The GNARSHIRE

POSITIVE ENERGY LIKE

2010-12-09T15:13:00.000-08:00

Revelation...

2010-08-25T20:13:00.003-07:00

Sharing waves is a lot like sharing women.. Some people are into that, and thats cool... But it's not really for me... Unless I'm sharing women with women, then it's all gravy... Think about it..

good stuff

2010-08-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

Aww Skeet Sket Skeet

2010-08-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

....

Put thephone on ya butt it's the booty all
And I'm comin' ta bust nuts on all ya'll
Speedin' like a demon on 101 South
It's Nigel S. Peppercock tiger comin' out the cuts.

Let the weekend of fun and shred begin. Brrraaaaaaaaaaaaap

Shoots

2010-08-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

nigel's wednesday

2010-07-29T10:24:00.001-07:00

First he surfed a secret point break north of town...

Then he bought a bike. he could only afford one of those 5150 kikkers. bummer...

then he hit the log for some tip time. lookin' good nigel!! yea bra!!!

You Think You're Core?

2010-07-29T09:31:00.001-07:00

2inches 2deep

2010-07-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

Dedicated to Esteban:

try drugs here:

2010-07-26T15:57:00.000-07:00

Drugs + rap + football = this:

take a chill pill or the pilldozer will get you

2010-07-23T15:00:00.000-07:00

Ty Segall :: My Sunshine

chill out

2010-07-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

____________

you can be my occy anytime you want

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the kinks- village green preservation society

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Sorry, that was rude

2010-07-23T09:05:00.000-07:00

*

*Only ten people read this blog. Thousands of people from all over read yours and look up to you. Our hulls aren't nearly bladed enough, nor are our lifestyles soul enough to amass a large enough army to kidnap Barack Obama, tie him up in nothing but a loin cloth, and drip hot wax across his.... Errr, I mean Nobody is going to pack up their Bayliner and head up from Newport from reading our dogshit ramblings. Actions speak louder than words.

Interconnectivity of Stuff and Things Sometimes

2010-07-19T22:24:00.001-07:00

i want to be (do it)

2010-07-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

i wish i could be there in the front row two hours into two hits of acid

here i would be fifteen pints into a car wreck

ecstasy and or high grade cocaine

stone cold sober

NIGEL ON CCTV

2010-07-15T14:33:00.000-07:00

I was worried about what Nigel was up to when I was out of the office so I had CCTV installed. Here's what I found...

for chris only

2010-07-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

duke part 2

2010-07-15T09:38:00.001-07:00

Birth

2010-07-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

there i fixed it for you

2010-07-14T16:03:00.001-07:00

Dank Tattoo

2010-07-14T15:10:00.000-07:00

woody guthrie's birthday

2010-07-14T14:33:00.000-07:00

"Woody Guthrie tore everything in his path to pieces. For me it was an epiphany,like some heavy anchor had just plunged into the waters of the harbor."
Bob Dylan

bob dylan-this land is our land)

free to decide

2010-07-13T10:08:00.001-07:00

..............................

at some point, i'm sure nigel's father had one of these. put some racks on it and rack up some blow. let's surf malibu.

the cranberries- free to decide (which harley to buy)

surfing needs it's own axl rose...

hole- malibu (nigel and axl doin blow and gettin blown by hole)

we have our own salinger. he lives in australia now.

the kinks-sunnt afternoon (could not find the other song about oz)















............

OMG we are all the same....

2010-07-12T15:36:00.001-07:00

.....

fucking dude

.......

btw, this is something i used to really like and just stumbled upon again....

wreckless eric- go the whole wide world

Enforcers

2010-07-10T21:00:00.000-07:00

Then

And Now

nigel has a girlfriend

2010-07-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

So no more of this:
the misfits- where nigel dares

Because he found this:

blood for blood- love song

the magnetic fields- all the umbrellas in london

:<

gnarshire shape off

2010-07-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

Over the past few months, The Gnarshire has quietly gathered the greatest minds of the surfboard blog universe and pitted them against each other in a winner takes all shape off. Even though there were no restrictions on materials or type of surfcraft, everyone submitted the same polyester resined stubby displacement hull.

Here are the results.

All photos taken by skinny art guy with a plastic camera purchased from Urban Outfitters.

Enjoy...

Our first submission came from 7 year old shaper/ songwriter/ photographer/ painter/ socialite Pauly Consworth. Unfortunately, we were unable to get an actual photograph of his submission. Pauly felt that his board was better expressed through mixed media collage. His friends all shaped the same board as Pauly and in the end, nobody could remember which board Pauly had shaped and which collage was of the board and which one was a depiction of their last trip to In N Out . Luckily, their girlfriends all shaped the same exact board as them and were photographed from 1603 different angles with 423 different lenses. This was the only photo that left the eyes dry from blood caused by the viewer tearing at them.

