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INSIDE
SANTA CRUZ WAVES
Volume 2.2 - AUG/SEPT 2015
M AG A ZINE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR
PHOTO EDITOR
TYLER FOX
ELIZABETH LIMBACH
PAUL TOPP
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHERS
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
YVONNE FALK JEFF "KOOKSON" GIDEON DAVE "NELLY" NELSON MIKE PEGRAM NEIL SIMMONS PAUL TOPP MAT T WALKER
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EDITORIAL
32 FIRST LOOK
26 Letter from the Founder 28 Best of the Web 30 Word on the Street 32 Remember When ... ? 38 Nonprofit to Know: Life Lab
76 DROP IN
42 Local Legend: Jack O'Neill 52 In Depth: Documentaries 62 Faces of Surf: Kyle Buthman 66 Behind the Lens: Frank Quirarte 76 Yoga, 10 Ways 80 Tyler Fox's Survival Experiment
DESIGN
SALES & OPERATIONS
RYAN "CHACHI" CRAIG JUAN LUIS DE HEECKEREN JEFF JOHNSON SEAN MCLEAN FRANK QUIRARTE PATRICK TREFZ
WRITERS
PROOFREADER
YVONNE FALK TYLER FOX JOEL HERSCH NEAL KEARNEY LINDA KOFFMAN BRAD OATES ARIC SLEEPER MELISSA DUGE SPIERS PAUL TOPP
JOSIE COWDEN
CONTRIBUTING ARTIST JOE FENTON
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
DESIGNER
JOSH BECKER
JULIE ROVEGNO
DIRECTOR OF SALES
OFFICE MANAGER
STEPHANIE LUTZ
KELSEY MEDEFESSER
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
DISTRIBUTION
JULIA CUNNINGHAM K ATE K AUFFMAN KELLY MEDRANO SADIE WIT TKINS
MICK FREEMAN
INTERNS CHASE TEDSEN ANNE COURCELLE
PRESIDENT
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COOL OFF
90 Music: Stacie Willoughby 96 Art: The Phillips Family Legacy 103 Upcoming Events 106 Local Eats: Outstanding in the Field 110 How To: Tips for Saving Water 116 Drink Up: ViDA Juicery 124 Product Reviews 128 Los Gatos Happy Hour 129 Campbell Events Calendar 130 Dining Guide 152 Comic: In the Bubble 154 Event Galleries
JON FREE
FOUNDER / CEO TYLER FOX
On the Cover: Kyle Buthman leans into a green dream. Photo: @chachfiles
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FIRST LOOK
LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER
Horizon Bound
With just a bow-drill fire kit and a few other basic tools, Tyler readies himself for a two-day solo wilderness adventure. Read the full story on page 80. Photo: Nelly / SPL
Follow Tyler's adventures on Instagram @zorro_del_mar.
In this issue of Santa Cruz Waves, we dive off the dock on a quest for eye-opening documentaries, focusing on fi lms that change our way of thinking and spur us to take action. Elsewhere within these pages, we peer through the periscope at a man whose influence sparked a wetsuit revolution and truly changed
the sport of surfi ng forever, the one-and-only Jack O’Neill. There’s also a fi rsthand report from yours truly about when I tried my luck on a solo survival trip, spending two nights in the wilderness with no food, water, or shelter—just the clothes on my back and a few basic tools. There’s a boatload of other intriguing stories and
jaw-dropping images from local photographers, so prepare to cast off—we’re going on an adventure.
—Tyler Fox
Founder of Santa Cruz Waves and Titans of Mavericks competitor
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FIRST LOOK
BEST of the WEB
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AMAZING DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS SURFER NEARLY LANDING ON TOP OF A SHARK A shark moves out of the
TWO SHALLOW WATER SHARK ATTACKS
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way when a surfer bails off his board and almost lands on its head. 24,571 views
THAT ONE-OFA-KIND WEST COAST VIBE
EPIC ENTRY INTO PORT BY THIS CATAMARAN SAILBOAT
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A catamaran takes a chance and catches a wave into port. 19,633 views
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Two shark experts in a small boat find themselves surrounded by giant great whites. 7,972 views
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STRANGE CREATURE FOUND IN TAIWAN
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Fisherman releases video of a mysterious creature with a pink tongue. 2,373 views
Two shark attacks occurred less than two miles away and within 90 minutes of each other in waist-deep water. 6,280 views
BASE JUMPING ACCIDENT IN YOSEMITE KILLS TWO WEARING WING SUITS Extreme athlete Dean Potter knew the risks every time he flew off a cliff with a parachute. 3,569 views
THE PRICE WE PAY TO LIVE IN SANTA CRUZ Zillow reported that Santa Cruz County’s median rent was $2,900 in April, up 22 percent in the last year. 3,462 views
SHELLFISH QUARANTINE IN EFFECT The California Department of Fish and Wildlife advises people to not eat shellfish, crab innards, sardines and anchovies because of domoic acid levels. 1,917 views
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FIRST LOOK
WORD ON THE STREET
What documentary has had the biggest impact on you, and why?
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The documentary Cowspiracy, because it showed me how much water animal agriculture uses per year. —Ricky Davies, video production
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The documentary When You’re Strange about the Doors. It made rock ’n’ roll accessible to me. It had me feel that with enough gathered vision, and if you have a unique, artistic perspective to share, then people will pay attention. —Stephan Sams, manager and projectionist at The Del Mar and singer in the band The Redlight District
The recent Kurt Cobain HBO documentary Montage of Heck was remarkable. They constructed it using thousands of pictures, drawings and recordings. It is pure genius from a tortured soul. [It shows that] life is brutal. —Jared Haiduk, window cleaner
The documentary that most impacted me is the [ESPN 30 for 30 video series installment] Bad Boys, about the Detroit Pistons. It taught me that with time and determination you can achieve any goal. —Ryan Winters, robotic engineer
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FIRST LOOK
R E M E M B E R
WHEN … Three Hawaiian princes introduced surfing to Santa Cruz? Now, 130 years later, their historic redwood surfboards have returned home. BY MELISSA DUGE SPIERS
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE MAH
ON SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1885, nearly 30 years before Duke Kahanamoku popularized surfing in the mainland United States, three teenage brothers rode long redwood boards into the waves at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz.
These were no ordinary boys—as nephews of King Kalakaua, they were true Hawaiian princes. And the boards they rode were equally extraordinary: milled of fi rst-growth local Santa Cruz Mountains redwood by the Grover Lumber Company, they were “o’lo” boards, a long, heavy shape reserved exclusively for Hawaiian royalty. The Hawaiian princes soon returned home after their well-documented turn as the fi rst surfers in the continental United States, but it has taken 130 years (and a remarkable journey out of obscurity) for the boards to return to their point of origin. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, David Kawananakoa and Edward Keliiahonui came to California as students at St. Matthew’s
Hall, a military academy in San Mateo. The Southern Pacific railroad had recently connected San Mateo to the coast, which enabled the princes to easily spend many weekends in Santa Cruz, where they either stayed with family friends or boarded at the Wilkins House on Pacific Avenue and Cathcart Street. Both locations were conveniently located near the San Lorenzo River, the mouth of which had been a popular location for “surf-bathing” since at least the 1860s. The beaches and surf line, of course, were significantly different than they are today, before the massive changes incurred when the Army Corps of Engineers built river jetties in the 1950s and constructed the Small Craft Harbor in the 1960s. At the time,
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FIRST LOOK
The Myth California protests (pictured above and to the right) gained momentum in Santa Cruz throughout the 1980s. Photos by Dan Coyro.
Fit for Royalty
REMEMBER WHEN ... ?
The princes surfed on custom-made boards fashioned from Santa Cruz Mountains redwood lumber.
the meeting point of the Pacific Ocean and the San Lorenzo River reliably produced rolling breakers similar to those along Waikiki in Honolulu—familiar surf turf for the three young princes. After their mainland surfing debut was documented by the Santa Cruz Daily Surf newspaper in 1885, the boys stayed another few years in California (surely surfi ng many more times in Santa Cruz), fi nished their
schooling, and returned to their island home. They took their boards with them, kicking off a trend of California redwood being shipped to Hawaii for surfboard creation. Edward died shortly after returning to Hawaii, but Jonah and David went on to travel and spread surfi ng to the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, both developing long, varied careers and making significant contributions to Hawaiian cul-
ture, history and politics. Their Santa Cruz redwood O’lo surfboards, however, like so many of the toys and mementos of childhood, seemed to fade into their past. Until, that is, one day late in 2010 when Kristin Zambucka, author of five books on the Hawaiian monarchy and one of those instrumental in celebrating the royal nephews with a monument at the Santa Cruz Surfi ng Museum, spotted a distinctive
The boards were in the o’lo style, a shape reserved for Hawaiian royalty. They clocked in between 17 and 18 feet in length and 150 and 175 pounds in heft. Prince Jonah’s board has a rounded front tip and Prince David’s has a pointed tip. Myth California organizer Ann
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REMEMBER WHEN ... ? 17-foot-long “pine” board in an exhibit of antique surf boards at The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii. She later noticed a nearly identical o’lo board, this one labeled as redwood, in a Bishop Museum storage facility, and suspected she had found the princes’ lost boards. This was confi rmed when Mac Reed, a Santa Cruz historian, surfer, and member of the Santa Cruz Surfi ng Club Preservation Society (SCSCPS), rediscovered the two o’los at the Bishop in 2012. A 4-inch block of fi rst-growth redwood was obtained from Big Creek Lumber in Santa Cruz and shipped to Hawaii for examination and comparison to the boards, where they were found to be identical woods. Further evidence was found in the distinctive enormity and shape of the boards—17 feet 2.5 inches and 150 pounds for Prince Jonah’s and 17 feet 9.5 inches and 175 pounds for Prince David’s. The long-
lost royal Santa Cruz imports had been found at last. For more than three years after Reed’s discovery, members of the Santa Cruz Surfi ng Club Preservation Society worked closely with the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz to exhibit the boards on their home turf. Their efforts paid off when the “Princes of Surf” exhibit opened—130 years after that fi rst historymaking ride— at the MAH on July 3. On loan from the Bishop, the boards will be on display through Oct. 25. Kim Stoner, of the SCSCPS, says the years of work in creating the exhibit were well worth it: it’s all about the “mana,” or Hawaiian spiritual power, he says. “They’re returning to where they came from. They’re coming home.” For more information about the “Princes of Surf” exhibit, visit santacruzmah.org.
The original boards are decrated and blessed at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in June. Photo: Paul Topp
Recreating History On July 19, 130 years to the day that the three princes rode local waves, a group of local surfers (including Waves founder Tyler Fox) tried their hand at surfing like their progenitors aboard replicas handcrafted by iconic Santa Cruz shaper Bob Pearson, of Arrow Surf Products. Pearson, who has shaped more than 75,000 boards in his 50-year career, made 15 redwood boards for the occasion, including 17-foot, 200-pound behemoths in the style of the princes’ “o'los.” The surf demonstration was followed by a paddle-out led by local historians Kim Stoner and Geoffrey Dunn. What inspired Bob to make the boards? He shared the following goals: 1. “To bring the news to the world that the princes first surfed in Santa Cruz in 1885 and the boards still exist.” 2. “To let the world know how precious these boards are in that they were the first to surf in the Americas.” 3. To demonstrate “how thankful we all are to the princes for bringing the sport of kings to the world.” 4. “To show respect for the past, present and future. [It’s] all about the ohana and mana, and our surfing heritage binds us together with this sacred and spiritual energy.”
