Drew Bropy
As the original mastermind behind the “...lost” surf boards that began showing up a few years ago, Drew Brophy gave new life to the almost forgotten art of surfboard illustration.
From the very beginning, young Drew was building a name for himself, not only as a surf artist, but also as a local hellman in the big surf. In high school Drew worked as an airbrush artist, hoping to save up enough funds to pay his way to Hawaii. His hard work paid off, allowing Drew to catch his plane to the topical Islands shortly after his high school graduation . Drew found that his southern accent made him stick out like a sore thumb, but he made up for it by fearlessly taking on some of the biggest mavericks that an angry Pacific ocean could throw at him. His custom board designs also where making a stir at the beach side, but sadly, not so much with the board shapers . The classic white board and curren rail bands were the current fad, and shapers where leery to use Drew’s unconventional illustrations. As if rejection wasn’t enough, Drew suffered a major wipe out that left him disabled for over 3 months. Unable to work, Drew packed up and moved into his friend’s garage in San Clemente. This seemingly tragic event actually would turn out to be the starting point of Drew’s career.
Noticing a few illustrated boards under the arms of some local gromits, and having recovered the use of his arm, Drew looked for the creator of these boards in hope of finding a job. Directed to the San Clemente Surf Company, it was here Drew first met local shaper Matt Biolos. Shortly after he was hired, Drew convinced Matt to let him run his shop while he was on a business trip in China. Given free reign of the shop, Drew went wild, creating fantastic and beautiful illustrations of sunsets ,surf and sun gods. Drew’s boards flew off the shelves and stared the ...lost surfboard craze.
Drew finds his inspirations from many surf artist , such as Rick Griffen, Robert Williams, and Rick Rietvela, but most of his inspiration comes form watching the Hawaiian surf, sand and sun.
In “On a Wave” by Thad Ziolkowski there are some life changing/shaping lessons in his life. Thad realized at a young age that he loves to surf. At 11 years old Thad looks older than most 11 years old, which allows him to hang out with the “cool” kids after a surf session and smoke pot. Thad learns early on that pot and surfing would eventually grow on him as he became more induced into the surfer lifestyle.
Terrance Hayes “How to Be Drawn” gives his perceptions in on race, culture, family, art, and issues that he had experienced in his life in three parts of the book. Hayes not only describes the struggles of racism for African American men, but he also talks about how we all as one view ourselves and how we believe others view us. The themes that were mostly discussed in this book was race and self. The author tells his story in his poems about the struggles of him being invisible and visible as an African American. There is a great amount of questions that are being asked about how we understand things? How we process memories? Hayes was incredibly creative when creating this book of poems by showing inventive ways to tell his stories by showing
He got a lot of his inspiration from his mother. She loved painting with water colors and making
...o believe in active listening, and now all the arguments I have had with boyfriends, parents, and peers make more sense: people do not like being told how they are doing things wrong. That is a slight misrepresentation, Gottman talked about issues being solved through being polite and gentle. So there are ways to tell someone that they have done something wrong without hurting their feelings. I would like to see more examples of how this is done. Gottman’s research has greatly piqued my interest. I watched as he showed examples of stonewalling and other issues in relationships, and saw my own past failures and those of the people in my life and around me. I wish that everyone could see this video and understand it; I feel that working towards treating everyone the way Gottman says successful spouses treat each other would lead to a gentler and more pleasant society.
Let’s start with the main character of this book Lockie .He is the stereotypical surfer he meets the main criteria of a surfer and absolutely loves the beach it’s his natural habitat after all but there’s one problem he is hopeless at surfing we know this since the book begins with him being dumped by a wave later on we find that an eleven year old is a better surfer than him .
There I stand on the Atlantic Ocean beach in Daytona, Florida. It’s 7:49 A.M, June 28, 2015. I feel my size ten feet sink into the frosty sand. With my board in my left arm, and sand covering my body, I seize my direction towards the blue ocean. As I halt at the base of the monumental ocean, I gaze in both directions, not a life in sight. I feel at peace, solitude, in my own meager world. As the crisp ocean mist wipes my sand replete face, I bounce into the ocean with my board under my body, cruising into the profound blue sea.
