4ft 11" Velosim from Ryan Lovelace

Ryan , a guest speaker at this years Fish Fry is one of the new wave of innovative , young gun hand shapers. Yes the future id in good hands.

Fish shapers night at The Gold Coast Surf World Mueum

A great facility that the Gold Coast should be very proud of.

Ryan Lovelace , Point Concept Surfboards from Santa Barbara .

Rich "Toby" Pavel from San Diego and the proud owner of "The Green Room"

Jordan Nobel , Note Surfboards from Victoria

A great night was held on Saturday night prior to the Fish Fry on Sunday. What a great facility and how relevant to be gathered there surounded with such an extensive collection of surfing history .Rich representing the older guard and Jordan and Ryan the new young guns taking us forward is so good. Young guys , hand shapers and passionate to the core. They all had a great message and some interesting questions were put to them.

An insight into Ryan Lovelace

Ryan Lovelace - InnerViews from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

This is a short clip filmed by Cyrus Sutton of Korduroy Tv on Ryan who is coming out from Santa Barbara for the Fish Fry this year. He will also be a guest speaker on next Saturday night at the Surf Museum. Cyrus will just miss being here himself , but will be at Noosa the following weekend to show his new movie Stoked and Broke.

Looking for something a little different ?

Ryan Lovelace from Point Concept Surfboards in Santa Barbara will be here for the Fish Fry and is available to shape you a board while he is here.Check out his sites to see what he builds :
www.PointConceptSurf.com
www.PCProgress.blogspot.com

Remember that the Fish Fry brings together the best of shapers and the innovators of the shaping world so if you are interested in a new board this is the place to see what is out there.It is also you best opportunity to meet these great guys and even have a surf with them or try a board. Bring along the fish you have and compare it or swap with someone else on the day. This is what the whole day is all about and what makes it so different.

Great to have Ryan Lovelace @ the Fry

Ryan is a great example of the new young guns out there hand shaping and experimenting .He hails from Santa Barbara and is the owner of Point Concept Surfboards.

“He shaped his first board in Santa Barbara on his 19th birthday because he didn’t have enough coin to buy a Fish off the rack. What started as a one-man operation along with the help of best friends, namely Connor Lyon, Ryan has managed to turn his art, skill and energy into a dynamic business that creates between 5 and 20 boards a month for surfers who drool over his creative shapes and attention to detail”. He is self taught and willing to experiment with shapes, designs and materials which has led him to explore many aspects of board design and building. A shaper of the future with a keen following of young guns that inspire him to push the boundries.
It will be great to have Ryan , Connor and a number of mates come down for the Fry this year.Ben at Six Ounce in Sydney is stocking some of his boards and Ryan is keen to shape a few while here so get hold of Ben to line one up.Ryan is also one of our guest speakers the night before the fry at the Gold Coast Surf Museum. Be sure to book a space and get to hear from Ryan about his take on things fishy.

Ryan Lovelace | Liquid Salt

Read the new LS interview with Ryan Lovelace!

"What’s next for Ryan Lovelace? At this point who knows? Every­thing comes up organ­i­cally so I don’t plan too much out aside from when and where I’m going to meet peo­ple."

Photo: Lightner

Lovelace

I love this photo Morgan took of Lovelace with his 11' Glider.  Common belief is that a rock was responsible for Ryan's head trauma, but I just have a lingering suspicion this thing had to be the culprit. 

Pickled She Hull

Check out Tyler Warren blazing on Ryan Lovelace's She-Hull.

Can't wait to see the footy! (Screen shot from J. Smart's TW Experiments)

Fishes

Lovelace unveiled his new fish today, so I figure there's no better time to unveil ours.

It's been on the racks at the shop, but has yet to appear in the virtual world.

The new {Pogie Fish} by Almond.

Greatfhull Sled

Also known as the Dead Sled, Lightner's new super hull via Ryan Lovelace.

I've been hearing about this board from Lightner and Lovelace for 2 weeks and how it was going to blow my mind.  Well, I finally got to see it in person yesterday, and it was every bit as impressive as they had described, and then some.

Photo: GiG

7 feet and stringerless, insanely thin rails, a more breathtaking outline than a swimsuit model, and flex fin that could only be classified as a slingshot.   I'm waiting for a break in the weather to take my turn on it.

And, if I haven't been relaying enough insanely good information in one day... here comes another gem:

I've been talking a lot with Ryan Lovelace, and we're working on some brand new collaboration hull designs that he is going to shape for Almond.  They're going to be insane...  I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Grass is Greener "She-Hull"

Here is an amazing collaboration that Lightner and Lovelace put together for the Grass is Greener Project.

She is a 7' x 22 1/2" x 2 3/4" Diamond tail hull that will blow your mind.