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Here are some of Patrick Trefz photographs from the making of his 16mm surf film “Thread” that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. Thread was filmed in 2006–07 in Santa Barbara (shots of my brother Tom and I in the studio and Sandspit sequence), Greece (trees) and Cabo Verde (surf frame grab). Here’s links to Trefz’s websites that have more of his photographs and info on the film and book. Trefz has a new film in the works called “Idiosyncrasies” set to release this year. It should be a good one.

www.patricktrefz.com
www.threadthefilm.com

A few days before Christmas my brother and I did a big road trip through seven states to see family and to do some snowboarding. We started in Santa Barbara and drove north to the Oregon border, then all the way across Oregon and Idaho, skimmed Wyoming, then drove south through the entire state of Utah in a blizzard, blew through Nevada, then skimmed Arizona before finally arriving back at home. We saw a lot of pretty countryside. There wasn’t a lot of time for taking photos, but this sign in Central Oregon caught our eye.

Today is my brother’s birthday. He’s celebrating it in the air on the way to South Africa for an exhibition with Occy at J-Bay. I’ve been waiting for them to matchup at this venue for years. I hope Tom has a good board.

Amsterdam graffiti and photo courtesy of Alex Kopps.

J-Bay photo: Joe Curren

Photo: Patrick Trefz

From Paztok’s blog: ‘on assignment for SURFER up in the hills of Santa Barbara with the Curren brothers, just moments before the big fire erupted’.