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A CLASSIC CONTEST: The O’Neill Coldwater Classic Invitational surf competition will be held Oct. 13 - 17 at Steamer Lane. The longest-running surf contest in Northern California, the CWC had its first year in 1987. Thanks to the event, Steamer Lane has hosted many of the best surfers in the world.
URING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1964, A 9.2 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK Alaska to its core, causing a massive tsunami to travel across the North Pacific. One of the biggest swells to ever hit the West Coast rose up out of the sea, sending 25-foot blue-water giants rolling across Third Reef and Steamer Lane, where just a few brave Santa Cruz surfers paddled out for the inside lineup.
The waves were so ferocious that the entire San Francisco Bay was shut down— tanker ships were directed back out to sea—while closeout sets pummeled the Santa Cruz harbor entrance at the jetty. The breeze was light that day, underscoring the power of the swell, and 41-year-old Jack O’Neill—still seven years away from the surf injury that would leave him with the iconic black patch over his left eye—was sailing his Pacific Catamaran, or “P-Cat,” just off of Lighthouse Point, making a line into position for an inconceivable takeoff on one of the mountains of water piling high on the far outside. Manning the tiller while his loyal sailing companion Dave Wally operated the mainsheet, Jack felt the two stern ends of the 19-foot catamaran lift and the rush of water over its hulls as they caught the massive wave and began careening down its face, the two men holding on for their lives
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Jack recalled the adventure one recent morning over cups of tea at his East Cliff Drive home. From his seat on the living room sofa, he has an up-close view of the 50 or so surfers enjoying a 4- to 5-foot swell rolling in just below at Pleasure Point. The icon who changed the way people experience the ocean—fi rst by inventing and fi ne-tuning the neoprene surfi ng wetsuit during 1950s and later by helping usher in foam-core surfboards—is now 92 years old. And as he ages, his legacy of shaping the surf industry, as well as the culture that envelops it, seems to stretch on forever, permeating almost every aspect of the sport’s mainland history. Now, as I leisurely observe Jack in his beachfront dwelling—barefoot and wearing black sweat pants and an old black, long-sleeve O’Neill T-shirt—it’s clear that every part of his life has in one way or another been tied to his love for the sea.
Jack, one could argue, is a true waterman—a term that is thrown around too loosely today, says Brian Kilpatrick, the O’Neill company’s vice president of marketing communications. “Jack is sort of this icon, a maverick, defi nitely an innovator, but I don’t think a whole lot of people know that Jack was diving, sailing, surfi ng, body surfi ng—doing anything and everything related to the ocean—a long time before that moniker was ever given to anyone,” Kilpatrick says. “He was the ultimate waterman. He breathes salt water. His life is about being in the ocean and protecting the ocean. He’s part of the ocean.” Keeping an eye on the waves breaking just beyond his living room, Jack continues the story of how he navigated his vessel into those tsunami waves in 1964. “We could see that wave up over the top of the mast, and the P-Cat has an 18-foot mast,” he says. “You need to have that wind coming out of the Northwest, from the outside, and get the wind in the sail, and that’ll get you on the big waves at Third Reef. And as you come into the lee of the cliff, you lose that wind, but you generate your own wind from surfing the wave.” Jack and Wally swept down the face of that wave, which he estimates stood about 25 feet high, and pulled hard on the tiller to steer the boat to the right in an attempt to surf the wall of water. But the rudders were no match for the tsunami’s surge— both of them, crafted from 14 layers of fiberglass, snapped off like twigs.
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LOCAL LEGEND Jack’s oldest son, Pat O’Neill—one of Santa Cruz’s early surfing heavyweights at Steamer Lane and CEO of the O’Neill company for the past 30 years—was watching his dad from the cliff at Lighthouse Point. “He dropped in at Third Reef … and there was green water about eight feet over the top of that mast,” Pat says. “He had to be going 25, maybe 30, miles per hour down the face of that wave.” As Pat watched the P-Cat lose control at the base of the wave, he recalls a photographer next to him missing all the action as he reloaded the fi lm on his 16-millimeter camera. The boat spun out but popped through the back of the white water, still intact, and Jack and Wally emerged unscathed. “He was lucky,” Pat says. “It was the biggest swell I’ve ever seen at the Lane, before or after.” In a moment of ingenuity, Jack and Wally fi lled the stern compartments of the P-Cat with seawater, causing the rear of the boat to sink deeper, pushing the remains of the rudders downward and giving Jack the ability to steer the boat back to port. It wasn’t the fi rst time Jack took a sailboat surfi ng. In fact, he was already known for trying to pull into big swell at Steamer Lane. “That boat was fantastic out in big surf,” Jack says with a touch of nostalgia. “I thought that [surfi ng sailboats on waves] was actually going to be popular.”
The Big Chief Like most activities related to the ocean, sailing has been a lifelong passion for Jack, one which he imparted to his family early on. In 1974, not long after his fi rst wife passed away, Jack moved with three of his children onto a 60-foot, full-gaff-rigged schooner named the Marie Celine, for a years-long journey to Mexico and back. Pat and sister Cathi O’Neill stayed behind to run the company. As author and close family friend Drew Kampion documented in his biography of Jack, It’s Always Summer on the Inside, that sail south was both about healing
Jack and son Pat O'Neill give 1977 surfing world champion Shaun Tomson (center) a tour of the Monterey Bay.
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Jack pictured with students aboard the O'Neill Sea Odyssey.
from their loss and expanding their horizons. “After the passing of my mother, Jack made an unorthodox decision to put us young ones and Mike [his second oldest son] on a boat and sail away,” Shawne O’Neill, a former world champion windsurfer, is quoted in the book. “With our hearts filled with sorrow, and our young minds filled with change, longing, and anticipation of exotic ports, we set sail on a voyage that would last a long time.” “Heading south toward the California-Mexico border, we experienced a growing sense of freedom as living and surviving on the ocean opened up a whole new world,” said daughter Bridget O’Neill. “Jack’s philosophy was, ‘Don’t fight life. Rather, work with what life brings you.’”
Pat says that at one time or another, all of the O’Neill children have worked for the company, which was just one more experience that brought them closer together. At work, Jack’s kids always called him by the nickname “Big Chief.” The family also has many fond memories of Wednesday night sailing races in Santa Cruz, when Pat recalls how their full-keel, 22-foot, opencockpit boat could cut across the kelp beds off of Blacks Point, giving them an extra edge on the race course.
The Balloon Man Jack was not only a man of the sea—he developed a love for flying, as well. And he found his way into the sky by way of a hot-air balloon. Around
1965, he says he became one of the fi rst people in the United States to own one. He was buying sails regularly for his boats and learned that “some nut in Southern California had taken spinnaker cloth [very lightweight sail material] and made a balloon out of it. I thought, ‘Wow, what a great idea.’ So I got a hold of that guy and started flying balloons.” Jack’s initiation into ballooning quickly became intertwined with his passion for boats and the ocean. He began flying his balloon off of Steamer Lane during the summer, when warm winds would blow him out over the sea, and then, as evening set in, the wind would shift into an easterly and bring him back toward dry land—at least in theory. “It never really took me in the right direction,” he says. By 1968 he was launching balloons off of boats on the Monterey Bay and experimenting with different fl ight takeoff and landing techniques. At this point in our conversation, Jack and I begin watching home video on his laptop of a crew aboard the O’Neill catamaran when it was new, around 1983, scampering around the deck helping to launch Jack into the sky aboard his single-man hot air balloon. He was the fi rst to pull off that maneuver, as well.
A Legacy of Stewardship Even with so much adventure, innovation and business success on his resume, Jack says that the work he is most proud of is the O’Neill Sea Odyssey program. The nonprofit
provides fourth, fi ft h and sixth graders with educational sailing experiences on the Monterey Bay aboard the 65-foot O’Neill Sea Odyssey catamaran—the same boat Jack used to launch hot-air balloons off of. The program, which began in 1996, teaches students the values of ocean conservation by getting them out on the water at no charge to their schools. “I saw the potential hazards of people not taking care of the ocean, and I got the idea that the ocean is alive,” Jack says. “You’ve got to take care of it. I wanted to put that across to the kids. I had the boat, so we worked out a program. It worked out incredibly well.” To date, O’Neill Sea Odyssey has brought more than 75,000 kids onto the ocean. Jack says that he has a vision for a new program that would offer sea outings for young people transitioning out of juvenile hall. “Getting kids out on the ocean teaches them respect for it—that’s hard to teach in a classroom,” he says. “A lot of them have never even been on a boat. The ocean can really change lives.” Pat is also very proud of the opportunities O’Neill Sea Odyssey has provided for so many kids. He sees it as a way to help spread the love for the ocean that he was raised with thanks to his old man. Pat has followed closely in his father’s footsteps, now serving as the head of the O’Neill company. He cut his teeth in the surf industry early on, learning from his dad and on his own in the water. By the time he was a high school sophomore he
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Jack lifts off while hot-air balloon sailing (above), his inflatable "SuperSuit" is shown off (top right), and he hosts a luncheon at the Harbor (bottom right).
was working a night crew on 41st Avenue making wetsuits, and went on to work as the West Coast O’Neill sales rep after high school. He is also known for having charged as a top member of the O’Neill Surf team and developing the fi rst surf leash prototype in 1970. Still, the younger O’Neill credits his father as the man whose vision changed everything. “Don’t forget,” Pat says wryly, “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed Jack is king.”
THROUGH THE YEARS 1952: The original O’Neill outlet, named “Surf Shop,” opens in San Francisco, where Jack begins shaping and repairing balsa wood surfboards.
1956: Jack creates and markets the first neoprene wetsuit prototype: the beavertail jacket. 1959: Jack moves the Surf Shop next to Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz, where surf culture was proliferating.
1964: Jack organizes the O’Neill surf
team, providing the most talented surfers in Santa Cruz with new surfboards, that they would in turn provide feedback on.
1970: After Jack began piloting a hot air balloon over the Monterey Bay, and landing in the water numerous times, he was inspired to design the SuperSuit. The SuperSuit was a wetsuit design that the wearer could inflate by blowing air into it and float in the ocean for extended periods of time. About five years later, the U.S. Navy would acquire the same technology for their free-swimming suit.
1970: Pat O’Neill designs the modern surfboard leash, using bungee cord and a suction cup.
1972: Jack O’Neill loses vision in his left eye while surfing a small swell at the Hook. He was using an early version of the leash, and when he fell off the wave, it snapped the board back and into his eye. 1996: Jack launches the O’Neill Sea Odyssey program, taking kids out on the catamaran to teach them about ocean conservation.
