HOLY $#!% CHUCKY IS GETTING OLD! Rumor has it that long time Catalyst employee, and surf star (check his part in the new ...Lost Redux movie) Chucky Rigano III, is turning 30 on Jan 9!
Keep your ear to the ground for party details because everyone knows this day won't slip by without a major blow-out going down somewhere. ...Full Story
...Lost Redux in stock now!!! Starring Chris Ward, Aaron Cormican, and Mason Ho putting sub 5’ 6” boards to their limits. Also featuring sections from Shane Beschen, Kolohe Andino, Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith, Ryan Carlson and Ol’ Mr. SL9er himself.
...and for the first time ever seen - Cory Lopez and Ian Walsh at a spot that could instantly change your definition of “the perfect wave”.
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...LOST REDUX IN STOCK NOW!!! Starring Chris Ward, Aaron Cormican, and Mason Ho putting sub 5’ 6” boards to their limits. Also featuring sections from Shane Beschen, Kolohe Andino, Dane Reynolds, Jordy Smith, Ryan Carlson and Ol’ Mr. SL9er himself.
...and for the first time ever seen - Cory Lopez and Ian Walsh at a spot that could instantly change your definition of “the perfect wave”.
Buy it in our ON-LINE Store NOW!!!
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LEE STACY MODEL BY ...LOST SURFBOARDS (W/VIDEO CLIP) We have a full size run of Lee Stacy's in stock. If your dimensions aren't on the floor, we'll call Thunder at the warehouse and bribe him with a Cammo or Steel Reserve tall boy to drive one over from the warehouse a few miles up the road. Sorry, we can't tell you how to get there because Gyr and Thunder will get their panties in a mean bunch. Actually, you can probably trick Chucky into telling you how to get there by telling him Biolos told you to call him (Chucky) for directions. When you show up at the warehouse, make sure to say Chucky sent you. Call him at the shop at 949-492-5721. Remin ...Full Story
Pinky's first window was at Catalyst, his first canvases were on the walls of Catalyst, his first run of tees hung on our racks, and now Pinky's famous (kinda). He's done windows across the U.S. and Hawaii, as well as signings, art shows, and has his own line of ...Lost clothes, both girls and guys. And we must not forget Pinky's real start: Placebo Surfboards. Pinky's the genius (kinda) behind the TV monsters and the "Nothing Is Real" campaign.
HECTORS REVENGE TO PLAY BENEFIT CONCERT FOR DAVE MARTIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND This in from Hector's Revenge:
We are playing a benefit show for Dave Martin, the shark attack victim, at the belly up on Tuesday, June 17th. We are sharing the stage with Tom Curren and a special guest. 60% of the ticket sales will be donated to the David Martin Memorial Scholarship Fund. There will be a raffle with all sorts of surf gear and accessories.
We put this all together for my friend Kevin, who is Dave's Son, and his family. Kevin has been one of my best friends since junior high (I just celebrated my 27th birthday on the 4th), so we've been friends for a while. Also, J ...Full Story
...LOST SHAPES IN THE MEDIA Australia's Lee Stacy has been working with ...Lost Surfboards, putting out shapes that our riders seem to like, as the photos show. As always, there's been no shortage of Mayhems appearing in recent mags. Click "more photos" to view. ...Full Story
WWWD? What Would WARDO Do? IS MY BOARD DONE YET? What do you do when yours isn't? Complain? Yell at Nichole or Chucky? If you're like Chris Ward, you go in the Catalyst board room and pull from stock. But what if the exact size and dimensions isn't there? Then, like Chris, you improvise. Wardo's 5'9 SDIV wasn't ready on the morning of 5/22/08, as he had hoped, for the 'CT event in Fiji. But, there was a 5'11 double bump swallow SDIV with pinched rails that Chris decided would be perfect for weaving through Fijian tubes. Look for Chris to post 10s as he did at Teahupoo on a Catalyst stock board.
PICS FROM BENEFIT PARTY FOR CARLSON MEDICAL EXPENSES It went down on May 14th, 2008 at Killarney's Pub in Huntington Beach. A dent was made in that 5-figure hospital bill, but there's much more work to be done. Stay tuned for more event announcements. ...Full Story
CARLSON: LETS HELP THE GUY WHO HELPS EVERYONE ELSE Ryan is hospitalized with antibiotic resistant staph infection(MRSA). He got it in his left foot from a sea urchin in Puerto Rico. He also got it in his right knee from a spider bite in Ca. Ryan has no medical insurance & the first few days have already cost him $15,000. The hospital bills are growing daily. Ryan & his family are going to need some serious financial help to get through this. To donate for the time being you can send your donations to Ryan's home, 225 Detroit ave. Huntington Beach, Ca. 92648.
If you would like to donate through pay pal, the pay pal email address is help_carl
Shane Beschen blew up on his ...Lost shortboard model, The Deal, while Australian style-grom James Wood won the heat with solid surfing on his ...Lost Lee Stacey model.
After posting an 8.0 and 6.33 in yesterday's Round of 168, Beschen scored a 9.0 and a 5.93 in the
Round of 128. His 5.93 would have been an 8-something if he had completed the crazy fins-free turn/air/slide he dug a chop on at the end of.
WEARE\'S WARE? Long-time Mayhem-shape rider David Weare won the 6-Star WQS event in his hometown of Durban, South Africa. In the man-on-man final with David was San Diego's Austin Ware, riding a board Matt Biolos made for him, which was glassed and sanded here at Catalyst. So think about that the next time you come in here whining about the resin smell. ...Full Story
WHERE CATALYST STUFF ENDS UP... W/VIDEO CLIP Pro surfers can be a forgetful sort. They mean well, but they often need a little help with odds and ends. And that's were Catalyst comes in.
Hey Gorkin, forget to bring a fullsuit to California for the WQS Lowers event, held in April when the water's hovering around, say, 56 degrees? No problem! Swing by Catalyst and grab an O'Neill Psycho 2 and you'll feel like it's New Smyrna in July.
