Are you ready to walk THE PLANK???

Because it's here! and you'll be stoked to know when you're walking this plank it will feel like you're walking on water rather than off the side of a ship. Lost Surfboards have arrived and we are stocked with another serious round of foam from the boys at Lost! Planks, XTR Stealth Pros, Firewire Stealths, and Speed Demon 2s. So stoked for all these boards, I had a custom shaped 5'10 Motivator on this order and it's finally here, now I'm just waiting on the waves. I forgot my camera today but I promise there will be lots of fresh pictures on tomorrows blog. As it stands now we have over 35 new Lost surfboards in the shop and there are still more on the way. And if that isn't enough we just got almost 2 dozen other boards from Aloha, 7S, Webber, and NSP. The new Aloha Bean looks like a ton of fun!!!! Kinda like a Lost Blunt on a budget.... You gotta come check them out!

I spent the past few days at Acadia National Park day dreaming of epic hurricane surf and riding my beach cruiser all around the park. It was a beautiful couple days, the carriage roads of ANP are a great way to past the time of a painful flat spell. It was cold as hell the past two nights but nice and warm all day. I think I got some good pics and I will try and post a few tomorrow as well. I wish that Acadia was closer but if I were I am sure there would have been a crowd. I felt like I was there by myself with my girl and dog almost the whole time. If this flat spell keeps up I may just blast back up next week.

10 Hottest Surfer Girls in Pro Surfing, need I say more, CHECK IT! I'm not gonna ruin it for you but I am gonna say my girl Coco didn't make it... so here she is, repping Lost, number 11.

Brian Anderson has on of the best styles in skateboarding, if you don't know, now you know, sucka!!!

I heard Manny is working on a Double Rock part, I hope it's true. In other team news Pioneer's newest team rider Nora is on it. She has been invited to compete at the X Games in a few months and I am sure she'll make us all proud. Until then we have her on a strict diet of soda and candy and made a short list of must have tricks. I know she'll comply and I know she'll own it this summer at the all might X. Proud of you girl!

Swing by and check out all the new foam, we'll be here kickin' it!

A Travelin' Blog

Little waves this afternoon..... I hope. Wind is light onshore now and the wind is going to switch this evening around 4 or 5. Whatever builds out there will be cleaned up and fun come later today. Steve and I are both out of 7 and we will be heading straight to the beach to get wet no matter what! But until then here is some stuff to watch!

Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro Live NOW watch it here!

Go on mission...

Lake Atlantic...

Well I wish I could call it shin high this morning but I can't even do that. It is as flat as it gets out there today. However, there will be a bump tomorrow night. Nothing major, but hopefully some knee to thigh high little peelers starting a few hours before sunset. Steve and I close the shop at 7 and we will be heading straight to the beach for a quick hour session. I'm not claiming it's going to be good but I am claiming after what feels like weeks without surf it will be FUN!!! There is also a glimmer of hope for the upcoming week. I don't wanna say to much and jinx it but it looks like there could be some fun ones on the way.

But without the surf I have been spending a fair amount of time on my skateboard. Whether it's cruising around Boston, skating to the coffee shop in the morning, or shredding Hampton after work it fills the void. I must say that last weekend the town of Hampton and some volunteers put in some time and made the park look real good! Cut all the brush down, picked up all the trash, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Next is the ramps themselves. We are going to make it happen but at the moment we are just trying to figure a few things out. We definitely need some donations so help us out. Whether it's a little cash or your time we could use it. I'll let you know what you can do as things get closer!

The I-Pad... Will it Shred???

New Vans Half Cab Pro in yesterday! This one is super good!

If skateing doesn't do it for you then maybe watching the 6.0 Lowers Pro Live might help. This is a 6 star prime event that is Live NOW. There are a bunch of ASP tour guys competing trying to maintain their rank on the new ASP ranking system. There are some heavies still in and the surf looks to be in the chest plus range. With surfers like Jadson, Dane, Jordy, and Kolohe it should be fun to watch! Check it all out HERE.