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hilean big-wave surfer Ramon Navarro was raised in the small coastal community of Pichilemu, where for four generations his family has made its living diving for mariscos (sea food) along the rocky beaches, fishing for sea bass, and cooking over open flames on the beach. Navarro’s love for his home was forged in the water, and his passion was born in the cold glassy barrels of Punta de Lobos, one of the greatest big-wave lefts South America has to offer. “Everything I know about life, my father has taught me, and everything I know about the ocean and nature—to respect it, protect it, and take care of it—I learned from my family,” says a mustachioed 35-year-old Navarro in the first two minutes of Chris Malloy’s film, The Fisherman’s Son. At 29 minutes, the movie succinctly chronicles Navarro’s Chilean roots, a rise to big-wave-rider fame at the 2009 Eddie Aikau surf contest in Waimea Bay, and his decision to use his newly earned visibility to become a powerful voice and ambassador for surf conservation in Chile. In the last decade, there has been an onslaught of land grabs along the Chilean coast, where corporate entities have recognized unique natural beauty and in quick succession worked to develop infrastructure like hotels, parking
garages, and new homes. It was during Malloy’s early pro-surf touring days that he witnessed firsthand the way small communities were changing as a result of careless development by outsiders—damaging ecosystems, driving up populations, and altering people's traditional ways of life. In Pichilemu, Navarro was the one who said “no.” The Fisherman’s Son is tied closely with Santa Cruz-based nonprofit Save the Waves, which aims to protect the world’s best surf breaks from major development and other threats to their environment. The organization has worked in Chile for about nine years and Punta de Lobos for two, and is now partnered with Navarro, says Save the Waves Executive Director Nik Strong-Cvetich, who is featured in the film. “The film tells the story of Ramon, which is incredible because he went from being a nobody to one of the greatest big-wave surfers in the world, and then made his decision to return to his home, which you don’t see a lot of other pro surfers make,” Strong-Cvetich says. “He cares about that place and wants to do what’s right for it. He’s seen what’s happened to many of the world’s most popular surf breaks and how they lose the magic they once had.” Save the Waves has been running a campaign called “Punta de Lobos Por Siempre,” or "Punta de Lobos Forever," for two years that
aims to acquire and preserve 23 coastal acres of land in Pichilemu, prevent development, and protect near-shore marine environments. “It would be the first time an organization actually bought land to conserve a surf spot,” says Strong-Cvetich. Two of the key properties currently being targeted, which are held by a number of private owners (who have agreed to sell), will cost about $1.5 million. “Within the title of the land, it stipulates that you can’t build on it,” Strong-Cvetich says of the acquisition plan. The film and “Punta de Lobos Por Siempre” are backed by Patagonia, which will match donations for the campaign up to $100,000, he says. In 2003, Punta de Lobos was selected to be named a World Surfing Reserve, which is a Save the Waves program that seeks to conserve the most epic surf spots around the world. If everything goes according to plan, the site will be dedicated this fall. “Ramon has been at the heart of this, and it’s really his vision,” Strong-Cvetich says. Since Save the Waves began working in Pichilemu, StrongCvetich says that Navarro’s efforts have helped to stop some “pretty heinous construction projects.” In the last year and a half, there was a plan to build a seven-story hotel right on the Punta de Lobos point, an underground parking structure, and 22 cabanas.
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“All this was very close to becoming reality and totally changing the nature of the place,” Strong-Cvetich says. In 2006, Save the Waves was part of a campaign in Pichilemu to prevent the city’s mayor from directing a sewer pipe just offshore of the main surf break, a struggle that is recounted in the film. Navarro was organizing protests, rallying the community in the streets, and even piled trash on the mayor’s doorstep to make a point. The protesters were victorious in blocking the sewage pipe, and today Navarro holds the title of Ambassador for both Patagonia and Save the Waves. Recently, Navarro’s work is becoming increasingly high profile, garnering attention from influential Chilean authorities. The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heraldo Muñoz, invited him to be a Goodwill Ambassador and speak at the Our Ocean conference in Valparaiso, Chile this October. “That’s really exciting,” says The Fisherman’s Son director Malloy. “It can take years to make that happen, and here it almost happened overnight.” Malloy says there is a certain passion in Navarro that invites that kind of excitement and inspiration in people, which is just one of the reasons he wanted to make the film. “I once saw Ramon at a town meeting that blew my mind—he was like Pancho Villa,” Malloy says. “He went up to the perpetrator [a South American businessman who intended to develop a large hotel at Punta de Lobos] and, in front of everyone, pointed between this guy’s eyes and said, ‘Look, you can say what you want, but if you do this, it’s not going to be good for this place that’s our home.’ The guy got put on his heels. Ramon held his ground. We saw a spark in this kid—that he’s not going to take this shit … and I wanted to help tell his story.” Malloy says The Fisherman’s Son is not supposed to be an environmental film, or be anticonstruction or anti-progress, but rather aims to highlight a unique culture and show why people like Navarro should make land-use decisions. It is “about letting the people who have stewarded the land for so long be the ones who decide how their homes are developed,” Malloy says. “Because what happens is, before the locals know it, their way of life is gone—for good.” As for Navarro, he says he just wants to do what he can for his home. “Surfing is giving me the opportunity to speak and express the realities of my country,” he states near the end of the film. “I need to take advantage of this voice that it’s giving me.” Learn more about the “Punta de Lobos por Siempre” campaign and donate at savethewaves.org/campaigns/lobosporsiempre, and search “The Fisherman’s Son” on YouTube to watch the film.
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RISE TO FAME: Ramon Navarro finished in fifth place at the 2009 Eddie Aikau, but caught what many have described at the biggest wave of the day—one that stretched the width of the whole bay. Kelly Slater, interviewed in the film about the day Navarro became a world-renowned surfer, says it was “like winning the Super Bowl. He was not a super well-known guy at that point in the surf world. And you could tell that within five seconds, everyone knew who Ramon was.” Among his notable wins since, Navarro went on to finish in second place in the 2011 Big Wave World Tour.
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THE VISION: Save the Waves’ “Punta de Lobos Por Siempre” campaign aims to acquire and protect 23 coastal acres of land in Pichilemu, prevent development, and protect near-shore marine environments. If they succeed, it will be the first time an organization bought land in order to preserve a surf spot. ECHOES OF SANTA CRUZ: Santa Cruz and Pichilemu, Chile have some interesting similarities. Mirroring their distance from the equator, both cities are close to the same latitude—Pichilemu is at approximately 34; Santa Cruz is at approximately 37. Both surf cities are defined by their cold water, rugged coastline, large waves, and excellent point breaks.
“People say Chile is a lot like California but a 100 years ago,” says Strong-Cvetich. “And I think what they’re experiencing right now, with the development and land grabs, is a lot like what California experienced during the 1970s.” In the 1970s, the City of Santa Cruz had a grant for $900,000 to develop a convention center and hotel at Lighthouse Field and Lighthouse Point, Strong-Cvetich says. “What we see there now was very close to becoming a huge constructed edifice. It’s hard to imagine now, but if instead of the field, there was something like a huge shopping mall, rather than just the lighthouse, it would have totally changed the place.”
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“Chabahar” translates in Persian as char (“four”) and bahar (“spring”). All four seasons in the region resemble spring Surf Conditions: Water temperatures can reach the upper 70s, and swells hit half the year Location: Iran’s southernmost city, situated on the Gulf of Oman. A 2.5-hour flight from Tehran, it is part of Baluchistan, a region divided by Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan Instagram Handle: @wesurfiniran
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The star of ‘Into the Sea’ discusses Iran's new women-led surf scene as a form of activism
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e are spoiled to live embedded amid surf breaks where the biggest complaint is that too many people crowd the waters. Imagine if you weren’t sure you were allowed to surf. Or that to do so as a woman, you had to wear a waterproof hijab to cover your head despite intense desert heat. Or that to learn to surf you had to have an instructor of the same gender, as to abide by Muslim tradition. Not to mention that you must navigate a lack of equipment and local know-how simply because no one
has ever surfed in your country before. Ever. Welcome to Iran. It’s a cliché: the adventurous surfer’s hunt for uncharted lines of peeling blue turf lures the camera lens. Whether you call it soulful or selfish, the oft-animalistic desire to be the first on a nameless wave has been the impetus for many surf films. For Easkey Britton, that desire ultimately changed her life. In 2010 the 28-year-old Irish bigwave rider’s curiosity led her to Iran’s remote Chabahar coastline in the province of Baluchistan, a place The New York Times dubbed
“the scariest little corner of the world” because it’s a dangerous opium trafficking route that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. Once there, she was joined by French director Marion Poizeau, who turned her simple plan to check out a new spot on the map into a short film. That piece garnered Internet buzz and a request from Iranians to come back. In 2013 they returned with extra boards, this time to teach curious locals of the fishing village how to surf—an experience captured in the full-length
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Pictured above: Iran's first surfers, including Britton in the center. Right, Britton surfs in a hijab. Photos: Courtesy of Waves of Freedom
documentary Into the Sea. In one poignant scene, a young Iranian boy witnessing surfing for the first time asks, “Is this something boys can do, too?” The movie is by women and starring women, but it is not just for women. Surfing becomes a liquid bridge washing over cultural, socio-economic and, of course, gender divides. Britton, a five-time Irish national surf champ with a doctoral degree in environment and society, talks about how winning contests and surfing the best waves of her life can’t compare to the experience of surfing in the Middle East. How do you see surfing as a form of sports activism? The ocean doesn’t discriminate and it’s open to all. On land everyone tends to be a little more tense—I’m like that, even—but then after you surf it’s loosened up a little bit and it allows things to flow better in terms of how we understand each other. Surfing created that space where it brought people together in Iran.
There are people from across all sectors—surfing industry, nonprofits, academia—starting to use surfing as the lens to look at issues like sustainability, community development and women’s empowerment. The film showcases two Iranian female pro athletes, whom you taught to surf, as surfing pioneers of their country. That was really intentional. [We were] trying to create an experience where we could learn more from each other through going on this adventure rather than it being one of, “Here, I want to convert you into surfing because it’s the best thing on the planet!” Then, to have strong Iranian female role models act as coaches creates possibilities that weren’t there before for local girls who may not have thought that was possible. It’s powerful that in the predominately Muslim culture of Iran, the sport of surfing—which is male-dominated
"I now see surfing ... as a tool to better understand and engage with issues that are much bigger than me.”—Irish big-wave surfer Easkey Britton here in the West—is being led by women. The focus [of the film] being on women in Iran and [of surfing] being led by women, even as men are also now surfing there, means there persists this feminine visual identity. You don’t really get that in surfing—you pick up a surf mag and if there’s any visual identity given to women it tends to be one that really objectifies them. Here, it’s a story being told by women, initiated by women, and even if you go on their Instagram page, it’s their way to capture and catalogue how they experience surfing, what that looks like and how that makes them feel. Being able to have control over how you want to be portrayed as a woman is so important.
You try to return to Iran every year. How has it changed you? I now see surfing as something that can be powerful—not just for how it impacts my life, but as a tool to better understand and engage with issues that are much bigger than me. Having been a sponsored surfer, competing and that whole thing is great and it can offer you a lot, but the feeling you get from an experience like this sort of outweighs all that. It humbles you because you realize that there’s so much more potential. I always go back and feel like it’s a huge learning experience for myself.
