Surfing
Earlier this summer, the Aloha Beach Club team hopped the border to shoot an editorial for the new Outerknown collection. Along the way they scored some tasty food and fun waves.
Featuring: David Wright, Christian Yeager, Bryan Palacios, Kyle Yee, Kahana Kalama, Billy Wickens, Kelsey Brookes, Adam Finck, & Ryan Gilmore
Filmed & Edited by: Evan Schell
Surfer Magazine met up with San Diego surfboard shaper, Jeff McCallum, earlier this year to discuss his career as a shaper and the importance of handshaping high-quality surfboards. His sleek and unique board designs have been fine tuned for the ever changing conditions and waves here in San Diego.
To see more of Jeff's boards click here.
I contributed water footage of Kahana Kalama to this piece.
Film & Edit: Alex Kilauano
Surfer: Kahana Kalama
Water Footage: Evan Schell
Vissla's Cliff Kapono met up with fellow Creator & Innovator, Travis Reynolds, at the world famous Haut Shop board building space in Santa Cruz, CA earlier this spring. What started as a brief chat about surfboard design, quickly resulted in the creation of a traditional, wooden alaia shaped out of paulownia wood and coated with linseed oil.
From start to finish the process took about four hours, which gave Cliff the opportunity to test ride the alaia by lunchtime.
Surfers: Cliff Kapono & Kyle Buthman
Music: "Summertime" ~ Clarence Gatemouth Brown & "Lost Lost Lost" ~ Pratt & Moody
To see more of Travis' boards visit: (https://travisreynolds.org)
For more about Cliff and his work visit: (http://www.cliffkapono.com)
A chronological look back at 2017.
Locations: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oahu, Canada, Indonesia & New York.
Music by: Beach Fossils - "This Year"
The North Shore is a place oversaturated with stimulation in the wintertime. This winter was lackluster, wave-wise, but it still had short stints of excitement in between misdirected swells and onshore winds.
North Shore Spam ~ a short edit from two weeks of searching for waves along the “Seven Mile Miracle”.
Surfers: Cliff Kapono, Kahana Kalama, Ezekiel Lau, Ford Archbold, Shane Borland, Michael Rodrigues, Jesse Mendes, Kyuss King, Colin Moran, Anthony Walsh, Eli Olson, Kainehe Hunt, Ezra Sitt, Ian Gouveia, Dusty Payne, Kiron Jabour, Conner Coffin, & Coconut Willie.
Music by: Sugar Candy Mountain ~ "Soak Up The City" & Skinshape ~ "Summer"
In September I helped film a short segment for GQ's short video "The Anointed Ones: The Future Athletic Greats". The video highlights ten of the most talented, up-and-coming athletes like Odell Beckham Jr. and Simone Biles.
I had the opportunity to film with World Champion surfer, John John Florence (1:25 mark). To see the full article in print, pick up the November 2017 issue of GQ.
This time of year is always great here in San Diego because there's a steady influx of friends that come to visit. This was the final log session I documented this summer; blanketed under cloudy skies, immersed in warm water and alongside some of my favorite humans.
Surfers: Kahana Kalama, Billy Wickens, Ashley Johnson, & Bryce Johnson.
Last month, I was invited to visit Tofino, British Columbia, Canada to document the Vans Duct Tape Festival for Stay Wild Magazine. The trip coincided with the release of Vans' new UltraRange shoe designed by their team rider Patrick Gudauskas.
I filmed and edited a short highlight video from the trip, as well as put together a short story for Stay Wild's Summer 2017 issue entitled, Invited North. To check out more photos from the trip and read the full story visit: www.staywildmagazine.com or purchase the summer issue at a local shop near you.
INVITED NORTH ~ PHOTO GALLERY
Summertime is in full effect and this past weekend offered up great weather coupled with microwaves. Although the waves were lackluster, the warm water was hard to shy away from. Glides, slides, and smiles courtesy of the Aloha Beach Club tribe.
Surfers: Kahana Kalama & Ryan Miller.
Two, new short films I put together about Guayaki Amiga & Amigo, Kassia Meador and Cyrus Sutton.
"Pushing the limits of women's surf culture has always been natural for amiga Kassia Meador. She continually encourages her tribe to express themselves freely and be who they are meant to be. She takes the stand as an active leader for positive change in causes she feels passionate about, especially environmentally and socially." ~ Guayaki
"Life doesn't slow down for anyone, including amigo Cyrus Sutton. Despite today's fast pace, there's no better time than NOW to take a break, grab a tereré and enjoy the things you love most in order to #ComeToLife. Here's Cyrus finding a moment of clarity in his old backyard in San Diego between tour stops for his film Island Earth." ~ Guayaki
This short film entitled, Kahana Kalama ~ Volume 1, is an introductory piece about Aloha Beach Club co-owner & Banks Journal Comrade, Kahana Kalama, his surfing, and how he splits his time between California & Hawaii.
Aloha Beach Club hosted the film's premiere earlier this month at the North Park Flagship where refreshments were supplied by Coronado Brewing Company and Guayakí Yerba Mate. There was also an afterparty featuring a live performance by Los Angeles based band, SPINDRIFT, at Seven Grand San Diego.
A big thanks goes out to everyone who made it to the premiere, the crew at Aloha Beach Club for hosting, & the Banks Journal team for supporting the film and event.
Photos by: Sergey Kolivayko.
Three hundred sixty-six days came and went quicker than I could've ever imagined. I put together this recap of my favorite moments, people, and trips from 2016.
Locations: California, Oahu, Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Fiji, Australia, Canada, Michigan & Illinois.
Music by: Black Marble - "Iron Lung"
Last week, the entire California coast was gifted seven days of picturesque waves. Spots that have laid dormant for the last few months came to life in true form. Kahana Kalama and I made it a priority to get out every day while the swells lingered and we came away with this piece entitled, sa·cré bleu.
Enjoy.
Surfer: Kahana Kalama ~ (www.alohabeachclub.com)
Film & Edit: Evan Schell
Acclimate is a short film that showcases surfer, Kahana Kalama, test-riding a handful of Bing Surfboards earlier this year in California & Hawai'i. I had a great time filming and editing this piece with Kahana and I can't wait for our next project together.
Boards: Bing Surfboards ~ 5'9" Sunfish, 5'8" Dart, & 6'4" Sunfish.
Acclimate was supported by: Bing Surfboards (bingsurf.com), Richer Poorer (richer-poorer.com), Banks (banksjournal.com), Slowtide (slowtide.co), & Aloha Beach Club (alohabeachclub.com).
Music by: Sunburnt Reynolds & BADBADNOTGOOD ft. Kaytranada.
Film & Edit: Evan Schell.
A few years back Kahana Kalama rode a twin pin shaped by local shaper, Jeff McCallum, for Kookbox Surfboards. We drove up to Lowers to film a little edit of its maiden voyage and the board ended up becoming a staple in Kahana's quiver.
Last month Kahana shaped his very first surfboard. Inspired by the unique shape of the twin pin model developed by the Mirandon brothers of La Jolla, CA in the late 1960s, Kahana tried his hand at creating a similar craft for the looming summer sessions at San Diego's beach breaks.