Up next is our 86 and 93 year old team from the Fanciest Garage In The World blog. Here they are in the famous garage going over the dims with a 17th century radial compass width finder from FoamEZ ($465.23 msrp). The board was shaped at the NASA satellite office in Thousand Oaks over the course of 14 weeks. Oddly enough, the guys felt that their experience was made for a classical oil painting. The two posed for 2 weeks so their famous painter friend, Manual Chinisky, could do the portrait. Well done lads.

Here are the goofy twins from I Surf All The Time blog out of Encinitas... or Newport... wait, Santa Cruz. They never actually shaped anything themselves. Instead, they went to Clam Surfshop and bought the 'Shape your own board kit', which includes a finished Dan Little 'Chicken Wrap' model board with sticky paper to print your own logos at home. After making a few calls to their bros in the industry, the boys stuck on their signature tail pad and submitted their entry. Way to go bros!

We were not shocked to find out that none of our contestants could surf very well... in fact, at all... so we teamed of with our friend from the Chick Surfer blog to be the test pilot. Here she is on the 'Girlfriend' board.

Here she is the 'Fanciest' board.

And on the 'Bro' board.

We were blessed to have Dirk Whitehead be the judge. Here are the results...

Well you heard it. Dirk said what we all knew deep down inside. Nobody wins and may god have mercy on our souls....

Simmons Appreciation

2010-07-08T19:51:00.000-07:00

Am I doing it right?

nigel is just bummed

2010-07-08T14:50:00.000-07:00

BREAKING NEWS: When not attending classes at a major university, Nigel and his gang of punk rock nihilists play a game involving Smirnoff ice. Nigel is very proud of this game. Nigel sees it as original and perhaps even counter culture. Too bad these rad bros beat them to it:

homos icing homos

Funny that none of those bros wear leather jackets and my wife's yoga pants... oh i mean jeans. There are a lot of different bros, but they are still bros and all part of the larger brotality. Keep on it Nigel.

He is bummed that he can never be the whitest man is show biz...... check this shit out....

ATTN Bass Fiends: SWR Head for Sale

2010-07-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

SWR 550X

Overview

Not too much and not too little – our 550x is just righteous, providing world-famous SWR® professional tube preamp tone and 550 watts of full-range power in a convenient two-rack-space configuration. Loud enough for just about any gig, and simple enough for the most plug-and-play bassist, with our exclusive Subwave sub-octave effect onboard, the 550x is a powerful tool in any bassist's arsenal.

Features

Features: 550 watts @ 4 ohms, classic SWR tube preamp with Aural Enhancer, Subwave, studio-quality three-mode XLR out (direct, direct + Subwave, line) with ground lift and level pad, three-band active EQ with variable midrange, automatic limiter with defeat option, side-chain effects loop with blend control, tuner send, speaker on/off switch, Speakon® and 1/4" speaker outputs. Footswitch for Subwave effect included.

19"W x 3.5"H x 14.5"D, 26 lbs.

Yadda yadda yadda. I've owned this head for a few years now, testing it's might through every cab setup imaginable, and have never had a problem with it. I've owned AMPEG's, Eden's, etc, but for have never been able to match the versatility of this unit. Plug in, adjust levels to desired tone, and rock out. I've come into some pretty hard times, and would hate to see this go... But the kids gotta eat.I'm asking $450, and it comes with a certfied Nigel S. Peppercock certificate of approval.

South Swell

2010-07-07T09:49:00.003-07:00

2010-07-07T09:49:00.001-07:00

rob y slatz por vida

2010-07-02T13:11:00.001-07:00

summer krewzin

2010-07-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

nigel and i used some junk bikes to make some summer cruisers. they are from the retard collection. available this summer at target and wallmart $7669.00 msrp. there are two previously acquired retards as well....

rock lobster

big baby bitch

big black

the fanciest man in the world

on the topic of bikes, a new bike shop opened up downtown. real nice stuff:

More bike radness....

broseph jackson

Nigel wishes he had these bars

Esteban is Kidding Himself

2010-07-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

Esteban is kidding himself if he thinks he can run, swim, and ride his way into not finishing last place at the triathlon being held at the end of the month. While he's out there chasing his dreams, I'm not sure if I should attempt to sabotage him, or sit back and watch his blackened lungs, failing liver, and gelatinous gut do all the work for me.