What's up Cory? How've you been? Oh, you're going to Cabo to shoot photos? Sure, grab a couple of the newest O'Neill wetsuit tops, rashguards, etc... Wait, aren't you shooting photos for, um, O'NEILL!?
James 'Chilli' Cheal has added several models to his '08 quiver, including the A2 Curve, which is the template usually being ridden when you're watching 'CT guys going looney at Snappers.
The CN Curve draws from Chilli's original curve and outline, but with the every day surfer in mind. Still very much a high performance surfboard, but a bit more forgiving for non-WCT mortals and less-than-ep
...LOST SURFBOARDS 2008 VIDEO BREAKDOWN We broke down the 2008 catalog into board model sections with separate clips of Matt Biolos giving his descriptions and surfing footage. We also transferred the files to clear, tight, hi res versions of the youtube clips previously only available for viewing. Click here, to see our handywork. ...Full Story
VIDEO CLIP: TREVOR SAUNDERS HB PRO JUNIOR Catalyst team rider and occasional rider of ...Lost surfboards pulled off the rack (including one magic XTR Ward model), Trevor Saunders, was in form throughout the Ezekiel Junior Pro division of the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jack's at the Huntington Beach Pier held March 26-30.
Trevor posted the second highest score of the Pro Junior, a 9.6 in the semis. The highest was by Tanner Gudauskas, a 9.7.
Trevor also had the second highest heat total of the Pro Junior, a 17.35, which he posted in the semis. He posted the ninth highest combined total as well, 15.25, in the quarters.
JASON MILLER =5TH AT VANS HB PRO The 2008 Vans Pro Presented by Jack's, a WQS 2-star, commenced on Sunday, March 30th in Huntington Beach. Catalyst rider Jason Miller out-styled the field (including those in the final) on his way to an =5th, or 3rd in the semis.
Matt King had his advancement through the quarters on lockdown, that is until Austin Ware got the 4 he needed to move into second and bounce Kinger into 3rd.
Other guys ripping on Mayhems include the aforementioned Austin Ware who went on to the final, Luke Davis, Blake Jones, Ted Navarro, Devon Tresher, Matt Keenan, Ryan Briggs, Andrew Doheney, Brandon Guilmette
CLIP OF JIMMY METAL PITTS Check out this clip of Catalyst team rider Jimmy Metal Pitts surfing to some mean Judas Priest. We thought it appropriate to include the lyrics toJudas Priest's tribute to Metal Pitts along with his clip:
Judas Priest - Metal Meltdown
Something's calling; In the night; Electric madness; Roars in sight
Heat is rising; Blazing fast; Hot and evil; Feel the blast
Out of control; About to explode: It's coming at ya
Here comes the Metal Meltdown; Run for your lives; Can't stop the Metal Meltdown; No-one survives
Raging fury; Wired for sound; Nitro bombshell
Shak
JASON MILLER AND MATT KING INTO QUARTERS OF VANS HB PRO Catalyst team rider Kinger squeaked by Cory Arrambide while Catalyst and ...Lost Surfboard rider Jason Miller continued his winning streak. Matt is also riding a ...Lost in the event, and will face Kyle Ramey, Austin Ware, and Heath Walker in Quarter #2. Jason hasn't been seeded yet, but will be in either Quarter #3 or #4.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to watch the webcast.
JASON MILLER WINS STACKED ROUND OF 64 OF HB VANS PRO Catalyst rider Jason Miller won a very stacked and wave-filled heat in the Round of 64 in the Vans Pro WQS 2-Star in Huntington Beach. Along with Sunny Garcia, he will advance to the Round of 32. Not advancing were Kiron Jabour and Brian Toth.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to view live.
Andrew won his Round of 128 on the SD-IV as well. Looking smooth, fast and on rail, Andrew is the only competitor riding a four-fin. (Richie Collins might be on one too, but we're not sure.)
Photos and video soon.
Go to http://www.vans.com/vans/events/pierclassic08/ to watch live.
ENTER THE CHUCKILUPPO T-SHIRT CONTEST We recently stuffed the store full with new styles of tees, and if you can guess which sticker on Chucky's board is his newest sponsor, we'll give you your choice of one free tee. Click 'More Photos' for a larger image. Email entries to info@catalystshop.com. ...Full Story
10 MINUTE CLIP OF GORKIN, WARD, SLEIGH, AND CORY RIDING PLACEBOS Placebos are made with Flexlite surfboard technology, which is a composite molding process specifically designed for surfboards. Composite boards originated with windsurfboards; Flexlite took into consideration their years of trial and error with the technology, while tweaking it to create the flex needed for performance surfboards to, well, perform.
Flexlite consists of an EPS foam core with a high-density PVC sheet foam wrap for durability. For proper flex, the PVC tapers as it extends to the rails.
In this ten minute clip, Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican rides the Gorkin Quad, Ward and Sleigh r
More of these guys: Tom Curren, Trevor Saunders, Nate Yeomans, Adam Melling, Yadin Nichol, and your friend's mom were getting shacked and shoved while you were doing your other friend's ugly mom.
You probably finished watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, and came to the conclusion that Gilligan was the smartest one on the stupid island, and it was him who was pulling both Ginger and Maryanne. Just look at the picture; Ginger and Maryanne are totally hanging all over Gilligan. And look at the smug look on his face. After all, it is GILLIGAN'S Island.
NEW CHUCKY PHOTOS Chucky's in the water pretty much every day, whether it be Lowers, Creek, HB Pier, or Newport. Here's some recent stuff of Chucky on his SD3 squashtail. photos by FiatSurf.com ...Full Story
Placeboman Introduces the Flexlite Challenge Presented by ...Lost Energy Drink Placeboman will be touring Florida for Spring Break in the O'neill RV putting on a series of events where each contestant will have to ride
a Flexlite Technology board of their choice. We will have all the Flexlite models available from Placebo, Chilli, Cole, Cordell, HF and more.
