Recent Content by tonylamont

Yep, it will be ruled by the privileged spawn of Austin's tech gazillionaires.

Any board you order with a heavy glass job is likely to be a total dog, and every board that you wish had heavier glass is going to be pure magic...

Hilarious. Hadn't noticed.

Oh yeah, current Carver quiver: Venice (36") + C7, orig. wheels. Hot Dogger (42") + CX, orig. wheels. Flowmaster (41") + C7, ABEC11 No Skoolz 65...

Anyone else riding Carvers in parks? I do the daily carve up and down the street but I'm really getting into riding 'em in bowls. For the parks...

I was very tentative about it at first bc I hadn't skated vert since the 80s. Now it's my go-to substitute when I can't surf.

Nah Carvers work great in skateparks as long as you respect what they do and don't do. I ride a 42" Flowmaster with C7s and it's the tits for...

Both. I skated in the 80s, quit for 20 years and took it up again a few years back. Usually ride a Carver in the skateparks when I can't surf -...

Agreed. you really don't want to tanker surf unless you are out there with an experienced captain who knows what he is doing. The rest of us surf...

Boat=you got it. <15 mph onshores = TX offshores lol. It's pretty fun when it comes together here but wish it did so more often.

Personally I have never surfed it. But yes, that spot is reputed to get quite good – sometimes. However, it is logistically very difficult to get...

TX has rideable surf way more consistently than you would think. But it usually is weak, crappy short period windswell with howling onshores -...

SUPs get a pass from me only when ridden by older ex-surfers (ie, no longer can surf due to back issues) who ride them well, can handle them...

What dreamsofpakalas said. I've visited Kauai on a number of occasions and never had any issues. Stick to known breaks, surf at places within...

Ellis Pickett indicated last spring that it was supposed to start after September (post-turtle nesting season) but haven't heard anything since -...