Paddle For Clean Water!

Paddle the OB Pier on Sunday, Sept. 13 and support the ongoing efforts to keep our beaches clean & healthy!

Watch the video..recognize those guys at 4:26?

Hey, here's a nice new quad

6'2" x 20" x 2.5". Biofoam. Opaque teal tint & fancy yellow resin work by the Breakroom in PB. Single concave running from under the front foot all the way out the back. Marlin from 101 Fins has a nice new quad template that he's working on that are almost ready.... just waiting for the call and this board will be ready to go. Oh, by the way, this one is for me.

Green Swirl

6'6" x 21" x 2.625" double bump quad fish for Brian. I'm looking forward to seeing this one around North County. Glass done by the Break Room in PB—check out that clean swirl coming around the rails.

Jim the Genius

9'8" x 19" x 23.25" x 16" x 3.125" Classic Longboard shaped by the Jim "the Genius" Phillips. Tinted volan glass, deck patch, resin pins. Cedar/bass/cedar t band. Redwood & Sugar Pine fin. The redwood was salvaged from wine casks over 100 years old. These pieces of wood are estimated at over approximately 2,000 years old!

I asked for a classic, custom shaped, and Jim delivered. He even had me come in to "assist" in the shaping process, making sure I was happy with everything as he looked through wood for the stringer, fin & tailblock and also when cut the outline—can you ask for any more? I explained the style of surfing, fin templates, colors & concepts that I like and... I definitely found out why they call him "Genius."

6'3" Bio Fish

Just a simple fast fish for Tyler. 6'3" x 20.25" x 2.625" Biofoam LokBox quad. Enjoy!

6'2" Diamond Tail Quad

6'2" x 13.5"N x 20"M x 15.125"T x 2.5"thick Diamond Tail Quad. Biofoam blank from Homeblown in Sorrento Valley. 50% of the core foam ingredients come from organically grown soy in CA.

Big Fish

Seven foot double-bump fish for Joe. Biofoam, glassed at by the gentlemen at the Breakroom in PB.

Some Like it Wet

I'm in the market for a classic noserider. You got one?

Coronados Dive

Sea lions love scuba divers!

OB X-mas Parade!

The OB Christmas Parade was last night and OB was out in all it's glory. We had a great spot across from Hodad's..... enjoy the pics.

The Dog Wash crew went for high production values with the new balloon....

While Surfrider opted for the personal touch as an army of volunteers passed out tide books to the crowd. Here's Belinda working the magic.

Hodad's lent their famous micro-bus to the San Diego Derby Dolls....

While one of the crowd favorites made their annual appearance--The Ocean Beach Ladies Lawn Chair Brigade who are "Folding for Freedom". Check out their moves and the patriotic lawn chairs.


I wish I had the camera out faster for this one... The enormous walking robot giraffe! Check out the guy in the drivers seat--this thing was huge! He had speakers built into the legs, lights flashing, and the crowd went wild as he "walked" it down Newport Ave. I'm watching for him next year....

Trucker chose to watch this year, instead of marching with the Dog Beach dogs. He liked the horses & motorcycles--aren't those are big, loud dogs, Truck?!

Some other highlights were the tiny hot rod kids with customized (and loud) hot rods, the guy who went the length of Newport balancing on a giant bouncy ball, the OB Off-Key Choir, Sunset Cliffs Surfing Association Band, playing Lowrider & Wipeout, the OB Geriatrics Surf Club, all the classic cars, hot rods & choppers, and everyone else who had gigawatts of lights and ear-splitting noise. Only in OB!