Hi there! Steve built this sweet little 6’2″ x 21″ arch tail using EPS foam and epoxy for Mr. P. His new board is painted with the colors of the cliffs. To Mr. P., it was fun seeing you ripping on your new board this week! So stoked!
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
Hello there. Steve continues to evolve his Pendoflex designs. Here is Chapman Murphey riding his latest Pendoflex step off in mainland Mex. Thank you Chapman for sharing your awesome photos.
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
Chapman and friend ready for another session. Photo: Kenworthy
Chapman masterfully Pendoflexing another amazing barrel
Chapman Pendoflexing, left barrels too. Photo: Kenworthy
Donald, may you rest in God’s peace and love. We will always remember your kindness, humor, inspired surfing and surfboard designs, and most of all, your true Aloha. You will be sorely missed. Warm thanks to Bud Browne Film Archives for kindly sharing Bud Browne’s beautiful photo of Donald.
Aloha ke Akua.
Donald styling, photo by Bud Browne, courtesy of Anna Trent Moore
A warm, fun visit with Donald at his shaping room, 2010.
Hello there. Recently I’ve been honored to assist Dr. Walter Munk with another project, a new edition of Where the Swell Begins. Walter is the greatest oceanographer of all time, and is also inspiring with how kindly he lives his life. Walter continues his passion for his research well into his 90s. Over the last several months, I helped Walter with the text, sharing a surfer’s perspective, and took supporting photos for some of the slides. The work with Walter inspired two new seascape paintings, which Walter presented as the opening and closing slides. On October 8, Walter presented Where the Swell Begins at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, California. The Birch Aquarium is the interpretive center for Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A story and interview that I did with Walter Munk is featured in The Surfer’s Journal issue 18.6. The interview is an earlier version of Where the Swell Begins.
http://www.surfersjournal.com/pdf_article/where-swell-begins-interview-walter-munk
Thank you for visiting. Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
Where the Swell Begins with Doctor Walter Munk: The opening slide features a painting titled "The Fetch" by Cher Pendarvis
Doctor Munk and the slide, young Walter and Dr. Sverdrup
Sea, Swell, Surf
Doctors Munk and Sverdrup helped save thousands of lives during WWII.
Doctor Walter Munk and the closing slide, the long period Peeling Wave painting by Cher Pendarvis
The Surfers Journal 18.6, Where the Swell Begins opener
Hello there from the Pendoflex shop. We love vintage Hawaiian music and I’ll Weave A Lei Of Stars For You, by Jack Owens and R. Alex Anderson is a favorite from the 1940s. Here’s a wonderful recording from PBS Hawaii sung by Robert Cazimero. There is swell in the water, have a great weekend!
Aloha and Cowa-flexit!
“The Sea, once it casts its spell,
holds one in its net of wonder forever.” —Jacques Yves Cousteau
What the Sea Gives Me is an inspiring new film project by Misfit Pictures: Pierce Michael Kavanagh, Petra Kavanagh and Geoffrey Smart, the thoughtful, talented folks who created Manufacturing Stoke. There is a Kickstarter in process to help the film, please click on this link to the Kickstarter page to view the movie trailer and make a contribution for this worthy project. Visit the What the Sea Gives Me blogspot for more news about the film. Thanks for visiting! Aloha, Cher and Steve
Photo: Pierce M. Kavanagh
Photo: Pierce M. Kavanagh
Photo: Pierce M. Kavanagh
Hello there. We are thankful for the beauty of these fall days, and hope that you are enjoying them too . . .
Aloha and Cowa-flexit, Cher and Steve
Hi there! Steve built this beautiful double-winger swallowtail for Mr. S. with hand-crafted care. Steve shaped the 7’6″ four fin from EPS foam and glassed it with epoxy.
Aloha and cowa-flexit!
Chapman stopped by last evening with this awesome Blue Moon video of mainland Mex during the recent swell. Mahalo Chappy for sharing. Chapman is riding his 6’2″ Pendoflex Step Off board.
Frame grab 1 from Chapman Blue Moon video
Frame grab 2 of Chapman Blue Moon video
Frame grab 3 from Chapman Blue Moon video
Video filmed by Todd from Mex, and edited by Chapman Murphey. Music by Slightly Stoopid.
Cowa-flexit!
To view the video, click the link below to open the video window, then click the link to view:
Hi there! The Blue Moon set over the ocean was beautiful this morning. This afternoon Steve finished this sweet, blue Pendoflex double-winger knee machine Fish for Mr. B. This magic 5’8″ x 21 inch-wide double-winger four fin Fish is built with hand-crafted care by Steve. Take good care, Cowa-flexit!