Each contestant will surf two heats and the best two combined waves will be scored with the top six scores making the final. Each finalist will receive cash and prizes with the winner getting $150 and a brand new Flexlite of their choice.
Cory Lopez, Asher Nolan, Josh
Sleigh and other pros will be along for t
CHUCKY ENTERS... POLITICS? Things can get kinda slow in the store this time of year, which leads to great finds like this photo of Chucky we found saved on the computer desktop. Apparently, he harassed Nichole to take the posed shot for his myspace. We found such staged antics to be very politician-like of Chucky, and couldn't help but wonder if he was trying to make some sort of deep political statement to help him score chicks on myspace.
The more we thought about it, we started seeing more and more parallels between Ohio Senator Dennis Kucinich and Chucky. For those of you needing the 101: Dennis Kucinich is th
You were probably watching reruns of Gilligan's Island, wondering why no one was banging Maryanne or Ginger. Maybe you came to the conclusion that the Skipper was too fat, Gilligan was androgenous, and that if the Professor was so friggin' smart, he would have talked those two (the girls, not Gilligan and the Skipper) into a three-way within the first week of landing on that stupid island.
CATALYST GROM TAI STRATTON Tai Stratton put in a good showing at the Salt Creek stop of the WSA, finishing 3rd in the 11 and under division. Look for Tai to take that momentum into the next contest. ...Full Story
Benn Dunn, CJ Hobgood, and Julian Wilson have all advanced to Round 3 on boards shaped by James 'Chilli' Cheal. James is a friend of ours, and we have the deepest selection of his boards in the US.
'08 Chilli Models:
A2 Curve: Tried and tested by the world's best on both the WCT and WQS, this rocker is made for high performance surfing. A low entry rocker flows through a longer, straighter middle section, which creates all the natural speed you'll ever need. Increased lift in the tail rocker enables you to put the board an
THE SDIII BREAKDOWN W/VIDEO CLIP Some of the Catalyst guys who surf like pros (in their heads) have been riding the SDIII religiously over the past six months. We ride it 2" shorter than our standard shortboards. Where the SDII has a relaxed, flatter rocker, the SDIII has significant entry and tail rocker, allowing it to be extremely responsive for tight-radius turns in the pocket. A bit of extra width in the mid and hip regions allow for ease of speed generation in gutless surf. Basically, when you're at T-Street, you can hop across the flat sections to the little bowl sections, and, once there, be able to do a half-decent t ...Full Story
The Comp-4: Sometime last year, one of our employees who thinks he can surf asked Biolos if he could get a Whiplash with a quad set-up. Biolos responded that he's been making them for a while and they're called the Comp-4, to be released in the '08 line (true story).
The Comp-4 is a high-performance shortboard with a rocker template in line with the Whiplash. It has a lot of holding power in big hollow surf, which is its forte (Ward's 10 at Puerto in the X-Games was on one). It also performs well in surf in the head-high range. The tracky nature of a quad causes it to want to be ridden w
2008 ...LOST SURFBOARD MODELS IN CATALYST We spent the better part of a day recently at the ...Lost Surfboards warehouse cherry picking the best of the best. When it was all said and done, Chucky had sixty new boards to log, sticker, and organize.
If you've been by the store lately, you most likely watched the video below in our boardroom while getting buzzed on resin from the surfboard glassing going on in the next room.
We'll have copies of the DVD for you to take home and study soon. Until then, check this out:
WELCOME TATE MISIASVEK Tate recently moved to Oceanside from Ventura. He surfs well and likes our boards, so we decided to put him on the team. Hopefully, he's better at staying out of trouble than the rest of our team... ...Full Story
GROM SHAYNE NELSON WITH SOME NEW PHOTOS Huntington Beach High School and Catalyst team rider Shayne Nelson has been lucky enough to log some travel time over the past year, including South Africa, the Mentawais and Hawaii. ...Full Story
Attacking the waves with reckless abandon were the fine young gents of the Youth Division. From the first heat to the finals, these lads were blowing up with huge hits, 180 reverses and little barrels.hit Local San Clemente standout and long time CSF competitor Trevor Thornton ripped his way to first place, followed by SC friend and neighbor Jeffrey Mircheff, with Jesse Johnson of Dana Point taking third.
THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE CHRISTIAN FLETCHER AD The board Christian is holding in this Kooka, we mean RVCA (tell Alex Knost we said hi!), ad is a 6'6" ...Lost XTR Parabolic SDII with the logos photoshopped off by the marketing geniuses at RVCA. We know this because Christian got it at Catalyst the day before he left for Bali, where the photos in the ad were taken.
We, as well as a lot of customers, will have a hard time forgetting that day, as Christian's hand was as big as a balloon due to a spider bite. He was on painkillers and antibiotics, creating an interesting speech impediment. He offered his well-meaning advice to board shoppers
EXTENDED PRESIDENT\'S WEEKEND SALE! It has been pointed out by various sources (actually, just by one owner) that we blew it with our half-ass flier. What we failed to convey is that there are fifty brand new ...Lost, Chilli and MR boards at ridiculously marked-down prices at Catalyst. These boards have minor cosmetic blemishes, such as slight yellowing around fin boxes, stringers, or laminates, which do not affect the integrity of the board. The Marko Parabolics are amongst the favorites.
For this reason, we are extending our sale through February 24th.
