a good listen.

goin to SAN O manana..Evan is on his way out with MR COOP right now..surfs up brah

journey to the mind.

just listen, appreciate, and go on a journey with this one

little piece i did a while back. found it going through some old drawings the other day.

one more week this semester. leave on friday after my last final. be in tx friday night in time for 2 of my best buddies birthdays..
gonna be rad to see all the family and friends back home. cant wait. maybe ill score a surf before i leave for tx. been raining the past few days, and the oceans turned brown with pollution from inland suburban areas of LA..

holidaze

living simple. simple living. from Nathan Floyd on Vimeo.

heading north for turkey day

sick song heard on jazz radio long beach..get yo jazz boots on!

heading north to san luis obispo and paso robles for turkey day with scottys family..jrr might meet up with us for some cold ones and leftovers..then hit big NW swell at some new surfspots..

hopefully video/document this trip

venturadventure

cali seshes 2 from Nathan Floyd on Vimeo.

didnt video much this time. but wanted to use the clips either way. enjoy.

swell is on the way. either time ti party or sleep..whichever comes first!

oldskool cartoon clip

some stuff ive been looking at.
henrik purienne does some rad photography-->http://www.purienne.com/
waves were fun this morning in surf class..tons of little air sections. couple little dredgers!
now its time to study business.=2 quizzes today.

ozzywrong(wright)

sipping jetstreams by taylor steele

photo by henrik purienne

anticipating the board

passion pit@ sandiego this thursday

cant wait for the show!! scotty, jrrr, kelly, and i will be drivin down the coast and gettin down!


evan shreddn the gnar at norfpacks

evan @ passion pit at ACL

ventura

cali seshes from Nathan Floyd on Vimeo.

venturasurf.

drove the coastt to ventura meet up with milby and jrr..his studio is tighttt..one block from the beach and one block from the downtownstrippp

picked up my new longboard on my way north and broke it in with some sickkk righthanderss..so stoked

milbster.

jrrr!




nate.

2009 txsurfer recap @ nationals in huntington

a couple of guys came out to cali this summer for nationals. good to meet up with some folks from back home. they represented texas well in the rather difficult conditions on hand.

surfers:
jarrad williams.
albertshannon.
johnjones.
frankfloyd.
codycanzoneri.

ARTSHOW/MOVIEPREMIERE recap.

artshow from Nathan Floyd on Vimeo.

...ultima dia de verano..

summer is no more. come and gone. a memory to be saved. catalogued.
as we move into school mode. we have to be more mindful of responsibilities.ive been out of school for 2 years.
tomorrow marks my first day as a real college student. gotta focus. stay driven.

its going to be hard, with newport firing every morning fight down my road. i feel like im in for trouble as these fall swells start rolling in...

gonna be coming at newport lineups hard. fast. strong. haha

wave been really fun a-frames as of late...clean conditions early..plenty of little fast barrels. good to start your day shacked.

ive been trying to look at waves differently..approach them with no set mind. just flow with it as it fills in on the sandbar.let my subconscious do the surfing..whatever feels right. nothing planned before dropping in..all spontaneous waveriding.

cant wait to get my longboard from hankwarner..hes been shaping me a new log...should be sickkkkk
should look like this paintjob..i dig it----->


a video/song to leave yall dreamingg.

leaving texas.

finally. after almost 4 months of texas summer heat waves and flat doldrums, i prepare myself for the return out west. and i cant wait. the cool crisp mornings of southern california have been whispering in my ears while i sleep. i feel more alive out there for some reason. forget the fact that the weather is pretty much amazing year-round..but i just feel better out there. waves or not, i just enjoy being somewhere different. texas is all i know. and ill know it forever. it will always be home, but its time to leave.

our artshow went great..could not have asked for too much better of a turn-out..230 something people were in attendance..the sushi was obliterated in 20 minutes..the music being spun out by scottyp and marshall influence was drifting through the air all nightt loud and in charge..

both movies were attentively watched, and people were hooting and drinks were flying!

here are some images from the chaos that went down at the house of rock that night!!























leaving for austin tomorrow..say peace to some buddies there, then its out west to met up with scottyboyhaynes. gotta move into the new apartment in newport. empty the storage unit in cbad.. get shacked with jewelz@ riverjetties...all before school starts on the 28th..

nationals is coming up. this will be the first year in around 5 or 6 that i have not competed..ASR after that..

peace off.

*photos by JRRR!

closing in on artshow premiere date

watershot from dancing on water...

the movie is coming along very nicely..pretty stoked with what we came out with..given the flat conditions all summer and no chance for us to take trips because of our poor financial status as vagabonds and college undergraduates haha

stoked to see what tegans been working on...a soulful approach. something we could all take into the water with us!


did my first tow-ats....first surfboard i ever had..5'2
didnt get great footage of the tow-ats..pretty bummed..but it was def. a learning curve behind the lens and behind the ski HA!

soo much harder than i thought haha


AUGUST 13TH HOUSE OF ROCK@ 7:30

BE THERE!

one week before show.

