[caption id="attachment_976" align="alignnone" width="333" caption="Vans Presents the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Longboard Invitational"][/caption] I was recently invited by Joel Tudor for his Vans Longboard Invitational in Montauk, New York. The little get-together was fun. There was a motley crew of us and we enjoyed the camaraderie and shenanigans. It wasn't the best of conditions on the first day of the contest but the second day pretty much made up for it. [caption id="attachment_977" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="It doesn't get any more classic than this."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_978" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Montauk Local"][/caption] The following is a pictorial storyline ...

As I blogged earlier, Dibi, Nathan and I currently have some of our artistic creations displayed in the “Swell” exhibition in various galleries throughout New York. We've been getting a lot of really cool reactions and interest. Pretty heavy, ain't it? Check out a little review that the New York Times recently did about the showing. Copy and paste this link if you’re unable to click it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/arts/design/23surfing.html?_r=2&scp=3&sq=swell&st=cse