Not so cuban linx..

My buddies Johnny Knapp (White), Juan Jose Heredia (Pink) shreaded the Brooklyn team to victory at the 5 boro surf contest this weekend. Juan was riding his trusty little Quevz

Juan as seen above, applying for dual citizenship of Brooklyn and Queens. Those of you who know me know I grew up living between Brooklyn and Queens. The 5 Boro NYC contest puts a bi-boro fellow like myself in a difficult position. With one foot rooted in BK and the other in QB its hard for me to figure out what team to go for in a battle of the boroughs contest, especially when friends are surfing on both teams, head to head, riding my boards. Ha! Even though Juan "Quevz" Heredia and Johnny Knapp took it for Brooklyn and Queens did lose, Chris Caiazzo was shredding hard on the Duster Bouglass. In the end all the matters is "Reppin ya boro!" If theres a bar of wax sold in the park, I want in!

Check out the article in ESPN: 5 Boro Surf Challenge (PS: They spelled Juans name wrong)

All photos by Cresitello/ESM

comfortable footing...

Above. My stunt double (Sal) inspecting his extraordinarily overdue birthday gift. This is one of the Grey Ghost x Ducksworth collaboration pieces. One of more to come. Grey Ghost x Ducksworth will be coming out with a few more collaborative pieces so stay tuned...

remnant of winter...

The fall and winter ended up being pretty generous to us this year. Of coarse Andrew and the rest of the Kidman family were in town long enough to get more than a taste of some of the best surf we've had in a year or two. However with the Kidman clans departure was the departure of a swell streak as well. We had weeks of flatness after that. The ocean felt the same way we did I guess. The photos above are of the notorious Quevz of the flesh and foam kind. Getting it in. Pre winter 2009.

Photos Courtesy of: Alexa Miller

more evidence..

Surf a la Quevz and his sidekick, Quevz.

Lens flexing a la Mr. Eric Cooper.

..last week

.painted flowers by Juan Jose Heredia aka "Quevz"...they always seem to keep good thoughts and vibes in perspective.

Juan "Ghost Face" "Quevz" is the king of making the best of nothing waves! i.e. evidence above of homie blasting and slashing in one of the smaller days we had last week. Moments in time frozen and immortalized by Eric L. Cooper.

That is the original "Quevz" Model. The first one off the racks of the Casino. Its still in pretty good condition considering all the places, waves and airs its been through. Its still holding up! Keeping the dream alive!

Brotherly Love

5'3 EPS Quevz model for my brother Sal celebrating his 21st birthday! Happy Birthday!

5'7 EPS Quevz w/ Andrew Kidman inspired earwing channels for myself. Kidman convinced me to try the channeled wings for a little extra bite. I'll keep you guys posted on how it goes.

salt water taffy.

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5'8 * Quad Fish * for Ayay! Como Estas mi amigo!?

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5'8 * Popsicle * for Graham

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5'3 * Quevz * for paisano FroKk! AKA Giuseppe Giamona!

the quevz model

During our magic little swell this past friday Quevz the Ghost face himself was making it happen in front of the lens while Tommy "Wave Dancer" was making it happen behind it. Big ups to Tommy for snapping some amazing photos.

Quevz won another contest on the board this weekend too. He took first place in the Masters division at Gilgo beach on saturday and won best two waves of the day. Congrats dude! Represent!

.quevz and frok.

This new Quevz model shaped for my stylish paizan Giuseppe "Frok" Giammona!

Quevz himself has been riding the board and we've been fine tuning it for maximum shredability. He just got back from Mainland Mex with "The Mini Guinea" himself, Chris "Knuckle Head" Caiazzo where they tested the board in the unfriendly black holes for Puerto Escondido. A new harder rail is being applied and the board is ready for the public and the first advocate of the Quevz way is Frok! Thanks dude! Email some photos of you shredding it!

This board is going to be the first generation quevz model that will be outfitted with 5 fin boxes and will have and option for quad.....the experiment continues..

stay tuned!

Almost forgot to mention that this was an old Clark foam blank!!