We have been very fortunate to be able to work with Jimbo Phillips on several occasions.
Jimbo is the son of famous California artist Jim Phillips.
Jim was responsible for all of the art work for Santa Cruz / Indy / OJ’s and many other skateboard companies in the 1980’s
His son James (Jimbo) has taken over and is now doing graphics for many companies in the surf / skate / snow industry.
Here are the ones he has done for us.
Summer is finally here – and that means it’s time to get on the water and paddle.
We have a bunch of events planned in July.
July 12 – Tuesday
Race #3 in the Naish / Easy Rider series – Telford Lake, Leduc - 6:30 PM Registration – $10.
July 12 – Tuesday
Demo and Social Paddle – Telford Lake, Leduc – 7:30 PM – $5. donation to Edmonton Food Bank.
July 24 – Sunday
Easy RIder – River Trek.
Paddle from Devon to the River Boat Landing. Entry fee is $15. and you must own your own board.
Deadline for entires (paid and waivers signed at the store) is July 18.
This is a casual paddle – but not a “float” – you must be able to keep up to the group. Estimated time on the water is 4.5 hours.
There will be 2 rest stops along the way.
Leashes / whistle / drinking water are required.
Shuttle service from the finish out to the start as well as snacks will be provided.
July 26 – Tuesday
Race #4 in the Naish / Easy Rider series – Hermitage Park Lake - 6:30 PM Registration – $10.
July 26 – Tuesday
Demo and Social Paddle – Hermitage Park Lake - 7:30 PM – $5. donation to Edmonton Food Bank.
I recently made a SUP road trip out to BC.
First stop was the Kalamalka Klassic SUP race in Vernon hosted by Kalavida Surf Shop.
The race was a 2 day event with 3 different events through out the weekend.
Saturday had a Course race (4 laps around buoys near the beach for a total of just over 4 km) and also a Sprint race which saw 4 racers at a time sprint 200 m out and around a buoy and back. Saturday night saw a great dinner and movie presentation.
Sunday was the distance race that was 17+ km long the length of Kalamalka Lake.
The event had close to 80 entries and was a great time.
Huge “props” to Kevin and his gang from Kalavida for a first class event.
Then it was on to Tofino on Vancouver Island for some SUP surfing with the Quiksilver crew.
I arrived late Sunday night (actually early Monday morning) – crashed for a couple of hours and got up to be greeted with chest to head high surf in Cox Bay.
About 7 of us – including Tom Holbrook (VP of Quiksilver) and Mark Richards (4 time ASP World Surfing Champion) headed out across the bay and had a great 4 hour session.
Then it was back to the house for lunch – and then an after noon session. This repeated it self the next day as well.
I have never caught so many great waves – my Starboard Widepoint 10’5″ was the perfect board for me in the conditions.
Surfing with Mark was a “life time highlight” - after all of the waves he has surfed around the world – he is now discovering SUP, and mentioned that he was just as stoked to be surfing in Tofino with us as when he was on Tour (except he did like warm water better).
Then it was the long trek home – roughly 1500 km. I managed to make it to within 150 km from home when . . . . . (scroll to the end for the result)
Other than the last incident it was a fantastic trip.
Thanks to John, Tom, Dario and Mark from Quiksilver for a great trip.
