Joe Curren Photography | Blog » bob simmons http://www.joecurrenphotography.com/blog News, Recent Images, Etcetera Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:41:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Richard Kenvin http://www.joecurrenphotography.com/blog/2010/08/12/richard-kenvin/ http://www.joecurrenphotography.com/blog/2010/08/12/richard-kenvin/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:13:03 +0000 Joe Curren Photography http://www.joecurrenphotography.com/blog/?p=4098
When I was in San Diego a few weeks back, along with Skip Frye, I also spent some time with surfer/filmmaker Richard Kenvin, staying at his place near Wind N’ Sea in La Jolla. For the past couple of years Kenvin has been working on his mini Simmons designs which are based on the boards enigmatic shaper Bob Simmons made and rode in the late ‘40’s/early ‘50’s. Kenvin explores Simmon’s influence on the evolution of modern surf board design in his work-in-progress documentary film, Hydrodynamica. It was an inspiring couple of days…


Kenvin talking board design over morning coffee


Discussing assymetrical mini Simmons with shaper/designer Carl Eckstrom


Kenvin and Coronado’s John Elwell with the board that inspired Kenvin, an original “hyrodynamic planing hull” made by Elwell’s old friend Bob Simmons in the early ‘50’s


Logging footage for Hydrodynamica


rk — faithfully compiling the facts


Wind N’ Sea

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This spread is in the latest Surfer’s Journal. The big shot was taken at Rincon by Mike Kew. It’s featured in a story written by Richard Kenvin about the mini Simmons replicas he’s making for his new film Hydrodynamica. The boards might look funny but they are really good to ride. They do the best bottom turns ever.

More info here: Hydrodynamica

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