Joel Birch creates gnarly boardshorts

Joel Birch, who is exhibiting at the Emporium Gallery later this year, recently designed some killer boardshorts for Ripcurl. Joel's an outstanding illustrator- we're pretty excited to have him come from Australia to exhibit at the gallery. Ripcurl recently interviewed Joel. You can read the interview here. Enjoy, Ben Pobjoy

Australian takeover of the Emporium Gallery

Well, it is still a ways off but Luke Shirlaw, Joel Birch and Elana Mullaly of Australia will be exhibiting at the Emporium Gallery later this year. They're an exceptionally talented bunch of visual artists and we cannot wait for their exhibition. Above are two hand painted skateboards that Joel (L) and Elana (R) produced for an Australian skateboard related exhibit. Enjoy, Ben Pobjoy