BoardWarrior Meets Design By Humans

DBH is a perfect fit for BoardWarrior. It’s an amazing way to share our designs and give as many people as possible an opportunity to get a perfect BW tee shirt. Keith has been busy with his newest design software. Usually it’s his cameras and editing programs. Now, his eyes are glazed from working into the wee small hours of the night drafting designs.

 California Grown was born while three of us were sitting in an airport waiting room while flying to film a surf piece. I think the original may have been on a napkin.

The Art & Craft line was born in Keith’s mind while filming Chapter Two. He got the feeling that his subjects were exploring their craft and he was turning it into art. I think it is his favorite graphics line. Once a skate boarder, always a skate boarder. He’s been sharing his graphics for a while now on BoardWarrior’s Facebook.

The Kitty line….well, Keith and Crystal have 3 kitties at home. What’s not to love. I have no idea why he decided to Kill a Unicorn in Skate the Rainbow! All I know is that he chuckles every time I ask him. He thinks it’s so absurd that it’s hysterical. Go figure. You’ll have to let him know if you share in his wicked sense of humor.  And isn’t that Trino blowing bubbles? 

Go check the designs out at our BoardWarrior store front in Design By Humans.  And stick around…there are plenty more to come.

Full Part with Chris Hartkopp

Opening Shot of 'Full Part' at RW Surf Shop in Carlsbad, CA

Cory Patterson has been spending time at RW Surf Shop shooting for our upcoming documentary 50 Years of Shaping. He hooked up with Christopher Hartkkopp filming with RW team riders for the documentary. Chris is a 3 time National Danish surf champ and has traveled all over the world, including CA where  Cory P, Cory W and Christopher spent some time chasing waves up and down the southern coast of CA. Cory P got some great footage of Christopher blowing fins all over the place. Check it out at BoardWarrior.
Chris Hartkopp in Full PART
 

  Thanks. Stay stoked.

 

 

Cory Patterson filmed the 2014 Mavericks Invitational for BoardWarrior. This is his account of  the day. See the video at  BoardWarrior.com

 

Mavericks Invitational, keeping his eye on a building WNW swell. With it peaking on January 24th, Mavericks was called, running at 12 ft at 19 sec, and wave faces running between 25 and 30 ft. It was on. Loaded up all my gear and jumped in the car and ran up the coast. I hopped on a boat at 6:00am, on Friday morning, the 24th, taking off out of San Francisco Bay. The boat was running with energy. Rollers so big we had to hook out over 5 miles just to get around them. As we wrapped around Pillar Point around 7:30am there was Mavericks in all its glory, pumping with rocks, great whites and peaks pitching so hard. 24 of the best big wave surfers were called and put on one amazing show.

Lets pause here and tell a little back story for those of you who don’t know about the history of Mavericks. Mavericks is located at Half Moon Bay a half mile out off of Pillar Point. It has the potential of reaching heights of 60 ft. In 1975, Clark was the first person to ever paddle out to Pillar Point and ride Mavericks. The Mavericks Invitational was founded in 1999.

The contest was stacked with some of the best big wave surfers in the world, with names like Greg Long, Peter Mel, Shane Dorian and Grant “Twiggy” Baker. In the end Twiggy dominated the final heat to pull off the win. Mavericks is a one-of-a-kind place and when it’s pumping there’s no place gnarlier than that. To witness that first hand was incredible. Thanks mother nature for an amazing show. See you next year. Mavericks 2014

Cory Patterson

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What is BoardWarrior?

 Think about the origin of surfing, or he'enalu,

as it was known to the Pacific
Island warriors who created it, possibly as a fishing technique, then later as a tactic of warfare. Picture them, proud, strong  and  fearless, riding a hand-hewn plank of wood in treacherous surf, braving sharp, rocky shores through violent currents, prey to strong, fast and mindless predators. This was the origin of surfing, created by men and women with a powerful physical and

spiritual connection to the mighty Pacific Ocean.