Dylan for this one.
