Date of Birth: August 30, 1983

Best Known For: Being battery-operated

Local Spot: Brevard County, Florida, Montauk, NY

My Crew: Kevin, Saukel, Asher and the rest of Team Fun

Board of Choice: 9'5” Chris Christenson Logger, 6'3” Chris Christenson Stubbie, 5'3” C-Hawk, 6'0” Wegener "peanut" Alaia

Dream Wave: Any peeling right hander that allows me to ride whatever the crap I want to

My Top Five:

1.) BBQ's 2.) Motorcycles 3.) Brown-haired Girls 4.) FILM 5.) Hulk Hands

An interview with Mikey DeTemple.

Scotty Stopnik checks in

Myself, Mikey Detemple, Jake Burghart and Kassia Meador took off from New York city to Your Beach, Maine to hang out with the people over at Grain Surfboards and film for Mikey's new film and shred the seven seas of Maine.

If you've never checked Grain Surfboards out, go do it now. Built from all natural wood similar to the way a boat is built. I ended up doing a 4'8" paipo copy kneeboard that works way better as a surfboard. Mikey is bulding a 5'0" Simmons-influenced twin fin, Kassia took the all classic 5'4" twin fin and as for Jake he shreds harder than all of us and built some hand plant bodysurfing boards.We scored a few unreal days here and have a week left here. The water is cold, the people are friendly and vibes are good.

I'll keep you people posted on the days events.—Scotty

Scotty Stopnik and Mikey DeTemple visit the Grain factory in Maine. Stay tuned for more from the Sliders' Right Coast tour this week.

Fun surf for the contest in New Jersey!

Surfed in my second contest since being back in the water last weekend. Took 2nd place and a little spending money.

Back in the water and winning

At my last checkup my doctor said I could do some "light surfing" the first week of September. It was the last week of August, and I was getting antsy. The ECSC was just a few days ago and I was feeling up to doing it. 3 weeks after heart surgery, and a week before I was supposed to surf, I paddled out in the first heat. Then 3 heats more until I made the final of Pro Longboard.

To say the least, I was pretty excited. Just 10 days earlier I wasn't even able to lift my arms over my head. I got a few fun waves and ended up winning the contest. To top it all off it was my birthday. Awesome weekend.

Here's a few shots from my winning waves and the final day.

-Mikey