'The Ugly Duckling' Tour Dates
Form follows function, performance leads appearance, and thank heavens for that 'cos this duckling is ugly.
When Torren Martyn and Aiyana Powell put out the message that they might need an experienced hand to guide the 35ft sailing boat Calypte up the Malacca Strait and around to Sumatra, sailor and filmmaker Kelly Foote offered to help. While showing Torren and Aiyana the ropes, Kelly started filming and a story emerged.
Surfboard shaper Simon Jones and Torren had been developing a performance-focused twin fin that would work at challenging shallow reef passes and atolls. As the Calypte sailing and surfing voyage progressed, they created a radically different-looking take on a tried and true shape - the Simon Jones Designs ‘Calypte’ model.
'The Ugly Duckling' by Torren Martyn and Kelly Foote is a film that gives insight into how genuine surfboard design occurs when there’s a deep connection between surfer and shaper.
needessentials will be presenting The Ugly Duckling at the following venues - Torren Martyn and Simon Jones will be at each of the shows for a Q & A to discuss their surfer/shaper relationship, surfboard design and the Calypte voyage
Comments
Tomo Vanguard revisited :)
More like Jeff Alexander Gemini ;)
Yep, hope they acknowledge that. Cut nose cut tail,straight rails, narrow, doesn't really matter what the bottom contours are and change the fin configuration for whatever feel you're looking for. Tomo Vanguard.
We need more of these viewings in the WA Margies region, road to patagonia was sold out. There is not much surf here though.