Amber Plaza

Filmmaker Matt Pepe joins team riders Brandon Sandt and Ben Taylor at Amber Plaza for a warm winter afternoon. All these guys rip.

Strange thoughts to end 2011-

Hey strangers-

Hope everyone out there is enjoying the final week of 2011. SA hopes that you all can look back on 2011 with cheer and can look forward to the future in 2012 because it is setting up to be a strange one.

We at SA have had quite the year: we moved headquarters from Bethlehem, PA (we wish to see all our 610 homies soon!) to New York, NY in hopes of diving deeper into the fashion world; we have been working the grind to complete our new and improved Spring/Summer 2012 line; we have invited many new riders to the team; we have worked with brilliant artists and photographers; and we have traveled the coast of NJ to spread our name with pride. As a company, we have grown quite a bit, and we intend on keeping that growth strong and steady in the upcoming year.

2012 is nothing but a mystery. Yet, we are planning on bigger and better things - diversified clothing lines, greater distribution, new riders, and more parties. Keep in the loop because we aren't turning back.

We would like to thank all people in the Family for all the hard work and good times. We also would like to thank all who have remained strange for 2011! See you in 2012.

STAY STRANGE

Brandon Sandt

Drew Eastwood

Dean O'Keeffe

Ben Taylor

Woody Smith

Cooper Fortney

AJ Rogers

Avery Mellinger

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Music Monday 12/19

So you know that Citigroup commercial where that lady is climbing a sketchy cliff, and in the background is this indy song that screams "SOMEBODY LEFT THE GATE OPEN." Well I felt inclined to do some research as my indy-minded nerves started tingling the more I watched the commercial. The group is a bit unknown at the moment, but I'm sure they will make it big as their sound is similar to that of Florence + the Machine, a group we all know and love. Enjoy the vid and free download and remember to solemnly swear to stay strange:

LP "Into The Wild (Mix)" by LP Rock

Art Inspiration of the day:

Shapers. Here's to all of our friends who spend long nights in their garages after their work days doing what makes them happiest. This is as inspiring as it gets.

A little shout out to Andy Irons in here..

PROFESSIONal: Eric Arakawa Surfboard Shaper

Stay Strange

Woody's back.

WOOOOODY.

Sherwood Smith is back at it again. And it's only just begun for the 2011-2012 snow season. Repping SA on the Rockies, Woody and crew never fail to produce epic footage on the mountains. We can't wait for the season to unfold. Stay Strange Woody son!

Dirty Face from Sherwood Smith on Vimeo.

So many periods

As Axl Rose would say, All we need is just a little patience. I mean, damn, this is inhumane, I guess that's what it takes to make a masterpiece.. literally a masterpiece.

I'm beginning to think of a new blog series revolving around true works of art in extremely unconventional methods. These methods can be painfully long or physically painful in general. As long as it stands out, I will gladly reiterate.

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We know it's been a while since a blog, but I promise you that's about to change. There are no excuses. It is my duty to stay strange and by God I will.

In order to warm myself back up into the blogging scene, I thought it would be appropriate to begin with a clip from my favorite surf movie ever, only because of Dusty.

Stay Strange.