ARTSHOW/MOVIEPREMIERE..AUGUST 13TH HOUSE OF ROCK!Share
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 9:33pm | Edit Note | Delete
doors open@ 7:30

music by jurassicacid aka scottperry. and also performance by Marshall Influence

food by sushibar!

dancing on water..by nathanfloyd @ 9:00
http://vimeo.com/5882639
-this film documents texas surf in the summertime when the waves are generally smaller so we bust out the ole' trusty logs and various shapes collecting dust in the garage..also, got some boat footage from when the waves are ________flatttttt+ extra footage from the Surf Camp for the Disabled presented by the Surfrider Foundation who will be accepting donations all night!

&

a soulful approach..by tegangainan @ 8:00
http://www.vimeo.com/5813090
-this film represents a few tx longboarders taking a trip out west to find some fun waves in a refreshing place. knock off all the stress of school and work, and leave your worries behind! take a soulful approach:
its all for the fun. thats why we started surfing in the beginning!


art by:
GABE, MICAHSTEPH, JRRR, DALLASMCMAHON, CHARLIESURMAN, SCOTTPERRY, KENTCHRISMAN, MATTBARKER, AND OTHERSSSS

$10 @ THE DOOR GETS YOU LIVE MUSIC ALL NIGHT, TWO MIDLENGTH SURF FILMS, SUSHI WHILE IT LASTS, GOOD TIMES AND GOOD VIBES AT THE HOUSE OF ROCK! AND ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHY/ART YOU COULD ASK FOR!


house of rock just renovated their back bar and has a great selection on imports! plenty of beer be flowing as the night keeps rolling and music keeps going! where the night leads, nobody knowing! HA!

come out and support your local artists!

good for all ages!

surfers in videos include:
nathanfloyd. tegan and bubbagainan. jordananderson. evanadamson. corywilliams. frankfloyd. crwebb. jarretfrazier. duncandavis. ryanaddkinson. micahsteph. jrwatson. and othersss

jarrettfrazier


scotthaynes

tegangainan

still nothing...

no new material...slacking.
been working a little more lately..and waves havnt been too hot.
speaking of hot..way too hot to skate...105-110 heat indexes lately!

gotta run to austin for some family stuff...tegan comes back to the coast in a week..filming will resume
plus some water shots...first attempts atleast haha

i need to find a balance between business and playtime...cause i need to get down to business and start editing some clips..been having way too much fun with the crew haaha!! let it continue into austin tonight!

leave ya with something i made for the guys at super...did a sesh with them at seaside in not real good waves..

enjoy.

Super Session, Sea Side Cardiff by the Sea from Nathan Floyd on Vimeo.

summer doldrumss= flat spells

havnt done much video lately..just been working and trying to save some money for a trip. waves have been flat________________!

too hot to skate for the most part, but we are going to hit some ditches/garages soon..

heres a few more frame grabs from some of our earlier sessions.

tegan

nathan

cory


found this band MILOSH the other day off of pandora.com...really diggin the sound

heading south..

taking off right now for southpadre...small ground swell heading that way..taking the shortboards this time..

but here are some frame grabs from some shooting we've been doing..

enjoy.


tegan single-finnin

jordan stylin

nate crusin

DANCING ON WATER...

today marks the first day of logging ( no pun intended) footage for my video dancing on water..
tegan, frankchop, and I went out to northside packery and caught some really fun waves..not the best conditions, but we def. made due with what was to be had..some nice waves were coming though..

here are some still shots from the day..

FRANKCHOP

TEGAN

NATE


much more to come soon..will be shooting for the next 2 months...looking forward to updating this blog nearly every time we go out for some kind of shoot..

ENJOY.

back in TEJAS

well it was not a very eventful drive..but i guess thats good? 20 hour drive from carlsbad california to austin texas..
micah got pulled over, but the tx ranger just gave him a howdy do, a warning, and a have a goodun sir.. was a pretty drive though...for how long it was, it went really smoothly and wasn't that bad..some parts of the land we drove through were just blooming with flowers and just green everywhere..pleasant on the eyess.

got to austin about 8:00 in the evening and went and hung out with some good buddies of ours..went to couple of parties..micah saw the band DREDG at Emos.
our friend from california, JOEY who sings for his band Thieves and Liars, was in town with Dredg..he is their merchandise guy..good to party with a good friend back in our home..met some of scottyps other friends in austin..all good people.

saw a few really good friends in austin..had lunch with emily, rachel, scottyhaynes, jasongrove, and micah...tecate and modelo girls were hanging out free beers..it was great.

we drove back to corpus to find some fun waves at bobhall and packery...
already had plenty of good times..

so far..everything has been awesome. and looks like its going to stay that way.

check the song good time by crystal castles..

getting our deposit back..

our lease ends april 30th.. today is the 28th. 11:00PM..
we are definitely trying to get our deposit back..its around $750..a good chunk of cash. need it for the 1500 mile drive back to TEXAS for the summer.

micah and ashley painting away

micah bashing away at old desk parts..

signatures of all our homeboys

late nights play fights low lights crazy sights...listening to grizzly bear station on pandoraaa..
tomorrow is finish filling up the storage unit, and start cleaning the carpet and bathrooms.
we are pretty broke..so we have rented the smallest storage space available, thus are forced to be selective with our belongings..whats good to keep and what to let go of..been taking tons of things to thrift store drop-offs.

back to paintinggg