ELEMENT EDEN ADVOCATE AMBER B. DESIGNS SKATEBOARDS FOR CHARITY

Smile on Your Brother: It’s more than just a sweet-sounding name, although we do think it’s pretty sweet. Smile on Your Brother is a skate art (literally, skateboard art) exhibition that features creations from international artists, including Element Eden Advocate Amber B (shown above). Besides offering up the obvious eye candy, the shows help to support disadvantaged youth by contributing skateboards, providing them with an outlet for constructive freedom and helping to push them to achieve their goals.

Want to see the creations first hand? If you happen to be one of our Canadian readers, you’re in luck!

Read more about the shows and Element Eden Advocate Amber B after the break…

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Aug 6, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Follow the Light Foundation Announces Extended date for submissions to
The 2009 Follow the Light Foundation Surf Photographers Grant and change of date for the 4th Follow the Light Recipient dinner

$5,000 to be granted to the winning photographer

We are happy to announce that we are extending the deadline for our 2009 applications from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31, 2009. The winner of the grant for this year will now be announced on October 22, 2009 during the 2009 Follow the Light Recipient Dinner to be held on at the Surfing Heritage Museum in San Clemente, CA.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA- For the fourth year in a row, the Follow the Light Foundation (FTLF) will award $5000 to a deserving photographer in honor of the late Larry “Flame” Moore. The FTLF was founded after Moore’s passing in the attempt to continue his legacy of assisting up and coming photographers. Photographers of all ability levels are encouraged to participate. The application and details can be found on the FTLF website http://followthelightfoundation.org.

The FTLF is proud to be working with Surfing Magazine, SWELL, Hurley, Surfline and Oakley to provide this year’s grant.

About Follow the Light: On October 10th, 2005, the surfing community lost one of its most influential figures. After a nearly three-year battle with brain cancer Larry “Flame” Moore, the Photo Editor of SURFING Magazine for 30 years, passed. He left behind a legacy of brilliant photography and an army of photographers trained by him. Through his work at SURFING Magazine, Larry literally gave three decades of surfing their “look.” Today, honoring Larry’s request, we have established Follow the Light Foundation (FTLF), an organization that will help finance the dreams of surf photographers, pushing the sport and its lensmen forward.

For more information on Follow the Light Foundation Grant and submitting your application please visit http://followthelightfoundation.org/index.html or email Sam Olson @ sam@followthelightfoundation.org

For info on last year’s Follow the Light click HERE

If your into Zines, but not so much into mags, Ambiguous is serving up a, um, meaty treat just for you. It’s the 2nd Edition of the Ambiguous Zine. You may be thinking, “gosh, those there things gots lots of werds in ‘em.” But fret not, it’s mostly sick (and a touch twisted) photos and art. Like what you see? A few of the photos are featured on the new Ambiguous tees. Check out the new gear from Ambiguous after you spend some quality time bonding with the pretty pictures.

June 15, 2009

Follow the Light Foundation Announces Call For Entries For 
The 2009 Follow the Light Foundation Surf Photographers Grant

$5,000 to be granted to the winning photographer

SAN CLEMENTE, CA- For the fourth year in a row, the Follow the Light Foundation (FTLF) will award $5000 to a deserving photographer in honor of the late Larry “Flame” Moore. The FTLF was founded after Moore’s passing in the attempt to continue his legacy of assisting up and coming photographers.  Photographers of all ability levels are encouraged to participate.  The application and details can be found on the FTLF website.

Applications will be due August 17, 2009.  The grant recipient will be chosen by a panel of judges chosen by the FTLF.  This year’s recipient will be announced on October 1, 2009.

The FTLF is proud to be working with SWELL, Hurley, Surfline, Surfing Magazine, and Oakley to provide this year’s grant. The 2009 Follow the Light Grant Recipient Dinner will be held at the Surfing Heritage Foundation on October 1st, 2009. 

For photos and coverage of last year’s awards visit HERE 

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Ever see a Quiksilver t-shirt and think, “I could draw that”? Well then bust out your Trapperkeepers for this one.
Quiksilver’s blog features a tutorial by surf artist and wave-sculpting expert Phil Roberts on how to draw a wave. There’s a short video in there and some sick sketches. Really interesting to watch…he makes it look so easy! Check it out HERE.

Photo: Todd Selby

Browsing through the Selby today, I came across RVCA’s face and designer Erin Wasson’s Manhattan apartment. The Selby is a website featuring photographs, paintings and videos of interesting people and their creative spaces. Erin Wasson’s creative place highlights her signature leather-studded and lace street style in a downtown open loft. Her favorite part? The amber lights. Mine? Hands down the vintage-looking city bike propped up against the wall of sketches. Interested scoping out the RVCA designer’s eclectic pad? Get a glimpse here.

It’s already been a helluva year for artist Julie Goldstein. As one of the most recognized modern surf artists, Julie and her husband Mark Tesi had recently accomplished one of their lifelong dreams with the opening of Pine Surf Shop and Gallery in Long Beach, NY. Extremely popular with the diverse art communities throughout the eastern seaboard, Pine served as a beacon to surfers, artists, families and admirers as place to chill and be inspired. All that changed on December 20, 2008 when a fire destroyed nearly all of Pine’s irreplaceable inventory, including priceless vintage surfboards, original art, photos and wood sculptures, as well as the merchandise and supplies for the couple’s new clothing line, Perfect.

While Julie and Mark make tentative plans to relaunch Pine and Perfect, Swell hopes to spread the message and encourage new fans of Julie’s art with the sales of the two tees featured above. Julie’s unique method begins by drawing on blocks of wood, which she then hand carves and finally prints the woodcuts onto paper, canvas, or fabric. Her work is inspired by her experience in the surf community as well as from her time spent living in Brooklyn, during which she obtained her MA from Columbia University.

Later this month, Julie will be exhibiting at the Australian leg of the surf, art, film and music festival, “The Happening”.

photo: Aaron Chang

On February 28, 2009 world renowned surf photographer Aaron Chang will celebrate the opening of his new gallery in Solana Beach, CA.  With over 100 magazine covers in surf, fashion, travel, and more, his own brand, and collaborations with several well-established brands including Sanuk, and Nike, the new gallery is sure to be nothing short of spectacular. 

The collection features Aaron Chang’s famous surf photographs from the globe’s most prestigious surf locations, along with many exotic images collected from a lifetime of traveling. 

Your Host:  Erika Chang
What: The Aaron Chang Gallery Grand Opening
Where: 124 East Cliff St. @ corner of N. Cedros and Cliff
Solana Beach, California 92075
When: February 28th, 2009, 7pm - 9pm

To RSVP and to find out more about Aaron Chang and his new gallery visit:
www.aaronchanggallery.com

If you can’t make it to the opening, the gallery will be open Monday through Saturday 11-6

John Van Hamserveld, the artist that created many legendary pop images, album covers, and movie posters of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, will be entering into the Laguna Surf Gallery this Saturday. The artist behind the universally known Endless Summer poster will have select pieces exhibited at the gallery until December 11th. The opening of the exhibition will include live music by White Buffalo and a book signing of Goin’ Big: Gotcha and the Evolution of Modern Surf Style.

RECEPTION: Saturday, November 22, 2008 • 4 - 9 p.m.

BOOK SIGNING: Goin’ Big - Gotcha and the Evolution of Modern Surf Style

Live music by White Buffalo! (a supporter of TOMS shoes)

LOCATION: The Surf Gallery
911 S. Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA
(corner of PCH and Thalia)

INFO: 949.376.9155
www.thesurfgallery.com

Show runs from November 22 - December 11, 2008