So yesterday I figured out I have internet access inside the shaping bay here in France...I've been learning this Instagram thing and uploading a fair bit.  I'll be in there all week, check it out @RyanLovelace on your fancy phones!

Axel Piperno shot me over some photos from my two days in Rome; he so kindly snagged me from the airport on a couple hours notice and the guys happened to have a blank handy so I offered to shape out a little thank-you gift for them in the form of a 5'8 Piggyback.  I shaped it in their lair in Rome that is a metal working shop, occupied by one of their friends' father and his craft.  I hope that this kind of stuff is what sets me apart and defines what I...

Italian Stallions, to be exact.with Filippo Orso and Thomas Cravarezza in Savona...Have since made it to Biarritz and Wallako Surf Shop (yesterday) to get busy for the next two weeks.  If you want to come by and chat surfboards, you know where to find me, yeeeeehew!

Trevor onboard Rabbits Foot #2, from mr.Alex Kopps:a nice little surprise to get a call about this fine evening!

Welp, as I leave the east coast today for Rome I'm a very satisfied camper!I arrived here in NJ two days ago with a nasty cold that's still got its grips on me, but in spite of that I still shaped out 6 boards yesterday and two more are up to bat today before my flight out...Now that's how you handle yo' bizness!  The sleds will be available through Glide Surf Co. in Normandy Beach, a few througHulls, v.bowls' and the nasty little 8'4 Sherbert pictured below..

My main mang, Johnny McCann, ripping it up just a short while ago...I'm stoked that I captured this particular one, it made me quite happy to experience in the moment.  If you're curious, check out his SoundCloud page for a pile of songs:Johnny McCann jamz

Suffice to say blogging hasn't been my main focus lately, I apologize for not sharing a whole heck of a lot thats been going on in/around my shop/space the past few weeks...I realize this is a tragic and severe inconvenience for literally everyone in the world; So I feel like I should give a wee state of the union for those interested, because you KNOW its never dull around these parts!As most have noticed, the Kickstarter project wasn't successful; hey, it happens....

Home sweet home!!!!She'll be an ongoing project with many iterations I'm sure, progress will be patient and elbow-greasy for sure...I can't wait to dig in!

Thank you guys so much for all of the pledges and the encouragement during the fundraiser; we're in the final 3 days now and the project has a healthy beating heart with over 100 backers and I'd love to get the funding to build the body to make it get up and run so share it as much as you can and lets finish this thing off right!  Please share the link with anyone and everyone, its a good cause and spamming people is a-ok when it's not bs...so please, help...

From SB Surfrider:A VICTORY FOR NAPLES! SB BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO NOT CONSENT TO TRANSFER The battle to SAVE NAPLES is not over but the Coalition scored a victory with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. The potential new developer did not submit enough information to determine that they were financially able to commit to this project. Supervisors voted, 3 to 2, NOT to grant their consent to the transfer of rights under the Development Agreement, chosing not to go...