8th anual NY Fish Fry

Over the weekend I attended the NY Fish Fry with other Apes Justin and Freaky Born Wings. Fun small waves were on tap and fun was had by all. I planned to document the event more thoroughly but ended up surfing the whole time. Here are some shots I was able to get before packing it in and heading back to RI.  

Fish Fry panorama 

 New Jersey's Danny Callaghan of Dcal surfboards came over. He makes really fun, functional and creative surf craft. He also rips and is super nice and personable. 

 Keels all day!

 More keels. 

Long Island's Mark Patrocelli of Faktion surfboards always representing and the fry. I wish I would have taken an bronzer for a spin. Mark was slaying it out in the lineup. 

 It was all about the long fish at this fry. Here is Tyler's Josh Hall long keel fish. 

 Post surf good times and party vibes. 

 The sun eventually came out. Some were seeking shade. 

 Fish quiver and a couple of Blue Gull by Wegener surfboards. 

 So many boards and so little time. Until next year. 

 Wish I could have given that Pizza box a ride by Deepest Reaches. 

 Big fan of the Simster by Hydrodynamica. 

After battling the traffic in NY and CT I finally made it home to RI. Here is my fish quiver drying in the back yard. Top to bottom: 9'11 Deepest Reaches MEGAfish, 5'10 Kookbox fish, 5'10 Josh Hall J Hall fish. 

Finless Fiesta and wooden surfboards.

Get your block planes and spoke shaves sharpened. Grain Surfboards is putting their boards building classes on the road and bringing Jon Wegener with them. From Feb 1st through 9th Grain will be holding class at the new Patagonia Bowery surf shop in NYC. 

Photo: Jon Wegener FB page.

Jon's Class will from Feb 1st to the 2nd. 

From Grain:

"For this unique workshop, we’re privileged to have Jon Wegener back from Southern California where he is a pioneer in the design and construction of traditional Hawaiian finless sticks. We’re also honored that this is the first class we’re offering with our friends at Patagonia Bowery in New York City.

Each student will have their choice of building either a paipo or an alaia using paulownia with Jon guiding you through the process.

Students will cut their outlines, and under Jons watchful eye, shape the delicate arcs that make magic of a simple plank. Oiled and ready for launching on day two, everyone will have time to hit the water for a surf. We’ll have a quiver of wood boards for students to try in the evenings or whenever glue is drying, so pray for surf."

Photo: Grain Surfboards FB page

Grain will also provide a 4 day board kit building class.

Grain's class will be from Feb Feb 6th to the 9th.

From Grain:

"Since the early days of Grain, we’ve admired, looked up to and in some ways emulated the values that the good people at Patagonia have taught us. We’ve read the books, listened to the words and tried to lead an examined life. We’ve also always dreamed of working with Patagonia in some way… and now it’s happening, and you can be a part of it.

We’re so proud and excited to bring our 4-day class to Patagonia’s newest surf store in the Bowery, NYC. Six students will be building their own wooden surfboard right in the basement of the store, which also happens to be the former CBGB’s. If only those walls could talk.

You can count on the same experience you’d get by coming here to Maine including two delicious meals a day, the full course of instruction, and each student leaves at the end with a board ready-to-glass. The tuition’s a bit more for our traveling classes to cover the cost of us getting there, but students living locally avoid the cost of traveling to Maine and cost of lodging."

take a (block)plane to maine

The Wegener Paipo

Here is a video of Jon Wegener talking about his paipo for Board Riders Review.

 

Speaking for myself, I can't wait to get one!

Find out more about Jon Wegener at Wegener's Finless Frontier.