This week's top quiver is from Mark Wiesmayr including a few retro gems and a special board from Tyler Warren.
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Welcome back to Friday, folks. We have a nice roundup today, with a few standard surf shorts, an iPhone recap of a walking trip through Baja, a technical discussion of a new fin technology, skimboard shapers and an up close and personal look at a Grizzly Bear. Make yourself comfortable.
Surf BerlinSurf Berlin is a documentary film about a lone surfer on a quest to surf the only German...
Ryan Burch likes to surf really short boards, but he doesn't want to compromise speed. In today's Throwback video, he explains how he solves that problem with a little pink fish. As always, Burch has lots of insights to share, from things he takes from skateboards to the influence of alaia and what tools to use for shaky hands. Check out part 2 if you can't get enough.
Johnny and Jess are seasoned travelers and sporadic van-lifers since 2011. Johnny plays in a few bands and Jess does contract work that leaves her the freedom to accompany him on tours. Recently, they started the Rainbow Network to document the stories of the interesting people they meet on the road. Since we're delving pretty deep into this whole van life thing, we asked Johnny and Jess to...
A self-taught photographer hailing from San Diego, California, Brooks Sterling's weapon of choice is film. A creative in a number of areas (he designed and coded his current website), the encouragement of his friends (also photographers) James Tull and Russell Spencer prompted him to make photography his primary focus in the past year. And it looks like it's paying off. With a variety of...
By Vanessa Ratjen
Lately, it feels like every time I open my computer I find myself learning about another neat grassroots project I’d like to support. With crowd funding sites growing in popularity, the number of people bypassing traditional means of raising money and going directly to consumers is rising exponentially. Here at Korduroy, they covered a few Kickstarter projects they've...
"Made in prison, inspired by freedom" aptly describes the founding concept of Dutch-based apparel company, Stripes Clothing. The company consists of three founders and one designer living in Rotterdam, all guys in their mid to late 20s who had been looking for a way to fuse their entrepreneurial and creative spirit with a means for spreading awareness of ex-inmates' societal reintegration....
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MAKING IT: SINAI MEJIASHere Sinai shares her insight into discovering and playing with her DIY andhobby-based blog blog and art that she has turned into a budding online business.
Check out her work here: http://www.korduroy.tv/blog/2013/making-it-sinai-mejias
CALIFORNIA FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVEIn this article, French surfers Spoe and Olivier...
Today's roundup expands beyond surfing to explore some pretty interesting DIY energy consumption and production projects and gets back to Josh Oldenburg for some more details on his shaping philosophy. But, like always, we do have plenty of surf film trailers and short clips from of surf travels from around the world. Settle in, stay a while.
Remind me to ForgetCatch the teaser to...
It's officially really hot here in San Diego. Summer has arrived, with counties up and down California preparing for what they predict to be a brutal fire season, and people all over hurting to get into the water. As the sun beats through our ozone-reduced atmosphere, you need to make sure you're taking the proper care of your skin this season. So, for today's Throwback, we're making sure...