Learn more at wavesoffreedom.org.
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The necessity and value of dams across the
Doug Tompkins and Yvon Chouinard’s 1968 road trip from Ventura, Calif. to Patagonia, Chile, amateur adventurer Jeff Johnson and a varied crew of traveling companions attempt to make the same arduous trek by sea. The film does more than document the band of adventurers as they sail down the coast, it examines the philosophy of adventure itself, and serves as a reminder that the quest is far more important than the destination.
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SURFER KYLE BUTHMAN’S EVOLUTION AS A FILMMAKER BY NEAL KEARNEY For surfers, it can feel like torture to miss out on a perfect swell or epic session. It’s bound to happen to all of us from time to time, between injuries, day jobs and other obligations, but that doesn’t make it any easier to bear. It’s nearly inconceivable, then, that a talented, uninjured surfer would opt to stick on the sidelines to film the fun unfolding in the water.
But 27-year-old Pleasure Point native Kyle Buthman doesn’t mind—he’s in his element whether he’s watching from the cliffs, camera in hand, or down in the water tearing up the surf as a sponsored surfer. For him, capturing local surfers in action and telling their stories is a trade-off he’s willing to make. He’s put a significant amount of time in behind the lens over the last 13 years, and although he’s missed out on a lot of surf time, he’s been able to travel the world and make several surf films in the process, not to mention some hard-earned cash.
As a surf-crazed grommet, Buthman spent a great deal of time watching surf videos featuring local surfers, made by local filmmakers. He and his buddies burned through dozens of VHS tapes in those early days, films such as Nuthin’ but Nuts by Tony Roberts, and State of Emergency by Graham Nash. “It was the local videos that really inspired me as a kid,” recalls Buthman. “Watching the waves that I surfed, [surfed] by the guys I looked up to, was always exciting and addicting.” As he grew, Buthman became pretty handy with his surfboard, and his dad Gary began filming his sessions. His hobby came to a temporary halt, however, when he was 14, when he cut his Achilles tendon while surfing. Doctors told him he would be out of the water for six months. Bored out of his mind and missing the ocean, he grabbed his father’s camcorder and started filming his friends in an attempt to be as close to the action as possible.
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All-time favorite surf flick: “It's a toss-up between State of Emergency and Loose Change. Those films inspired me more than any others.” Most surprising item he keeps with him while shooting: “Moleskin. I use it to stick microphones on people. It works really well because it leaves some room between the mic and their clothing.”
This injury was a blessing in disguise. He found that he loved the process of hunting down the best spots, angles and surfers, and then coming home and editing footage of the top rides to a soundtrack of his favorite music. “When I got injured I wasn’t able to surf or skate for months, so filming was a way for me to still feel involved in all the sessions I was missing,” he says. “I put together a full surf video called Trix are for Kids, and that’s where it all started for me.”
By the time he was in his early twenties, Buthman was ready to focus on his first featurelength surf film. He filmed for more than a year and began editing video segments about Santa Cruz’s top surfers—guys like Austin Smith Ford, Peter Mel, Matt Myers, and Nat Young. This became the Get Rad series, which was inspired by the films of Taylor Steele, in which the films’ star surfers act in miniature skits to introduce their segments. The results were hilarious, and over the next four
years, Buthman stuck to this script and released Get Rad 2 and Get Rad 3. In the meantime, his surfing sponsor, Quiksilver, began hiring him to film their top riders surfing on Oahu’s North Shore during the winter, as well as in other locations such as Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, and Canada. It was at this point that Buthman began to look at his passion for documenting surfing as a source of income and a possible career path. With the success of the Get Rad trilogy and the advancement
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FACES OF SURF of his filmmaking skills, Buthman began to cast his net wider than strictly surfing. He set out to create a film that centered on the area’s most iconic and well-known surf personalities, mixed in with original storytelling and narration. In this film, titled Tattle Tales, he focused more on blending good music and scenery into his work, aiming for a more aesthetically pleasing vibe—a departure from the skit-driven Get Rad trilogy. The result was an instant classic, where viewers get to know local legends like Peter Mel, Adam Replogle and Anthony Tashinick, on a more personal level, rather than as just surf stars. “All I knew was that I wanted to make more of an art piece that not only had ripping surfing but showed it in a way that was visually stimulating,” Buthman explains. “Later on I tied it all together with inter-
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esting stories to break up the monotony of just surfing.” With another successful film under his belt, Buthman was able to sneak away to places like Puerto Escondido, in Mexico, where he could satisfy his own hunger for giant barrels, this time on the opposite side of the lens. He also expanded his horizons, traveling with Vice News to West Africa to document an island ruled by vicious apes, and to Liberia to report on the Ebola crisis. Buthman realized while making Tattle Tales that, while he would always continue to film surfing, it was the stories of the people in the surfing community themselves that he wanted to bring to the forefront of his next efforts. Enter Brainwork, an ongoing series in which Buthman allows his subjects to tell their own stories, revealing the things that
make them tick. So far he’s made featurettes on big-wave surfer Anthony Tashnick and professional photographer Dave Nelson. “Over the last year I’ve been doing lots of documentary-style filmmaking for work, and it has highly influenced my personal projects,” he says. “Brainwork is an example of this shifting of gears.” From his humble beginnings as a frothed-out surf flick fanatic, to his evolution into an established filmmaker, Buthman has been able to balance his surfing with his work, and doesn’t plan to slow down on either front. “Looking forward, I want to continue progressing both my surfing and my filmmaking,” he says, “and tell stories worth telling.”
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Favorite scene he’s ever shot: “One time I was working for GoPro and they had me swim behind and shoot [model and surfer] Alana Blanchard while she was snorkeling. Haha. That or Anthony Tashnick (pictured above) showing me his shaping room from our Brainwork project. He's a creative individual, to say the least!”
Find Kyle Buthman online at buthmanmedia.com.
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CARLOS BURLE HUCKS HIMSELF OVER THE LEDGE OF A MAVERICKS MONSTER.
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Josh Loya enters the belly of a green beast (opposite). Darryl "Flea" Virostko looks way too casual for the situation at hand (above).
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rank Quirarte is not your average surf photographer. Instead of standing on the beach with a tripod, clicking away, his craft involves documenting Mavericks, one of the world’s heaviest waves, astride a Jet Ski—where he snaps photos and, when needed, uses his bravado and horsepower to assist in rescuing surfers in peril. The Pacifica-raised photographer has made a name for himself with these gutsy acts. Twenty years ago, he forged a friendship with Mav’s pioneer Jeff Clark, who let him shoot photos from the channel in Clark’s inflatable Zodiac. Over time
he became proficient behind the lens under the tutelage of established photographers such as Don Montgomery, Vern Fisher, and Doug Acton, gaining acclaim for capturing stunning images as well as for his lifesaving skills as a member of the Mavericks Water Patrol. “We didn’t have any safety out there back in the day,” says longtime Mavs charger Peter Mel. “Frank was one of the first guys to bring that safety aspect to Mavericks. He had the balls to get in the zone and get people out of harm’s way. The fact that he gets some amazing photos along the way is awesome. We’re lucky to have guys like Frank out there looking out for us.”
Number of years shooting Mavericks: 20 Most dramatic rescue: “Shane Dorian in 2010, the day after the Mavericks contest. He suffered a twowave hold down and almost drowned.”
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A LINEUP OF LEGENDS: Jay Moriarity, Mark "Doc" Renneker and Kelly Slater paddle into the pit (above). Ken "Skindog" Collins lights up a liquid mountain (opposite).
Career Highlights: Quirarte’s work has graced the covers of Surfer Magazine (twice), Surfing Magazine (three times), The Surfer’s Journal, and more, and has appeared in the pages of Rolling Stone, Forbes, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more. Among his honors, he received the Surfer Magazine Photo of the Year award in 2006 (a shot of Shawn Dollar’s world-record ride at Cortes Bank) and the Mavericks Invitational Photo of the Year in 2013.
“Basically, if there’s a possibility of somebody going to the emergency room I will most likely be part of the shoot.” Waves caught up with Quirarte to find out how he pulls off this impressive two-pronged gig. What is the most difficult part of shooting photos from aboard a Jet Ski? It’s all very calculated—physically, mentally and technically. With experience I’ve learned to be in the right spot at the right time, taking into consideration all the hazards involved. Aspiring photographers show up out there with the
most expensive equipment and top-of-the-line PWCs [personal watercrafts] thinking they’re going to get the shot. They realize very quickly that that’s never the case. You need to be able to survive in a very harsh environment. The line-ups are so crowded with boats and skis these days [that] just getting an image without a boat or another ski in it is almost impossible. You have to get really creative and try to avoid getting run over or sprayed.
How do you manage to shoot photos and be prepared to go in for a rescue at the same time? Timing wise it’s pretty simple. Most wipeouts take a few seconds to happen. That leaves you plenty of time to shoot the shot, stow your camera, and then set up for the rescue. I have it dialed. I have a little nest in the forward compartment of my Jet Ski. I open up the hatch, basically just drop the camera in, and then go in for the rescue. What makes for a strong Mavericks shot? You know it when it happens. Those moments looking through the lens and capturing an amazing drop or a spectacular wipeout or a gigantic wave—you know you’ve just witnessed and documented something special.
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From sunrise to sunset, Frank has spent more hours in the Mavericks lineup than most.
“Most wipeouts take a few seconds to happen. That leaves you plenty of time to shoot the shot, stow your camera, and then set up for the rescue.�
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Peter Mel slays another Mavericks dragon.
Some people are content taking photos of flowers and rock formations. How does shooting a force of nature like Mavericks compare? I have some friends who [have] climbed the Himalayas to get the shot—and that’s a big rock—and others who have rapelled down the side of mountain to take a photo of a rare succulent. So I guess it’s all relative, right? What do you like to photograph other than Mavericks?
Just being able to get behind the lens now and make a living is always a blessing. In the age of digital photography, the pro photographer has been marginalized or wiped out. So other than weddings, I will shoot basically anything. But I still need to be challenged. Shooting big waves has created some excellent opportunities, like working on movie sets and commercials—which is always really fun. I shot the America’s Cup for ESPN and the City of San Francisco hired me to hang under the Golden Gate Bridge on safety cables to shoot images of some of
their earthquake retrofits. Basically, if there’s a possibility of somebody going to the emergency room, I will most likely be part of the shoot. What makes a good photo, in general? I like to walk away from a photo feeling something. It’s that simple. In the age of video, capturing a shot that can speak to you like that is definitely an art form. Which photo in your portfolio are you most proud of and why is it special to you?
I have lots of favorites. If I had to choose I think it would be an image of Peter Mel I shot from the El Niño year, back in 1999. Quiksilver used it on the first Mavericks contest poster. It’s hanging in my living room. I get incredible satisfaction knowing that not only do I love the shot, but also that Pete gets to have his courageous moment captured and frozen in time.
Find Quirarte online at mavsurfer. com and on Instagram @frank_ quirarte_photo.
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ARTHUR COULSTON fell in love with yoga in 2010 when it helped end his chronic lower back pain, and now teaches yoga at Pure Power Yoga and Pleasure Point Yoga. When he’s not surfing, doing yoga, or off on an adventure, he works in the tech industry building software.
