http://postsurf.com Unfiltered Thoughts on Surf Culture Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:24:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the naughties grind towards their inevitable close, the time has come to take stock of the decade and consider the progression of surfing since 2000. Surf Culture has blossomed and grown strong since the millennium.  What better way to chart this development than through the progression of Teen Choice Award ... http://postsurf.com/2009/08/29/photo-dispatch-teen-choice/ Same shit, different year. Nothing really changes. Views of a California Point: 2008, 1993, 1986, 1979, 1972. Photos via the California Coastal Records Project, Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman. http://postsurf.com/2009/08/15/photo-dispatch-time-and-tide/ Today we have the photogravures of Edward Sheriff Curtis , a professional photographer from Seattle, who documented over 80 North American Indian tribes between 1907 and 1930. The photo above depicts a Qagyuhl wedding party, Pacific Northwest coast. Nearly 100 years later, not far from where this location, meth-addled white trash of ... http://postsurf.com/2009/08/08/photo-dispatch-locals-only/ Let's pause for a moment from all our bilious ruminations to consider a holy trinity of thankless surf industry jobs: Shaper, photographer, and writer. Although all three roles are underpaid, shapers differ from photographers and writers in that they're actually necessary. Trouble is, doing what you love is no way to make a ... http://postsurf.com/2009/08/01/photo-dispatch-mm-on-shaping/ We make all of this more complicated than it is. The water holds no answers.  I don't hold any either. Sometimes it's enough to bear witness. Myles McGuinness, corroborating what we already know. See 9mPhoto for more of Myles' work. http://postsurf.com/2009/07/25/photo-dispatch-myles-mcguinness/ More waves.  Less words. Just a stop-gap measure while I transition from hungover to drunk, and knock out the next batch of Power Rankings. Jason Reposar.  Indonesia.  I'm trying to forget about where I'm not at. http://postsurf.com/2009/07/18/photo-dispatch-repo-in-indo/ BREAKING NEWS: As TurtleGate enters its 20th day, our top story is the shocking confirmation that Michael Jackson is still dead. In other TurtleGate news, PostSurf is proud to feature the photographs of Stuart Gibson, a Tasmanian photog who has recently been connected to the scandal. In an exclusive interview, Mr. Gibson ... http://postsurf.com/2009/07/11/photo-dispatch-stu-gibson/ The Fourth of July. Images of leisure.  The color's drained out. The consequences are slim.  Hours of daylight - all of it hazy. Watch the water beads dry on the bottom of your board.  Watch the water beads form on the skin of your glass.  Clink the ice.  Smile at her.  Keep ... http://postsurf.com/2009/07/04/photo-dispatch-will-adler/ [caption id="attachment_1668" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Tom Curren. Sunset. Photo: JS CALLAHAN / TROPICALPIX.COM"][/caption] JS Callahan was kind enough to share with PostSurf these iconic photographs from an era passed, along with his recollections: "15 images of Olde School North Shore Power Surfing. Men were men, waves were big and mean, and turns ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/27/photo-dispatch-john-s-callahan/ In my youth, I was a surf travel ascetic. No technology. No cameras. I was there to experience the moment – not document it. I wanted to see holistically – instead of deal in the outright lies and half-truths that kodachrome froze in 1/1000th of a second. ... http://postsurf.com/2009/06/19/photo-dispatch-shaping-memories/