Patchy & Jakey by Perini

And Patchy shot by Simon Perini in Sea, Surf & Sun Trunk. 

Head over here to throw us a vote in Stab's Poolside Love Affiar Trunk design comp. 

Jakey Bevan shot Simon Perini in the Sea, Surf & Sun Trunk. 

And just in-case you missed it..head over here to throw us your vote in Stab Mag's comp. 

Tats in Japan

Our good pal, Ryan Tatar aka Shakas and Single Fins opened his show at Ron Herman, Tokyo on Tuesday. Yeah..we're a little late in posting..but luckily the show doesn't wrap til 16 Nov. Plenty of time.

Sea, Sex & Sun Boardshort - A Poolside Love Affair

And here's our video submission to accompany our entry into Stab Magazine's 'A Poolside Love Affair' Trunk design comp. Starring our very own Jim Mitchell and Rama McCabe!

As we've mentioned below please head here to cast your vote!

 

We Want Your Vote!

Stab Magazine recently invited us to get involved in their trunk design competition titled 'A Poolside Love Affair'. Our new man of design 'Rama McCabe' whipped up these babies. Fixed waist at the front, elastic at the back and all the tricks in-between. If you like what you see..then head over to 

http://stabmag.com/surf-trunk/the-critical-slide-society/

and vote for us to WIN!

Liquid Salt/Nathan Oldfield interview

Liquid Salt has long been one of our favourite reads.... the in depth interviews of surfers, shapers, artists and filmmakers get straight to the heart & soul of surf culture. This week's interview is with Nathan Oldfield and discusses his inspiration and motivation behind the making of his newest film The Heart & the Sea... check out the full interview here

The Heart & The Sea Trailer

Our good friend Nathan Oldfield has just released the trailer for his film 'The Heart & The Sea' his third film and three years in the making. Featuring the likes of Sage Joske, Brett Caller, Al Knost, Tom Wegener, Ryan Burch, Chris Del Moro ..the list goes on. Looking forward to seeing it in entirety. Congratulations Nathan.

dolfin boy

... the water's still chill but there's no stopping Tim Silverwood testing out his freshly made hand plane at a local reef the other week... photos by Alex (yeww!!) Gibson:

Goons in Bali

The Goons play back-to-back in Bali, shots and words by Nikko.

'Throwing down, letting go and with such good energy, there were plenty of moments, that when experiencing them, I knew I'd remember them for a long time.'

Ingredients: Goons. Mylie and the Milkshakes. Andy Six String. Bobby Moore. Tyler Mars. An entourage of leather pant wearing smiley, stoked people with a mission to rock four venues in four nights.

Warm-Up: Take the stage playing a different song than your band mates. Switch instruments a few times. Play your guitar upside down backwards. Have a Bintang.

Japan Fall 12

..... geez.... hope they've got some occy straps on board... a few boxes hit the road (hopefully not literally) to Japan carrying winter woolies made with love in Bali......

The Stedman's Lair

Shane Stedman's a lovely bloke and a bit of a legend within the industry, and Luke (Shane's son) is a pretty decent surfer who's recently got involved in the rag trade. The guys over at Vauxlair have shot up their joint. Nice to see one of Benny Water's pieces hanging off the timber and pretty sure that's a familiar old Mambo poster hanging beside it.

deep south

Regular TCSS contributor Gary Parker is clearly a man deeply in love with the sea. I get the feeling he spends as much time in, on, under the ocean as he does on dry land.

You can get a dose of salt air over on Gaz's site here and also in the latest issue of White Horses here.

In the meantime, here's a small glimpse of Gaz's eye view......

Steven Harrington's INSIDEOUT

If only we were in LA..

TCSS contributor and pal, Steven Harrington has his solo show 'INSIDEOUT' kicking off tomorrow evening at Known Gallery, Los Angeles. Nice.

Day in the Life..

... of Kerry Langdon Down. 

This has to be one of the coldest and most drawn out Winters in ages... so why stick around? Team rider Kerry (Lo) Down decided to shake off the icicles and spend a few weeks on the tiny island of Namotu in Fiji... yes, next door to Cloudbreak... and sent us these photos to: a) make us jealous; b) make us hungry; c) keep the dream alive or d) all of the above.

Just another perfect day in Paradise

All photos by Kerry Langdon Down.

TCSS @ Sunday Issue, Tokyo

Our pals in Japan have got a show of our wares running from today, 8 August until 10 August at a great space in Shibuya, Tokyo called Sunday Issue. If you're in the are and would like to check it out email our main man Masa!