Superior Surfer in TSJ

A new batch of The Surfers Journal arrived at the Shop yesterday. Flipping through, I was stoked to see a photo spread with illustrations by Bob Tema, long time north shore Lake Superior surfer and graphic artist. I have gotten to know Bob over the years and can say that he is the type of guy that represents lake surfing here so well - surf stoked, friendly, and dedicated. He is also a really good surfer...nice work, Bob.

TSJ on window sill.

One of Bob's sketches.

Gremmies

We're working on growing the next generation of Great Lakes surfer in our Third Coast labratories. Here is Character Skateboards owner Al's little ripper, styling in a TCSS rashie.

Recap - Surf Day at 3 Floyds (pics)

Another super fun event, this time with the fine folks at 3 Floyds Brewery. Here is some visual proof that everyone had a good time!

The Pub.

Where the magic happens.

Dan, the manager, gave me a 45 minute personal tour.
Real dedication and passion!

Bill and Pete.

Blake and Dave stopped in to say hi on their way back from the

Eastrn Surfing Association contest in New Hampshire!

Stoked gremmies and their new Volcom shades.

Lizzy won a Dairyland t-shirt (thanks Lee and Larry!).

Tim won, too!

Stoked on a new Sector 9 DVD. Every person that came walked away with a prize.

The Spring Ding (pics)

What better way to spend a beautiful spring day than talking surf with a bunch of fellow wave sliding junkies? That is exactly what we did on Saturday at the Shop, and this will definitely become an annual event. See the photos below to see why...

Matt's glassing magic on this new Weber SUP.

J brought some of his lake surf art.

Some of the used gear for sale.

How to install an SUP pad.

The good folks from Surfrider Lake Michigan were on hand.

The mad scientist helping fix Lori's old twinnie.

Marty Karish, of No Quarter Surfboards, doing an FCS repair.

Tucker and his super fun-looking foam alaia.

Will Beaton, meteorologist and 43 year lake surfer,

talks about the finer points of surf forecasting.

Dissecting an old board.

A Surf Shop (pics)

We are a surf shop with real surfing gear. We also have all of the other stuff surf shops have, as you can see here. We have been keeping the UPS man busy lately....

New batch of Rusty Surfboards.

Half of the new Zap skimboards...there's more.

Sandals by Reef, Rainbow, and Ocean Minded.

Ladies threads by Element.

Huge selection of boardshorts from Rip Curl, Volcom, Hurley, and More.

Ding Repair

J had some work to do on a couple boards, including a big polyester Hobie SUP and a neat old Mike Tabeling twin fin. I snapped a few photos...

J digs into the twinnie.

This board looked so fun. Note the channels through the tail.

TCSS riprap.

New Art (pic)

New 3rd Coast art via Jake Rhody. T-Shirt coming soon...

Rip Curl

Rip Curl originated in Australia in the the late 1960s and is still one of the more core, time-tested surfing brands out there. We've been stocking their wetsuits and other stuff since we opened because we're stoked on it! Here are some new boardies and a trucker we just we just got it in...

Sidewalk Surfing

If you like surfing waves of concrete on longboards, come take a peek at the huge selection of Sector 9 completes we just got in Shop...

Love Bird

A surfboard developed by Bing shaper Matt Calvani and team rider Chris Del Moro. Watch these videos and give us a ring when you're ready for a surf plank like this...

Part 1



Part 2

Ted Shreds

These candles are mind-numbingly delicious. Your whole house will smell like surf wax when you have one burning....smell them the next time you come out to the Shop and see what I mean.

Spring Ding Fling-A-Ling : May 22

I know...it's a horrible name, but we had to call it something. No worries, though, because the event is going to make up for it. To be held on Saturday, May 22, the Spring Ding is the first of it's kind in Great Lakes surfing...

Ding Repair Demos held by local foam and fiberglass gurus who will help you fix your board, a surf forecasting weather round table discussion and Q&A touching on the problematic issue of finding good waves in the Great Lakes, and a used gear swap meet where you can unload all of your old crap, and pick up some new crap.

Sounds fun, eh? You can find more details by clicking on this sentence.

From The Archives

This is what I blog about when I don't have anything else to blog about...bitchin' Great Lakes waves. I have a lot of these photos saved up.

Photo by Luke K.

The Future World Champ May Be From New Buffalo

Okay, maybe not...but this email was so cool. The Bonds family were good customers of ours before they moved to California. I remember Michael skimming in all of our summer comps and romping around in our Kids Beach Camp...now he's taking 2nd place in his first contest in the surfing hot bed of Southern California!

Too rad!

"I don't know if you remember us, but we moved from new buffalo last year to Newport Beach, CA. The Bonds family. We bought Michael his 1st surf board from you in October of 2008. Well it has become his passion! He entered his 1st contest last Saturday and took 2nd! Very excited! He surfs 3/4 days a week before school! Loves it! I hope you enjoy the pic! He is the one on right! Have a great day!

Tom, Julie, Taylor, Megan, Ali and Michael Bonds"

Rasta's Barrel

I've been waiting for some footage from the Noosa Festival to turn up on YouTube, and there are a couple of clips starting to show. The surf pumped the entire time and the photogs were in full attendance.

Here's one of Rasta on an alaia, weaving his way through a first point dredger. This gives you an idea of what the points looked like....nuts.

It was also pretty neat to surf with so many people you see in the films and read about. The list was long!