IGOR BLACKWATER'S DAY OFF...

This here is the mythical Ian O'Roarty...aka BLACKWATER...
poaching a magic session at Matuse Cove on a less than optimum
tide a few days ago...doing stunt work for an Italian film production no less...
pretty much a typical day for Igor. He'll be filming Dennis Hopper
next week...no shit...anyway, Ian scored this day.
He has also helped tremendously with Hydrodynamica...
Look for more Blackwater updates in the future.

Mirandon's trip on...

This is Eli Mirandon surfing a board he designed with his father Nick Mirandon,
inspired by Uncle Bear's side cut experiments circa 1970...a porpoise board.
Eli rides the board in a...shall we say...progressive manner. Aerials...whatever,
he can do anything on it.
He is shown here on 3/12/08 riding the left at Windansea where Nick watched Butch Van Artsdaalen
rip Al Nelson's 5'6" Simmons inspired balsa dual fin 50 years ago...
the evolution continues...if those lefts could talk.

a few more pics from yesterday at the good ole TWANG in La Jolla...
trusty 5'7" keel fish from the GURU...getting a little delaminated
but still works

This is the 9'0" Simmons balsa dual keel that Terry Martin shaped for the Hydrodynamica Project in
2005. A beautiful, functional surfboard...Terry did a masterful job...he brought Simmons to life for us and
we are grateful for that!

march 2008...

Here be the first post for Hydrodynamica blog...two random images from recent activities...
an inside left bowl from yesterday at a La Jolla reef on the trusty 5'7" keel fish yellow shaped by the
illustrious globetrotting GURU...you know who, right? and...a snapshot of me and Pedro in his
studio in NYC on 3/1/08...to see Pedros paintings visit www.peterhalasz.com
i am new to this blog shit so i guess i'll figure it out as i go along....

today my work will be digitizing and logging two interviews we filmed on Sunday March 9th 2008...
namely Terry Martin and Micky Munoz, two eloquent and articulate ambassadors of true stoke...
A huge honor for them to take the time to share their experiences with me. Terry's wife Candy
(she happens to be Micky's sister!) was gracious and served delicious papaya and mango, and Mary cooked her delicious lumpia with her usual love and aloha. Timmy Patterson stoppped by with a vintage 72 Munoz singlefin,
a beautiful board...this group is very close...Terry showed me pictures of Timmy when he was baby...
These guys are all close friends, neighbors... master craftsmen, innovators...and all touched in their own ways by
the work of Bob Simmons long ago. Terry Martin is an OG Sunset Cliffs guy...he pioneered Osprey Street.