Post #653555 by Tiki Shark Art on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 2:17 AM

DUDE!!
LLT said
"looking forward to seeing the O'Neill creature come to life the film was great!"

Dude! Kenny! It's NOT O'Neill.
It's Body Glove.

There's a big 'ol difference!

O'Neill sold out a long time ago to become a big corporate money making machine that has a big Grey building with a lot of cubicles in it with harried looking people working there under the corporate yoke. They only pretend to be a hip surfer beach brand to sell to teen agers.

Body Glove is still owned by surfers. The original 2 brothers who started it in 1953 were surfers. One of the brothers, Uncle Bob, is still around. I've been boating with him. Snorkeling with him, and had him tell me stories about swimming with a great white shark, and raising a ship wreck in the Santa Monica Bay. Body Glove is a family business. Their sons now work there. One of them, Billy, owns a week end "get-a-way" called "The Freaky Tiki Shack" full of Tiki stuff... and my tiki art. (!) And their grand children now work there. They all are surfers and divers, and wake boarders. There are carved wooden Tikis in their offices! Cool folks. When I go to LA, they let me stay in their place in Manhattan Beach. These are cool beach people. I think they are the last surf brand that has not sold out to become a big corporation. And, so far , there are no plans to do that. That's why I like working with them. They have my tiki art calendars up in their offices, which are only a few blocks from the beach. So, when they made a "monster" movie for the Surf Photography contest, I sort of thought maybe My art was influencing them a little bit... fun stuff. Surf culture. The real deal. Check 'em out http://www.bodyglove.com/

Well, Body Glove's short monster movie won first place. You can see it here: Check it out!
http://bodygloveartbox.blogspot.com/2012/09/body-gloves-disappearance.html

ALOHA!