This is my blog on surfing in the Philippines. Anything surf related, Philippines.
There are so many times I find myself bewildered by someone telling me how surfing started in the Philippines in 2006 or 2003 or in La Union or in Siargao or how the first surf shop was this or that. Come to think of it there are so many Godfathers of surfing in the Philippines that I cant count! This is a blog that will be aimed at trying to set the history of Philippine surfing straight with everyone's help. As a student of history, (not figuratively speaking, I really studied history at UCLA and UP Diliman) I expect everyone to contribute to this blog so we can construct the true history of surfing in the Philippines.
This blog will also cover travel tips and must-know information about surf lesson and hotel prices, food, travel. Ill include site that should be visited in certain destinations as well as things to watch out for. These will all be based on my own experiences of being apart of the Philippine surf industry since 2001.
Some of my posts will be about the art of making surfboards. Shaping, painting, design and different materials that are being used around the world. Ill try to explore the history of surfboard construction and post on current projects that I'm working on to give a real-time experience on how people's contributions from the past effect the surf world that we live in today. Ill post about past projects and early experiments that we conducted here in the Philippines in 2001 as well as the journey to develop a system of making surfboards here in the Philippines that still continues today. Ill also cover diy repairs and give you the knowledge you need to fix your own boards.
I expect this blog to be fun but dark at times as I get pissed on occasion but I will also keep it as bullshit free and as informative as possible. My name is Lui Tortuya and I make surfboards ATBP. I thought it important to state that right from the beginning so you all know who I am.
Years ago a good friend of mine Kage Gozun and I were having breakfast, or lunch (I cant remember cuz it was all the same in those days) at Cloud 9 and we saw a sticker put there by some Brazilian guy that said- Respect Locally, Surf Globally.
Welcome to my blog.
wow!
ReplyDeletei hope i can contribute to your blog in the future. i am yet to learn how to be good in surfing, though. hehe. am still in the process of learning the ABC's, so to speak. i am yet to explore other surfing spots in the country. but i hope sometime in the future, i would have the chance to share stories with you and your followers.
more power sir!