YUSUKE HANAI

Influenced by the 60's and 70's music scene, He makes his debut by painting the signboard of the Bar & Grill "The Road & The Sky"
inYokohama. His illustrations have received attention not only in Japanbut in the U.S. as well.

Place: Look at my painting and fill up your imagination 6'0"x18 1/2" x 21/4"

I think it turned out pretty good! This was my first time to put my artwork on a surfboard.
I have received positive feedbacks from people. This painting was inspired by the sensation and feelings that I like when I am surfing in the ocean.

MORIYASU AOKI

Participates on many surfing contests and starts his career as a surfing photographer in the late 70's. He is an active surfing
photographer providing his work for many surfing magazines and he is also the leader of the R&B band "TEST RIDERS"

Place: pipe Back door. 6'0" x 22 1/2" x 2 1/2 "

My first impression was that I thought it was beautiful print.
When a surfboard is laminated with glass cloth, it gets a glossy-look on the surface similar to that of a photograph. So it worked perfectly without ruining the mood of the photograph. We laminated the photograph on the deck of the board, and I was amazed with the beautiful results because this is actually a difficult thing to do. I don't think I'd want to put wax on it. I think it is a good idea to create artistic-like surfboards like this one. Even if it is not meant to be ridden, they would look awesome as a decoration object on a surf cafe or something. I personally would like to laminate a pinup of a playgirl on the bottom so that people can only see it when I am ripping. People would be like "Doit an aerial so that I see the whole photograph" This photograph was taken sometime between the year 1979 and 1980 when I went to the North Shore for the first time. The guys in the photograph are Mark Cunningham and others who were charging the pipelines.

MITSUYUKI SHIBATA

Makes his debut as a surfing photographer in 1977. Chosen as "The Photographer of the 80's" by Asahi Camera. Currently working on
Add editorial, Films and TV commercial projects.

Place: San Diego, L.A., Cape Cod 6'6"x21 1/2"x 2 1/2 "

I thought it was wonderfully done. It was beyond my expectations. I was amazed of how beautiful the board looked. We all discussed the new possibilities both for creators and for surfing artwork. It doesn't even have to be a professional photograph. You can put anything that you like to any board that you want. This can expand infinitely. It would be awesome to see more boards like this at the beach. Almost all of the photos here have been taken in California. I combined some photographs together and created a unified look. When you laminate them, the whites in the photograph turns transparent and you can see the white urethane foam beneath and it almost looks like a beautiful white sand beach. From now on, I think there will be photographs taken exclusively for surfboard lamination.

TOCHI SATO

An active photographer working in a wide variety of fields such as surfing, skateboard, snowboard advertisements,
magazines and web sites.

Place: Malibu Beach 5'6"x20 1/2"x2 5/16" ROCKDANCE EX series EX2 /Shaper: Koji Matsumoto

It's beautiful! I am blown away.
I am just happy that my photograph has turn into a surfboard design like this.
This photograph was taken last year. And it happened that when I was capturing the blue Californian sky, a sea gull made a guest appearance.

HIROSHI SAKUMA

He depicts the scenery and beach life of his hometown, Shonan, and he puts messages toward the ocean into his dreamy paintings.

Place: Shonan River-mouth 5' 7 "x20 1/2"x2 5/16"

It was fun to look at the finished board.
The actual artwork was bigger than the board but I think it was cropped nicely. On this painting I depicted the Shonan River-mouth inspired by the Haleiwa Beach in Hawaii.

MITSUHIDE FUNAKI

He is a versatile and active pro-surfer, photographer, reporter,essayist, designer and painter.

Place: California 203cm x 54cm x 6.9cm Dick Brewer Surfboards Shaper:Masao Ogawa

It is such a wonderful thing to create surfboards like this. It looks as if it were a mirror reflecting the wave on the surfboard. The print
quality is astonishing. I was once again impressed by the Japanese technology. I have been recently hanging out with Donavon Frankenreiter and he told me that he also wants a board like this. From now on,designing your own surfboard should become as casual as adding a tattoo to your body. I worked hard to capture the sunrise on this photograph.
Now that I use a digital camera I can check the photos and shift the angles much easier bur still it took me like 2 or 3 years to capture
this one. This is the kind of shot you only get once in 2 years. I have put a lot of time and effort, which I think it gives an artistic value
to it.

DENJIRO SATO

He is known as a photographer who captures mysterious moments is the
ocean. And he was chosen as the "Best Surfing Photographer in the World"by the "Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing."
In recent years, he has been active traveling all over Japan holding slide shows.

Place: Banzai Pipeline "Mark Cunningham body-surfing" 6'6"x22"x2 1/2"
Shaper: Mame Masuda

Wonderful! My photograph is been laminated on a surfboard. I want to ride this board! More of this kind of art-surfboards should come out! I captured this moment when Mark Cunningham was underwater. It came out vividly and it almost looks teal thanks to the quality of the print. I also want to show my appreciation to my beloved surf brother, Mame for shaping the board. Aloha!

TAISUKE YOKOYAMA

He becomes a photographer triggered by a photograph he took at Inamuragasaki during the70's. Now based in Kamakura, he keeps
being active capturing portraits and themes related in surfing, which is part of his life style.

Place: Inamuragasaki 254cm x 49.8cm x 7.9cm Dick Brewer Surfboards Shaper: Dick Brewer

I was touched when they laminated my photograph into the surfboard shaped by Mr. Brewer. I was super happy. The photograph was taken at the INAMURA CLASSIC so I think it matches Mr. Brewer's board perfectly. And I think it is a valuable photograph not only because of its beauty but because today Inamuragasaki would be packed of people on such a surf day. When you see a photograph of a great wave without no one is riding it, you can fill your imagination and think of how you would ride that wave and almost feel like you were in that wave. I hope this board will go to the hands of someone who understands it. And I hope that, that person rides it on a special day. And if that is at "The Day" at the INAMURA CLASSIC, then awesome!