3. Puppy Dog Channel your inner puppy and melt into this shoulder opener. This is a great pose for creating more shoulder mobility and provides a feel-good back bend, as well. 4. Crane This challenging arm balance builds strength and improves balance. For an extra challenge try transitioning up into a handstand from Crane. 5. Revolved Hand to Foot/Knee Increase hip and spine mobility all while challenging your balance. Balancing on one leg helps to heal and prevent injury in your ankles and knees.
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1. Bow Pose Bow pose increases your focus and concentration because you have to balance. It is an amazing shoulder opener and hamstring stretch.
4. Warrior 4 with a Twist and Lifted Arm
Warrior 4 strengthens your legs and core. I like adding a bit of a back bend and lifted arm to add to the stretch. This pose feels so good when you get off a mountain or road bike.
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Being still and sitting in silence is just as important as exercising. I have become more drawn to poses that are calming and centering after a busy and active day.
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the creek and begin the arduous task of assembling my debris hut. Twig by twig, stick by stick, branch by branch, I carefully place each piece until the skeleton of the shelter is complete. Next is the backbreaking work of scooping up leaves, pine needles and debris off the forest floor and piling it onto the structure.
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food water & shelter Humans can last three (pretty miserable) weeks without food. Three days without water and you're history. Hypothermia begins to set in when body temperatures drop two degrees below normal, starting with symptoms like nausea, dizziness and fatigue. A debris hut that's just big enough to fit you and is built on dry ground will help keep you warm.
to check the nearby creek for sufficient water and run through of the GPS tracker attached to my backpack, Cliff gives a wave and yells out the window, “See ya in a couple days!” I watch as he drives off into the distance and the sound of gravel under tires slowly dissipates into complete silence. I am on my own. I collect as much miner’s lettuce as I can, stuff it into my backpack, and proceed into the woods to look for the ideal base camp location. As I walk along the creek, dodging stray branches and peering up at the rays of light filtering through the redwood canopy, I stop to soak it in and remind myself to enjoy this experience. The moment quickly passes as I remember how long and tedious it is to build a hut solely from sticks, scrubs and leaves. I keep moving.
2:10 PM After huffing it to the top of a 500-foot hill, finding a deflated golden balloon, and get-
a shelter. With stomach moaning and mouth dry with dust, I make my way to the creek with my little golden balloon in hand. I carefully cut a small hole into it with my knife and start to fill it with water as the ubiquitous mosquitos begin an assault. As soon as I return to camp, I carefully fill my wooden bowl with water and add one half of an iodine tablet. In 40 minutes, I should be able to wet my whistle with some bacteria-free water.
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FIRE IT UP For fire, Tyler relied on a bow drill fire starter kit, one of the only items he packed for the trip. A bow drill is an age-old technique for making fire with just a few pieces of wood (a baseboard, a bow, and a sharpened stick that serves as the drill), a fluffy ball of flammable material called a tinder, and some elbow grease. The wooden components are assembled so that by moving the bow quickly back and forth, the drill creates friction on the baseboard, generating enough heat to produce a small, delicate ember. That seedling of flame is placed into the tinder, where it is gently encouraged. If all goes accordingly, voila—you've made a fire the old-fashioned way, no lighter or matches required. But as Tyler learned, it's much trickier than it sounds.
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Cliff Hodges is offering a discount to Santa Cruz Waves readers interested in taking the same one-day Adventure Out survival class that Tyler took to prepare for his excursion. Register at adventureout.com/survival for the “Wilderness Skills & Survival Clinic” and use the discount code “scwaves” at checkout to receive 25 percent off. The code is valid for any 2015 class date, but must be used and registered by Sept. 1, 2015.
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<P82 the bow back and forth quicker and the smoke grows thicker. I lift the drill off the baseboard and immediately inspect. A tiny glowing coal shows its glorious face. I gingerly place the miniature coal into the tinder bundle and enclose it all into a furry little ball. Pinching the bundle with one hand I carefully nurture the orb into a flaming fireball. Moving quickly I place it into my pre-made fire pit and begin to stoke the fledgling fire with more sticks. As the flames grow higher and brighter, a fantastic feeling of accomplishment and relief overcomes me and can’t help but yell into the silence, “I made fiiiiiire!” Sitting cross-legged mere inches from my tiny heater, I take a sip from my water bowl and sigh in relief. By this time I am pretty beat, both mentally and physically, and start thinking about how to back my way into my leafy tomb feet first without knocking the thing over.
10 PM I cover the coals with dirt in hopes that a few will stay hot enough to get the fire going again in the morning. The shadows and sounds of the forest seem much more noticeable when the light disappears. I wriggle and worm my way into my dark little Hobbit hole. Using my backpack as a pillow, I close my eyes and try to tune out thoughts of large predators pouncing on me in the middle of the night. 2 AM A chilly draft seeps through the cracks of my hut and I curl up tighter to fend off the cold. A small
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rock digs into my hip but the risk of adjusting and having the hut cave in makes moving too risky.
DAY TWO 6 AM Following four or so mostly restless hours, the veil of darkness lifts and I spring out of that cramped torture chamber. I head straight to the fire pit to search for any remnants of a hot coal. With some more tinder and a little encouragement, soon another glorious pint-sized fire is boosting my moral. As soon as my feet are warm, I pour myself some water, drop in the all-important iodine tablet, and start to collect sticks for patching my hut. All this time I’ve only had a couple handfuls of miner’s lettuce to eat, which hasn’t done much to fill the void inside my stomach. That chattering squirrel I saw earlier is starting to sound really delicious roasting over the fire. 11 AM As my energy wanes, I decide to take my walking stick for a little walk to see if I might stumble upon Alvin or one of his friends. No luck. I gravitate to the creek and dip my weary feet in the cool water, watching salamanders slide effortlessly on the water’s surface. The lack of food and energy is dragging me into a sort of delirious dream state, at times making me nearly euphoric. After a few hours at the creek I head back to camp to make sure my fire hasn’t gone out completely. I’m now moving at a much slower pace, and I’m also less
4:16 PM Back at the camp, I rekindle the fire and lie on my back with my guard down, gazing at the forest ceiling. I peer at my watch. Five more hours until I will be crawling back into that dark den. I’m actually looking forward to it because it means I’m that much closer to the following morning, when I’ll get picked up by my knight in a shining white Ford F-150. My eyelids shut for a couple of hours until a gust of wind rustles me back to reality. My fire is dwindling so I sluggishly chuck a few more pieces into the pit and move over to my golden bladder of goodness to fill up another bowl with water. 8 PM The exhaustion is too much to take, so I crawl into my newly renovated shelter to find that the extra weight of added sticks and debris broke the center beam and it now has only half the leg room. At least the whole thing didn’t collapse, I think to myself. The moment I finally settle into some sort of comfort, the bloodsuckers start their relentless attack. I pull my hood further over my face, trying to cover every inch of skin. To my amazement and frustration they find their way through the cracks and are landing on my eyelids, cheeks, knuckles … I have no other choice than to succumb to defeat. 11:58 PM I open my eyes hoping to peer through a crack in the hut to see the dawn of morning, but
am disheartened by the realization that I still have a good five hours left to ride out the cold in the fetal position.
1-4 AM I can’t help but illuminate my watch over and over again in hopes that daylight is near. 6:15 AM When the moment finally arrives where I can crawl out into the daybreak, I go to the fire pit and search for any sort of hot coals and soon realize that party ended long ago. “Water. Drink water,” I remind myself. After waiting what seems like an eternity for the iodine to do its job, I lift the water bowl to my lips and savor what would be my last drink of this trip. I pack up my backpack, peer around at my forest home one last time, and set off to the drop-off point. I reach it about an hour early, so I follow the slices of sun moving around the meadow floor in an attempt to warm my still-chilly bones. Delirium is really starting to kick in at this point, after not eating for roughly 48 hours. I swear I hear Cliff’s truck coming down the hill at least four or five times. When the sight of his truck finally does emerge from the shadows, I break into an involuntary grin as the thought of food and friends get closer. “Sorry I’m a little late—construction,” Cliff blurts out the window. I don’t care. He is here now I have done it. When I jump in the truck, he hands me a half-eaten pack of beef jerky. I savor every last sliver as we make our way out of the wilderness and back into civilization.
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CONCERT POSTER Stacie Willoughby matches sounds with memorable imagery BY LINDA KOFFMAN
Before Facebook, the paper flier was the primary means of promotion. And just as vinyl is venerated, the touchable, frameable concert poster with its DIY artistry leaves digital marketing wanting. There’s something beautiful about taking a show home with you in the form of a rolled-up poster, its crinkles and creases soon to be embraced by hungry bedroom walls. Nicks and tears reveal loving wear, like the crackling of a spinning record. And when the picture that lurks and lunges off the paper is as emotive as the music it’s advertising? You’ve really scored. Conjuring dreamlike visuals that resonate just as much as the sounds they’re meant to represent, Stacie Willoughby draws in order to draw you out to a show. Trust us, you’ve seen her work around town. The 32-yearold recently spread her pen-wielding
wings to Oakland, but it was in Santa Cruz, where she lived for 13 years, that the artist began inking concert posters in 2006, first illustrating for gig organizer (((FolkYeah!))), then adding Bane Shows and many more to her roster. She may have relocated, but her skills continue to promote local events and venues. Observers dissecting her detailed images will often find fluid feminine forms juxtaposed with dark, death-related iconography— a contrast similar to her preference for both folk and metal genres. Willoughby, who doesn’t have formal artistic training aside from a recent life drawing class and an anatomy course (taken “so I could spend some time drawing the cadavers,” she says), recently told Santa Cruz Waves about her evolution as an artist and what informs her transfixing style.
How did you first start exploring art? I see drawing as a meditative, philosophical activity. I wanted to learn something useful when I was a kid, like pottery, something you could sell, but we didn't have the funds for that and we moved a lot so my mom was like, “Here's paper, here are pens—good luck.” What attracted you to making concert posters? I've always been trying to link the artsy weirdo kids up with each other so we can have a community and do something rad instead of just feeling like outcasts. I think I also wanted to spend time on fliers because it was a way of making the events more legitimate, of generating excitement ahead of time but also of giving people something they could have as a memento. The other thing that is so
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nice about making fliers is that they are seen immediately. You make this picture so you can be involved in the community and then everyone sees it and it's on display, and you're the one who put it there. You didn't have to convince someone it was worth hanging in a gallery. Who influenced your work early on? The first album cover I ever made was for Josh Alper, for his band Whysp. Josh was killed about a year and a half ago when a car collided with his bicycle ... I miss him a lot, he was enormously supportive of my and everyone's creative endeavors in Santa Cruz. He made me believe that what I had to offer was valid and had its place, and he will always be in my heart for that reason. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your typical concert poster process? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literally just sit down and start, keep going, and finish. I usually sketch something out and then ink it. I use a lot of marker, but I also use paint and pencil and colored pencil and ink, and sometimes collage. I definitely subject myself to the music of the performers so it will make its way into the piece but I don't think too hard about it or worry too much. I mostly just ask people what they want me to steer clear of, if anything, and go from there. When you do work for folk acts and metal acts you have to obviously tap into different elements and point yourself in a certain
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direction, but other than that, it's pretty subconscious. Female figures and death are themes in your art. Why? Ultimately I'd have to say that every character in my art, every woman, every monster, every whatever, is ultimately just me in some form or anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;me processing the world. I have a hard time getting away from myself, but most artists do, I think. I actively meditate on death, and I'm also a used-book seller, so I am constantly leafing through all kinds of different stuff, visual and conceptual. What are your thoughts on digital versus hand drawings? I do everything by hand and, at this point, it looks like I probably always will. I used to be way more grossed out by digital work but I can see that it's evolving. I think my problem with it was that people were trying to digitally make the same art they'd been making by hand, instead of doing something completely different with the medium. I think it takes a little while for a new medium to catch up to its ideal use, and I see that happening now, which is exciting. But I'm definitely still working by hand.
