Chemistry Surfboards

The other night Stones Throw producer DJ J Rocc paid a visit to the BBC Radio 1 show to play a set and he ended up playing a snippet of a Black Star record produced by Madlib. Could this mean we will see Black Star in 2011? I hope so, the world needs Mos Def and Talib Kweli together again.
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PJ Raia has been in California for over a week now before he ventures off to Hawaii. Here is some footage called “One Session in Waist High Newport”. Looks like pretty fun waves but the swell we got didn’t live up to its hype in most places. Hopefully more to come.
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On Tuesday 18 surfers from Half Moon Bay made the paddle out to Mavericks as a building northwest swell began to hit the reef under sunny skies and windy conditions, all of them surfing for an opportunity to represent one of the two HMB local slots next to Ion Banner in the upcoming trials heat on contest day. Positive vibes and excited surfers filled the room at the pre-session meeting with Mavericks just a birds-eye view away in the distance. The details were set and everyone was frothing to see what Mother Nature would deliver on the reef out at Pillar Point. The swell was already showing at the outer buoy, 14 feet at 19 seconds, so we knew it was on.
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Had to share this vid as it had me dying of laughter when aired last night on Comedy Central. “The Pants Off Dance Off” will leave you confused as to what the Irish youth is up to on their holidays. Daniel Tosh breaks it down perfectly.
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Many may know that Gleason is back on the North Shore of Oahu and working to get some goods waves again this winter. Volcom put together this nice little video highlighting Mike and taking a look into his mind to find what motivates and inspires him in Hawaii. It also talks about his life at home in the great state of New Jersey.
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Twista has some competition. Check the vid.
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Should we build an Ark?

A group of more than 100 scientists and experts say in a new report that California faces the risk of a massive “superstorm” that could flood a quarter of the state’s homes and cause $300 billion to $400 billion in damage. Researchers point out that the potential scale of destruction in this storm scenario is four or five times the amount of damage that could be wrought by a major earthquake.
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This week features one of Hip Hop’s greatest lyricists, Rakim.
Going back to 1987 when Hip Hop was literally no joke. DJ on the corner and a microphone.
Flavor Flav makes an appearance and some things never change.

Eric B & Rakim, I Ain’t No Joke
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There is nothing like news of a swell to get surfers spirits up. Especially when we have been having the best weather outside of the Hawaiian Islands but absolutely no waves (knee high). According to the experts we have a couple significant swells coming our way back to back and with all of the Chemistry team in place it looks to be a good time. Cheyne Magnusson, Blake Jones, Chris Abad, and PJ Raia are all in California waiting for this one to serve up its magic. Mike Gleason is looking to log some more water time on his boards over 7’0 in Hawaii. For once everyone is in place to reap the rewards of the North Pacific swell machine. Stay tuned for the results.

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Videographer Mindrelic made this visually stunning time lapse of the great city of New York. Watching is like a 3 minute virtual tour around one of Americas finest cities. The journey takes you pretty much from river to river and to some the city’s most beautiful sights.
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