Surf Ohio Blog
Surfin’ Safari! Surf Ohio’s limited edition ‘Longboard Legends Collection’ wall decor launches today… ( 11.15.11 )
I realize I’ve been off the grid for about a month now, and now I can finally reveal why. Today Surf Ohio proudly debuts the first of an all new and original wall décor line called the ‘Longboard Legends Collection.’ Thanks to the creative folks at Jones’ Rustic Sign Company in Moraine, Ohio (located not [...]
To the great Kahoona – a hui hou (goodbye, until we meet again…) ( 9.11.11 )
, It is with a heavy heart that I share news of yesterday’s passing of “the great Kahoona.” I have no doubt that many Surf Ohio fans are too young to remember the novel titled “Gidget,” and the 1959 movie that resulted which since has largely been credited (or blamed) for the explosion of surfing’s [...]
Endless Summer (of 2011) is ending? Really?? ( 9.02.11 )
Much as I want to believe summer truly is endless, I realize our many friends on the East Coast are wishing the attendant hurricane season and fear of aftershocks were things of the past today. Guess its appropriate now to quit griping about our memorable, miserable Ohio heat wave, especially as I now write this [...]
Wipe out – Festiki III cancelled for 2011 ( 6.04.11 )
Surf Ohio regrets to announce that there will not be a Festiki III in Dayton this August 2011. The first of many challenges began to stack up earlier this year upon learning that neither preferred Festiki venues, Carillon Park and Old River Park, would be available for mid-August. Saturday, August 13 was Surf Ohio’s traditional, [...]
2nd Annual April Fool’s – the “Surf Ohio Barn Project” ( 4.03.11 )
Once again Surf Ohio and its fans had some fun with April Fool’s Day. Much like last year’s now infamous April 1st release that heralded the announcement of my non-fiction book, “Big Air at Kitty Hawk,” and documenting the SXSW frenzy over movie rights that followed, I have to admit that the Surf Ohio Barn [...]
Out of Place was the place to be last night! ( 3.31.11 )
Mahalo for everyone that braved the Ohio surfing weather to come out to the Gateway Film Center for the ‘Out of Place’ screening and after-party camradarie. There was enough stoke to fill the whole theater, if not Lake Erie, especially with all the filmmakers (plus the “star” – Vince of No Na Nalu Surfboards). They [...]
Cbus premier of OUT OF PLACE and 2011 Surf Ohio launch featured on WOSU 89.7 FM tomorrow! ( 3.29.11 )
OUT OF PLACE director Darrin McDonald and I will be guests of Ann Fisher on WOSU-FM tomorrow – be sure to listen in to 89.7 FM or watch, too, on the station’s streaming video. Darrin and I will be interviewed on “All Sides with Ann Fisher” on her 11:40 am – Noon segment. We’ll be [...]
Surf Ohio, Homage team up to premier OUT OF PLACE and launch 2011 merch lines in Cbus March 30th ( 3.22.11 )
Surf Ohio and Homage co-host the Columbus premier of OUT OF PLACE at the Gateway Film Center in Cbus on Wednesday, March 30th. The acclaimed documentary spotlights the legendary Cleveland surfing scene, and directors Scott Ditzenberger and Darrin McDonald will be on hand for Q&A afterward. The post-screening party features the debut of Homage’s new [...]
Three Gold Grammy’s for The Black Keys and their bro! ( 2.14.11 )
Kudos to our fellow Buckeyes, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney – The Black Keys – for taking home some gold last night from the land of all that glitters!
Kelly Slater Wave Company (aka Tubes-R-Us) ( 12.23.10 )
It’s an early Christmas for Surf Ohio fans, as Kelly Slater Wave Company girds for global wave production.