Find her online at notesfrombelow.com or on Instagram @modernobscenity.
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Feelin’ the Local Love: In 2008 Willoughby had a lifethreatening health condition. The owner of The Crepe Place, Adam Bergeron, and friends organized a show to raise funds for her medical costs. “It was incredible,” she remembers. “This is what community is, and I still consider Santa Cruz my honorary hometown because of things like that.” Willoughby’s Career Highlights: Personal favorite concert poster: The Pixies Designing Pegi Young’s very first concert posters and meeting Neil Young and his family. Meeting legendary songwriter and musician Bert Jansch before he died. Seeing musician Roky Erickson perform at Don Quixote’s. She says of (((FolkYeah!))): “I can't put into words how lucky I feel to get to be a part of such a history. Santa Cruz was really good to me.”
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a e r sc “Our home was small and I had my drawing table right in the living room, so as soon as Jimbo was old enough to draw, he was right there beside me doing his own.”—Jim Phillips Sr.
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ou’ve all seen it. In fact, you’ve probably worn it. Maybe you’re wearing it right now. Santa Cruz Skateboards’ “Classic Dot” logo, with its iconic red circle and slanted text, is the most ubiquitous symbol ever to hail from Santa Cruz, and can be spotted on sweatshirts, hats, skateboards, stop signs and more— well beyond our surf town’s borders. It’s the handiwork of Jim Phillips, whose celebrated artwork helped Santa Cruz Skateboards, and other brands from their distributor, NHS, Inc., become internationally recognized. Phillips’ son Jimbo followed in his father's footsteps in the late ’80s, beginning to produce artwork for NHS and later branching out into music fliers, logos, and surfboard art.
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ART shrieking mouth centered on the outstretched palm. The year-long 30th “Handiversary” art show celebrates the infamous blue appendage with shows in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Tokyo, New York, Miami, and, of course, Santa Cruz. Dozens of artists are submitting their own spin on the monstrous palm, including former Santa Cruz Skateboards riders Keith Meek, Justin Forbes, Steve Caballero, and Steve Olson. Waves recently sat down with all three Phillips artists to discuss the love for art that runs through their veins. Jim, how did you introduce Jimbo to the world of art, and how does it feel to now see your grandson following suit? Our home was small and I had my drawing table right in the living room, so as soon as Jimbo was old enough to draw, he was right there beside me doing his own. Sometimes we’d fool around on the same paper, taking turns drawing something or adding to the other’s, the way my grandfather did with me. But as he got older I didn’t try to encourage
him as an artist because making a living in art is difficult, or was for me in those years, especially in commercial art as I was doing. I thought he’d better go for another profession. But then, in the mid1980s in Santa Cruz, the skateboard company I had as a client [Santa Cruz Skateboards] took off and there became more work than I could handle, so I opened Phillips Studios in some buildings next door to our home and hired eight young skateboarders to train, including Jimbo. It was my studio artists who dubbed him Jimbo, to differentiate him from me. I’m proud that Jimbo’s art can be seen all around town and for all the work he’s done for Santa Cruz and many others in the skateboard industry. Colby also grew up with a dad who had a drawing table in the living room, and Colby has soaked up art from Jimbo like a sponge. The difference is that there is now such a powerful surf and skate industry and a market with an insatiable appetite for our style of graphics, so everyone in our family can fully encourage him knowing he will certainly do
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The pair’s legacy is well documented and both are still creating art daily, sharing a common artistic theme of grotesque monsters and intricate, cartoony scenes. While Jim is focused on passion projects these days, Jimbo is still plugging away, lending his artistic abilities to companies including Bell Helmets, Electric Visuals, Volcom and Puma. He even has his own gaming app on iTunes called Skatetrash. Jimbo is a proud father himself and has a fledgling artist under his tutelage, 13-year-old Colby Phillips. While the youngster’s work has been featured in a number of art shows, it’s too early to tell if he will pursue it as a career—for now, he’s busy hunting down skate spots and goofi ng off with friends. Over the course of the next year, Colby’s art will be displayed alongside his father's and grandfather’s in a worldwide series of exhibitions that pay homage to one of Jim Sr.’s most well-recognized and enduring creations, the “Screaming Hand” —a blue arm, butchered just below the elbow and complete with bloody veins and protruding bone, with a
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well while leading skate culture into the next trend. Jimbo, when did you become aware of your father’s recognition and acclaim as an artist? Also, how did you decide to pursue art yourself? It’s hard to say since I was surrounded by it all the time. When my friends and I were around 8 years old, we would always ask my dad to make us batman masks out of cardboard so we could run around the yard with capes on. Later, when I was in high school, my friends would always ask me to draw them something or to get them a deal on a skate deck. I always knew my dad was a great artist, but when I was young no one made a big deal about it, at least that I can remember. It wasn’t until the last 10 years with the collector market blowing up that people really fl ip out about those old ’80s graphics. When
I was young he would tell me that being an artist was a hard road and I would be smarter to go college and get a profession that makes good money, however when I graduated from high school, a great opportunity came up. My dad needed help doing graphics so he hired me on to help with small designs and lettering. I learned a lot during this time, and also spent a lot of time on my own working out the kinks and perfecting my style, and I’ve been doing it ever since. I try to encourage Colby to do art as much as possible because he has a natural talent and already has people taking notice of his designs. Colby, when did you first realize you wanted to be an artist? Do you feel any pressure to keep the Phillips art legacy alive? My earliest memories are drawing with my dad, working on monster drawings. I don’t re-
ally feel any pressure at all to be like my dad and grandpa—I just love doing it! Jim, what’s the best part about sharing your love of art with your son and grandson? You cannot leave a better legacy than to have inspired others to create art. Art, including music, is the highest form of expression of man’s spirit, and one that has lifted humanity since its beginning. And you cannot leave a better legacy than children growing up in strong and lasting families who nurture creativity and good values. But mainly, because of the stoke, you can’t leave a better legacy for them than surfi ng and skateboarding and living here in Santa Cruz. Learn more at santacruzskateboards.com and on Instagram @santacruzskateboards, #screaminghandartshow and #handiversary. SANTA CRUZ WAVES | 9 9
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rganized by NHS, Inc./Santa Cruz Skateboards, the Screaming Hand 30th Anniversary exhibit will stop in 25 cities across the world starting in Los Angeles on July 11 and ending in Santa Cruz in July 2016. The exhibit features a traveling display case with versions of the famous blue hand created by 50 of “the top urban and skate artists in the world,” according to Jim Phillips. “The results are awesome and some of the submissions are hilarious,” he says. “Many of the venues will feature their own artists and works. I heard about a six-foot Screaming Hand made from skateboards.” We asked each of the Phillips artists to explain their own submission to the exhibit.
JIMBO: When I was kid I was always a big Godzilla fan, so when it was time to do my piece for the art show, I thought mixing them together would be a great combo and it could represent how the Screaming Hand has become this giant runaway behemoth, smashing everything in its path—Handzilla!
COLBY: I wanted to do something that hasn’t been done— and I like monsters, so they went hand in hand. My dad and I watched the old Creature from the Black Lagoon movie to get inspired and the hand plays a big part of the opening story of the movie, so it was the perfect idea.
JIM SR.: With this painting, I set out to create an edgier version of my iconic logo and one done in another style of art. I would say my painting is more of a cubist-influenced graphic than [the] actual cubism that spawned almost a hundred years ago, but the context allowed a way for me to dabble in a playful way with the apparent anguish of the hand outside of the usual constraints.
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Patrick Trefz’s new documentary about Jim Denevan is farm fresh | BY LINDA KOFFMAN
Above: Artist and chef Jim
Denevan's well-known Outstanding in the Field farm dinners are the focus of a documentary by the same name. Photo: Courtesy of Patrick Trefz
Patrick Trefz is one of the busiest Santa Cruz fi lmmakers around, but he still manages to fi nd solace in soil. “I just got out of the garden [where I was] trying to do some digging after being inside editing,” he tells Santa Cruz Waves. “I had to step outside and clear my mind, and seeing organic vegetables grow is really important.”
Life imitating art, the award-winning director’s latest project is the farm-centric Outstanding in the Field, a cinematic endeavor exploring Jim Denevan’s passion for organic food, alongside his art and surfi ng (the documentary also touches on the 53-yearold’s upbringing as a Pleasure Point surfer).
The movie, which is slated to hit the festival circuit this fall with a wider theatrical release to follow, tracks the eminent land artist and chef in his other role as founder of Outstanding in the Field touring farm dinners. The elaborate events sit foodies down with organic farmers, world-renowned and regional chefs, fi ne wines, and
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“While this film may not be about an amazing wave against a beautiful backdrop, it’s about an amazing table set up against a beautiful backdrop. Both make you really appreciate the environment.” —Director Patrick Trefz
boldly produced table settings in outdoor locales. Trefz calls Denevan “a conductor or a director because he curates these dinners”—a feat he’s been pulling off for 15 years as a pillar in the farm-to-table movement. Motivated to reveal how much his friend strives to push the envelope, Trefz—better known for his surf photos and films—says this time he wants to show audiences “the creative genius of Jim and the amazing depth that goes into his mind.”
‘’He challenges himself to try to make something that is totally new and not nostalgic by any means,” Trefz says. With his partner, co-producer Christie Jarvis, Trefz traveled across the country and to Canada over the past two years to capture Denevan’s mindfully created culinary affairs in action. Doing the work of a five-person crew, the two filmmakers were swamped with filming, interviewing, downloading and editing on the
Director Patrick Trefz (right) and his film's subject, farm dinner organizer Jim Denevan. Photo: Courtesy of Patrick Trefz
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Brooklyn's Grange Farm at the Navy Yard A dinner at Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grange Farm served up an 11th floor rooftop meal at the historic Navy Yard. This section of the movie includes helicopterculled footage of Manhattan and the new World Trade Center, as well as of the sprawling dinner situated on the cityskyscraper farm overlooking the East River.
