November Webstore Giveaway Winner

Congrats to Michael Dancha who won the WOW autographed movie, poster, soundtrack and film t-shirt!

UM board give away winner

This is John Holst, the son of our UM board give away winner David Holst. He was super stoked to find out he was getting a brand new board and was kind enough to share a picture for all of us to check out his new shred stick... congrats again to John!

Shaping...

“Do you mind if I put this laminate under the glass?” The small piece of rice paper read “AFG”. I had come to fulfill a dream of shaping my own surfboard, little did I know that God would use the experience and those three letters to shape me.

When Paul Hyers, one of the Core Leaders of Christian Surfers Jacksonville, had invited me to come by his house and shape a board I was stoked. For the next few months I thought about it often. I’ve wanted to shape a board for years. I guess a lot of surfers are intrigued by the process and the thought of riding a piece of art that they personally made. So, I was prepared for the big day; I knew the kind of board, dimensions, colors, fin set up, everything. But, what I wasn’t prepared for was God speaking to me through the experience and this backyard (well, front patio) shaper.


Paul grew up around Christianity but rejected it. He jokes about the old commercials on TV that said, “no one plans to be a bum.” He and a friend decided that this was exactly what they wanted - to be surf bums. When he got to the end of himself and decided that his way wasn’t working he called the local chapter of CSUS in his town. The rest is history. He is a committed servant to the surfing community. The first time I met him was on the phone. He called me to ask if he could come to our town and give away wax and Bibles at a surf contest. I thought that was pretty cool but I was even more impressed when I discovered that serving people in love wasn’t something Paul and the other guys and girls in the chapter do on Saturdays but is a way of life.

As we “mowed foam” Paul shared with me things God was doing in his life and the lives around him. One story was about a grom that came by the house ( cause what grom wouldn’t want to hang out with a shaper). So, Paul began telling him about the upcoming CS Prep School. The kid was really interested and started filling out an application. When it came to the place on the app that ask him to share his testimony he ask Paul what a testimony was. Long story short, the grom prayed with Paul to give his life to Jesus.

That day we talked about fin set ups, tail design and how God has designed each of us to play a role in this amazing story that HE is unfolding. We talked about all the opportunities Paul was having to love people from talking with them about the LORD to showing up early for events and making sure everything was ready to go or staying late to make sure it was all cleaned up.


I took that Fish to Panama for CS PREP SCHOOL where Tom Curren hoped on it. I don’t think that he’s gonna change sponsors but it was fun to see him enjoying something I had a hand in making. It was so much fun helping Paul shape that fish. I can’t wait to shape a board all by myself. It was also fun having a real life example in front of me of what it means to strive to do “everything” for the glory of God. Oh, by the way, “AFG” stands for All For God.

Winner of the Webstore UM Surfboard

Everyone who made a purchase on the webstore during the month of July was entered into a drawing for a Quadra Flight UM Surfboard. Each name was put into a bowl and the winner was drawn - David Holst from Mount Shasta, California. Congrats David!

Next drawing will be in October, where the winner will receive $500 worth of West Wetsuit and apparel, including a fullsuit of their size and choice.

Here is the video drawing for the UM Surfboard:

One day surfing Alaska

A crew from the Get in the Van surf project headed up to film in Alaska. The following pictures were taken in one day and highlight the varied and unique experience that is Alaska surfing. One of the blessings of living here is getting to host various groups that come through and they leave always having been blown away by the grandeur of God's creation.

Joe Carter, filmmaker and head of the project setting up to film amongst
a winter's worth of driftwood.

Ben McBrien giving a preview, backside at full throttle.

Wheelers are the best way to access the varied surf around here.

Graveyards looking appealing but too small, time to check around the corner.

Sea lion about to bodysurf another Pt. Carew wave.

Pros from the East Coast Billy Hume, Ben McBrien and Jeff Myers looking pretty comfortable on the shore. They were up in Alaska to shoot the sequel to the surf film Get in the Van.

The boys checking out Ben alone in the lineup with the sea lions.

Ben paddled out solo with a broken off center fin but still ripped off a nice cutty.

Sea lions harassing a baby grey whale, not the most comforting sight in the lineup.

Ben and Nick check out a brown bear at the Ankau River
on the way back from surfing.

The sun sets over Monti Bay, bringing to a close another surfing day in Alaska.