Morning of the Earth Surfboards

The first one was last year and it was a great event. A lot of effort goes into it and I'm sure it will be just as good this year. Might see you there.

These are some stills taken from Andrew Kidman's recent work on Spirit of Akasha. I wont go into it here as its better explained on the Spirit of Akasha site.You can keep a track of the project there as it develops. As always Andrew applies his skill of giving us a fresh perspective and draws in collaborators from the same school of thought. It was an honour to make these boards for the project and to see the end result of one fin being as relevant today as it was 40 years ago. MP I'm sure was looking down on this period with a great run of waves and would have had a smile of satisfaction as MF hurled himself into this cutback that will remind us all of another famous turn.

These are some pics of some of the Mote family in their element.....Indo. Its always great to see these and learn that the boards were a part of their amazing memories.

A young bloke from up the road a couple of weeks back gave his MP a run while a mate took some pics. I like the track thats on the face behind him, the lead up bottom turn. It was just as chunky as this hack. I love those periods between swells when its breaking everywhere. This was one of those days.

A fine Novocastrian sent this to me(ages ago). It arrived during the most full on of rainy periods, there it was in this sodden package,all ripped open and exposed to the elements. Amazingly it was unscathed. Its a book of photos of a favourite place of his. Its put together by another Newcastle salty, who has an eye for the place and its moods. Flicking through it I began to think of how lucky surfers are when your roots go down into such amazing places. You grow to learn the moods it has in all seasons and times of day, and as a result you can't exist without it. If your after one email me and I'll put you in contact. Unfortunately I'm struggling on the file size with the full size pics, you get that. Thanks for the book BG.

For the golden corn and the apples on the tree, For the milk 'n' butter and the honey from the bees, For the fruits and nuts and berries MP found along the way. We thank Mother Earth for this, and everyone of Michael's waves.

..............and like our kids said "Michael will always RIP!" xxx

This Wednesday .........the 13th Feb.......as usual is the board giveaway at Woody's Surf Shack in good old Byron town.........this weeks board is all time, one of MP's Flyer Swallows. So if your south of the equator its my tip to be there. Its an amazing shape that I will post photos of soon........straight out of Michael's memory vault and some recent conversations we've had on special boards.

The idea here is to have the rail line of a longer board...... really short boards are great, but running on a longer rail feels amazing.......this is going to be fun seeing where this goes.

They've been open a while now......just before Christmas. They've got it all and some more.......I love my steamer......like pulling on a favourite jumper, all wooly and snug. The same site as Heritage Surf occupied Darley rd Manly. Were working on the range of boards there. Some of the Michael Peterson's have already gone.....I'm onto replacing them next week....and some other under the sail boat label.

Theres something about old photos like this......moments lost to time.......its labeled "Sydney Uni Boardriders 71'. The elders and their craft. Three new single fins just about to go out the door on some adventures of their own.