The Craft

Derek from fotomendo takes beautiful photographs. A while back we did a project together where I made a board for him and he took a series of pictures he called "craft". I really like what he did and he has gone back and added some new photos and re-posted it on his website. Check it at - CRAFT-Thanks again Derek, great work. Jake

1 Mans Trash Part 2

It didn't take long after I posted the pictures of those Skip Frye boards for Derek from Fotomendo.com to show up with his camera. He grew up seeing those guys in the water so he told me some cool stories while he took these beautiful photos. Derek posted the shots on his website and wrote a little bit about the experience in his classic style. To read what he wrote and see the other pictures that he took click HERE. Jake

Shaper Portrait TSJ Style

Derek from www.fotomendo.com called me the other day all excited because he was renting a special wide angle lens to shot some architectural pictures. He wanted to come by and take some pictures of me int the shaping bay because the lens was able to get the whole bay. The Surfers Journal just came out with a article about San Diego shapers shot with a similar lens so it was fun to see what we could come up with. Here's what Derek got. click here for a little more explanation of the technical side of the photo and another picture with the concaves of Steve's S-Deck really showing. That Marko blank in the background could be your next EPS Fish. Jake

The Showing of Art North Coast Style

Photo courtesy of Derek at Fotomendo

Photo courtesy of Derek at Fotomendo

The bookstore was rocking last night with people, music and of course, art. Derek from Fotomendo  (the proud owner of the 10'6" Picker) swung by to see the board and take some pictures. Check out his tale from the night here and be sure to look at everything else that is going on at Fotomendo as well. The board in the pictures is
5'1" x 20 1/4 x 2 1/4 and has salvaged redwood fins. I used a block of resin from the bucket we pour excess resin into and a resin art piece as a display. Leslie (Fatty) has a lot of resin tints into those to pieces, beautiful colors, shes the master. The board with the old growth redwood deck didn't make it to the open because it wasn't quite finished in time. It will be finished in the next day or so and I will get pictures of it and more of  the 5'1'' up soon. Thanks to everyone who stopped by last night. Jake