Do you know when President's Day is? If you can tell us the co
IT\'S MY PARTY AND I\'LL...FROWN IF I WANT TO? You might be getting sick of seeing pics of people having tons of fun at parties you weren't at, so we decided to show you some pics of us NOT having fun. We went to Fred's in Dana Point to celebrate ...Lost Girl SoCal rep Tracy's (a.k.a. Stork) roommate's birthday recently. The birthday girl's name is Heatherbird (it's a real nest over there), and she's the new receptionist at the ...Lost Clothing headquarters. The # there is 949-428-2800, so everyone should make her feel welcome by prank calling her. ...Full Story
...LOST IN NICARAGUA ...Lost Surfboard riders Chris and Shane Selfridge and friends got shacked in Nicaragua recently on their ...Lost board from Catalyst. ...Full Story
CHILLI COMING TO CALIFORNIA - GET A CUSTOM BOARD SHAPED CHILLI COMING TO CALIFORNIA - GET A CUSTOM BOARD SHAPED
Press Release from Hotbatch Surfboards
You now have the opportunity to get your own custom Chilli Surfboard shaped by the legend himself, James Cheal!
Shaper to the stars James “Chilli” Cheal will be coming to California for 1 week and will be shaping a limited amount of custom boards sometime around the end of January.
Chilli is here to promote his new expanded line of boards which includes the pro model “A2”, his always popular performance shortboard the “CN” along with the new “Chilli Quad”, “Chilli Fish” and “Step Down” ...Full Story
Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed the expression session nude and then ran up the beach with his shorts on his head. Thank God someone brought some excitement to an otherwise lackluster World Juniors. (We probably wouldn't say that if one of our riders made the final)
Pablo Pablino won for the second time, while Tonino Benson placed second. For complete results go to ASPWORLDTOUR.COM
Photos courtesy of ROBERTSON/ASPWORLDTOUR.COM
1/3/08
Mason Ho won his first round heat against Hawaii's
An underground local at Uppers; if you surf there, you know who he is.
Jason Miller doing a few turns at Lowers.
Luke Davis doing a few airs at Lowers.
Brandon Ragenovich turning and tubing around SC.
Shot by NickHead and Gavin.
Editing by NickHead Productions.Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed the expression session nude and then ran up the beach with his shorts on his head. Thank God someone b
...LOST CHRISTMAS PARTY ...Lost Clothing took over the Galaxy in Costa Mesa for a Christmas celebration the other night. Catalyst didn't realize they weren't exactly quote-unquote "invited." Luckily, we had Santa Chicken with us, which helped us look legit enough to pass through the door people.
Metal Skool rocked the 80s while ...Lost employees rocked the open bar. Click 'More Photos' for proof.
12/13/07: It's not completely official yet, but it looks like Chris has his re-qualification bid pretty much on lock-down. Yesterday, Chris posted a 9.0 and a 9.07 to knock out a very in-form Shane Dorian in what was the highest scoring, and most exciting, heat of the event thus far.
Today, Chris beat Pipe-specialist Gavin Gillette by riding some Backdoor foamballs in windy, tricky conditions.
How many don't care what result they need in that last event to requalify?
Yup, you guessed it: at least one, and it's San Clemente's Chris Ward. The surfer's surfer, Chris is far more concerned with getting tubed than World Tour points. Even more, he's not shy about it.
Chris don't lie. See for yourself.
And about the photo: What's REALLY Goin' On in Chris' head in Hawaii? photo by Tupat
The following words and photos courtesy of www.FutureSnowboarding.com
Lucas Magoon is no longer broke.. and he's got $10,000 in hard earned cashola to prove it.
The 3rd Annual Beanies & Bikinis Rail Jam went down on Saturday, November 24th at Mission Beach's Belmont Park in San Diego. Participated in by over 40 competitors and comprised of a three feature, Jack Murphy designed jib setup (down box, down-flat-down rail and straight rail), the SoCal snowboarding proved entertaining and a welcome dose of snow act
JASON MURRAY PHOTOGRAPHY AND DREW BROPHY ART SHOW AT SALON BLEU Former Surfer Mag photo editor, Concussion Skateboarding Mag publisher, prolific freelance surf photographer Jason Murray and neo-surf art imperialist Drew Brophy teamed up with Salon Bleu in San Clemente to put together a fun night of food, drink, culture and all around hipness. ...Full Story
Other guys were on 7'4 through 8'0s in Cory's heat at Sunset, and Cory won riding his 6'10 Mayhem Mini-Gun glassed and sanded right here at Catalyst. Ward's currently in his heat on, you guessed it, a ...Lost Mayhem Mini-Gun.
DEC 15TH: SANTA CHICKEN AT CATALYST! Who needs the crappy mall-Santa when we have SANTA CHICKEN? Bring your ungrateful brat to sit on Santa Chicken's lap. Your kid might start off crying, but once the brat's buzzed from Chicken's whiskey breath, there'll be no more tears a la Johnson And Johnson.
Stop by for bands, booze and broads, 'cause it's Christmas time at Catalyst!
NEW CLIP: GORKIN NEWEST CATALYST TEAM RIDER Aaron Cormican, aka Gorkin, has joined the Catalyst ranks. He used to hang out in San Clemente often, but has settled in to his hometown of New Smyrna, Florida.
Our Melbourne Beach, FL location will probably be trying to claim him as their rider, but they can suck it. Listen up guys, Gorkin's international and we'll claim whatever rider we feel like claiming. Oh, and you still have redheaded step-child status until another Catalyst opens.
We poached the following verbage and video clip off the ...Lost site:
November 27, 2007. HIRED, FIRED, RE-HIRED. Aaron Cormican is back on.
Biolos' friend in Japan hand made a small run of fins. The few sets that are in the U.S. are only available at Catalyst. They are a fiberglass/honeycomb construction and available to fit both FCS and Future fin box systems.
According to Biolos, these are the best fins in the country right now. They are based on his favorite templates, construction, and are hand-painted.
Trying to shop for some jerk who has it all? We can guarantee the aforementioned ungrateful jerk doesn't have a set
We're trying to scale down our tendency to have fun at Chucky's expense, so we'll only tell you about one of Chucky's misfortunes:
Chucky waited impatiently for several months for his new quad shark to arrive. When it finally did, he had to stare at it every day while at work for weeks as he saved to pay it off.
