Wooooo Doggy!

Art by Micah Wood
Tent City.
Jim was in his eclectic vintage ebay beer attire manning the grill, providing nitrate-cicles for all.
The Maxamillionaires.
Early visitation rights were granted in some special circumstances.
The Silver String Submarine Band is sure to please, Mr. Watson will make you choke on your lunch.
Sessioning.
Taking the bass line for a walk.
Allergy Blues.
Yes it is.
Dudes. Curators. Presenters. Mitch's Crew.
Beautiful Evil.
Jim gave out the weiner.
They're still here waiting eagerly.

Locals, holding down the scene for all the non-believers.
So this is how it went down. Plaintiff sees Defendant cutting his finger-nails blatantly on the Turtles steps while checking surf with his girlfriend. Disgusted, the Plaintiff can't believe her eyes and the ignorance of said defendant and decides to take aggressive action with a literary approach, placing above note on Defendant's car after he paddles out with is girlfriend.
Minutes later the Plaintiff paddles out with her boyfriend for some surf, cautiously avoiding the newly strewn humanoid debris on the stairs. Upon return to the car after a janky windblown session the above note had been placed on Plaintiffs boyfriend's car with a questionably spry rebuttal. Plaintiff believes the return napkin was orchestrated by said Defendant's girlfriend due to the feminine high school notebook style script. This makes plaintiff even more angry. To make matters more complicated the innocent by-standers (plantiff's boyfriend) truck can now be identified by the defendant and may certainly cause him an altercation of some sort if not an unjust scowl. (Who was in the wrong here? You Decide.)
Swamset.

126 Hot Dogs, 27o somethin odd t-shirts, shorts, hats, pads etc. and a long board later our Saturday sale is now one big dandy memory. If you happened to stop by and catch some of The Max 3 or Billy Watson and the International Silver String Submarine Band I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, certainly Jim Swarthow was electrified. In passing of the sale we are commemorating the sale day memories by continuing to offer more face melting deals here at the shop just as we so graciously did on Saturday. T-Shirts are still 3 for $25, 2 for $18, or 1 for $10! We still have a great selection of women's and juniors suits as well as some selected 2010-2011 XCEL 3/2 fullsuits. Oh yeah and 25 dollar boardies to keep your boys chafe and chapped free! Moreover, all our Tudor logs are $999, and our Murphy logs are $650. Tudor shortboards and eggs have been marked to wholesale asswell! Thank You for Supporting your local independent surf shop San Diego! Here's some coverage of the event. Bloggins

Sailing the Seas of Sale!

Just another public service announcement from us here in Solana Beach that we will be having one heckuva a sale event here this Saturday Feb. 5th! Heaps and loads of crazily cheap goods, oodles of free hot dogs and multiple hours of groovy live music to enjoy. If your looking for some new threads, a new board, suit, booties, hat, deck pad, sandals or just a regular ol' tootin good time stroll on down.
George's has been super good!

Unidentified Mitch's employee mining the stoke before work.


The plants in the garden look like they are just as stoked about this last couple weeks of ripe conditions as we are.

Skeletons in the garden.






U.S.O

Plenty of fold and skids to go around the past two weeks.
Jim Swarthow seeking the feelings. He knows the ones.
I'm Kenny Bloggins saying Stay Glassy San Diego.

Thanks Marty!!!

WHAAAAT??? We're having our first ever sale event here at the shop on Feb 5th in the parking lot. Music, free hot dogs, super deals on clothes, wetsuits, and Tudor surfboards! Get right out of town!