Hydrocozone on tha hands free fone

2010-06-30T13:40:00.001-07:00

5'2 Fish-Simmons

2010-06-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

Alt. Wetsuits Bum Me Out

2010-06-28T13:10:00.000-07:00

JFA - I Don't Like You
(Not individually, but collectively)

the duke is bummed

2010-06-28T11:16:00.001-07:00

hating on the hated (for sport)

2010-06-23T15:29:00.000-07:00

black heart procession - shame i never told you about the diamonds in your eyes

this song is good but not great... like longboarding... and surfing in general

things I could use

2010-06-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

want / lust

US WON FOR 9/11

2010-06-23T09:30:00.001-07:00

MERICA

im feeling gay and sad today

2010-06-21T09:12:00.000-07:00

feeling like stars and horses.

I always like these guys when i am sad and gay. also, i have hair like the singer, though mine is almost black and totally unintentional. stay straight and happy america.

2010-06-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

get outta here

2010-06-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

striped wetsuits and

2010-06-04T20:45:00.000-07:00

striped wetsuits and cameras are for:

Seriously, leave that shit for mimes and Japanese tourists....K?

2010-06-02T14:54:00.000-07:00

endless bummer

2010-06-02T11:13:00.000-07:00

Actually, he's Elvis, but I bet he always wanted to be Nic Cave. This is a great band that went by a couple different names (WU LYF) from Wales. 'don't call the police'

Vagina Wolf-Nic Cave

Fuck smelly healthy smiling side glancing hull riding self centered too serious hippies
(i too have hippie tendencies, but i am working on them)

Deadbeats-Kill The Hippies

Dave is really a dancer. He was hoping to dance on water. The lessons were expensive. Dave can't dance on land unless his friends are too drunk to remember. The 10 year old hanging heals made him feel large and clumsy.

The Smiths-Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Mental illness runs deep in some families. Sometimes it can feel like a black cloud over your head. Even when you're at the beach with a sick ass log.
Ratatat-Party With Children

RIP Gary

2010-05-31T21:47:00.000-07:00

Your small presence has cast a large shadow over all other celebrity deaths.

What does summer mean to you?

2010-05-29T12:51:00.001-07:00

Where can I even begin talking about summer? Summer is one of those majestic times in the life of every man, woman, and child. For some, it is a time to forget about responsibility, and embrace the inner-ape. For others, it is a right of passage. It's that first kiss. It's that first time waking up in a jail cell after a good night out with the boys. It's that fast summer-lovin'. The only thing I love more than summer is the NRA, red meat, and 'Merica, which coincidentally go hand in hand.

This is what summer means to me:

Not naming spots - Summer pt. 2

2010-05-29T06:11:00.000-07:00

Photo: Burkard

Favorite summer place (above) and favorite summer song:

Beach Boys-California Saga Big Sur

Song comes off the 1973 album, Holland. You should probably go find it on the internet.

Un-Bonus:
Just found this photo from a trip up the road from there. We probably brought too many people, but fuck it. We had fun in the clean little sharky waves. Two songs. One for the song in my head as I forge a 2' RAGING TORRENT and a second for the song in the 3 guys heads in the line up when we show up like kooks.

Heron-Sally Goodin

C.W. McCall-Convoy

Things for summer (in no order)

2010-05-27T08:37:00.001-07:00

For full summer effect please play the rad song below:
Yuzo Kayama-Violet Sky

please, anyone feel free to donate any of the above.....

2010-04-08T09:52:00.001-07:00

$300: 6'3 Point Concept Flex-Tail HULL

2010-03-18T08:31:00.000-07:00

http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/spo/1649057903.html

'Help me fund my alcohol-induced binge of a surf trip. Need to get this thing sold so I don't have to trade my organs for tequila. Board is in perfect shape, ridden a handfull of times. Seriously, beer. '

Seriously guys, beer.

Leaving Friday.

Hooch.

Two Tickets to Paradise

2010-03-16T12:38:00.000-07:00

Off to the Holy Land of El Scorpiontipodrillo

Here's a photo of my uncle Jihad al-Bin Suka Diq enjoying the spoils of the Holy Land

Which would you be?

2010-03-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

GNASHIRE BOARDSURFS: NEUTRAL BUT NUTTER

2010-03-13T23:10:00.000-08:00

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The New Kooks on the Block are blowin' the lid off of this motherfucker in the year twenty ten with Nigel and Esteban's newest Neutral Nut Butter (r) designs. Two models will be available: The Nigel Model (The Hornito) and the Esteban model (The Tip Drill). The only options are spraypainted, or clear sanded. Glass ons only. We're breaking this stupid pig trend by widening our noses because that shits too hard for us to surf. We're also blading our rails for maximum hydropenetration. No wait, I'm lying. Bladed rails are fucking stupid. Tom Wegener told you so.