FLAT_______________

If you've checked the surf in the past few days than you know it's been flat, if you've checked the forecast for the rest of the week then you know it's going to remain flat... What to do, what to do. Skateboarding is a good option, Hampton, Rye, Newburyport all over head and glassy. Suppin' and longboard skateboarding work too. We just got a bunch of new videos in so you could always come buy a few and hibernate in your house. What ever floats your boat but promise me that what ever you do you won't go getting one of THESE... Better to deal with flatness and summer by using your time more constructively and build an Alaia...

Steve and I are also kicking the idea around of having a Stand Up Paddle Board race or relay of some sort this Saturday morning. So if that sounds like something you might be interested in hit us up with an email or on facebook and let us know what your thinking... maybe a little SUP jousting???? Who knows?

If you missed it this is worth watching....

New stuff in so far this week:

Union Express DVD... AWESOME!!!!

The Oakley Holbrook Polarized.... EPIC!!!

NIXON HEADPHONES

The Victorious Jadson Andre

Good afternoon crew! How about that final yesterday. Jadson Andre vs Kelly Slater. Jadson, tour rookie and youngest person on the tour, took out Kelly for the win. Jadson won infront of the home crowd and he was stoked! The crowd went nuts, it was a great webcast to watch. With Kelly's second place finish he was able to take over the points lead on the ASP ranking system and is that much closer to becoming Sl10ter! Statistically when Kelly gets himself to first place it is very rare that he dips back below number one. With the ASP cutoff only two events away and Slater taking control of the leader board this year is shaping up to be the most competitive ever! The count down is on, only 75 days till J-Bay goes down. You've got plenty of time to get your fantasy team in order so get on it and check out the highlights from yesterdays final below!

I haven't said anything about this yet and since things only seem to be getting worse I might as well bring it up. The BP offshore oil rig that exploded earlier this week is now believed to be leaking 210,000 gallons of crude oil in to our ocean EVERYDAY! And they want to open up the rest of the US coastline to offshore oil drilling??? The spill has now been labeled an "incidence of national significance" which means that now federal money and the military will be used to help clean up this mess. It makes the off shore wind farm off of Cape Cod, that just got approval after years of red tape, seem like such a better idea. Too bad we didn't start setting up wind farms years ago. At the moment the ban on offshore drilling is back in effect and I hope it stays that way. The Gulf Coast, especially Louisiana, is in some serious danger of having their fishing industries destroyed. Lets hope they get this situation under control as soon as possible and more offshore windfarms in the works.

Quote of the day comes from Bill Maher, "Every a-hole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty."

Quick little video from the BBC HERE. This is crazy...

New NIXON headphones in today. Three styles, lots of color, awesome sound, check them out.

The Whip
The Wire 8mm

The Trooper

80 degrees this weekend, Get Some!!!

Billabong Pro Final Day of Action!

My fantasy team is crushing it!!! Semis are about to star and 3 of the 4 surfers are on the team! Live action HERE. I'm Freaking OUT!!!! Three heats left to go before the champion is crowned! Jadson vs Dane and Owen vs Kelly. Who's it gonna be! The announcers are looking for a Dane vs Kelly final! I however am looking for a Jadson vs Kelly final! We got waves of our own happening today. Steve is calling it shin high but I got a feeling there are some knee high sets out there too. Saw a couple people out at the wall on SUPs this morning getting some long rides.

The local longboard skateboard crew! Every time they come in they teach me something new about the fine art of longboarding, and they come in alot! They speak their own language of slide formula, drop thru, orangoutang wheels, and push up slides. Most of the time I humor them but they claim to have a video in the works, can't wait to see it!

New skate decks from local brand creep show! Get one now!

Team rider Dave Bachinsky. Words can't describe how hard Dave rips. Get this kid a new pair of shoes!

