“(It was never determined if Curren was displaying his chronic absentmindedness or making a quiet but effective anticorporate statement in 1992 when he won a world tour surf contest in Hawaii on a board conspicuously free of logos and trademarks; longtime sponsor Ocean Pacific, however, was angry enough to drop Curren from its roster. A few weeks later Curren signed the richest contract in surfing at the time: a five-year, $2 million deal with Rip Curl.)” - Matt Warshaw, “The Encyclopedia of Surfing”, p.145

Self-Portait by Chris Gentile (on the job)

“…I sacrificed relationships with family and friends to be able to do this art for many years. Given that, it was not easy to let go a craft I so loved historically and socially.” – Mare139

“They’re trying. What’s frightening to think about is man might be culpable, because of things like mercury and pollution. The big questions with autism are: Why is it getting worse? Why are more children being affected today than ever? And can it be prevented?” It’s a pretty alarming issue that anyone thinking about having children has to face, because about one out of every 160 kids are going to get it.”

- Laird Hamilton, Surfer Magazine, February 2007

“I Guess what I have always tried to do is make the board as good as I can without regard to how long it takes or how much I make off of it. Try not to feel any compulsion to finish it at the end of a session, because there is always another session and my eye is fresher at the beginning of a session. So I keep coming back to them and finding little things to make them more custom or fit what the person wants. That approach was true then, and the same now. ” - Tom Parrish

Read Michael Machemer’s Interview here