Colin's new ride.

Colin stopped by today with the new ride he built. You'll see him cruising the 101 from Leucadia to work at Pizza Port. Digging the seat extension.

This is for Ray...

A nice restored Chevelle at ASR this year. Ray (who used to work at the shop before graduating to Captain Keno's restaurant) has been restoring his own Chevelle so I took this for him. I think Ray's looks just a bit nicer.

ASR Fall 2010

While some may be scratching their head, I happen to enjoy seeing the encroachment of motor racing on the surf/skate culture. I have been a huge fan of F1 for many years and during that time have watched bits of World Rally and MotoGP. It is fantastic for me to see all of these elements coming together.

Team Subaru USA had a small but nice static display on the main floor.

ASR is Back.

Crazy board by Peter Schroff, a shaper/artist from Newport Beach. Hard to imaging the time invested in shaping, glassing and sanding. Have to admire the creativity.

Melali at La Paloma

Went to see Melali at La Paloma Thursday night. The Melali Sessions band, including Jon Swift, Todd Hannigan, Fernando Apodaca, and Rob Machado, played the soundtrack live on stage as the movie played behind them. Swift is a great talent and when accompanied with accomplished musicians and great surfing the result is quite an experience.

Melali is here...

In the shop now @ $25 OR go see the movie at La Paloma August 12th.


Here is the "official" story:

While wandering through Indonesia filming the award-winning surf movie The Drifter, Rob Machado met up with various friends for surf sessions on the best waves the Islands had to offer.

Set across the vast Indonesian island chain, Melali: The Drifter Sessions features Rob Machado — one of the most stylish and skilled wave riders of our time. Melali returns to the fundamentals of surf cinematography by focusing on the surfing experience, the artful relationship between man and surf, and the sharing of this experience with good friends.

Spearheaded by Machado and director Taylor Steele (the godfather of modern surf film), this two-disc set contains two versions of the 35-minute surf film, an audio CD of the original score, and a short film documenting the recording of the soundtrack. Joining Rob at the finest surfing locales Indonesia has to offer is an eclectic and world-class cast of wave riders: Dane Reynolds, Kelly Slater, Kalani Robb, Shane Dorian, Dan Malloy, Mike Losness, Marlon Gerber, and Rizal Tanjung.