Otter Rock And Roll!

Attack of the groms! The Otter Rock and Roll is just around the corner, this years event is shaping up to be a good one! Sign up online at www.otterrockandroll.com

Surfboard Stock List and Sales!

Time to revitalize the blog! Starting with a re-design, and list of our current new board selection, as well as some serious deals! Sale boards are marked in RED and you can see the sale price under current price. You can also check out the sale boards at http://www.oregonsurfshop.com/sale-surfboards/ . Remember, if you need a board shipped, we can ship any board 8'0 and under to anywhere in the continental US for $99.  Call us if you have any questions about the boards, 877 339 5672.

Innersection: A new era of surf film

Let me start by saying this; if you don't like high performance surfing, or watching guys do lots or airs, then stop here. Don't even bother with this video, as you'll probably write it off as another typical surf porn flick. And in some ways it's hard not to argue with that. What makes Innersection unique however is how the movie was made, and the movie's flow, or lack thereof. Each section in the video, is filmed and edited by a different person, usually selected by the surfer featured in the video. While this doesn't make for a neat, flowing style movie, it does make it amazingly diverse and interesting. Not only do you immediately notice differences in surfing style, but filming and editing style as well. Each section is unique and different. Mesh that together with carefully thought out song choice, and BAM! Innersection.

The movie was created over the period of four "seasons" where surfer's and their filmmakers entered their sections to be voted on by the web and surf savvy public. 5 people from each season got through, plus 5 wild-cards. The project was the brainchild of Taylor Steele, which made the competition pretty stiff. There's some very well known names in there (Slater, Parko, etc) and a handful of very unknowns, who absolutely rip. My personal favorites include Peter Devries, Nate Tyler, Marco Giorgi, and Brenno Dorrington. Also, it's nice to see some cold water sections getting thrown into the mix for once to keep things different.

So if you like Taylor Steele's movies, you'll like this one for sure, because as always, they push the levels of performance. If you don't, well you might like this one anyway!

Black Friday Sale!!

Black Friday Sale at the Oregon Surf Shop! 25% EVERYTHING IN STORE (in stock only, no special orders). 10AM to 6PM, Friday ONLY! (Does not include used surfboards)

Oregon Open Ocean SUP Race

Epic Day on the Oregon Coast for a Ocean SUP race downwind run! Check the photos out here: http://bit.ly/c7EwRT

So it's been awhile...

Hey all, I noticed it's been awhile since this thing has been updated, so I'll fill you in on what the shop has been up to lately!

Summer is in full effect here in Lincoln City, and some exciting stuff has been happening at the shop! First off, if you haven't heard about the absolutely KILLER deal on Xcel Drylock's we've got going, you need to check this out. $314.95 for a 5/4 Hooded, and 307.95 for a 4/3 Hooded. That's 30% off Xcel's best coldwater suit!

Also, we've changed our surfboard shipping policy to a $99 flat rate ship, to anywhere in the lower 48, with a in shop pickup option. Check out the big selection of DHD's, Stretch's, and North Pacific boards we have in stock! More DHD's and Stretches are on their way, as well as our first batch of Firewires! We're really excited about those DHD's and Stretch's, as our teamriders have been giving us nothing but positive feedback from the boards, even with the long stretch of bad surf we've had the past few months.

Fall is right around the corner, and contest season is upon us, so look for more updates in the near future, and be sure to stop in and say hey if you're in the area! See you out there!

Stolen Boards at the CWC

Stolen board alert! Looks like some boards got jacked at the contest last weekend, everyone please keep your eyes peeled! If you see these boards, let us know ASAP! The boards taken were the following:

5' 11" ocean pulse swallowtail white with black tailpad.

6' 1" Byrne white with green & white tailpad

1 destination surf board bag white

1 Ogio board bag black

Lets get these boards back to their rightful owner!

Some recent happenings!

So the CPR course went down last week, and was a full success, beyond missing a glass off session. Figures the one day of the week that something is planned, the surf gets good... But now everyone's a bit safer (hopefully!) that these guys can potentially make decisions that can save your life!




