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Stanley Pleskunas Extended Interview : FISH

Ken Lewis

Stanley Pleskunas Extended Interview from the FISH movie. Watch till the end when he shares the epic story of Bird bringing Stevie 5 blanks to get shaped in the late...

Stanley Pleskunas Extended Interview : FISH

Ken Lewis

Stanley Pleskunas Extended Interview from the FISH movie. Watch till the end when he shares the epic story of Bird bringing Stevie 5 blanks to get shaped in the late...

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Who is Eric Huffman By Chris Ahrens

Ken Lewis

Who is Eric Huffman? There was this guy Bird whom I met decades ago while surfing the La Jolla reefs that he rode with passion, regularity and, often, brilliance. I...

Who is Eric Huffman By Chris Ahrens

Ken Lewis

Who is Eric Huffman? There was this guy Bird whom I met decades ago while surfing the La Jolla reefs that he rode with passion, regularity and, often, brilliance. I...

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The Shed Archives: Bird & Mitsven Talk Surfboards

Ken Lewis

Bird Huffman & Bob Mitsven Theres been a lot of great moments of surfboard talk in The Shed over the last 11 years. Everyone has passed through the doorway into...

The Shed Archives: Bird & Mitsven Talk Surfboards

Ken Lewis

Bird Huffman & Bob Mitsven Theres been a lot of great moments of surfboard talk in The Shed over the last 11 years. Everyone has passed through the doorway into...

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SURF LESSON: Surfing Etiquette 101

Ken Lewis

Surf Etiquette 101: How to Maximize Your Learning Experience Learn proper surf etiquette and the unwritten rules of the waves. In 2020, the surfing world experienced a boom that hasn’t...

SURF LESSON: Surfing Etiquette 101

Ken Lewis

Surf Etiquette 101: How to Maximize Your Learning Experience Learn proper surf etiquette and the unwritten rules of the waves. In 2020, the surfing world experienced a boom that hasn’t...

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XGAMES: Eric Bird Huffman Interview

Ken Lewis

XGAMES: Eric Bird Huffman Interview Collectors exist at different levels of an aesthetic/psychological spectrum. Roughly speaking, their world is broken into thirds — on one end you’ve got the connoisseurs,...

XGAMES: Eric Bird Huffman Interview

Ken Lewis

XGAMES: Eric Bird Huffman Interview Collectors exist at different levels of an aesthetic/psychological spectrum. Roughly speaking, their world is broken into thirds — on one end you’ve got the connoisseurs,...

The Shed Sessions

Ever wonder what it would look like if todays top pros took some of Bird's favorite boards down and took them out for a ride?