Post #549460 by Lake Surfer on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 8:40 PM

Thanks guys for your kind compliments again!

Its been a busy summer full of tiki events for me. I started the year on the West Coast and I'll be finishing the year on the West Coast again! The wahine and I are looking forward to spending some time in the Bay Area and vending at the Forbidden Island Parking Lot Sale. I had a blast there back in 2008 and can't wait to get back!

Before that, I've got the Dairyland Surf Classic here in Wisconsin on Labor Day Weekend. The Largest Gathering of Freshwater Surfers on Earth!

I was surprised to open up the local paper the other day and see one of my tikis from Foundation Tiki Bar staring back at me. The paper did a story on tiki themed bars and restaurants in the area. There's a shot of one of my canoes on the wall also.

Lot's going on in the studio these days too as I get ready for the next couple of events.

Here's a Maori influenced guy I did on Wednesday... A chunk of Ash 20" H x 5" W

Today we spent some time down at the beach, so I brought along a chunk of Birch to work on. 27" H x 7" W

Made some decent progress on this Tahitian influenced tiki... super hard birch and a bit difficult to carve sitting on the sand.

I'll do some more cleanup work on him and deepen some areas tomorrow.

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2010-12-05 22:57 ]