North County Candy Shop!

With an abundance of moisture falling from the sky and a fear of sprouting a new felange or getting some unknown funktification from the suspect water quality, we here at the shop haven't been partaking in the surprisingly good surf that has been rolling in this past week. I was amazed to see how many people know better than to paddle out after a vicious rain these days. I went by all the keystone spots throughout the county on Sunday and Monday and I only saw a few lonely rubber men willing to gamble the fecal. Maybe we are evolving and becoming wiser, maybe no one can afford to get sick these days, or maybe the rewards sometimes don't outweigh the daunting prospect of contracting some gnarly hepatitis or staff that we've all heard about. Whatever it is, it sure was neat to see some really nice waves roll on through, un-ridden and un-abused. If your not rolling the dice with your health we hope you're finding something to fill your stoke quota with, I know we are. We built a ramp, got a bunch of new skateboards to surf around the town on and have been keeping the shop on the up and up with more and more killer contraptions, devices, literature, and fabric to keep you smiling through these torrential onslaughts. Be Safe, Give Respect, Get some feelings! Thanks for scrolling through. -Bloggins-

New Bing Levitator 9'8"x 23 5/8 x 3"

If ya can't dangle your piggys on this than you might wanna just turn to the dark side and start sweeping.
Levitator 9'4"x 23 5/8" x 2 7/8"
What's Black and White and read all over? A Newspaper.....and this Bing dream stick! (it's more of a pomegranate color though...)

Devon Howard surfs Cardiff really well, he lives and works across the street and his boards really illustrate these facts. Really pleasing smooth pig template, perfect foils, belly front to rear,one fin, wedge color foam stringers and some really nice colors ta boot'. Designed to really hot dog in the pocket and accelerate in trim like dream. Maybe not your go to nose rider but sure to dazzle the surfer looking for the certain feelings.
9' Howard Special, Grey and Dark Blue foam wedge.


9'2" Howard Special. Yellow Green with dark green and yellow foam wedge.


Our Takayama Quiver Runs ridiculously deep, 16 Scorpions, 1 Beach Break, 1 Steven Slater, 1 In the Pink w/ Beach Break Rocker, 1 DT-1, 2 DT-2, 1 DT-4, 6 Howard Specials, 1 Glass Slipper, 3 Model T's, 2 NR-2, 2 Eric Sommers and......25 In the Pinks!!!!!!


Scorpions!!!

They're crawling out the door! Take one to the beach and get stung.
Italian Race Car drivers; Russian Mobsters, French Entrepreneurs, and Sun burnt-Flip Flop wearing surf bums can all appreciate the quality and craftsmanship of handmade Italian glass lens shades.
That's right! All of our Matix product is half off. Real cheap, real nice stuff!

11 Classic Powell Peralta Re-issues, 30 Sector Nines, 3 Arbors. Sidewalk Surfing isn't the new anything. It's the fountain of youth! Roll your bones!
Cubics, Rat Bones, and OJ's. We got the cred to SHRED!
Better than your average Lumber Yard.
We're packing up and headed to Walos for the week.


Nice new brims.
Takayama Captain's Hats, now you too can command your log with authority and get the respect you deserve!

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-