We are no longer be blogging here. Our website has been updated and we have a killer new blog integrated into the site. Check out the new site at http://www.korduroy.tv and you can paddle on over to the blog at http://www.korduroy.tv/category/blog.
Ryan Burch is shaping a fish at 10:30am on Sunday and Cyrus Sutton is shaping a handplane after at 12:30. We will also be hangin out at friend's booths. If you see us, say hi!
Our buddy Derek Dunfee, winner of the 2009 XXL Award at Mavericks for Biggest Paddle In Wave, has taken to riding alaias lately. In the photos below he's riding a Jon Wegener shape at Zicatela Beach in Puerto Escondido.
Our favorite DIY magazine ReadyMade has written about Korduroy.tvon their blog. ReadyMade is aNew York based publication brimming with fresh diy projects. Check out the post here.
Luke Taaffe is an incredibly talented and generous man. An artist/designer/surfer from NSW, Australia, he designed the Korduroy.tv pyramid which is a socio/political statement about turning our ever strengthening class system into a paradise. He also contributed illustrated elements to our animation within the korduroy.tv preview video.
We had the opportunity to check out Luke's work in Maine and it was truly inspired. He uses many found objects from old skateboards to vintage suitcases as his canvases. His work has been featured in galleries around the world and can be purchased through his website at Euphoria Graphics or at Retrospect Galleries in Byron Bay where his work is permanently displayed. Keep your eyes peeled for a future interview with Luke in the Korduroy Kollective.
Inspired by the shape of leaves falling from his Mango tree. Wright Walden from Miami stripped down an old longboard, re-glassed it and made himself a handplane. An act of non-conformity to heighten his connection with nature- Emerson would have been proud!
An avid surfer from from the Netherlands, Eef makes paipos and handplanes when not working and enjoying time with his wife and two little daughters. Inspired by Korduroy.tv he drew a sketch while commuting on a Dutch train. Thanks Eef!