RUSTANG ORGINAZATION THEORY

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RUSTANG MADDNESS 99

WAVE HELLO

Mini paintings for those who love waves and wood. If you click'm the get bigger!

aLaya DUH!

Yes. He did do two floatters on a finless plank.

Thanks Brett.

Rustang salad: The SAX rides again!

One day our Sachs moped decided it was going vomit gas all over the road and stop working. And so she sat there tainted and abandoned for months. Who knew all it would take was a carb clean and a three month nap for her to be back out on the street, slower than ever.

Creeping Post Alpha: dreamy coffin shreddamsels in distress

Love At first ride

BEST BOARD IN MOLLUSK

WAGENER/ALAYA 6'10" x Pretty Narrow x really thin
While most of us would have a hard time even standing one of these boards, Those who can really know how to make it look easy. After viewing some footage of some Ozzy dudes shredding on these at a shiny little point break, I was given the chance to try one out. Here is a word of advice: Don't ride one at OB. Find a nice little soft happy place
for your first voyage, practice paddling, and maybe you will stand up. If you don't. Shred some prone rides. Its equally awesome.

Tom Wagener and Family make these from palonia wood over in OZ. This particular board stood out for me because it was the first one I saw with a swallow tail. You know. For extra speed. She's got a slight hard rail in the rear, and bit of V through the tail. That's it. None of this pussy Fin/ Skeg shit. Just a slippery plank of raddness. If you haven't seen dudes shredding on them yet, you will in Thomas Campell's new film "The Present" They come in wide range of sizes. From belly to stand up they really bring the fun if you know where to to look.

So wrong its right

This was the best board in Mollusk until some dude bought it the other day. The first time I saw one of Pat Judah's board's i laughed at it. super wide elf shoe nose. super flexy protect side bite fins. I thought, What kind of jack ass would ride this board? so after I rode it, I was convinced it was the best board ever.

Then Hoggy shows up at the shop with his 5'4" backwards keel fin fish that pat made for him.
I didn't even question it.

On a side note Hoggy demonstrated for me the proper way to give a shaka the other day. It was pretty much the opposite of the way he is doing it in his man photo.

MOSSS GRAFFITI

So my computer breaks down, my phone takes a beer bath, and some how, I managed to tackle more than one girl at my birthday bonfire. At least my girl friend doesn't have to worried about any girls being interested in a crazy bearded drunk birthday boi. but do I have a new love for wrestling. Who knew? But that's neither here nor there. Some kid at school was telling another kid about Moss Graffiti. So I did some research and came up with this shitty example . but the possibilities are endless. click the title and paint your city green with hippie moss

Best Board @ Mollusk #4

Stand up knee shred domination: 5'11" x 18.5 x 22 x 14 x 3

Dean Cleary, Knee board world champion of 197somthing, used to make me thrusters when I was like 12 under the name "World Explosion". He has since moved on, and is now shaping under the name "Cleary." Judging by this board his roots are planted deep in the world making and shredding Knee boards. This board, although designed to knee ride would bring the fun no matter which way you rode it. My buddy T-boss said he is going to re-shape it for me but bring the wide point further back. I told him I wouldn't ride it. I don't know whats cooler, the extreme double wing, or the fact that its a single fin, plus, the wide piont is a little over 12" off the nose. You can call this board what ever you want, but this week I'm calling the best board ever. Click the title and check out his site.

Table

My romate made me buy my own table to destroy with scibble.

Street Horse

So I'm driving up the 101 after visiting my family down south. After we pass SB, we find out they closed the 101 due to a horse trailer in the road just past Gaviota tunnel. Trying to aviod the wait my buddy J-boy and I choose to wander a couple camp grounds in the area. The waves may have not been big, but they were enough to get me pumped, and accually appreciate the time spent waiting for the traffic to clear.

Olympus No Longer

I got a couple of years out of my Olympus Stylus 720, and I'm not one to discourage curiosity, or tinkering, but when your camera is acting up don't take it apart unless you know what your doing. After the lens cover stopped opening on my camera I thought, "what the hell I'll just take it off." Bad call. Now it dosn't work at all, and feel cheated when i see something photo worthy.
This is one of the last photos taken with her.

