Oh goodness.Rabbits Foot ridden by one mr.Ari Browne...Holy crap.That about says what I'm feeling, here after seeing this one.

Troy Mothershead + Pintail variation on the 8' v.Bowls.I always love watching how the board reacts to different people's styles and the lines they like to draw with the design.  Versatility in different conditions as well as a very distinct performance when pushed is what I was after when I designed the style of board and this video does a good job of highlighting that when compared to other v.Bowls videos.  Troy's approach is a bit more aggressive off the...

Off to San Francisco to check out my boards in the art show opening at the RVCA gallery on Haight st. tomorrow; the show is a collection of work by Blake Marquis, who came up to the shop a few weeks ago to collaborate on a few boards with me.  Come swing by the show friday night if you're free and easy, I'll be hangin' out eating snacks 'n stuff.Here are some photos the Blake's friend shot from the afternoon in and around the shop:...

not having internet access at home has its ups and downs, 90% ups, but a large part of the 10% down is the lack of blogging ability.  I do have to say it's fantastic to be more removed than ever from cyberspace, though I'm sure I'm missing some funny pictures and whatnot...But either way, the shop hasn't changed too much aside from the piles of boards going in and out of the doors; orders are sky high in the slowest time of the year for me, so winter is looking...

Two of mr.Chadd Konig on one of the Piggyback variations we've been working on for him; this one a 5'8", being ripped to shreds in Panama while he was down there with Chris Del Moro and Pat Millin doing some activism work for Surfers 4 Cetaceans.  A bit more about it and more photos at http://www.surfermag.com/photos/del-caribe/ .

The summertime lows in Santa Barbara are always a difficult endeavor.If you're not keen on driving expanses for each surf, your options are limited and quite often times infuriating if your hopes were high at all.  This normally marks a shift in my business and who I build boards for; summer is a time for people who are traveling through and want to pick up a board from me, or the wave-rich down south or north (or anywhere but here).  Normally summer is slow...

‘Twas no classic anti-hipster slap-down. Nary a hull hoax nor alaia redux, and this had nothing to do with designer handplanes. In May 2011, Santa Barbara’s Ryan Lovelace grappled with a real-life coup d’état.Call it the v.Bowls Victory.Michael Kew writes on the v.Bowls uprising.

Whoa.  hows that, two fishes for sale in one week?5'4 Ice Cream fish (classic twin), owned and ripped by mr.Michael Kew, if you're interested send me a note at ryankentlovelace@gmail.com, asking $250 obo.  Color is spray paint and can be removed; for $50 I'll even do it myself if you want; fins are lokbox:

When I left australia this summer I had to ditch my trustiest surfboard, Siddartha (my original yellow v.Bowls), due to a $350 board bag fee that I juuuust couldn't swallow.  I knew i'd have to replace it as I can't be without a v.Bowls, its just wrong; Yesterday I cashed in my chips and finished up the new 8'er i've been waiting for.  I went for the roundpin this time, though.  After shaping so many of them in NJ and France last month I couldn't...

Me and mr.Gordon are selling off his original Fush, the very same board that landed both the cover of Tracks and also more recently, Surf Portugal magazines...radical.Epic board, 5'6 or so, EPS/Epoxy with some bumps and bruises from travel/shred.  asking $300 obo.  email me at ryankentlovelace@gmail.com....