Prepare for the Tesicular Holocaust.
On the REAL, Nigel y Esteban out, Saggots.

Have You Seen Me?

2010-03-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

When CJ's not too busy getting chased out of Baja, or having his fins stolen, he enjoy riding fixed gear bikes, participating in the fine arts, making beautiful music, and drinking quality beer. However, as of recent months, there have been no web-edits of him doing fancy nosegrinding tricks, and therefore Nigel is not only sad, but curious to see what has happened to his beloved CJ.

I have created a list of possible reasons for his disappearance:

1) Ate too much Mexican food and exploded

2) Got hit by a train

3) Got hit by a car

4) Got hit by an airplane

5) Got hit by a dick

If I could create a Venn Diagram to further help understanding:

shred ass

2010-03-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

o snap

2010-03-05T10:21:00.001-08:00

UPDATE: scientists at the gnarshire lab have discovered a strange object in the photo above. At this time, NASA believes it to be severed merman's penis. Mermen penises are of course protected under the endangered dick act, so ultimately this could be handled by the FBI or CSI. We will keep you posted....

I Drew Esteban

2010-03-05T09:30:00.000-08:00

it's friday night ....

2010-03-05T07:29:00.000-08:00

you should party with these guys:

Water's a'Movin

2010-03-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

Catch it while you can....

2/11/1963

2010-02-26T08:56:00.000-08:00

There's only two things in this world that get me all hot and bothered: girls, booze, death, poetry, and Slyvia Plath. If necrophelia wasn't a crime I would be dryhumping eyesockets right now. Actually, if I had the money to fly to GB I'd be dryhumping eyesockets right now. Buy my boardsurfs so I can dryhump.

2010-02-24T09:28:00.005-08:00

you suck and

2010-02-22T13:56:00.000-08:00

are a lacking a few things that would make you more tolerable to others. Here they are.

Weight Loss

2010-02-18T21:54:00.000-08:00

She's thinning out...

Bladez for $ale

2010-02-16T09:27:00.000-08:00

Due to the riding price of methamphetamines here on the streets of the Gnarshire, I need to unload a few boards to support my [alternative-to-surfing] habits.

First up:

6'10 Andreini Hull

Custom from Marc for a trip that fell through. Rails are more foiled and belly is more defined than anything you'll find on the racks. Brand new, never ridden. Comes with fin.

Next up:

6'2 Lovelace Flex-Tail Hull

This board is nuts: fast, foiled, and funtastic. Don't mind the mess left by my racks, this board is in perfect condition.. Plus, you get a genuine Gnarshire paintjob, which increases both speed and awesomeness. Comes with blastastic custom foiled flex-dangled fin.

Sad to see these go, but they need a better home than what I can provide. I'm not very good at pricing things, so make some offers if you're interested. Will consider trades.

thursday doom day

2010-02-11T12:16:00.000-08:00

Lets get stoned.....

Crazy Ex-Girlfriends

2010-02-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

Will saw your bike in half..

Also,

Feb 3, 2010 9:08 PM

"How is that the only thing in front of me is a toilette and i piss in my shoe? Rujujfrrjrj fuck my a$$$$$$$$$$"

tuna hates you

2010-02-04T15:27:00.000-08:00

The amazing art of Dick Dale

2010-02-03T07:50:00.001-08:00

I can't really find the words.....

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

2010-02-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

It could be my new hormonal medication, or the sex-change operation... But this makes me :'( :'( :'(

Who has not learned this the hard way?

2010-02-02T13:06:00.000-08:00

Have a nice weekend....

2010-01-29T12:43:00.000-08:00

Hellions and Harlots

2010-01-29T06:05:00.000-08:00

Slater is even creepier this way

2010-01-28T08:00:00.001-08:00

As if dating a college girl and getting massages at 3am is not creepy enough.....

Fickle is...

2010-01-26T16:11:00.000-08:00

I don't care about posting pictures of this spot. It never breaks. You could sit there for years and never see it this good- and it's not even THAT good. It's the novelty factor that makes these bad photos so good. I have no idea who these guys are either. They were having fun before Nigel came out and pit bossed it in his retro wetsuit jacket....