Also, wonder why the surf got bad? It's because everyone's got new board fever! Team riders Jeremy Starkey and Ken Wilson just picked up new boards (a DHD and a North Pacific), so no wonder the surf got crappy!!

No Excuses

A few new additions;

10'4" Monster Gun

7'6" Big Guy Step Up

6'10" Fletcher Four

6'2" Sword

New Boards, Love it!!!

What is it about a new surfboard that is so alluring? Just got a new delivery from the boys up at North Pacific, stop in and check em before they are gone.

5'9" Bug

6'4" Bug

6'8" Round Pin

6'8" Squash

7'2" Step Up

Stand Up Paddle Oregon

Check out www.StandUpPaddleOregon.com to get hooked up with SUP lessons, tours and info.

New North Pacific boards in!

Ben went to pick up his kiteboard (pictured above) the other day, and came back with these two sick boards for the shop! That kiteboard is one of Art's EPS boards, and it looks pretty much insane! Talk to Ben if you need one, Art does amazing work with customs!

New 7'10 Egg. Red is always faster!!

The Green Machine! 7'2" Big guy step up.

Mid-Week Trip

A couple of the shop guys and friends took a mid-week trip earlier this week, here's some of the highlights! The pictures make it look a lot better than it was, with 22+ hours in the car, its safe to say they fully got skunked.

New DHD's in!!

New box of DHD's came in this morning! They look super sick, thanks to the guys at Base for doing such a good job! Here's some pics from the unwrapping party!

Careful with that knife dude!!

Mattie and Tim scoping Shawn's new Bobby Monster

Tim and Ben are dreaming about some waves right about now.

Mattie fixing the rack

January Session Video

A little clip of one of our team riders from a session early this January. Enjoy!

Surf Gear Product Test: The Rip Curl F-Bomb Cold Water Surfing Wetsuit Booties And Gloves

Surf Gear Product Test: The Rip Curl F-Bomb Cold Water Surfing Wetsuit Booties And Gloves

Cool review I found from the guys at Transworld Surf. Looks like it kept the so-cal kid warm!

The Best Mid-Winter Source of Stoke

If you haven't seen this video, you need to. Whether you shortboard or longboard, or surf something in between, you need to see this video just to appreciate the level of surfing these guys are at. Kai Neville's new video is so packed full of ridiculous surfing that it's almost an overload, and you start to yawn when a guy pulls a 360 air reverse. The cinematography is top notch, and the soundtrack... well you get used to it. What's really cool is the whole hour long video is only 6 guys. So go pry it out of your friends DVD player, beg your local surf shop to loan it out to you, or fork over the cash, because it's worth every penny.

Soooo.. The free advice morsel for the day is this, if you tow surf or are considering tow surfing do not suck your tow rope in to the impeller of your jet ski! Seems like a really simple concept right? It is so easy to not realize that the rope has slacked and drifted under the ski, set comes rolling in and you hit the start button and BRRRAPP clunk, the fat, gazillion pound test tow rope that you dropped a couple of large bills on is wrapped around the impeller shaft like a pair of panty hose around the beater bar on your Kirby and you are sitting in the middle of a very energized ocean on an 800 pound log. Just helped a couple of our buddies retrieve their ski off a remote beach after this happened to them and they fortunately had a second ski to tow them to the beach.

We had this happen to us on a day the Reef was firing off 3o' waves and the beach break was in the 15'face range. We ended up towing our ski through the beach break after a failed attempt to clear the impeller by spending a half hour or so in the channel between north and south reef with one of us holding the ski rolled on its side while the other guy sawed on the rope with a steak knife. One of the odd situations I have found myself in over the last few years that I will no doubt never forget.

Getting closer to a Base surfboards order

Let us know if there's anything you want from any of the Base Surfboard shapers (Darren Handley, Simon Anderson, Murray Bourton, and Luke Short). We're gonna be putting an order in soon, check out their website to see the models. One of our team riders has been surfing his DHD Bobby Monster model (pictured here) a lot lately and we've only had super positive feedback from him! If you've been thinking about getting a new board, give us a call at 877 339 5672 and we can help you figure out what you need!