ART FEATURE
Tony Arruza
Photo: Robert Clark
Tony Arruza has the most impressive quiver in the South Florida surf scene. Glance into his boardroom and you’ll see some of the following: a 6’0” Nomad fish with a photo of a mullet chase in action above and below the water on the bottom of the board (left), a 6’6” B.A.T. single fin with a black and white monstrous wave crashing in almost spooky fashion (above) and a 7’6” Firo fun board with a Pipeline bomb a fraction of a second from detonating as the sun’s rays glimmer through the lip of the wave. These boards, created for both surfing and decoration, will hit a local showroom floor in exhibition form sometime in 2014, when the renowned photographer has completed the project. To date, Arruza has completed over half of the proposed 15 pieces of fine art. “Surfing and photography are my two biggest passions in life and I thought, ‘why not try something like this?’” Arruza said.
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