Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

My cousin Alice has a sweet music blog called Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found. A little while back she did an entry on Surfing Playlists which featured my brother and I. Check the post out here and if you like her blog please sign her petition.

Heels Over With Mr Lynch

Jack, sometimes known as Jonathon having fun on his 9'8' x 24" Log.

Pic by Duncan Macfarlane

Work in Progress

9'6 Vice and 6'0" Vector

Hossegor Perfection

Best Line-Up I've seen for the last couple of months.

Victorian Dreaming

Got these pics recently from my buddy Simon... Don't you wish you were there... with a really warm wetsuit.

Sydney.

So after Aussies I went and spent some time in Sydney.
Jess and I brought a Disposable Camera for the day.
And we went into the heart of the city and had a look around.
Here are a sample of our results.

Tim + Volta + Indo = Fun

Tim Mouten having fun on his Styrofoam/Epoxy Volta in Indonesia recently.

Light Chasing

Brett Caller, light chasing on his Valla log.

My Buddy Joe - Having Some Fun

My friend Joe ordered a custom 9'3" Longboard quite a few months back now. It's not a log, and not a High Performance Longboard, but somwhere in between.

Says Joe "I'm really enjoying the board. I like the functional blend of old and new. It can be surfed a bit more traditional and upright, but has the ability to make sections that a log probably wouldn't. But that doesn't mean I'm still not dreaming and scheming up my next longboard! "

These pics are of Joe on recent raodtrip up the coast and taken by Jason Smith. Jason's got a sweet blog with some interesting pics. Click here to take a look.

Highs and Lows of WQS

I've been travelling in EuroLand for the last 4 weeks chasing the WQS. The waves have been pretty horrible and I haven't been having much luck but it's moments like this one in the Azores Islands off Portugal that brings back things back into perspective. The waves didn't get over 1 foot the whole time I was there but the scenery was a perfect 10!

Brother Heath

Heath Joske from crustylapel on Vimeo.

A little bit of info on my brother Heath and what he's up to. Film by Russell Pell.

quik quiz with brett

ST surf images have just put together a little interview with Valla team rider Brett Caller. click HERE to check it out.

Jack Lynch is Aussie Champ

Jack won the Australian Junior Longboard Titles at North Haven yesterday. I drove down for the day and watched the final where he caught a couple of quick waves at the start, took the lead, and then held it during the entire heat. It was great to see Jack's flowing on rail surfing on his 9'0" HP Longboard. Well done bro.

Pic is by Duncan Macfarlane of Jack logging earlier this year.

Logular.

As a goofy footer, learning to ride logs on the east coast of Oz is pretty much an all right hander affair. Epic points like Noosa the Pass and Crescent are amazing and allow us to fine tune our back hand although when given the chance we like to jump all over the forehand tip time. Pic by Stsurfimages

Coloured Glass

Spent most of today Glassing. Generally I'm adding colour to the resin with tints and pigments. It can get sticky, its a fumy job, but its one I enjoy.

I love how the colours react with each other, I love how you have to think things through before you start... plan a course of action. And I like that once the catalyst goes in the resin... you are fully committed to that course of action - for better or worse.

There is a lot that can go wrong. Recently I mistimed a glass job and the resin gelled in the pot when I was half-way through. I got the glass down but there was some air around the lap. I ended up making the customer a completely new board... and that log will become my new board shortly.

But when everythings timed right and comes together its a nice feeling.

Pics: Angela Raab