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Secret Beach Cove Dinner At this dinner in Santa Cruz County, guests were splashed at high tide and the late Shawn “Barney” Barron provided additional visuals by surfing the beach break just beyond the feast.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF PATRICK TREFZ
Film vs. Photo: Patrick Trefz Takes His Pick go. And despite the subject at hand, they didn’t indulge in upscale locavore feasts as much as you’d think. “We didn’t get to eat at the table because we were fi lming,” Trefz begins. “It was tough when we’d see the best locally sourced food that you could possibly get, and then sadly enough we’d end up eating at some fast food joint in the middle of the night.” The lesson? “We did learn from our mistakes and were able to source from farmers’ market stands to pack the cooler,” he adds with a laugh. The documentary showcases five distinct farm-fresh dinners outstretched in gorgeous settings that made for a cinematographer’s dream. And, like Denevan’s land art, they were blissful community experiences meant to make lucky participants live in the moment; the time it takes
him to put up and take down a dinner is the same time it takes him to craft his celebrated sand murals that get washed away by the tide. Still, Outstanding in the Field isn’t as much a food-focused fi lm as it is about Denevan’s interaction with diverse people and places, and the creative solutions needed in ever-changing conditions—much like, Trefz says, you’ll fi nd in a surf documentary. “While this fi lm may not be about an amazing wave against a beautiful backdrop, it’s about an amazing table set up against a beautiful backdrop,” he relates. “Both make you really appreciate the environment.” Learn more at outstanding.assemble.me.
With many households brandishing his framed (and famed!) surf photography and films, Patrick Trefz is a maestro of both mediums. But if you dare ask him to choose which he prefers, the esteemed photographer/ filmmaker admits the art of the moving picture is, well, more moving: “I think there’s a lot more depth to making a film versus a photobook,” he says. “I feel the discipline of filmmaking involves all arts—you’re dealing with the scriptwriting, the soundtrack, the pacing of the film, the artwork, all the visuals, the filming and the interviews. Even though I love taking photographs, making a film is a lot more multi-dimensional.” One of the biggest challenges Trefz faces in his favorite artistic process may surprise you: “Music is one of the toughest things,” he says. “Getting rights and such for a soundtrack can be difficult.”
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he last few years of low precipitation have been rough on California’s water supply, culminating in 2014 with Gov. Jerry Brown’s declaration of a statewide drought emergency. This year hasn’t been much different, with shockingly low snowpack forming in the Sierras and very little rainfall over the course of the winter. State officials are pushing toward a 25 percent reduction in urban water use from 2013 levels by the winter of 2016. In response, local water districts are doing all they can
to protect our county’s water supplies and implore citizens to conserve our most precious resource. “For somewhere like Santa Cruz, where we are 95 percent dependent on local rainfall and we have one reservoir for our drinking water supply, conservation is critical,” says Santa Cruz Water Department spokesperson Eileen Cross. “We have to do all we can to protect our supply for the future, and conservation helps provide a significant buffer.” The key to water conservation, no matter where you are, is to be
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mindful, says Leigh Ann Gessner, Soquel Creek Water District conservation outreach coordinator. “Any time you use water, make it a habit to not be wasteful,” she says. “That’s it. There is no secret or mystery to it and it’s not necessarily a sacrifice of quality of life.” Below, we’ve assembled the most effective water-saving strategies from the arsenals of local experts like Cross and Gessner. For even more ways to conserve water, check out watersavingtips.org.
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At Work: 1 Office buildings use a lot of water, too. Find out what is being done to conserve water where you work, and think about scheduling a meeting to discuss ways you and your coworkers can do more to curtail wasteful water use. 2 If possible, incorporate conservation practices into employee training programs and post ways to conserve in places like break rooms and bathrooms. 3 Although you probably don’t pay the water bill for your office directly, employ the same methods you would use to conserve water at home while at work.
With your Wallet: 1 Consider going meatless a few days a week. Livestock and the crops they eat consume vast amounts of water. It takes roughly 1,800 gallons of water to produce just one pound of beef compared to approximately 120 gallons for a pound of potatoes. 2 Invest in water-efficient appliances like an Energy Star washer. A big investment now will save money and water in the long term. 3 Buy only what you are going to eat. Whether it’s fruits and veggies or meat, wasted food means the water used to produce it goes down the drain.
In the Kitchen: 1 When washing dishing dishes, let the water do the work for you. Fill up the sink and let dirty pots and pans soak for a few minutes instead of attempting to scrub them clean with the water running. 2 Consider installing an instant water heater on your kitchen faucet so you don’t have to keep the water running as it heats up, and in the same vein, store water in the refrigerator to keep a supply of cool water for drinking on hand. 3 Garbage disposals in kitchen sinks take lots of water to do their job. Instead of letting the organic waste go down the drain, start a compost pile, which can be useful in a number of other ways.
In the Bathroom: 1 Take shorter showers or employ the tactics of the U.S. Navy by turning the water off while lathering up and shampooing, and turning the water back on to rinse off.
2 Don’t flush the toilet if it’s not
In the Yard: 1 Replace high-output sprinklers with a water efficient dripirrigation system, and water only before 10 a.m. and after 5 p.m. to reduce water being lost to evaporation.
totally necessary. Adhere to age-old adage, “If it’s yellow let it mellow and if it’s brown flush it down.”
2 Pick up a broom and sweep off the driveway and sidewalks instead of wasting water by hosing them down.
3 Install a low-flow showerhead and consider replacing your old toilet with a highefficiency model. Generous rebates and free water-saving devices are available from your neighborhood water agencies.
3 Replace portions (or all!) of your lawn and garden with drought-tolerant plants like succulents, and add a few inches of mulch to gardens and around trees to keep the water in the ground from evaporating.
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Whether it’s to lose weight, kick a nasty habit, or detox after a weekend full of day-drinking and barbecued everything, some health-seekers turn to fasting coupled with an extreme juice cleanse to right themselves. But according to the founder of ViDA Juicery, Sebastian Manjon-Cubero, an effective juice cleanse is a gradual process and should not be a shock to the system. “There’s good extreme and bad extreme,” says Manjon-Cubero. “I’m a strong believer that you shouldn’t put your body through a really brutal shock. I like to ease people into it. It’s kind of like catching a wave. Everything is a step toward hitting the peak, and then you ease back out of it.” The “brutal shock” Manjon-Cubero refers to is the popular “master cleanse,” a 10-day diet of lemon juice and water laced with maple syrup and cayenne pepper. He
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believes that fads like the master cleanse can do more to harm than good to the body. His mission with ViDA Juicery is to reinvigorate the people of Santa Cruz with locally sourced nourishing juices, rather than deplete them at times when their health may already be worn thin. “A cleanse should not be something that’s going to suck the life out of you,” he says. “It should give you life.” Manjon-Cubero moved from Costa Rica to Santa Cruz at a young age and became a traveling chef after graduating from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in San Francisco. While working long hours in a kitchen in New York, he found himself feeling drained and unhappy and began experimenting with juicing to keep himself energized throughout his day. “I was either going to crash land or find something to fuel me. That’s what
got me started,” says Manjon-Cubero, who moved back to Santa Cruz in 2010. “I found a passion for juicing, and that’s how ViDA was born.” Manjon-Cubero wants to do more than put a new brand of juice in grocery stores. He says that the nourishing essence of veggies and fruits is lost when juice sits on the shelves for weeks at a time—and, in fact, small amounts of vitamins are lost when exposed to heat and light and processes like pasteurization, which is why he’s on the hunt for an ideal location in Santa Cruz to set up his own juice bar where he hopes to offer fresh juices on tap. The key to retaining the nutritious qualities of the fruits and veggies lies in the juicing process itself, according to Manjon-Cubero, and for him that means a slow grind with a cold press. “When you hear the term ‘coldpressing,’ it means you’re grinding the
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New Leaf Community Markets newleaf.com Juice to Try: "The Works" ($6.25). A red potion made with carrots, beets, celery, spinach, parsley, sunflower greens, and apple topped off with an ounce shot of ginger juice to give this body booster a bit of a kick.
plants into a pulp using a very slow mechanism. We’re talking 40 to 50 rotations per minute compared to other commercial blenders, which is somewhere around 2,000,” he explains. “Then you’re clothing it, in what’s almost like a cheesecloth, and pressing out the juice, and all that’s left over is the fiber.” And the leftovers don’t have to go to waste. ManjonCubero combines the fiber with honey and pops it in a dehydrator to make a natural fruit roll up. “Kids love them,” he says. Growing up in both Santa Cruz and Costa Rica has exposed Manjon-Cubero to two different but rich agricultural areas. He plans on sourcing
fruits and veggies from local farms like the Homeless Garden Project and Route 1 Farms, among others, and purchasing more exotic produce like guanabana from farms in Costa Rica. Each ingredient has its own unique characteristics and benefits, and combining them has become an art form for Manjon-Cubero. For his juices, he leans on a ratio of 75 percent veggies to 25 percent fruit to prevent a possible sugar crash. His go-to ingredients for an all-around health boosting juice consist of vitamin-rich produce like kale and oranges, and root vegetables like carrots and beets. But for that extra punch of energy he turns to more
potent ingredients like maca, green coffee beans, and açai. Manjon-Cubero hopes to open the doors of ViDA Juicery to the public in early 2016. He envisions the juicery as a community space that serves all the senses, with a feel almost like a bar, but with one big difference. “You’ll actually remember the conversation the next day,” he says. Check out vidajuicery.com for more information, or for one of ViDA Juicery’s personal juice cleanse packages, email Manjon-Cubero at vidajuicery@gmail.com.
Staff of Life Natural Foods Market staffoflifemarket.com Juice to Try: “Energize” ($6.50). Get juiced with this beet-red elixir made from carrots, spinach, beets, celery, cucumber, and a lemon and ginger kicker that gives this veggie-rich juice a complimentary zing. Press Juices & Sandwiches pressjuicesandsandwiches.com Juice to Try: “Graviola” ($6). The creamy white juice of the exotic cancerfighting graviola is mixed with a touch of simple syrup to create a rejuvenating nectar with a unique taste comparable to strawberry. Amazon Juices amazonjuices.us Juice to Try:: “Detox” ($6.75). Bolster yourself and reawaken your taste buds with this jungle-green concoction of pineapple, apple, ginger, lime, and mint. Café Brasil cafebrasil.us Juice to Try: “Goiaba” ($6.25). The freshly blended juice is perfect for a hot day, and will cool you down and fill your mouth with delicious pulpy guava goodness.