Fresh Prince calls a TV show

2010-01-25T13:19:00.001-08:00

LOL SLATZ

2010-01-22T07:36:00.000-08:00

FIRST LOL CATZ AND NOW LOL SLATZ.......

RAIN AINT NO THANG

2010-01-21T18:04:00.000-08:00

big wave day at a break near you

2010-01-20T14:20:00.001-08:00

Haven't you heard?!? It's going to be huge out there!!! HYPE THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYTHING!!!!!

When you have had enough of the hype, take Big Wave Day Bingo out of your pocket and have the only fun you're get going to get. It's going to be crowded, blown and dirty. Fuck it, play bingo instead....

Click it to make it bigger, asshole.

Note: This game is best played at Rincon, C- Street, Swamis, Cardiff, etc...

Drawing Classes with Nigel S. Peppercock

2010-01-20T13:43:00.001-08:00

Mystical-ass Dragon

Pimpraffe

Sonic The Hedgehog

CatDog

Tom Waits

All of these are for purchase from the Guggenheim, leave me a message for details.

Stay Rad Pony Boy

2010-01-20T09:26:00.000-08:00

It's raining like a mofo out there. The surf is as big and messy as I have ever seen it. There is only one thing to do. Stay rad and wait for Friday....

And if you can't wait until then, try getting rad indoors as demonstrated below:

Gnarshire Presents: The Return of the King

2010-01-19T14:00:00.001-08:00

Eat my unwashed testicles, internet; I'm back.

On behalf of my part of The Gnarshire, I would like to maintain that the new and improved Nigel S. Peppercock will bring 69% less surf-related updates, and 420% more awesome-related updates. When torrential downpours plague your shire, what else is there to do?

This crazy swell / Groundhog day

2010-01-15T06:59:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago the swell started off like this:

Went to this for awhile:

And now we are here:

work sucks when you are next to a fickle point ...

2010-01-12T16:42:00.000-08:00

that is breaking....

I suck at many things and taking pictures is one of them. Life is another. I tried to video a wave from the top of the point all the way into the cove. Apparently, there is a different button for pictures and videos. I thought that i was videoing the first photo (which came out pretty good) but only snapped a still image. The others are the same wave as it wrapped into the cove. I hate working a couple hundred yards from this when I'm actually busy.

Not a secret at all, I'm sure everyone knows where it is.....

Top of dickface point

Mid-shaft point

Inside the ass face cove

Same wave, three different guys all getting more and more donkey-esk as they move into the cove. I hope today is horrible and stormy and you all get the hep. Tomorrow will hopefully be sunny and perfect and you will all have to go back to work with yellow eyes.

asshole

2009-11-03T15:23:00.000-08:00

so this guy owes me some money for making a movie about me...

Pumpkin Patches

2009-10-25T04:58:00.000-07:00

We have been to three pumpkin patches / Halloween parks so far this year. Here are some phone pictures of them.

Nigel is again foiled by gravity

2009-10-15T11:59:00.001-07:00

Why do you hate Nigel so much gravity???

Also, do yourself a favor and make it to the 8:18 mark.....

Esteban

Nigel is again foiled by gravity

2009-10-15T11:59:00.000-07:00

Why do you hate Nigel so much gravity???

I ate Taco Bell

2009-10-09T14:08:00.001-07:00

And had straight-up, hell-raising, black-metal diarrhea.

It's the weekend and there are waves.

2009-09-18T10:57:00.000-07:00

Stop looking at the internets and go surf.

Feel free to use the equipment of your choice.

You suck regardless of what you're riding...

Old, but good.

2009-09-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

The Gnarshire is on hiatus.

My deepest apologies.

xoxo

Nigel S. Peppercock

Ode 2 Haiku

2009-09-03T08:50:00.001-07:00

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Butter your biscuits

Daddy's coming home tonight

A bakers dozen

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friday....

2009-08-28T15:12:00.002-07:00

friday....

2009-08-28T15:12:00.001-07:00

Surfing Pigs

2009-08-27T20:18:00.000-07:00

Is all the rage..

Ode to flats-stalls

And some Spring cleaning...

hooligan and a scholar

2009-08-25T15:35:00.001-07:00

Pending Big Dogs Clothing Sponsorship

2009-08-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Big Dogs, FUCK YA!

Pig 4 Sale

2009-08-18T11:17:00.001-07:00

Selling the pig. Will entertain offers, trades, beer, etc.

shot of detail radness:

Obligatory model shot:

Proof of purcha$$.

Note, these photos are from when the board was brand spanking new. It's still in outstanding condition. The reason for selling is that daddy needs a new pair of shoes.