Posted by: Alek Parker on January 18, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Mikey DeTemple had this board shaped after watching our friend Tin shred on his door like surfboard… Tin’s board was a bit bigger so Mikey scaled it down a notch and made it 5′1″… I, personally, had some faith in the strange shape and outline after trying a wave or two on Tin’s a while back… This is our first try on the board as we are taking turns behind the video camera…
Bottom line… This board made this oh so average, small day in Florida a blast… And that’s what its all about, right???
Just sniffin around oneill.com and came across some familiar looking Booties on the home page… This was shot when I was down in Tasmania for O’neill CWC contest last year. BTW, BEST BOOTIES AND WETSUITS IN THE WORLD!!!
Posted by: Alek Parker on January 14, 2010 at 2:19 am
PART 2… My goal is to put out as many episodes as I can this year so keep checking back because I don’t even know when they will be popping up… Please comment and let me know what you think… Making these videos are all about trying to get better and better with each one so criticism is welcome… BE NICE!!!
Posted by: Alek Parker on January 13, 2010 at 10:04 pm
NORTH TO IDA is the first episode in a series of videos I will be posting throughout 2010. I like to think that these episodes are a little different than what people are used to seeing when it comes to online surf media… I was trying for the video to have the feeling that even if you don’t surf you will see my journey and purpose as I set out to surf the waves from this extremely late Tropical system in November of 2009.
Posted by: Alek Parker on December 13, 2009 at 12:12 am
Finally some surf tomorrow!!! that is a pic of the swell charts for 16 hours from now, so tomorrow should have some pretty fun surf… As long as the forecast for the light southwest winds holds up we should be in for a nice Sunday Funday especially when the Jags beat the Dolphins!!! GO JAGS!!!… Now these other pics are showing the forecast for this monday and for next Saturday the 19th. This is where I get really excited!!!
On Monday I am joining Mikey DeTemple on his second trip for a new movie he is making. We are chartering a plane out of South Florida and jumping over to a undisclosed island in the Bahamas for around 7 to 10 days… Im pretty sure we have internet there so hopefully I will be able to do blog updates of our awesome surf, fishing and boozin for all of next week… Im also planning on taking my video cam as well to give you a personal behind the scenes look at the trip and how much effort Mikey DeTemple puts in to one of his productions… Lets just say we have 3 video guys and a still photog so everything should be very well covered. As of now it looks like we will be jumping straight in to some pretty fun surf and weather, but it seems to back off right before the forecasted next swell arrives… Now Im trying to not to count my chickens before they hatch because this is a very long range forecast but if it stays the same we should have 2 different swells in the Bahamas next week and thats excitement…
Im also really looking forward to this trip because it is a little unusual for me. Mikey doesn’t make short board movies like I am used to being a part of. Actually his last movie Picaresque was the first video I have been in that I was featured only on a twin fin… So my quiver for this trip is slightly different then my typical video trip… I will do a post tomorrow with some pics of my 3 board quiver… As of now all I can do is go shred tomorrow and get ready to party in the Bahamas… Check back all week for updates from the trip…
Posted by: Alek Parker on December 12, 2009 at 12:59 am
HOLY WOW!!! TV has reached a whole new level… My life was recently enlightened upon viewing last nights double episode of the new MTV series Jersey Shore… The producers have really out done themselves with picking this cast… I mean really, You couldn’t pay people to act this awesome… Half way through the second episode it dawned on me that once upon a time, we too had a pitch for a similar show… Here is the pitch… Titled: South Guido Beach “South For The Winter” Have you ever wondered where all these magnificent humans go once the Jersey Shore closes for the winter??? Look no further then South Guido Beach… The following pictures are from our test shoot night in the world renowned South Beach…
ELEVATOR TO THE CLUB
CHIN STRAP, ED HARDY, SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT AND A THE DOUCHIEST PUCKERED LIP POSE
Just sniffin around 
PART 2… My goal is to put out as many episodes as I can this year so keep checking back because I don’t even know when they will be popping up… Please comment and let me know what you think… Making these videos are all about trying to get better and better with each one so criticism is welcome… BE NICE!!!
NORTH TO IDA is the first episode in a series of videos I will be posting throughout 2010. I like to think that these episodes are a little different than what people are used to seeing when it comes to online surf media… I was trying for the video to have the feeling that even if you don’t surf you will see my journey and purpose as I set out to surf the waves from this extremely late Tropical system in November of 2009.
Finally some surf tomorrow!!! that is a pic of the swell charts for 16 hours from now, so tomorrow should have some pretty fun surf… As long as the forecast for the light southwest winds holds up we should be in for a nice Sunday Funday especially when the Jags beat the Dolphins!!! GO JAGS!!!… Now these other pics are showing the forecast for this monday and for next Saturday the 19th. This is where I get really excited!!!
HOLY WOW!!! TV has reached a whole new level… My life was recently enlightened upon viewing last nights double episode of the new MTV series Jersey Shore… The producers have really out done themselves with picking this cast… I mean really, You couldn’t pay people to act this awesome… Half way through the second episode it dawned on me that once upon a time, we too had a pitch for a similar show… Here is the pitch… Titled: South Guido Beach “South For The Winter” Have you ever wondered where all these magnificent humans go once the Jersey Shore closes for the winter??? Look no further then South Guido Beach… The following pictures are from our test shoot night in the world renowned South Beach…
Mikey DeTemple had this board shaped after watching our friend Tin shred on his door like surfboard… Tin’s board was a bit bigger so Mikey scaled it down a notch and made it 5′1″… I, personally, had some faith in the strange shape and outline after trying a wave or two on Tin’s a while back… This is our first try on the board as we are taking turns behind the video camera…