More Dave...

Beautiful Sunny Day out there go get some!!!!

Our Team KILLS IT!

Here is our crew! Our boys and girls rip! This picture was taken in NJ this past weekend at the Schooled Series final. From left to right here is the line up. Jon McParland finished 3rd overall middle school division, Eamon Samojla 1st overall middle school division, Nora Vasconcellos 1st overall high school girls division, Zac Rose 2nd overall high school division, and Nick Rose 3rd overall elementary school division. Five rippers all top 3, check the video below for some action from the contest!

Super fun waves this morning. It was almost like a replay of this past Sunday. Waist high sets maybe even a little bigger on occasion. Light offshore winds and hardly anyone out. I surfed the wall with Buck and our buddy JJ. Got in nice and early got a grip of waves and still had tons of time to cruise with the dog and eat a good breakfast! Wind is still offshore and the waves are reading 3 feet at 11 seconds. The tide is high but if you look around I know there are some fun waves out there to be found. Go get some because it looks pretty week for the rest of the week!

Yesterday brought us a box of almost 30 new watches from NIXON. So many colors and styles and almost half of them are tide watches. Not to much for the ladies but there are a bunch on the way. Here are a sampling of some of the watches from NIXON.

42-20 PU Chrono

Private

51-30 PU

Score PU

Housing

Platform

Lowdown

Santa Catarina Pro is LIVE NOW!!! The boys are just finishing up round 3 and will be starting round 4 shortly. Owen Wright just knocked out Bede. Glad Owen is on my fantasy team! Check the live webcast HERE.

Tonight!!!! Last PIONEERS Soccer game of the year. 7pm, come cheer us on! We're gonna hit Las Olas after the game and get some eats and we want you to join us there too. Everyone is welcomed, make it happen!!!

New Froggies and Our Used Board Selection

New Frogskins from Oakley just in. Black w/ Polarized lens, Brown w/ Polarized lens, Anti Freeze w/ Grey lense, Matt Rootbeer w/ Gold Iridium lens, White w/ Red Iridium Lens, and Crystal Black w/ Red Iridium lens

A little more info on the State of the Outer Banks of N.C. Check it HERE.

Here are some of the used board we have in at the moment. Call with questions 603 964 7714

7'0 Surf Prescriptions Thruster.... like new $400

6'4 CI Fishcut Quad... like new $500

6'2 Rusty Piranha Thruster... good shape heal dents only $350

7'6 2SI Thruster... good shape $300

6'9 CI MSF SIngle Fin... good shape lots of heal dents $400

6'0 Pioneers Fish Twin Fin glass ons... pretty beat up and yellowed $50 SOLD

5'10 Oxbow Fish Thruster of Twin... fair shape $250

6'10 CI MSF Version 2 Single Fin... good shape $250

6'4 CI Eagle Wing Thruster... good shape $300

6'5 Byrne Shortboard Thruster... fair shape $150

6'3 Lost Shark Thruster... fair shape $125

Behind the scenes of Union Express, we'll have this one in soon and it looks like a must have for the collection.

How about that little sneaker swell yesterday morning. When I got up at 6 and checked the buoys they were reading 6 foot at 11 seconds. I couldn't get out of the house fast enough and ended up logging a good 2 hour session at the rocks and another hour at the hill. Chest high plus sets and only friends in the water! What a day!!! Pretty much everyone I spoke with yesterday had a great session. All the beaches where firing as were most of the other spots! I wish we could have swells like that everyday. There were still some fun leftovers hanging around this morning. Thigh high sets with glassy conditions. Who got some???

I'm starting to think Steph surfs better than some of the men on the World Tour

The Lane Beachley Classic finished up yesterday in fun surf. All the girls were ripping but Steph Gilmore is on a role and posted another W on the scoreboard! The Pioneers Fantasy team did not do so well this event. Steph was on the team and got us a win but the rest of the ladies got knocked out in round 3 and the quarters. I'm thinking it might be time to drop a few of the dead weights we got on the team.

