Hi everyone! Happy 2012! It's been a whirlwind of projects, events, trips, and overall life for me these past few months. I'm a strong believer in not only working hard, but playing hard, too. So, often times, I'm out and about on what I like to call a "workcation". The good, the bad, and the ugly. Gotta get it all done, right? So, anyway, I apologize if it seemed as if I slipped off the face of the earth. As many of you already know by now, Hawaii was a huge success as far as getting together the old and the new vanguard of the Wave Warriors. It was great! Though there were some people who plumb forgot about the get-together (Derek Ho and Gavin Beschen!) or were too sick to attend (Shane Beschen) or didn't even know they were invited (Dusty Payne), and others who, unfortunately, weren't on the North Shore to take part of it (Archy ...

Check out this oldie but goodie. This is one of the first Astrodeck t-shirt designs that was ever made - way back in 1981! And can you guys guess who the image of that surfer is? That's Marvin Foster doing his classic pig-dog stance. [caption id="attachment_874" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Marvin Foster Pig-Dog Stance"][/caption]

Marvin passed away last week. He was truly one of the original Wave Warriors. That’s all that needs to be said. [caption id="attachment_871" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Wave Warrior Marvin Foster Backside"][/caption]

Volcom is doing a special Pipeline/Pipe House series, mainly featuring Herbie and Gerry Lopez. This is Part II in a series and shows some crazy Herbie antics. Typical of Herbie but outrageous to the rest of us. Their next series will feature some cool Old School footage of Christian and Nathan back when they were groms, so stay tuned! http://volcom.com/news/article.asp?sid=&articleID=4384

Part Two in the Volcom series featuring Herbie Fletcher and Gerry Lopez. The next series will feature Christian and Nathan when they were groms. http://volcom.com/news/article.asp?sid=&articleID=4384