{"title":"ESTEFI HOTTON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMid Fin Co.'s first resident artist — an ongoing series she calls\u003c\/i\u003e LiNES of my Life \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003eQUILLAS PA`LA VIDA\u003ci\u003e, “fins for life”).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/estefi_surf_mountain.jpg?v=1785827557\" alt=\"Estefi Hotton walking in from the surf, mountains behind\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstefi Hotton is a surfer, artist, and writer from San Bernardo del Tuyú, on the Argentine Atlantic Coast. In her own words: \u003ci\u003e“This is Estefi Hotton — surfer, creative, writer of anecdotes and dedications, always searching for my sustainability. As I like to say: I’m from the barrio to the beach.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe built a surf collage two years before she ever surfed. When a surf school arrived in the summer of 2010, “nothing was ever the same again.” Her first wave came on a borrowed board called \u003ci\u003eLa Ñata\u003c\/i\u003e; her first board of her own was “obviously almost turquoise,” and she customised it — and its fins — almost immediately. That is where painting fins began. She studied graphic design, names David Carson as a formative influence, and has chased waves through Peru, Brazil, and Valencia. On the Bridge of Sighs in Barranco she made herself a promise: \u003ci\u003e“I’ll keep doing this.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs our resident artist, Estefi opens the series with a poem — her words, as she wrote them:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003esometimes, our creations travel despite of us\u003cbr\u003eand they become a vehicle\u003cbr\u003efor inspiration, of art and movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom surfers to surfers,\u003cbr\u003ea serie of fins,\u003cbr\u003erepresenting the lines of energy,\u003cbr\u003ethe ocean gives to us\u003cbr\u003eand we use to connect with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLines of my life \/\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFin #01 is the \u003cb\u003eTwin Fin 5050 CORE\u003c\/b\u003e. “Inspired by the Earth’s core,” she says — \u003ci\u003e“the core where all begins, in the center of art, design, and the surf passion.”\u003c\/i\u003e Read the artwork literally and it is a cross-section of the planet: dense hand-inked hatching for the crust and strata, a rust band for the mantle, a single dark mark for the core. The same lines double as the wave-energy lines that appear on the horizon — the geological section and the swell are the same drawing. It starts at the core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/estefi_notebook_concept.jpg?v=1785827558\" alt=\"Estefi's notebook — the 5050 CORE concept in her own hand: waves as lines of energy\" style=\"max-width:520px;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn how the work comes together, again in her words:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the lines of waves, the energy waves that propagate through the ocean and nature synchronizing everything...even ourselves. An exploration emerges between collage, ink, and digital media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...you have to let yourself go...like searching for a good surf spot and trying different ones until you find the right one. We mustn’t forget to enjoy the process! As long as there’s a concept behind it, the art will have something beautiful to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/estefi_desk_process.jpg?v=1785827558\" alt=\"Estefi's desk — laptop, drawing tablet, notebook, and mate\" style=\"max-width:520px;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/estefi_artwork_screen.jpg?v=1785827558\" alt=\"The 5050 CORE artwork in progress on screen\" style=\"max-width:520px;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is more than surf hardware. It’s the first line in a series about the energy the ocean gives us — and the ways we use it to connect back. \u003ci\u003eLong live to surfing, the wild, and creativity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/estefi_surf_shaka.jpg?v=1785827558\" alt=\"Estefi on the beach, shaka up\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResident artist series · Fin #01 · Available now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"loml-50-50-estefi-hotton-pre-order","title":"LOML 50:50 | Estefi Hotton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLOML 50:50 — Twin Fin 5050 CORE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFin #01 from Estefi Hotton, Mid Fin Co.’s resident artist, and the opening piece in her series \u003ci\u003eLiNES of my Life\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eQUILLAS PA`LA VIDA\u003c\/i\u003e — “fins for life”). Estefi is a surfer, artist, and writer from San Bernardo del Tuyú, Argentina, who has been painting her own fins since her very first board. \u003ci\u003e“I’m from the barrio to the beach.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 5050 CORE is inspired by the Earth’s core — \u003ci\u003e“the core where all begins, in the center of art, design, and the surf passion.”\u003c\/i\u003e Its hand-inked hatching reads two ways at once: the strata of the planet in cross-section, and the lines of energy the ocean sends down the horizon. It starts at the core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike every Mid Fin piece, these are functional art — made to be ridden hard and admired up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003eTwin Fin 5050 CORE\n\nHEIGHT   5.13\" \/ 129mm\nBASE     5.79\" \/ 148mm\nYEAR     2026\nFiberglass · Limited edition\n\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/pre\u003e","brand":"Mid Fin Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43405970735178,"sku":"ehotton-5050-twin","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/1881\/3770\/files\/CoreModel_finoutside-RIGHT.png?v=1773456871"}],"url":"https:\/\/midfinco.com\/collections\/estefi-hotton.oembed","provider":"Mid Fin Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}