The Men also surfer yesterday in Brazil . The boys have surfed through round two and round 3 competition will hopefully resume tomorrow. All the Brazilian surfers are looking super strong as is the rest of the top 10. Hopefully the surf starts to pump and we get to see the boys rip. Kelly is looking strong and if he wins here things are going to get real interesting. Could this be the year of Sl10ter???

Tons of new Arbor Longboard Skateboards in the shop today. Over a dozen in total, some of the models were are now stocked with are the Pocket Rocket, GB Sizzler, Cross Step, The Axis, The Pin, The Sl8ter, and the Mindstate. Most have koa wood veneer topsheets that are so rad looking. Here are a few pics but do yourself a favor and come have a look at these beauties for yourself. I just counted 35 different boards on the wall and we also have all the stuff you need to build up your own custom complete.

Our used board selection is insane right now! From 9'6 to 5'10. Single fin to Quad fin. Used boards for as cheap as $125. Call or stop in for more info. Pictures coming tomorrow!

Get some!

Finless Shred Sled!!!!

Steve and I spend serious time checking out wave and wind models every day so that we know what is on tap for surf. Our buddy Brian just made things a whole lot easier for us and shaped this little beauty up. It's pretty simple to use, when the stick is pointing down, get your work done and when the stick is curled up to the sky, get to the beach. So that it that, the new forecasting tool, no more computers, life is simple again! Thanks Brian!

Lots and lots of new Pioneers Tees

and Hoodies!

Our buddy Mike is a ripper and he is damn good at making anything. We call him The Lord of the Dings because there ain't nothing the man can't fix. Mike shapes most of his own boards and is an established glass blower. Mike told me about this new finless surfboard we was working on and I knew it was going to be good but this thing is just insane! He made the whole board from stuff he bought from Home Depot and it cost him under $100 bucks. I can't wait to see Mike ride this thing!

5'7 x 19 x 1 7/8 but he swears it will float me, I wish.

Mike and Steve talking shop about what the next one might look like.

Today's deal is wear a Pioneers Tee to the shop and get 5% off surfboard and wetsuit purchases and 10% off everything else! Get Some!!!! There is a really nice little longboard wave in town today and it should be hanging around tomorrow morning too. It's a beautiful day, get out there and enjoy it.

Push Don't Pollute, It's Earth Day!!!

By James O'Hara

Good morning folks! It sure is a beautiful day. We had about 15 people cruise down to the Wall this morning and help us pick up trash in honor of Earth Day. Our friend Mark at Irving hooked it up and provided coffee, donuts, and muffins for everyone! We picked up a ton of cigarette butts and water bottle caps and I can tell you a bunch of people earned some good karma points this summer. When you see some guy in the water who seems to have all the luck picking off the best waves it's because they pick up trash at the beach! We have four clean-ups scheduled in combination with Vans that we will be running throughout the summer and our friends over at NH Surfrider also have clean-up scheduled throughout the year. Plenty of times and opportunities to pitch in and earn some set waves.

I wish we could have all surfed together after our beach sweep but the tide at the wall was pretty high and the waves just weren't getting in. However, now that the tide has back out it looks like there are some fun knee high logging sets rolling through. I am out at 2 today and you can bet I am gonna have a look around when I get outta here!

HERE is a quick link to some other happenings in NH on this 40th Earth Day Anniversary.

Saw this trailer for the new Reef surf film called From Cancer to Capricorn. It looks really good and I will be ordering some of these for the video case when they become available. Check it out! Full screen it and turn it up! Good song from The Dutchess & The Duke!

We got 3 more HUGE boxes of Reef Sandals in today! I think I will be unpacking these boxes for the next few days! Our selection is insane, come check them all out!

Enjoy the day, ride your bike, rip your skate, pick up some trash, and plant a tree!