Zack does everything with a very distinct F-bomb style. Here’s him F-bombing a wave at Newport Beach, California.

The life of a surfer’s garage.

I got my first major ding on the hull yesterday. It didn’t even happen when I was surfing… The board was standing upright in the sand when a gust of wind knocked my godly board to the hard hard nose of my poplar skateboard. Mitch filled the hole in with black resin. Now the board looks excellent.

Alex Rowse, the designer of KooK, shipped me a stack all the way from the UK. I’m sure a lot of you have already heard of KooK but most of you probably don’t have a copy since they’re so limited.

For those of you that haven’t heard about KooK, it is a newspaper that gives you insight into the world of surfing that you rarely hear about.

Email me at james@scosurfing.com if you want to purchase a copy! Only 14 copies left so hurry hurry!

I go back to the UK pretty soon. I hope Poseidon gives California a good swell that lasts one month. And I hope the wind gods cooperate. I’m stoked with the last two sessions I’ve had though, super fun pitchy waves.

Oh yeah, Mitch saw the green flash during sunset yesterday at Newps. Lucky man…

I don’t actually collect tshirts but I’ve acquired a few during the years. Colony sent me a one of their tshirts and it’s a pretty cool one. The tshirts they create aren’t ones with very edgy street graphics or hand-drawn quirky surf doodles. It’s more of an elegant take on surfing and different surfing towns. The one they sent me takes the mick(to you american: taking the mick means to mock something) of the famous Keep Calm and Carry On war poster that used to be plastered all over England.

Brought to us by the honorable Shaun Tomson. Let’s keep to the code folks.

I saw a few surfing legends today when Tess and I went to Sacred Craft and the ASR show down in San Diego. Super stoked to meet Greg Noll, the ballsiest man of all time, Peter Townend, first world champion of surfing and Jordy Smith, awesome aerialist and current ASP number 1.

Photos with me in it were taken by Tess Iskra.

Edited by Mitch Rossi. Music by Seabear.

Tess is now officially a Sco Surfing representative. Here’s a little clip of the application:

Sco Sticker Application from James Kamo on Vimeo.

Today Tess and I hit up the US Open. It’s the first time I’ve seen a superman done in person.

Here be the video of said session mentioned below:

Took my fish to Trestles today to test it out and Mitch took pictures of the whole thing. Super stoked that I was actually able to stand up and ride the thing. I’m pretty sure it’s the shortest stand up surfboard ever. Hopefully I’ll get better rides on it when the swell gets bigger and punchier. Once again, all photographs were taken by Mitch Rossi.

I’m still not exactly sure what to call this thing. It’s rugged, stealth, fishy and 4’1 short. Hmm.

Mowing Foam in the garage.

Here’s another cheesy video made with Mitch’s iPod Nano. Enjoy the epic imagery and instrumentals.

Today I took my pine alaia to Newport hoping that it would work since it’s now waterproof. It didn’t. I kinda got up on one wave but didn’t even get close to riding. I think I’ll stick with foam for now. Oh yeah, Mitch and I hit the skatepark up after I failed my second test. At least I know linseed oil does actually waterproof wood.

I made this Alaia last summer shortly after The Stub. I tried it out once at San O and it didn’t work. I think it mainly didn’t work since I tried waterproofing it with parafin wax alone. Yesterday I got inspired to have another go with it. I shaved down the rails significantly and waterproofed the thing with Boiled Linseed Oil. If you plan on making yourself one, remember to throw the towel you used to waterproof your board into a container of water. As you can see from the picture, if you don’t, the towel will start burning and eventually combust.

Mitch grinding away the left over adhesive on his VDub.

A displacement hull wouldn’t be a displacement hull without it’s flex fin. I’ve been wanting to make a fin since last summer and this afternoon I decided to finally make one. I didn’t have my camera for the first part of the process. I make a box template out of wood and layered up square pieces of fiberglass inside till there was 16 layers. I cracked it off and cut my fin out. Now I’m in the process of adding the last 17 layers. Since I’m using UV cured resin, I have to continue tomorrow. Sunsets are a bummer when using uv rez. I also tweaked my Sco logo into a circle and printed a few onto rice paper so my fin won’t look so plain.

I stole the title from another blog. I surfed the Drop’N'Chop for the first time at Trestles today. I was doing pretty gash at the beginning but I think I’ve dialed down the ride itself. It’s definitely the best board I’ve shaped and I’m super stoked on it. I don’t get why more people don’t ride them. So little friction, so much speed. Next Step: Cutbacks.