The day finally came that Chucky was able to afford his new board, and it just so happened that there were waves at Lowers. It seemed Chucky's luck was fi
These go for $35 to $70 and make perfect Christmas gifts. You'll look like you emptied your wallet on your chick, but actually saved enough money for that mini-gun you've been drooling over for Black's this winter.
VIDEO CLIP: HIGHLY AMUSING COLLAGE OF THE KILLER DANA PINKY ART SHOW Catalyst showed up at Pinky's art show at Killer Dana in Lake Forest recently. For those of you who don't know, Pinky is the man behind the TV-monster art on the Placebo surfboards. He also freelances t-shirt designs for ...Lost, as well as others. Check him out on our artist page, or go to www.PinkyTaylor.com, www.Placebo1.com or www.PinkyPop123.com.
Brought to you by the fine people at Nickhead Productions.
Catalyst heard from someone's brother's girlfriend's sister who works at ...Lost that Carlson called and said Mason surfed the expression session nude and then ran up the beach with
WEIRDO SKETCHES NICHOLE IN BAR Nichole has a lot of fans and admirers, from 10th graders who think they have a shot with her to local homeless dudes who shower her with gifts (and by gifts we mean flowers pulled out of the dumpster next to the flower stand across the street).
It seems that her fan-base has expanded to pen-wielding creepsters in poorly-lit watering holes. This piece of art was delivered to her on a napkin.
There are a few aspects of the sketch that Nichole isn't too happy about. See if you can find them. Click on 'more photos' for a better image.
PINKY ART SHOW WRAP-UP Catalyst showed up at Pinky's art show at Killer Dana in Lake Forest recently. For those of you who don't know, Pinky is the man behind the TV-monster art on the Placebo surfboards. He also freelances t-shirt designs for ...Lost, as well as others. Check him out on our artist page, or go to www.PinkyTaylor.com, www.Placebo1.com or www.PinkyPop123.com.
Don't forget to click on 'More Photos' for a shit-ton-o-fun.
Highlights include Timmy Curran's airs and backside tube, Cory Arrimbede's air reverse, Losness' super-tight top turns, and Matt Keenan breaking his Xanadu while duckdiving, only to have a friend run to his car, pull out his Mayhem, paddle it out to him, and then get a left and pull a couple big turns.
Check out Ratboy's rat-flop. We're not making fun of him, as he rips four waves after the flop. Sorry Rat, but it's a classic one. Catalyst shared some good ones with Rat o
ART SHOW 101 The recent art show we put on featuring Mike Losness and Christina Scannapiego was our first attempt at being truly artsy-fartsy. As many of you are aware, we're pretty good at buffoonery. But we're trying to expand our horizons, and since one of the owners of ...Lost and Catalyst is an artist (Matt Biolos), and ...Lost Surfboards is known for being art-forward, it only made sense to put on an art show. We made a few mistakes, which, hopefully, we'll learn from.
Here's a list of do's and don'ts we compiled.
Actually, it's a list of don'ts. We're still working on the do's part..
Many have responded to Chucky's statement with something to the effect of 'Chucky, you've never had a clip in any surf video, ever.'
Of course, Chucky refers the reality-impaired nonbeliever to the Chuckumentary.
The only problem with Chucky's logic is that there is one copy of the Chuckumentary in existence.
And it's sitting in his room...
Chucky now has a legit clip, and we can all be sure it will make the next Chuckumentary, due for release mid-November, just in time for the holiday shopping madness. Reserve your c
Catalyst went to Oceanside recently to cheer on friends in the GvR etnies contest presented by ...Lost Energy Drink.
Highlights include Timmy Curran's airs and backside tube, Cory Arrimbede's air reverse, Losness' super-tight top turns, and Matt Keenan breaking his Xanadu while duckdiving, only to have a friend run to his car, pull out his Mayhem, paddle it out to him, and then get a left and pull a couple big turns.
Check out Ratboy's rat-flop. We're not making fun of him, as he rips four waves after the flop. Sorry Rat, but it's a classic one. Ca
CHUCKY IS IN TRAINING! Whether Chucky named himself "Chuckiluppo" (after Mark Occhiluppo) or it was given to him remains an unsolved mystery, but we can all rest assured knowing that Chucky most definitely wants to be Occy. First the nickname, then the release of the Chuckumentary (blatant ripoff of the Occumentary), next the fake Australian accent after a few beers, and now the onion incident. Chucky heard that part of Occy's training is eating a raw onion daily. We're not sure who planted such a ridiculous seed in Chucky's perfectly round head, but we'd like to shake the hand of the rouser, as said seed blossomed ...Full Story
We're featuring the art of Mike Losness and Christina Scannapiego. We're also trying to pull together some food, music, beverage, and other stuff that you'll like.
3 to 7pm at Catalyst, on the corner of Pico Ave and El Camino Real in San Clemente; 949-492-5721
CATALYST/...LOST/CHICKEN WILLY PARTY FRI OCT 19! This is a must-see event! Chicken Willy will be opening for Pato Banton tomorrow night (Friday, October 19th), playing an acoustic set. In case you're too young to remember Chicken, he hosted the early, ground-breaking ...Lost videos "What's Really Goin' On" and "What's Really Goin' Wrong."
(Go to 'More Photos' for a larger image of the flyer.) The event is at the OC Tavern, located at 2369 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente. Phone: (949)542-8877
Check out the clip below for both versions of Chicken's song.
More Chicken Fun Facts:
He's back in San Clemente after a several-year hiatu
NEW VID CLIP OF BRETT SIMPSON Brett Simpson was down at Lowers recently ripping, as per usual. The waves in this clip are all from a single session.
Brett often rides Mayhems, as well as Timmy Pattersons, Hamishes, and many other boards. He carried a shitload of boards down this particular morning, and our video guy was too hungover to pay attention to what he was riding and when.
