Doug's Got The Fever

Doug and Dennis

Doug and Joe Roper (Joe helped him finish off the board)

Doug got a new board and he is a happy man. Doug met JP Marengo, one of the Murphy Shapes team riders, this past winter while surfing the reefs off LJ. They spoke and JP gave Doug some ideas and feedback on longboard design and then Doug ordered up a new 9'-0" Southwind model. Here it is in Doug's own words:
"J.P. was right. I love it. The board really likes the steep drops and handles them well. And the drive off the bottom turn is just a primo sensation right up through the feet and legs and into the chest. That carving line is sweet! And then it holds mid turn in the pocket when I turn it back downward. What a great ride! Thanks so much."

Chapped Lipz

Nice smackage of one La Jolla lip under the August sun. That's a lot of board poppin out the back of the wave while the fins are just holding in. I like what's going on in this photo. Jean-Paul punching the clock for the afternoon shift.
photo: Goulding

OTL in San Diego

Nope: not the OTL tourney at Fiesta Island.
Yep: off the lip - OTL - at Zapatisto.

JP captured by Slavin the other day

Diamond Glassing

Bob, Wade and all the boys at Diamond Glassing do a great job on our boards.....As well as glassing and finishing a who's-who list of other shapers boards - including: Hank Warner, Kies/Encinitas, Amsterdam, KookBox, Rusty, Lost and JS Surfboards. Thanks guys!

M |||amp; M's

Mainland and Murphy's:

A group of the Murphy boyz recently returned from a week-long excursion to Mainland Mex. Without getting into every detail and over analysis, we will let the pictures do the talking.
photos: Randy Bloomfield





Ear to ear grins mean one thing. Scored.
Team 2010 = Dave Berman, Doug Murphy, John Lee and Troy "Duff" Jahn

Seeking Shade

Looking for a bit of shade on a warm summer day.

photo: Goulding

Got sunscreen?

What?! a surf session this summer when the sun was actually out in San Diego?
So much fun wearing a full suit in summer..........yeah..........
Can we please get some sun and some warmer water?*#*^*!* My trunks and vest are feeling neglected.

rider: JP Marengo "the Mask"
photo: A. Goulding

complEggity

6'-2" x 2.5" disc/eggy thing for Jason Werbelow from Carlsbad. He took a couple of different ideas and fused them into this custom board. It has a wing flowing into a semi fish-like tail. Should work well for him here in the North County waves. Future fins with a custom FCS plug/mount up near the nose for his GoPro camera. Send us some shots Jason.

Murphy Boys: South of the Border

A group of the Murphy boys just returned from a week long trip to Mainland Mex.
Here's what they got - every day they were there! Nice indeed.
This shot is just a teaser of more shots forthcoming on a post later this week.
Stay tuned.....

Freeze Frame

Like this water shot as it really captures what we see when we are paddling over a set wave and peek to the left to see what the rider is doing. Pretty cool with the little pieces of seaweed/eel grass in the lip too.

rider: JP
photo: Delanzo

Botox Lips

photo: Mike Sangiolo
Some lips are wafer thin. Some lips are soft and mushy. Some lips are small and chapped. But this lip shown in this photo is on roids or just got a huge botox injection in mid July prior to breaking on this local shelf. All I know is that the lips in Leucadia and Del Mar do not come close to looking like these. J.P. - in the right place at the right time. again............... You are the Man!

Summer SD Style

This guy logs more water time than a Children's Pool seal. And gets better waves than 98.5% of us humanoids.

Mid July at a SD reef

rider: JP Marengo
photos: Slavin

Final Chapter

Part two in a series of only two. Here's how JP's floater ended. I'm not sure if the barnz pony tail got in the way or if he was just it utter shock before blue impact. I will have to check with JP to see if there is an epilogue.

Sacred Craft Kick-Off 2010

This Saturday, July 31st 2010. 7 P.M. till 11 P.M.
Come on down to Pacific Beach Surf Shop for the Sacred Craft kick-start to the upcoming expo. This should be a fun night of open discussion and question & answer with some of San Diego's most established surfboard shapers. Doors open at 7 P.M. followed by live music, shapers forum and minglin. Dennis is one of the featured guest speakers... so come on down (or up), have some fun, check out some beautiful surfboards and show your support for our custom board builders and craftsmen.

Floatersam and Jetsam

Here's a recent July sequence of Jean Paul in his backyard in La Jolla. Nice bottom turn into a floater/off-the-top. But wait........ who is this barney with the ponytail?!! Check back tomorrow for the final chapter and epilogue.



photos: John Slavin