Louweazal

Always a pleasure to catch up with Lou from Louweazal Surfboards, here are a few shots on 35mm from Sandy Bay this week, not only is Lou riding a little Twin Keel Fish but she shaped it herself, one of only a handful of female surfer/shapers, Lou is a great supporter of TCFF and it is always great to she her surfcrafts on display at The Cove every year, Mike C. 

Tickets!

Hayden from HC Surfboards now based at Surfline Custom Surfboards in Ruakaka is busting out the HC X TCFF 2019 Raffle board!, Tickets available at Surfline, Mike C.

60 years young

Happy Birthday to local legend and shaper Roger Hall, 60 years young!, Mike C.

balsa

Prolific surfboard shaper John Gulick from Northland NZ has been a busy man lately, here is one of his 5 fin Balsa boards displayed by Sean Haggerty, Mike C.

paddleout

Mark Wheeler's Memorial Paddleout at Sandy Bay, more images from this lovely tribute ASAP, cheers Mike C.

R.I.P Mark

Surfer, shaper, ding repair guru and bloody nice guy Mark Wheeler of Ngunguru sadly passed away yesterday, Mark was a great husband, dad and granddad, he will be greatly missed, in and out of the water, Mike C.

what you doing

Are you making a board for The Fry?, if so let me know and I will document your project, Cheers Mike C.

looking fishy

I have a list of shapers and surfers that I will be catching up with asap but most of them are just out of range at the moment, I have plans to catch up with some from Auckland, Dargaville and Opononi but if you know of any interesting characters a little closer to Whangarei please let me know, mmm.cunningham@xtra.co.nz cheers Mike C.

coastal colab

Mike Koosman from Tutukaka has been a busy man with a number of boards on the go, he has teamed up with artist Becs Wood and the results are fantastic, Mike is a keen supporter of TCFF and will be there on the 8th of March 2015 at Waipu Cove, not long now folks, Mike C.

entropy intermission

Giles Dyer, backyard shaper, collector, recycler, photographer, labourer and now published surf photographer, Giles has worked on his book Entropy Intermission for the past two years and now it is available to buy at local surf shops, $20.00 for 76 pages of East Coast, Northland, NZ surf action is a steal, congrats Giles, Mike C.

face value

Working on a side project to document NZ surfers and shapers, hoping to display these some how at TCFF, if you see me at the beach hit me up for a portrait shot, cheers Mike C.