That hungover video guy is none other than Nick "NickHead" Horobec, made (not really) famous by the Catalyst story titled "What's Wrong With Nick Horobec." Take notice of the intentional segment of Brett showing his T
MORE PEOPLE RIDING ...LOST AND OTHER BOARDS WE CARRY We keep over 300 of every ...Lost Surfboard model in stock at all times. We also carry Placebo, Chilli, Mark Richards, Cole Firefly in FlexLite and Aviso, all ...Lost Aviso models, Cordell Aviso models (soon in FlexLite), and tons of spoiled pro team trades
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DRAGON MYSTERY TOUR/CATALYST BBQ THIS WEEKEND! After two successful stops of the Dragon Mystery Tour Of Surf in Encinitas and Santa Monica, the 3rd and final showdown happens this Sunday, September 30 at Trail One in San Clemente. The event is a uniquely formatted expression session, where surfers sixteen and under surf for Dragon and Adio's pros. The surfer who performs the best will receive a "huge" contract from both brands for flow for a year.
The winners of the first two events include Cooper Jones from Encinitas and Josh Stone from Santa Monica, who ripped their way to signing on the dotted line. Who's next? Just get down to Tr
Bums make the store stand out; no matter what, they are always around spray painting the ramp and fixing stuff that should be in the dumpster. They also flatter Nicole by bringing her flowers.
DESCRIBE YOUR SABRE SALES REP:
I guess my Sabre rep is pretty cool, but he would be a lot cooler if he put the shades I can rock in my store. I like the ones that fit a weird shaped short bus head!
Johnny Thunderfoot has trouble telling the difference between Peter and Tom Curren (even though Peter's goofy and Tom's regular, not to mention many other defining characteristics), but from here out, he can just remember that Peter's the one who dresses up in a suit, tie, and duck mask. And Curren's the one who doesn't.
We would give credit to the photographer, but What a Duck! magazine didn't bother. We're pretty sure it was shot by Jesse Wicker.
IT\'S AUTUMN YEOMANS, NOT ASHLEY! Ashley, uh, we mean Autumn, dropped us a line to let us know that her name is Autumn, not Ashley Yeomans, as we called her in a previous art editorial. Sorry Ashley, uh, we mean Autumn...
Apparently, there's some talent running through that Yeomans DNA, as Autumn is the younger sister of the sort-of-above average Nate Yeomans.
NOW IT\'S TIME FOR... CHICKEN\'S VOTE All kinds of stupid shit is always going down, and someone needs to document it. And Chucky wants Chicken to host it. Email us newsandevents@catalystshop.com and vote Chicken back in the coup! ...Full Story
Shaper Night is being postponed for various reasons. Feel free to call Nichole at the shop tomorrow to find out why. 949-492-5721
BUT, we will have Chicken Willy BBQ-ing, homeless dudes getting wasted and talking nonsense, and groms buckling themselves on the skate ramp.
Oh yeah, we had posters made out of Chucky's centerfold and he'll be here signing them!
September 14th from 5pm til whenever, Matt Biolos, Mark Richards, James Cheal (Chilli), Herbie Fletcher, Cordell Miller, and Cole will be on hand to talk tech with the public. Hopefully, we'll find a band
DRAGON MYSTERY TOUR ENDING AT CATALYST! The Dragon Mystery Tour is a way for unsponsored kids 16 and under to showcase their skills in an unconventional, un-judged format and (maybe) get sponsored.
The San Clemente event is September 30 at 7am. See www.DragonMysteryTour.com for more info.
But this picture that is in the Boost Mobile Pro insert in the October 2007 issue of Surfer Mag suggests otherwise. It appears that Shortbus is a grom Kelly fan like any other...
Shortbus fun fact: that's Wardo's leash around his neck.
Ignore the dates on the flyer, we just haven't gotten it together enough to make a new one, or even change the dates of the old one. We're too busy making fun of Chucky: putting others down makes you feel better about your own shortcomings. Try it! It really works.
We're filling up Thunder's truck with new boards with blems from the ...Lost Surfboard warehouse to sell cheap as shit, uh, we mean economically sustainable, cost efficient, and non-wallet-anorexi
CHUCKY AS...CENTERFOLD?! Chucky may be a lot of things, but no one ever imagined he would be in a chick mag as a centerfold. No one except his girlfriend, Sheila, who submitted the studly pic. Sheila, a.k.a. Chickilupo, didn't have this to say, "Chuckilupo is one fine piece of ass. All you hussies out there better step off, 'cause he's my fine piece of ass." In case you, the stupid reader, didn't catch the 'DIDN'T have this to say' part, we completely made up that quote.
There have been many real quotes in response to the unlikely sight:
...LOST ENTREPRENEUR In the July 2007 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, there is a profile of Caroline Graeff containing an image of her holding a ...Lost surfboard. She's profiled for her launching of Imagine Marketing Agency, an action sports marketing and PR firm based in Manhattan Beach. Her sales in her first year were over $300,000, an impressive feat to accomplish no doubt.
The article titled "Action Pact" by Sara Wilson states that "It takes skill to sell to a youthful segment that often rejects commercialization, but Graeff has the right touch." By "has the right touch," does Sara mean the sweet long
VIDEO CLIP: CATALYST/...LOST ENERGY DRINK SKATE JAM The first annual ...Lost Energy/Catalyst Skate Jam went off on Saturday, June 30 and, quite possibly for the first time in Catalyst history, we put on an event without getting in trouble. Chad Shetler handed out $1,000 (with $615 going to Adam Dyet) in cash during the Best Trick Contest thanks to ...Lost Energy Drink, Fallen, and Hoven.
Edited by Chad Shetler
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SICK NEW CHUCKY SEQUENCE! The pic to the left is what Chucky's referring to when he compares his turns to Occy's. Click 'More Photos' to see the Chucky turn he SHOULD be referring to! (Note: Occy is not very good at riding bicycles.) (Note about the note: We completely made-up the Occy/bicycle thing.) ...Full Story
Join us for the ...Lost Energy best trick contest, this Saturday June 30th here at Catalyst. There will be a huge street course and mini-ramp in the parking lot and Pat Duffy giving out Benjamin's for bangers! You can bet the tall-boy in Thunder's hand that there will be plenty of good skating going on.
