RICHARD KENVIN'S SURF CRAFT EXPO

via Pilgrim Surf + Supply

"Join with us to raise money to bring Richard Kenvin’s Surf Craft exhibition to the East End of Long Island.

Surf Craft (originally exhibited at San Diego’s Mingei International Museum) chronicles the evolution of surfboard design featuring American makers and shapers of all kinds of wave-riding boards. It explains how meticulous handcraftmanship can inform modern high volume commercially-made surf craft.

This goodcircle project is to fund the fees necessary to launch the exhibition at LongHouse Reserve in Long Island this coming August. The cost of bringing the exhibition from San Diego to LongHouse is almost $38,000, including all fees and transport. 

And now we need you.

Click here to read more about the exhibition – be sure to watch the video, and if you are so moved, please make a donation. There’s a reward for every level of giving starting with free tickets to the exhibition opening, to a copy of Richard’s book, and much more."

DONATE HERE
 

THE OFFICIAL IDNW WEEKEND SCHEDULE

 

Saturday, April 25th

It Doesn’t Not Work Day One 

o 1PM: Doors Open and the Weekend Commences: peruse the space, looking at and feeling up the boards, surfcraft and design ideas.  Be sure to pick up a copy of WAX Magazine's incredibly designed IDNW catalogue zine to guide you through the story. Talk to someone!

o 7:30PM: Film Screening: A Day Late & A Dollar Short & Slideways. 

o 10PM: After Party Drinks at The Crown Victoria 
(60 S 2nd St. Brooklyn, NY 11249)

Sunday, April 26th 

It Doesn’t Not Work Day Two

o 11AM: Show Opens : peruse the space, looking at and feeling up the alaias, paipos, handplanes, surfboards and flights of fancy.  Be sure to pick up a copy of WAX Magazine's impeccably crafted IDNW catalogue zine to guide you through the story. Talk story!

o 12ishPM: Shapers BBQ (Weather permitting): we'll have a couple Weber grills going on the front sidewalk. Feel free to show up with your desired grilling substance! And be prepared to share.

o 4PM: Closing of It Doesn’t Not Work: we send you and the boards home and clean up your mess.

 

And don't forget... Friday night the 24th we present Jair Bortoleto's "Layers" and zine launch from 6-10 PM

ALBERT SHELTON'S RUBBISH

 

There will be many incredible experiments presented over two days. We tried to pre-document as many as we could, and those will be captured in WAX Magazine's bespoke zine created for the event. But our submissions are open still, frankly. Have a board, bring it buy (just sign the release.) Albert Shelton has been brewing an idea for some time. We're excited to see it. We'll be even more excited to try and ride it at the Fish Fry(e). 

"The idea to do this for IDNW has been brewing for a while....the seed started to grow since I've been at my job at an art handling warehouse and have watched industrial amounts of waste made by the fine art industrial complex. 

Logistics of getting anything from the immense waste at my job in queens back to Brooklyn without a car led me to trash pick this goldmine stash of foam and card in my neighborhood after work today, on the night before trash day tonight…

Somehow I found this all basically within 4 blocks....in an hour. I plan to use packing tape and maybe hot glue which could require buying a glue gun verdicts still out on glue. Its a total experiment and since I missed IDNW last year and because I've been dying to shape something, this seems like the perfect chance to go nuts on something."

DAY LATE & A DOLLAR SHORT : PREMIERING AT IDNW

SMASH Productions is pleased to announce the New York Premiere of “A Day Late & A Dollar Short: The Dale Egan Story” in conjunction with the It Doesn’t Not Work Surfboard Show on Saturday, April 25th  7:30PM at Picture Farm Gallery. The screening is free and opened to the public. Directed by Australian photographer Ben Cregan, ’A Day Late & A Dollar Short’ is a portrait of an original punk surfer, living on the fringe of a modern world. Dale Egan is a man who refuses to conform to conventional life in a contemporary society. This biopic follows Dale’s journey from being a 70′s surfing prodigy to 80′s punk pioneer of Luna Tech (an avant-garde furniture store/arts enclave in Sydney), which led to a decade of drug use, creativity and self exploration. Sacrificing potential wealth, family and security Dale perseveres with a surfer’s life and philosophy loyal to a less complicated era and reclaiming the artifacts of a disposable society. The film challenges its audience to reflect on the way chance, consequence and values shape a life, its opportunities, losses and moments of grace.

Surf scribe & legendary surfer Derek Hynd will be on hand to talk about his good mate Dale Egan. 

NY Premiere of A Day Late & A Dollar Short: The Dale Egan Story

Date: Saturday, April 25th, 7:30PM

Picture Farm Gallery is proud to announce the photographs of Jair Bortoleto will grace the gallery walls in conjunction with the It Doesn't Not Work surfcraft design symposium. Jair's pop-up show titled "Layers" details his time spent over one winter on the North Shore of Oahu.

Born in 1978 and currently living in the city of São Vicente, São Paulo, Jair Bortoleto has found a recurrent place in the pantheon of international surf/skate image-makers. Through his work with The Surfer’s Journal Brazil, Alma Surf and the Santos Surf Art fair, among a dozen other collective art shows around the world, Jair’s passion has placed him at the forefront of Brazilian surf culture.

Of his work such has been said:

"Magic where others see the mundane" -Jamie Brisick
"Resonance in the detail diversity" -Drew Kampion
"Honesty of time, space and personality" -Andrew Kidman

Along with the printed collection, Picture Farm will be presenting this work as the first of an ongoing Zine series.

An opening reception with the artist will be on Friday April 24th from 6PM to 10PM but the show will feature prominently on PF gallery walls starting in the middle of April for public viewing during normal working hours and by appointment.

An insightful, if dated Q&A with the artist can be found at Kordoroy.com

RICHARD KENVIN: REMEMBERING THE FUTURE ON SURFLINE

Click the pic.

Red Bull's "Slideways"

Red Bull spotlights Wolle Nyvelt as he tries to reconcile surfing and binding-less snowmobiles.

Click the image below to be magically transported to the episode featuring Richard Kenvin.

Apocalypse Snow, Le Film 1993

Last year Jeff Taylor astounded us with his surfy take on the classic Winterstick snowboard. His creation having yet to be surfed last time, has since found its way around the globe and into the hands of some accomplished surfers. We'll be stoked to see the evolution and get some wave-riding anecdotes. 

As Ty says, light one up and sit back and enjoy this bizarro ride:

"Short film by legendary Didier Lafond in which monoskiers wicked looking to steal the secret of the slides nice surfing. An excuse to shoot beautiful gliding images. First installment in a series of four."