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Benefit Show for Emergency Communities
Tuesday August 29, 2006 at the Saints Showbar (Address is 30 Ste-Catherine O. Montréal, QC – 7 PM $20) there’s a rockin’ benefit concert for Emergency Communities in New Orleans…
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Roadsworth at Palais de Congres
I haven’t gone down to see it myself, but Roadsworth’s new piece at Place D’armes metro outside Palais de Congres looks kinda cool. Well conceived idea using a large amount…
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Shaping Flickr Group
My friend Johan has started a surfboard shaping group on flickr. Amazingly there wasn’t one already. Considering how shapers and surfers seem to love taking photos of their creations and…
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Photo Number 3000
My 3000th photo (full size) uploaded to Flickr. This photograph was taken driving home last night by myself from Krista and Eric’s wedding. It’s not a great shot by any…
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The Storms are coming
It’s been a dismal August in the Atlantic so far. Very hard to justify the 5 hour trip to surf 1 to 2 foot waves (if you’re lucky). Not that…
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La Chatte Bottée
A huge congratulations to V and Carole for this. They made the cover of this weeks Hour … V told me about it last weekend – so I’ve been anxiously…
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50 ways to become a better designer
Some nice little tips .. things I read and know but that haven’t come to mind in a while …I’ve been trying to expand my horizon on this, painting a…
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Big-O … Not without a fight
Seems some people have taken up the “Big-O Skate spot Cause” … actually quite a few people. Look for potential reports in the mirror/hour/ctv/cbc, the french language media and much…
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Secrets of the Pirate Bay
A very interesting story… “…barely a month after Swedish police raided their server room and carted two administrators and their legal help off in handcuffs, the lanky co-operator of the…
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Andi State’s Parc Photos
My good friend Andi State attended the last night of the Cinema Du Parc. She took some absolutely wonderful black and white shots. She was the manager of the Cinema…
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Marcus Garvey
PBS had a nice little piece about Black Star ship-lines which was owned by Marcus Garvey in the early part of the century. Interesting man, with some questionable practices and…
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End of the Big-O Spot ?
O no … this is terrible … “Plans by mondo cheesemakers Saputo to build a soccer stadium out by the Big O may destroy a skate park known well beyond…
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Malwitz logo contest
Good idea .. and he’s getting some very nice results out of it …. “Here’s the deal: Design a logo = Get a free surfboard. I’m in the process of…
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Senuti
There are 3 or 4 apps out there that all do this with basically the same interface, This one is a little cheaper and does the job just fine ……
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Cheese and Crackers
Almost Skateboards has released a short movie starring Chris Haslam and Daewon Song entitled “Cheese and Crackers”. The movie revolves around a mini ramp session over multiple days – trying…