Joining Pat Duffy are ...Lost team riders Paul Machnau, Kyle Berard, Danny Fuenzalida, Adam Dyet and many more... With 10% to 25% off all skate product in the store, ...Lost skate team pro demo, free BBQ, and a huge product toss
FALL \'07 BOARDSHORTS AND TEES ONLY AT CATALYST! We have a bunch of tees and trunks that are in the Fall '07 line in stock. These styles are currently exclusive to our store, so come check'em. There currently aren't photos on the ...Lost site of them, so we're gonna have to make Chucky and Shortbus do a not-so-professional photo shoot. Stay tuned! ...Full Story
NEW CATALYST MODEL If someone figured out how to combine Ginger and Maryanne's DNA, they would most likely spawn something that looks a lot like everyone's favorite counter girl, Nichole. She's our little girl-next-door, but with a little ginger and spice thrown in. It's also probably pretty safe to say that in this analogy, Chucky represents Gilligan. So does that make Thunder the Skipper? And who will represent the rest of the characters?
Regardless, Nichole is cute, so we've decided to make her our new model. Here's a few images of Nichole modeling some Fall '07 pieces, which will be available sometime in A
SOME MORE NEW CANVAS Chris Maslow of Slow Inc and Scott Metzner of Metz Designs brought by some new canvas recently. Enjoy. Mike Losness is due to bring some stuff, so stay tuned.
Canvas to left is a two-piece titled "Raining Bombs" by Metz.
HE\'S BIG, SCRUFFY, AND HIS DEMEANOR CAN BE EDGY In the June 2007 issue of Surfer Mag there is a feature article titled “Turning The Corner” written by Chris Mauro. The article is thorough and well written. Our only real criticism is the misspelling of Biolos’ name as “Biolas.” Biolos is referred to and quoted through a good portion of the article:
Matt Biolos is strutting through the dusty halls of his San Clemente surfboard factory feeling pretty good these days. He’s got an endless supply of blanks from a number of imported brands and start-up companies hoping to capture some of the business Clark left open. While lingering the hall
The Catalyst building was constructed in the mid 20th century. Its original use was a church, thus the long narrow shape. It was later turned into a print shop and was filled with old school Heidelburgs (vintage printing press). Finally, in about 1970, Steve Boehne leased the building and put the first Infinity Surfboards shop and board factory in there. This lasted a couple years until Rick James and the infamous James Gang took over and the name changed to Rick James Surf Shop. Rick James is the former Greg Noll employ
If you missed the sale, you're bumming! We sold about 30 of the 50 boards that we robbed from the ...Lost Surfboards warehouse. People that showed up, got hooked up!
Also, a big thanks to Aaron Checkwood and the rest of the crew at Dragon Optics for coming down and throwing down a fat bbq.
Boost big, break your board, come get a new one!
HAWAII MOTO/SURF TEAM RIDER KAI PATTISON UPDATE Kai Pattison is a soft-spoken, humble kid who grew up surfing and riding on the North Shore. We don't carry moto stuff, but Kai surfs better than half our team (sorry Thunder and Chucky) regardless of moto being his focus.
Some recent results:
Surfercross 2006 Moto 1st/Surf 8th (6th overall)
2007 2nd Place in Hawaii state championship points standing (125 open)
2007 Maui championship 125 open 3rd place
2006 Kuaui championship 125 intermediate 2nd place
Race classes: 125 Intermediate,250 Intermediate, 4 stroke open non pro.
NEW SKATE SECTION UP AND RUNNING We recently brought in the not-so-legendary skateboarder (but he skates pretty well) Spencer to be the Catalyst skate expert. We also have a skate demo with Chad Shetler and Pat Duffy planned for sometime soon. ...Full Story
COUPLE NEW GROM PHOTOS Groms should be seen and not heard! We like Trevor Thornton (pictured left) and Shayne Nelson because we don't have to hear too much out of them, when they do speak they are polite, and they always say thank you...oh yeah, they surf pretty well too... ...Full Story
Jesus failed to rise to the occasion in Heat #2 of Round 4 of the repercharge in the Boys Under 18 division. Trevor Saunders took out Jesus Chacon of Venezuala by a healthy spread of 11.66 to 5.06. Unfortunately, Trevors run at a medal stopped in the following round, where he went down to Tim O'Connor of New Zealand and Teale Vanner of Australia.
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Catalyst team rider Trevor Saunders is currently in Portugal contributing to the USA Team cause. We were excited to see Trevor advance through the first round of the Boys Under 18 divisio
TWO NEW B TEAM GROMS Benn Gerhard and Trevor Thornton now ride for Catalyst. Max (Shortbus) and Thunder (pictured left) are our only 'A Team' riders, so being on the B Team should be taken as a compliment! Both are from San Clemente and surf in the NSSA Open division. Trevor is 12, quiet and polite. Benn is 16, not-so-quiet, sort-of-polite, and has a ton of personality/character. ...Full Story
SHORTBUS GETS PERFECT 10 AT CHOPES! Well, actually, his board did, but without him on it. Peru's Gabriel Villaran was awarded a spot in the Teahupoo Trials. A day or two before Gabriel was flying out, he was in the shop and in need of a board. It just so happened that the mini-gun Shortbus (Max) ordered had recently arrived in the shop. Luckily for Gabriel (and Shortbus), Max couldn't pay for his board, and Gabriel was off to Tahiti with proper equipment. So proper, in fact, that he won two heats, scoring a perfect 10 along the way. It might be safe to assume that this will be the closest Max ever gets to scoring a 10 at Chopes! ...Full Story
NEW ARTIST INFILTRATION San Clemente has talent oozing out of every orifice. We just wish we had more room for all of it. Here's some work from some of our more recent finds.