The tables for swim lessons are lined up on the deck. The tables, where I had some of my first ever swim lessons, and where I will one day teach swim lessons. The blocks screwed in behind the lanes remind me of my first novice swim meets. The old lane lines, blue and white twisted rope, are mangled and pulled apart. The red and white
Electronic cigarettes or “e-cigarettes” were developed in 1963, when Herbert A. Gilbert filed for a patent for a device that replaced burning tobacco with moist, flavored air. It wasn’t until 2004 that the e-cigarette was introduced as a smoking cessation device in the Chinese market, which was attributed to a pharmacist named Hon Lik. (Bekki et al. 11193) Since then, a nicotine carrying aerosol rather than a carcinogen laden smoke. One study of the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes showed that a surveyed group showed that 66.8% reported a reduction in smoking, suggesting that the e-cigarette may be a promising smoking-cessation method. (Siegel et al. 472) Unfortunately, as with all “medicinal”
Tobacco has retained to be the most widely used drug all over the world despite its negative effects on human health and physicality. Tobacco is normally either smoked or chewed where it is mixed with nicotine, an addicting drug that creates a buzzed-like feeling in one’s head after usage. Over the past 10 years, there have been hundreds of studies on how they affect you, how you can stop using them, or some present “better alternatives” for your body rather than using the drug itself. Back in 2003, the first electronic cigarette was invented over in China by a 52-year-old male pharmacist. An electronic cigarette is, “a cigarette-shaped device containing a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized (also known as vaping) and inhaled, used to simulate
There has been a steady increase in children that are being diagnosed and given Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication in the United States. Children in the United States are being over diagnosed and over medicated. One in seven boys in the United States is diagnosed with ADHD and given ADHD drugs before the age of 18. Meaning twenty percent of boys in America will be diagnosed with ADHD and a significant percentage of them have been misdiagnosed. Given drugs to treat a psychiatric condition that they do not even have.
Truly, is giving your young ones medication with a little cold worth the cause of actually making their bodies used to the given drug, and approximately making the child addicted to it as well. Parents of children with ADHD are being given the choice to rapidly get prescribed medication or simply treat their child with behavioral therapy. Being able to see the benefit of the doubt is a great opportunity for the parents of children with ADHD - they’re allowed to manage their child's
Bill Mason was a film maker who had several hobbies that consisted of canoeing and painting. As a film maker he would spend hours or days looking for the perfect shot. “His camera was the brush and his film was the canvas.” When painting he would layer the paints on his canvas to create a 3D effect on his work. Combining his passion for canoeing and painting he would often recreate his favourite experiences while out in his canoe. After being diagnosed with cancer Bill Mason and his family opted to help him finish his paintings and books and were able to have them published. His painting style was unlike your average painting. Bill would use a palette knife and small (6”) canvas to make his art. He stated. “With most paintings techniques, close
Depending on the child, medication has different levels of dexterity. But when the side effects of medication outweigh the influence of ADHD symptoms, then medication should be avoided. Parents need to decide the severity of symptoms, and whether medication, and its side effects, would be worth reducing ADHD symptoms. If the benefits do not outweigh the consequences, or parents feel that medication would not be a good fit for their child, there are other options. Although proven to be less effective than medication, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an alternative treatment method. CBT will help children in addressing their patterns of thinking caused in part by their ADHD, such as unhealthy self-beliefs or cognitive distortions. Moreover, parents can look into nonstimulant medication or a different brand of stimulant medication for their child to reduce side
However, it has not been the case. Based on the analysis, it is clear that E-cigarettes are a progress trap. The disadvantages of E-cigarettes are worse than cigarettes and outweigh the advantages. For instance, People using E-cigarettes are more at risk of having cancer and cardiovascular diseases than people using regular cigarettes. Also, The tobacco industry has marketed the E-cigarettes to youth, glamorizing its use, adding nineteen percent of adolescents to the smoking population. According to the Food and Drug Administrations, the numbers of E-cigarettes smokers are increasing by about three percent every year, creating new health and addiction