Hulls work in Boston

Last fall, I ordered a new board from Ryan Lovelace. It's an 8'4" x 23.5" hull. Very bladed, but, extra-wide for best use around Boston. On it's first east coast session, I was lucky enough to have a picture taken:

I picked it up from Ryan in CA and used it at County Line, Topanga and Cardiff. It works well, very smooth and very fast. In the picture, it's got a single fin. But, it has boxes for keels (haven't tried it that way yet). The wave here is a clean, short and fast, typical beach break situation. I was up and over the lip before it closed out. I think the rails are more bladed than my friend Clark's Vaquero, but, less bladed than his Liddle. No question, it does what a hull is supposed to do.

Saladita/Troncones/Gouache Drawing

Just got back from a great trip to Troncones and La Saladitas -- great longboarding waves. Last time I was there, I did a bunch of Gouache and ink drawings. When I'm in Mexico, it's very easy to be influenced the folk art and the ruins. The imagery is very dense and very appealing.