Art + Function: Gwyneth On The Green Line
He had made a request for his usual escort, the one from his days on the circuit. Big ups to Alec Baldwin for the ichiban narration.
Art + Function: Jamaica By Joe Termini
So I went on a trip to Jamaica with my girlfriend. It was so unbelievably beautiful. We had the best time. We stayed at a hotel in Negril called the Rock House. Here are some pics from the trip
This may be my favorite image from this trip. I like to photograph with this really cool under water camera. It looks like it fell out of a Jacque Custo book. I was swimming through some caves under water. There is a little spot between the two caves you can grab some air before going through the second one. As I was surfacing I snapped this quick.
So this is my girlfriend diving into the water off this cliff right in front of our little villa. It’s so beautiful. You walk out your front door about 10 feet and you have a small patio with a 8 ft. jump into the Caribbean. The whole hotel is set in a secluded cove.
I was snorkeling for about an hour just staring at all this interesting stuff under water. I was in the zone when I heard this funny noise. It was this guy motoring around dropping all this chum in the water. He was drawing these little fish around his glass bottom boat. Then he was catching them and using them for bait. I have to use the word glass bottom boat loosely. It was more like he had a massive hole in his boat that he covered with clear resin.
So this one of the small caves under water you can swim through. All of the colors and the reef are so beautiful there. I felt like a little kid swimming through hulu hoops in the pool again. I must of done it 100 times. It didn’t matter it was just so cool.
Here is the Misses jumping off our patio into the water. It was so great. There is no one around. It’s like sleep away camp for adults.
This was my James Bond shot for the weekend. Amis (My GF) was walking up the stairs in one of the caves we swam over too.
Come on, would this be a Joe Termini blog without me doing something nuts? Amis snagged this of me right before I hit the water. Can you see where I jumped from? Exactly! It was so high and I almost fell off like 6 times trying to get up there.
Art + Function: Taylor Dunfee from Brazil
Art + Function. Heaven and Earth. Mr. and Miss. Older and Younger.
Ain’t Nobody’s (April) Fool Haiku Contest
Spring is upon us. Grills are grillin’, Frisbees are spinnin’, and clothes are comin’ (off). In the spirit of Japanese literature, and amidst this season of change, it’s time to dust off your Haiku writing skeelz. To the winner goes a Hoplite 3/2/2mm fullsuit – the ideal transition piece. Here’s the deal…
1. Get clever and call upon your creative A-Game.
2. Write a 3 line poem: First line is 5 syllables. Second line is 7 syllables. Third line is 5 syllables.
3. The theme (for April) MUST relate to the following theme: “Ain’t Nobody’s (April) Fool.”
4. Make an effort to be classy.
5. Don’t front, Don’t imitate, Don’t copy, never plagiarize. Be original.
6. Submit your work to the Discussion Section of the Matuse, Inc. Facebook Fan Page (www.facebook.com/matusefans) by Friday, April 30th, 12pm PST.
7. Be prepared for critiques/criticism/constructive trash talking. Guard your grill.
8. At month’s end, the poet laureates of Matuse, Inc. will announce the winner of some Premium (the ichiban) Game.
Cheers,
The Matuse Family
Matuse Family Member: Todd Glaser
If you haven’t heard of Matuse Family Member, Todd Glaser, you need to check out Surfer Magazines Portfolio piece on Todd. A talented waterman who’s been charging for years. His hard work and dedication to photography is now publicized the world over. Keep an eye out for Todd’s work in mags and on our website.
Link: http://surfermag.com/photos/flash/portfolio_todd_glaser_surfer/
Matuse Family Member: Luke Rife
Photo: Adam Traubman
Matuse Family Member, Luke Rife, samples his new 5’5″ Super this past weekend at Seaside. Luke says “the board works insane!”
Art + Function: Young Biggie Freestyle
Competitor contemplates his next verse-and then leaves.
Art + Function: Bill Murray x The Wu Tang Clan
From left: The Genius AKA GZA, Bobby Digital AKA the RZA and Ghostbustin’ ass, Bill Murray, AKA Phil Connors.
Liquid Swords ain’t got nothin’ on Groundhog Day.
Matuse Family Member: Luke Rife
Photo courtesy of Jimmy Wilson.
Matuse Family Member, Luke Rife, goes vertical on a Suckouts bowl. The recent SW swell brought some fun nuggets to the SD area. Luke working up an appetite pre-burrito sesh.
Ty On Tavarua
Images courtesy of Scott Winer. Below an email from Ty.
Dear Matuse Family,
Cloud Break was a “no go” for four days due to winds as Cyclone Tomas passed to our east. But the short interval swell had Restaurants breaking the whole trip. Cloud Break came back to life once it cleaned up (Wed – Sat).
Tomas, a category 4 threatened to hit us – but Ernie, my son Bill, Dr. Yiannis Venieri and I opted to not evacuate on Sunday with the other guests. We were alone on the island with the photographer, Scott Winer, a small crew of Fijians and the island management staff. To put this in perspective, Hurricane Katrina was a category 3. It was a bit sketchy as you can see in the satellite images.
On day one, I watched Pat break his board and return to the peak with 2/3 of a board and continue to surf. He was ripping. The other guests arrived back on the island on Wednesday and things returned to “normal”.
Ty