so if you are paying any attention, you have noticed i have lagged in my blogging duties. i've spent plenty of time reading other peoples' blogs, but mine has remained "without update" for a while now. sorry.
okay apologies outta the way, on to it. so this may seem like just a surf post on the surface but if you take the time to read some of the pdf's that are available off this site i am linking this post to, you'll discover that there is more to it than just some beautifully unique looking surfboards. i was gonna write this whole thing about this little obsession i have with design, and my current faves in the industrial design world but, well i'm a tad lazy and i want you to spend the time reading about these boards that i think are so friggin' cool.
back story - months ago, whilst reading an issue of dwell i stumbled across an article about a designer, his wife and kid and the home they built in nor cal somewhere. i liked the house, but a particular photo caught my eye. it was a picture of the home's kitchen and hanging on a wall was this amazing elephant grey longboard with a lifevest orange something or rather going on at the nose of the board. i had NEVER seen anything like it. the feeling i had? i immediately got excited about surfing that board (or thinking about surfing that board)in a way i hadn't been excited about something in months, i know, kinda silly huh? the closing paragraph of the article mentioned the homeowner was developing his own line of surfboards, and that was about it. i had to learn more, i had very little info to go on. i had the guy's name and website, which was under construction. i frequented the site less and less, ultimately forgetting about that crazy board.
then about a month back, i thought i saw a similar board strapped atop a car in venice, i tried to catch up and ask the driver how he got one, but alas LA traffic prevented it. then the very next day the new issue of surfer's journal arrived at the shop and low and behold, it included an article about Thomas Meyerhoffer and his emotion evoking boards. basically, i love when something gives me that kid in a candy store level of excitement, i hope you enjoy thomas' boards as much as i have. i WILL own one someday. take the time to go to his site, look around, click the surfboards link and read up.
2 comments:
I'm loving your passion, A, but it might be a little esoteric for me. The most I can contribute is, "oooh. Pretty."
thanks.
and you do have a point, my posts so far might be a little "if yer in the club you get it", but i am, as i type this, working on some entries that are more inclusive.
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