Best board@Mollusk#3

ANDRINI: OWL
9/2 X 17.25 X 22 X 15.25 X 3.25
SSSSICKKKKKKKK KA CAWWWWW
shredding, trimming, slashing, mashing, walking, rocking, sliding, gliding, tubing, whatever......

Ron Stoner (Mollusk Venice)

The Ron Stoner Show: An exibition from the legendary lensman's archives
Mollusk Surf Shop Gallery
1600 Pacific Ave.
Venice Beach, California
Feb. 23rd - April 20th 2008
Opening Feb. 23rd
7 -10pm

Ron Rominowski

Word on the street is Mollusk SF might be getting some Romo spoons. Something tells me they might be modeled after Greenhough's spoons. Which is freekn rad. When not on desert retreets with T.K. Brimer, owner of THE FROG HOUSE, Ron has made a living building top quality Kneeboards from the ground up. Also you may have seen some of his "Wedge" photography. Its unreal. I wish I had a link to some of it, but no dice, but still click the title for an interesting WEDGE story.

Boooho

On occasion, this groin is known to produce perfect right handers. Perfect, that is, if you consider 50 yard, ankle high, double knee rides on 7'2" liddle perfect. Which I deffinatly do. Unfortunatly, today was not one of those days. Boo Hoo for me. "Should have been there yesterday."

BENT

Someone once asked me if they should leave out a photo because the horizon wasn't straight.
This is my reply.

Best board@Mollusk#2

Mandala wingless quad: $675
6' x 16" x 21" x 15 1/2" x 2 5/8 (Hogan's dimensions)

Hoggy, with mango in mouth, says, "This board will fly with a fuller template and a wider tail than Manny's double winged quad fish. Its the best of both worlds. This board has a traditional look and feel, but will preform in the pocket, with its quad fin set up. !Ka Caaaww.!"

Photos ala Manny

BEST BOARD OF THE WEEK@MOLLUSK

There are too many radical boards in MOLLUSK SF. From this week on, I will post what I think to be the best board of the week. It'l be great. I can post and present an opinion of what I think is the best board, and the three of you out there who actually look at this Bla Bla Blog can tell me I'm crazy. Great fun. Here's the first one.
MICHEL JUNOD: WINGED ROUND PIN SINGLE FIN $725
6'10" x 13 3/8 x 20 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 11/16
In my opinion,This is the best board in the shop. This board is for the man who wants to ride only one board. I know. I know. Your looking at the lines and thinking, "man, is that a gun?" Well your kind of right. It kind of is, but its also more than that. This board will bring the fun in any size surf. Its wide enough, thick enough, and long enough to float you in the small stuff, but also handle some larger surf . I could see my self riding this board in almost any surf. Its been at Mollusk for a while, and know one has showed it any love. If I had the money I would already own it.

P.S. I wanted to post more pictures of this board, but the computer was being bitchy. Sorry.

Her Majesty

Every time I drive by with my board
its flat. I didn't have my board this day. Wa Wa.

Beef

I have to say this is the best album of
all time. If you don't own it, figure it out and get.

WOOD WAVES

This was the early stage of a drawing that now sits on the shelf at Mollusk Venice. Looks better like this

Summer o7

Franks

Franks is not the real name of this spot, but for those of you who have ridden here, you can see just how big its by the completely submerged rock/take off spot. Normally this rock is no where near covered. The hardest part was getting out of the water, once you fought the current, and made it back to the beach you had to poke through the shore break, which was grossly unforgiving.

Edie Edie Edie

Ya.... We used to date.

The fold

O what? OB.

Mason's 5 fin @ the most secretist spot on the california cost. shhhhh
























Oily OB


















Team Bennit on the Mandala quad . It counts.

RUSTANG RIDE

WHAT DO YOU DO IN SF IN THE SPRING TIME? FIGHT THE PREVAILING WIND WITH YOUR PED.

RUSTANG

Seaqueen photography

You always think of your family as being the best at everything, but my family really is the best at everything. Shot, printed, and tinted by the the SeaQueen, the creative talents of my mom never cease to amaze me.