This once, it's not a client but Paco, a young surfer from the Basque Country with whom we've been working for a while, asking him to design a model. This twin would be less wide than the existing models and more able to go up quickly in the wave to be able to take off. A whole program!
Such as our clothing designer Arthur, please welcome the “Expedition” jacket this winter.Done in collaboration with the French brand Guy Cotten, the polar fleece keeps you warm as pledged. The sleeves are made in polyester coated with PVC, so you can finally remove the wax easily after surf 🌪 Definitely the ultimate surfing jacket !
We have been wanting to exhibit his work for a while. We’d like you to meet Julien JACA, a surprising artist and good friend of ours. We've been proud and excited to present the exhibition "High Hopes" by JULIEN JACA. Julien lives and works near us, in Hossegor. You might already be familiar with his work as an international tattoo artist, a career he started in 2012. Six years later, a specific event leaves an indelible mark on his life, both as a human being and an artist. He made by then his first painting called "THE ONLY PICTURE I WILL EVER HAVE OF YOU". Ever since, JACA has been devoting himself fully to art and pictorial experimentation, embarking on...
Shot by good friend Maciek Pozoga between Paris and Les Landes, this lookbook celebrates our first collection we've been working on for months ! 100% thought and designed in our office in Hossegor by Arthur, ethically produce in Portugal, it is now available in store and online.
"Our twin fin, the Gainsboard, was one of the first surfboard concepts I worked on in 2015. Since then, I have been trying to tweak small things on the bottom contour, rails or the rocker to maximize the performance of the design. Working in the shaping bay is both really fun and physically exhausting but the possibility of surfing a board that I have shaped keeps me excited. I also have the feeling that a shaping bay and the act of shaping itself is the first step to the technical understanding of a surfboard. With experience, I already know more or less how the surfboard will behave. "Mind-surfing" as they say ! Personally, it's more like a sweet mix between...
It's always a pleasure to hear from our good friend in OZ, the Babe Rainbow and see the great work of dear Sam Kristofski to put their music in a video.
That song is a featuring with American musician Jaden Smith and is part of their upcoming album, Changing Colours, to be released on May 14th via Flightless records.
