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Jay on Stab. Photograped by our near and dear Damon Hayes.

Shayne McIntyre is putting a grip of sleds to the test in the Caribbean, check our blog regularly for surfboard insight from Shayne...

6'3" Jokerr roundtail stock dims:
This wave is a slab that demands a midface hook under the lip requiring a shorter board for quick adjustments as you drop but still needing some thickness to paddle into a bigger wave...go for a bottom turn and game over...The Jokerr holds great in dicey but rewarding situations like this.

photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

nate yeomans making a good time at the wet water slide

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"Bringing our troops home" just in time for PIPE SEASON! -our Nation's Leader, Mr. President Obama. Good call dudeman. Looking forward to seeing our troops back in American waters. Also a special shaka for Mr Josh Kerr for his S.F. event this week! All Shakas!! All day!!!

At Rusty we appreciate the occasional dose of classic jazz... Herb Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. Enjoy the following extremely rare video of Herb and his Tijuana Brass jamming on the beach taken from his 1967 "Singer" show...

For more cool ways to kill the time out of the water, check out Rusty Surfboards DryDocked blog.

The big guy interviewed on the interwebs by Surfline. 

The good fellows over at Surfrider Foundation made this film about creative individuals doing something unique with the trash that washes up on the beaches, turning it into art! This video really gets you thinking about single use plastic and limiting your own personal waste. Have a look...

Check out more at surfrider.org.

The Saltwater Buddhas, of the Surf For Life Organization, had a great trip to El Salvador, where they met up with Holly Beck and significant progress was made in constructing the first ever High School in the remote fishing town of El Cuco, El Salvador. Have a look at the video clips below...

The Annual Surf Liberia Contest is an event hosted by Robertsport Community Works in partnership with Surf Resource Network and this was the third year running the event. The event took place a few weeks ago in Liberia, West Africa and Rusty Del Mar stepped up to the plate and donated prizes for the winners, which goes a long way in a developing community. This year's event was quite groundbreaking and very exciting. There were 14 surfers in the Mens Division (16 years and up), 9 surfers in the all new Juniors Division (15 and under), and 6 local women competed in the Womens Division; this is the first time local women have competed and the first year the Juniors have had their own division!
Plus the competition drew a crowd of over 150 spectators, including local friends and families, ex-patriots from Monrovia, and even the Mayor showed up!

The competition was fierce... two time defending Liberian champion, Alfred Lomax, was present and looking for a hat trick. However, other Liberian surfers were hungry too. Stand outs from the day include Benjamin McCrumuda, Philip Banini, and Alphanso Appleton. But at the end of the day it was Monrovia's Peter Swen who took home the first place trophy in the Mens Division. Morris Gross claimed victory as the first ever Liberian Junior Champion and Irene Armstrong stood proud as the Liberian Womens Champion. Exciting times in West Africa.

Two Time Liberian Champion Alfred Lomax.  Photo: Fanzi ("Fanzi" is the nick name of Liberian photographer in training, Alphanso Appleton; he is involved with the Surf Resource Network Photography Project).

2011 Liberian Champion, Peter Swen, puts it on rail.  Photo: Brody

Armstrong Johnson picks his line.  Photo: Brody

The beach was packed with surfers and spectators.  Photo: Fanzi

Irene Armstrong charging on behalf of Liberian women.  Photo: Fanzi

Adama, George, and Elijah.  Photo: Brody

The event brought over 150 spectators to the beach!  Photo: Brody

Philip "Occhilupo" Banini.  Photo: Brody

Momo throwing it down in the Juniors Division.  Photo: Brody

Peter Swen chaired up the beach.  Photo: Fanzi

Text: Brody