Thirteen incredible artists (I was honored and overwhelmed to be apart of this) teamed up with shapers of their own choosing at the Sacred Craft Surf Expo in Del Mar on October 8th & 9th, 2011. They proceeded to create live art on the boards for a crowd numbering in the thousands at what may have been the finest live art event the surfing world has ever seen.

Each of the boards will be auctioned at a later event with the proceeds benefitting SurfAid International.

The photos on the left were taken at the live event (thanks Kevin Roche!), and many of the boards weren’t even finished… they’re gonna look even better when they’re done! We’ll post shots of the finished boards, along with artist’s commentaries about their own boards, the other artist’s boards, the event itself, SurfAid International and whatever else is on their minds when we track them down in the next month or two.

Stay posted or subscribe to the RSS feed on the Board Art Benefit Site for updates when the finished boards have been photographed and posted here, as well as updates on upcoming showings of the finished work, where you’ll have a chance to see the boards and meet the artists in person prior to the live auction event, tentatively scheduled to be held sometime in Summer 2012. There will be a show coming up to display and meet the artists in San Diego January 2012. More updates to come.

Send me a message of which ones you want. We can also exchange shipping and payment information.

I also have worked with Casey from L.A.S.T and created a t-shirt design to help fund her efforts. Her proceeds from the shirts go toward the rescue and the IMMS.org (Institute for Marine Mammal Studies). You can buy a shirt at her website below.

For more information-
Turtle Hospital-http://www.seaturtlehospital.org/
L.A.S.T-www.loveasteaturtle.com