San Diego is home to some of the greatest surfboard shapers the world has ever seen. Craftsman since the 1950s have blazed the trail of design but one man in particular has seperated himself from all the others. Rusty Preisendorfer has achieved more...
Phil Castagnola has been a friend of Bird since the day he was born. Growing up as the son of local legend and Select Surf Shop owner Big Phil Castagnola, “Little Phil” watched and learned but not everything was of benefit. Over the years, Phils...
In this first episode we get to learn about Eric Huffman’s journey from his childhood to the present day where he owns and operates The iconic Birds Surf Shed Surf Shop in San Diego. After 50 years in the surf industry, Bird finally opens his own...
FREEDOM STREET GARAGE Jon Ossie of Freedom Street Garage is a local entrepreneur in the Bird Rock neighborhood of La Jolla. Ossie captains the online brand which is a blend of “donation and inspiration” as he describes it. The brand is a...
From the very first skate park, the Carlsbad Skatepark, which opened on March 3, 1976 until now, San Diego has been at the forefront of the skateboard world. While free, public skate parks all but disappeared in the 90s, now there are several dozen...
Have you ever met someone totally randomly through social media? That’s the beauty of modern technology isn’t it? Somehow connecting with people that in no way would you ever cross paths with in real life. And so it was for me when I met a fetish...
Standing with 20,000 people waiting for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to take the stage on a late summer night. The dank smell of sticky weed, spilled beer and dust penetrated the air as the drunken roar of the crowd grew in excitement. Tom Petty...
