Ithaka as Special Guest at Sagres Surf Culture 2013

Sagres Surf Culture invited Ithaka as special guest, directly by João Reis, organizer of their 2nd edition and 2013 event of the Art, Music and Film festival that takes place every year in Sagres, Portugal, a one of a kind surf paradise well known to many international surfers. See more of the festivals footage at […]

Ithaka and the 2012 Event

See more footage of Ithaka’s biggest event in 2012, at WOA|way of arts, in Cascais, Portugal, and know more about the surfer and artists events that have been taking place all around the world at wayofarts.com/events/ or read more about Ithaka and his unique history at wayofarts.com/ithaka/. For more information on Ithaka’s mos recent work […]

The Reincarnation of a Surfboard series

Find out more about “The Reincarnation of a Surfboard” universe at wayofarts.com/ithaka/ and follow his most recent work and captivating history through wayofarts.com/events/ or through his personal page at facebook.com/ithaka.artist For more information and prices about the artist and his work go to the ONLINE Shop and check out his latest work and available sculptures, […]

Ithaka featured In SURFER Magazine

SURFER magazine features, once again, in a double spread article the surfers journey through the world and lifestyle. Read more directly on SURFER magazine’s website at surfermag.com/magazine/ and surfermag.com/features/ or through the surfers agent at wayofarts.com/press/ and wayofarts.com/ithaka/

The “Taro Reef” Series (Image #04)

The “Taro Reef” Series “Since 2010, I have become more and more involved with photographing the miniscule, specifically insects. And as I have been occupying my time with documenting these tiny creatures, I sometimes see other things I might normally not even pay attention to (if I didn’t have my eye line looking out of […]

The “Taro Reef” Series (Image #01)

The “Taro Reef” Series – Created in AkahtiLândia, Brazil “Since 2010, I have become more and more involved with photographing the miniscule, specifically insects. And as I have been occupying my time with documenting these tiny creatures, I sometimes see other things I might normally not even pay attention to (if I didn’t have my […]

Fernando de Noronha

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Fernando de Noronha” (a clumsy name for a spectacular speck on the map) was written by Ithaka, and published in Transworld Surf magazine [ USA ], Blue magazine [ Germany ], and Extreme Experts magazine [ Greece]. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The heat had been brutally intense the entire week, the sun weighing down on us like a sumo-wrestler in a dry sauna, but within […]

Return to the Motherland

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Return To The Motherland” was written by Ithaka, and published in The Surfers Journal [ USA ], Goodtimes magazine [ Greece ], Fluir magazine [ Brazil ] and Surf Portugal magazine. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The year was 1991. My dad, (a New York Greek from The Bronx who had relocated to the west coast) had died of a chronic illness. Ironically, just weeks […]

Miracle at Malibu

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Miracle at Malibu” was written by Ithaka, and published in the book “Surf Story”, in 2009. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… August, The Summer of Hate It was a summer marked by a ridiculously high number of road rage incidents. Had the congested streets themselves caused the anger ? Or had the temper-fueled occurrences spawned worse than normal traffic […]

Zé dos Cães

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Zé dos Cães” was written by Ithaka, in 1993, and published in Water magazine for his column “Fishdaddy Chronicles”, in 2007. “In 1993, while publishing International Surf I received a manilla envelope from Portugal containing a short surf story by a social expat named Ithaka (aka Darin Pappas). The story, called Ze dos Caes, was poorly typed and much too long […]