I pulled away from my house Monday morning thinking I was strolling out for a mellow mid-morning, early weekday session. As I neared the startlingly crowded buzz of cardiff commotion stretching from the Reef to Swami's my hopes of getting some wide open sliders began to diminish quickly. I peered fearfully from the safety of the glass encasement of my car at lines ten deep of people waiting to rinse off at the shower and people clogging every parking lot entry and exit anxiously waiting to pounce on any legal place to rest their vehicle. Minding my own personal sense of well being and positivity I encouraged my self to not get frustrated and that the stoke would reveal itself if I calmly let it. As I crept into the swami's lot I snagged myself a parking slot first lap and so did Jim Swarthow. I was now becoming slightly re-assured by my internal self persuasions to stay optimistic.
With fifty guys out front we walked a tad north as we usually do. In search of something healthier than the crowded elbow bump screaming match mumbo that the Swami pack promotes we stroked out into the open stretches at Patches. We shared some ideas as to why the crowds were so thick and related it to the flaring sunshine and the warm temps that we have been waiting for since last year. With more insight we realized it was a holiday, and we aptly named in Martin Luther Ding day as we watched the drop-in parade down the way at Swami's. As the tide continued to back away the surf improved and within a half an hour the surf was putting on it's best show. A whole heck of a gosh darn lot of waves later and no more energy to expel I took one in and shuffled up to the rocks shaky legged and hungry as a spring grizzly. Looking out to sea as Jim catches one in and I smile and waggle my head in awe of how the day had unraveled.
As I have been reminded of so many times these past couple years I was once again taken aback by the power of perception and positivity and the doors it opens in this life. This day was just another subtle reminder that you can make anything what you want it to be and sometimes you can find yourself in complete bliss with just a little effort. Hope you made it through the holiday weekend without any dings and a smile on your face. Thanks for dropping by. -Bloggins-

Blog Jammin' with Kenny!

Our cups may be half empty but the shop is full of flavor. We got some good stuff a brewin....



Well.....ok we are or I suppose Kenny Bloggins is finally back into this blog business once again. The hiatus was a little suspect but this is a new year right? At least that's what somebody said the other day. Keep your eye's peeled for a more consistent and fun-filled blog from here on out. Things were really popping over the holidays around here even though it was raining like Seattle and we were wearing our snorkels. Thick steamers seem to be flying out the door lately and I can't keep the booties stocked quick enough. Hoods and gloves??!!?? Yep, we got em' so if your extremities are turning white and giving up on you we got some rubber for those lonely little limbs as well. As usual we have an array or new arrivals in the board room; Takayama In the Pinks, DT-2's, Beach Breaks, and Scorpions. Got a hot new batch of Kookbox Twin Pins shaped by Jeff McCallum as well as some longer models by Wayne Rich. And........we will be receiving a batch of Christenson shortboards any day now. That's right I said it, we will have some thrusters in the shop again for the first time in a long time. Our board room has had a face lift to accommodate all the wonderful surf craft that live here, and we have been working our tookus' off to try to make this place really nice inside and out. With all that news, we invite you to come on down and burn some time poking around. There's Lot's to look at, talk about, and go home with if that's your fancy. Happy News Year, -Bloggins-


Rainbows, Craigs, Minnards, Channel Islands', Finelines.....The used room! So hot right now!
Got a favorite old classic tale? Maybe you can have a new favorite shirt too.
We're not sure if it's ok to wear one if you haven't read the book. You decide.
I gotta start reading.
The egg/longboard rack has some lookers on it as well. Weber, Takayama, Anderson.....just cause they is used don't mean they don't work!
Jeff MCCallum did some design work for Mr. Tudor and the folks at Kookbox this batch. These things look like they came from NASA.





Our bug collection stings.
Donald's Oceanside showroom may be a thing of the past but we're picking up where he left off. The Takayama's are in season.
Board room face lift.


Thanks for stopping by San Diego! and.....WOrld:)

Making Waves....

This just made me sooooo stoked!

Hi Everybody!

Fun Stuff

Tiger G Glassing rips!
One of these boards has (post censored due to sensitive North County surfing feelings at certain drama heavy locales, and the social proximity there to of-) .
Watch out for the Tiger...G.

What's This?

Crocodile rmod sunrise.
What's this?

Swarthow Jim has been perty darn busy lately. Luckily Juan Norte has a shapy room goin' on. A board a week has drained the funds. Slow it down,,,

Slippery

This thing is nuts man. Takayama Glass Slipper-ish 1 + 2 fin.
Somewhat rare in these parts. This one has quite the nose rocker.
When this came in I freaked out a little. Looked like it wanted to go to River Mouth of Death with me. Winter is about here and this board wants some.
Totally clean but wonderous resin tint by the mysterious Mr. Hoshizaki, plus army green will keep away any undesirables while you're gettin the sick ones. And it's 7'2, not too big, not too small.

Halloweenish Fins!! For your scary stick.

Thats right folks! Halloween is right around the corner and we have some Captain Fins that'll scare the daylights outta ya! We have scary graphics on fins for every stick and many more to choose from. So get down here to Mitch's Surf Shop in Solana Beach and get into something terrifying for your favorite board. There is something spooky in the water and I think its YOU!!!