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If I had a dollar for every time I went on some far-flung surf mission only to find that I’d forgotten to bring surf wax, a fin key, or leash string, I’d be sitting in a castle overlooking Pleasure Point eating caviar in a goose down bed. Luckily for airheads such as myself, Ventana Surfboards & Supplies has come up with the perfect, all-in-one surf accessory product—the “Save a Surf Wax Box.” This container is literally a work of art, designed and produced by master craftsman and Ventana co-founder Martijn Stiphout here in Santa Cruz. It’s sturdy yet compact, made with sustainably grown Honduras mahogany offcuts from the Santa Cruz Guitar Company and reclaimed wine barrel wood from Soquel Vineyards and other sources. “Craftsmanship is at the top of Ventana’s list of core values,” explains co-founder David Dennis. “For us, value is as much about quality as it is about price. Products that are made well can last a lifetime.” PUTTING IT TO USE: At first glance, I was perplexed as how to open the box (I’m an airhead, remember?), yet after quick inspection I found a sliding panel on the side that, to my surprise, was a fully functional wax comb and remover. Attached to the comb is a leash string with a bottle opener connected to it. Slotted into the inside face of the comb is
an Allen wrench held in place by tiny magnets, which serves as a universal fin key. A nifty addition that utilizes this wrench is an engraved sundial. Using the angle guide on the back of the box and positioning the wrench in the groove, you can position the compass rose to the north, creating a sundial to approximate the time— however, direct sunlight is needed for this feature. If you know the time already, you can position the shadow on that hour and suddenly your wax comb becomes a compass. HIGHLIGHTS: Inside the box there is an extra large bar of 100-percent natural cold-water surf wax that has a pleasant pine scent. Also, if you find yourself about to hit the water and notice that you neglected to insert fin screws into your chosen removable fin system, there are five steel fin screw receptacles that can easily be removed and placed into your board. THE VERDICT: Thinking back to all the time spent cleaning melted wax from the back of my car, it is clear that this multi-purpose accessory could save me grief in the future. The “Save a Surf Wax Box” would make the perfect gift for any surfer, especially those prone to showing up to a surf sesh without an essential ingredient.
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FUTURE I Dispatches from aboard a Boosted Boards Single 1,000W Electronic Longboard BY BRAD OATES n the radical future envisioned in 1989’s Back to The Future Part II, Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly shreds through the year 2015 on a hoverboard. And
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THE BASICS: Boosted Boards was started by three former Stanford grads and NASA employees. Each board has adjustable speed controls, a wireless Bluetooth, wireless-enabled thumbwheel and wireless control easy enough for a 4 year old to use, and regenerative braking that charges your skateboard’s batteries while you shred.
you’re getting pulled behind a wakeboard boat or dragged by a skiresort rope tow. It’s a pretty magical feeling, almost like you’re snowboarding or wakeboarding down the block, and it has a 6- to 8-mile range before needing to be recharged. You might get around Santa Cruz more quickly on this small vessel during tourist season than in your car—and have a better time.
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Given current gas and car prices, though, a $999 investment might not be so unreasonable. THE VERDICT: This board makes being stuck in traffic or running errands almost as much fun as time spent in the lineup or at the skate park. Plus, they’re better for the environment than your mom’s Prius. If you are ready to enter the electronic skateboard market, Boosted Boards are the way to go. Learn more at boostedboards.com.
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BETTY BURGERS Locally owned burger joint with and a fun vibe. Features awardwinning burgers, fries, salads, beer, wine and shakes. Soak up the sun on the outdoor patios at all three locations: Betty Burgers Eastside, 1000 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 475-5901; Betty Burgers Midtown, 505 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-8190; Betty’s Eat Inn (expanded menu and full bar in this location only), 1222 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 600-7056, www.bettyburgers.com
EL PALOMAR Unique and fresh Mexican cuisine, family recipes. 1336 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 425-7575, www.elpalomarsantacruz.com
HARBOR CAFE
Traditional Hawaiian grill, poke bar, fresh ingredients, full bar. 120 Union St., Santa Cruz, (831) 4267666,www.ponohawaiiangrill.com
Voted best breakfast in Santa Cruz. Known for its outdoor patio and being dog friendly. Open daily for lunch and dinner. 535 7th Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 475-4948
RIVER CAFE
THE CROW’S NEST
Local, organic, farm-fresh gourmet. 415 River St., Santa Cruz, (831) 420-1280, www.rivercafesantacruz.com
Iconic restaurant and bar located at the harbor. 2218 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, (831) 476-4560, www.crowsnest-santacruz.com
ROSIE MCCANN’S
DEKE’S MARKET
Braveheart black angus steaks, Tecumseh all-natural poultry, linecaught seafood and full bar. Rosie McCann’s exemplifies the best in Irish hospitality. 1220 Pacific Ave., Second Floor, Santa Cruz, (831) 426-9930, www.rosiemccanns.com
Complete mini-market and the “In Mah’ Belly Deli.” 334 7th Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 476-5897, www.dekesmarket.com
HULA'S ISLAND GRILL California twist on Hawaiian island grill and tiki bar. 221 Cathcart St., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-4852, www.hulastiki.com
LAILI Santa Cruz's answer to highquality organic Mediterranean / Indian / Pakistani / Afghan food. 101 Cooper St., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-4545, www. lailirestaurant.com
PACIFIC THAI Authentic Thai cuisine and boba teas in a modern and casual dining atmosphere. 1319 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 420-1700, www.pacificthaisantacruz.com
ZOCCOLI’S
PLEASURE PIZZA
Iconic delicatessen, sandwiches, salads, sides. 1534 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-1711, www.zoccolis.com
Offering traditional pizza, as well as new and exciting tastes and textures. 1415 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 600-7859, www.pleasurepizzasc.com
The Boardwalk/ Harbor/Wharf
CAFE MARE Authentic Italian dining, fresh, organic, local ingredients. 740 Front St., Santa Cruz, (831) 458-1211, www.cafemare.com
PONO HAWAIIAN GRILL AND THE REEF
JOHNNY’S HARBORSIDE Fresh seafood with stunning view of the harbor.493 Lake Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 479-3430, www.johnnysharborside.com
Midtown AKIRA Sushi made with fresh-caught seafood and locally grown produce. 1222 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 600-7093, www.akirasantacruz.com
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CHARLIE HONG KONG Offering healthy, flavorful Asian street cusine. 1141 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-5664, www.charliehongkong.com
THE CRÊPE PLACE Array of savory and sweet crêpes, French food and live music. 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 429-6994, www.thecrepeplace.com
DINING GUIDE
Westside/Scotts Valley BURGER. Grass-fed beef, fun atmosphere, and a great beer menu. 1520 Mission St., Santa Cruz, (831) 425-5300, www.burgersantacruz.com
CASCADES BAR & GRILL AT COSTANOA California cuisine, local, organic, and handcrafted ingredients. Menu updated seasonally. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. 2001 Rossi Road at Hwy 1, Pescadero, (650) 879-1100, www.costanoa.com
THE JERK HOUSE
HOLLINS HOUSE
Santa Cruz's first Jamaican restaurant. Coming soon! 2525 Soquel Drive, Ste. B, Santa Cruz
At Pasatiempo. Magnificent views, award-winning cuisine, and outstanding wine list. 20 Clubhouse Road, Santa Cruz, (831) 459-9177, www.pasatiempo.com/hollins-house
SEABRIGHT BREWERY Rotating beer selection, with dogfriendly outdoor patio. 519 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-2739, www.seabrightbrewery.com
HOP HEAD American tavern serving craft beer and sustainable pub fare in a relaxed
“in Mah’ Belly Deli”
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MISSION ST. BBQ Serving up smoked barbecue, craft beer and live music. 1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz, (831) 458-2222, www.facebook.com/missionstbbq
WINGSTOP The destination when you crave fresh wings, hand-cut seasoned fries and tasty sides. Save time and order online. 845 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 454-9464,www.wingstop.com
Eastside/Capitola
PARISH PUBLICK HOUSE
CHILL OUT CAFE
British-influenced pub food with full bar. 841 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 421-0507, www.parishpublickhouse.com
Breakfast burritos, espresso drinks, beautiful garden. 2860 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 477-0543, www.chilloutcafesantacruz.com
VASILI’S
EAST SIDE EATERY, PLEASURE PIZZA
Authentic and fresh, with vegetarianfriendly Greek food. 1501A Mission St., Santa Cruz, (831) 458-9808, www.vasilisgreekrestaurant.com
Offering traditional pizza, as well as new and exciting tastes and textures. 800 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 4316058, www.pleasurepizzasc.com
WEST END TAP & KITCHEN
THE SAND BAR
Traditional pub flavors with a California twist. 334 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz, (831) 471-8115, www.westendtap.com
Capitola's new hot spot for great food, cocktails, and weekly live music. 211 Esplanade, Capitola, (831) 462-1881
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DINING GUIDE
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CANTINE WINE PUB
Fine dining with a romantic setting, cable car lift. A Capitola tradition since 1947. 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola, (831) 475-1511, www.shadowbrook-capitola.com
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Pizza by the slice, espresso coffee, pastries and desserts. 113 Esplanade, Rio Del Mar, (831) 661-5763, www.flatsbistro.com
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Gourmet sandwiches, homemade soup, salads, beer and wine. 4101 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, (831) 239-5801, www.surfcitysandwich.com
Authentic Mexican cuisine with fresh ingredients, high-quality meat and seafood. 1934 Main St., Watsonville, (831) 761-2161, www.elpalomarcilantros.com
ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR Full-service coffeehouse and excellent wine selection. 3555 Clares St., Capitola, (831) 477-0680, www.zizzoscoffee.com
THE HIDEOUT Fill your plate with good grub, pour a good drink, enjoy attentive and friendly service. 9051 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-5566, www.thehideoutaptos.com
KAUBOI
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Seasonal organic ingredients, traditional Japanese. 8017 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 661-0449, www.kauboigrillandsushi.com
Rosticceria and bar, nice atmosphere, fresh and local. 2621 41st Ave., Soquel, (831) 476-3801, www.cafecruz.com
MANUEL'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN Serving cutting-edge California comfort cuisine, small plates, and salads. 2591 S. Main St., Soquel, (831) 479-9777, www.michaelsonmain.net
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Aptos/Watsonville APTOS ST. BBQ Santa Cruz County's best smoked barbecue, craft brews and live blues every night. 8059 Aptos St., Aptos, (831) 662-1721, www.aptosstbbq.com
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SANDERLINGS IN THE SEASCAPE BEACH RESORT
Grass-fed beef, fun atmosphere, great beer menu. 7941 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 662-2811, www.burgeraptos.com
Where your dining experience is as spectacular as the view. 1 Seacscape Resort Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-7120, www.sanderlingsrestaurant.com
CAFE RIO
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Award-winning chowders, locally sourced ingredients. 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos, (831) 6888987, www.severinosbarandgrill.com
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DINING GUIDE
ZAMEEN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE Flavorful meals in a casual dining setting. 7528 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-4465, www. zameencuisine.com
Los Gatos FORBES MILL STEAKHOUSE Upmarket chophouse purveys Kobe beef and other prime cuts in a stylish, fireplace-equipped setting. 206 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, (408) 395-6434, forbesmillsteakhouse.com
DOUBLE D'S SPORTS GRILLE Burgers, draft beers and more served in a lively space with sports memorabilia and lots of TVs. 354 N Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos, (408) 395-6882, www.doubleds.com
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OAK & RYE Wood-fired pies, small plates and craft cocktails are the draw at this sophisticated Italian bistro. 303 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos. (408) 395-4441, www.oakandryepizza.com
Saratoga STILETTOS WINE BAR Indulge in an evening of delicious drinks and designer shoes. 14527 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, (408) 647-2303, www.stilettoswinebar.com
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PLUMED HORSE This special-occasion spot serves California fare in an elegant setting with various dining rooms.14555 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, (408) 867-4711, www.plumedhorse.com
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KOYOTO PALACE Authentic Japanese steakhouse that has a fun, interactive environment and is great for parties and groups. 1875 South Bascom Ave., Ste. 2500, Campbell, (408) 389-0991, www.kyotopalace.com
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