The image to the left is titled "Freedom" and is by Surfline.com Women's Editor Christina Scannapiego.
THE SURFBOUT IS FINISHED; CJ OWNS FINAL ON QUAD You probably know by now that CJ Hobgood won. In case you didn't know, he deserved the win. CJ rode a quad to his obvious victory, while Dayyan Neve, Gabe Kling and Shaun Ward were the three on three fins taking up the bottom three spots in the final.
The general consensus amongst our customers concerning what to ride in junk surf, quad or thruster, has been consistently a 3 to 1 ratio of tri-loyalists to quad-enthusiast. The WQS final (with 3 out of 4 surfers on the WCT) a few miles from our shop only served to solidify the split in opinion ratio.
For those of you lucky enough to not have been here, the 1st Annual Official Unofficial Surfbout After-Party was a huge success--and a huge mess! Maybe it had something to do with us failing to ask the city if it was okay for us to build a half-pipe and a stage and book 5 bands (including Mower, which is borderline death metal) and pack the parking lot full of people (who used all of our neighbors' parking).
Since we ended up with a list of 13 citations, this year, we're replacing the half-p
We're not sure if Riley Metcalf is actually a shop-rider or not, but he does drop off all his used boards and ding repairs. He won his first heat convincingly, posting a 7.17 and a 7.33 for a heat total of 14.50. To put it in perspective, second posted a 4.50 and a 4.17 for a heat total of 8.67. Maybe he's got some good karma from bringing us all that food! (hint hint teamriders!)
Catalyst friend Pete Muscio won his heat as the only surfer posting a double-digit heat total.
...Lost rider Ezra Sitt advanced.
Friends Ryan Briggs and David Giddings (following an im
GROM TEAM RIDER SETS THE BAR San Clemente's Riley Metcalf is a relatively new addition to the ...Lost/Catalyst program. Not only does the 14-yr-old's surfing raise the ante for local groms to step to, but so do his manners. Always polite and grateful, it is clear where he got it from. His mom recently showed up at Catalyst and the ...Lost Surfboards warehouse with trays of food from Sonny's Pizza, much to our surprise. Team riders take note! ...Full Story
The little one-story building at 1755 N. El Camino Real has served as a gathering point for some of the surfing world's top talent for decades. The tradition carries on as shop regulars Kolohe Andino, Leilani Gryde, Mason Ho, Dave Ward, and Riley Metcalf are recognized in Surfer Magazine's Annual Hot 100, which comes as an addition to the May 2007 issue.
TREVOR SAUNDERS AND SHAYNE NELSON FINALISTS AT NSSA HS CHAMPS San Clemente High School senior and Catalyst team rider Trevor Saunders surfed like he was in a 'QS event through the NSSA Interscholastic High School Championships recently. He also sported a meaner 5 o'clock shadow than Chucky, at 28, can seem to muster. In a league of his own, he easily took the win, capping off a stellar NSSA season.
The Cinderalla-story of the event is that of Huntington Beach HS freshman Shayne Nelson. Surfing for HB's 'C' team, he made it all the way to the final, finishing 4th. This grom is a power-surfer and is just beginning to come into his own.
KOLOHE GROWTH SPURT BENEFITS LOCAL GROMS! Freak-grom Kolohe Andino grew a couple inches overnight and outgrew a bunch of his boards. Now Catalyst has eleven of them. Both Mayhems and JS's, ridden and unridden. They are all between 4'11 and 5'0 with glass-on fins and are priced to sell. Groms, you want a board personally shaped by Biolos or JS with extra care put into it? Now's your chance! ...Full Story
CATALYST TEAM RIDER JASON MILLER IN QUARTERS AT 2-STAR IN HB! Jason Miller of San Clemente has noticeably stepped his freesurfing up a notch over the past year. He is now channeling that progression into solid results on the WQS. He got 5th in an event in the Canaries, and made it through his fifth consecutive heat at the Vans Pier Classic presented by Jacks in Huntington Beach. photo courtesy surfline.com ...Full Story
AFGHANISTAN Michael J Baker orders custom from Afghanistan and comes home to sick new ...Lost Surfboard!
We got a phone call from SPC Baker while he was stationed in Afghanistan to, of all things, order a custom ...Lost Surfboard! He called a few times to check up on the board (and artwork) during the six months he had left in Afghanistan, and was always very thankful for us keeping him updated on his board's status. When picking up his board, he dropped off the pic with him holding up the ...Lost Energy Drink can in his Humvee. He signed it "Thanks for everything. You guys were one of the things that
Two-piece band In The Flat Fields played in the Catalyst media room (soon to be part skate section) recently. Everyone was blown away at the sound two half-drunk derelict/dorks could belt out.
They played their first set around 7pm, and it turned out to be a relatively small (~25 people) family affair. The pictures tell the rest of the story...
WHO IS THE REAL TOTO? Dog, toilet, really crappy band, or surfer? Sebastian De Romana of Peru is a long-time ...Lost team rider and a relatively new addition to the Catalyst bafoon bin. He also has the same nickname as a very popular brand of toilets. Apparently, in Peru, the word "toto" means to be tired or take a nap or something to that effect, and as a grom he said it all the time and his dad started calling him that. Either the Toto brand of toilets doesn't exist in Peru, or his dad has a weird sense of humor. In either case, we happened to do a google image search of the word and the first thing we saw were t ...Full Story
ORDER A ...LOST SURFBOARD THROUGH CATALYST AND TALK TO BIOLOS! I, Catalyst, like to speak for myself every so often. Relax, no one put a weird hallucinogen in your twinkie. You really are reading the words of an inanimate object. I was thinking of getting on a soapbox and spouting some hippie "your board is an extension of your soul" crap, but Biolos kicked the box from under me.
Here's the deal: if you order a board through me, I'll put you in direct contact with Biolos one way or another. Biolos started glassing boards in my glass shop when he was a teenager. I've put up with a lot of crap over the years, so he owes it to me to do this one favor for
