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If you’re around Margate, NJ this Thursday February 18th please come out to the Hope for Haiti event and pick up some great artwork and photography! I’m donating the above painting for the cause. Hope you like it!
CHECK THE EVENT FLYER HERE
I’ll post some flicks of the two tees I’m making! One is for a Haiti Benefit happening this Thursday February 18th. I’ll have a painting and a tee for sale! CHECK THE FLYER!
While driving through North Philadelphia today I heard this commentary from NPR’s Michel Martin on Tell Me More. Her observations are quite profound & so well worded that I hunted down the sound clip just to listen again. Please have a listen.
A couple doodles from a freezing cold night of skateboarding our favorite indoor facility in Philadelphia…Smacked my dome and my back so I decided it would be best to sit the rest of the night out…
For a while there I wasn’t sure when I’d get things figured out! Between work and play I couldn’t seem to find the time to tackle my malware infected wordpress installation and square away some server issues…until now! So welcome back…I’m looking forward to continue sharing with everyone! Not only is the blog back working (although a bit of a re-design is in store) but I’ve also launched nickzegel.com which, for the time being, is going to act as my portfolio site! Please have a look nickzegel.com
Ever since I purchased Thicker Than Water on VHS I’ve admired and been inspired by all projects involving Woodshed Films. After watching the 3 minute and 47 second trailer for 180° SOUTH (an upcoming Woodshed release) I feel just like I did as I sat in the backseat of my Grandmother’s car heading home from the surf shop, itching to pop the ‘Thicker than Water’ VHS into the 15″ TV/VCR combo the moment we returned home.
180° SOUTH’s cast includes the legendary Yvon Chouinard (Founder of Patagonia), Jeff Johnson & Keith Malloy and is inspired by a 1968 trip to Mt. Fitzroy, Patagonia. The same trip which eventually led Chouinard to start Patagonia (the brand). Watch and learn more at 180South.com
*Also if you have the chance read Chouinard’s Let My People Go Surfing, a truly inspiring book!
The two images below have shown up on nearly every hype hip hot cool snob best blog around the past couple of days…And like I mentioned in my last post it’s boring re-posting things that I’ve seen all over the net, however when a series of painted walls gets people excited I think its worth sharing. As my friend Bill said “It’s sweet…” (Check Bill’s recently launched fun little tumblr blog McRight On! where I actually first saw these images) – More info at any of the many links above!
I can’t honestly say I’m bummed that today is my 24th birthday, however this does mean I’m getting older every day and more crippled with every slam I take while riding my skateboard. I’m psyched! I put together a little image for a party I’m throwing (for myself) tomorrow and was happy with how this quicky turned out (10-15 minutes)…On a side note its pretty damn humbling to be watching King James, who happens to be my age, competing in front of a national audience and making it look so damn easy (sometimes). Cheers to the kids in their 20s pushing the limits! There’s work to be done! Bonus Jam Side Hustle™
And if you were wondering, I found these two photos on ffffound
I spent the past couple of days lurking around Brooklyn, meeting up with good friends and checking things out. I got a chance to check out Mollusk Surf Shop and attended the premiere of Thomas Campbell’s new surf flick ‘The Present’…Spent some time hanging out with Mr. Ty Williams and Mr. Rob Kulisek which is always a pleasure, and did some doodling on some discarded books and such…Enjoy
