Saturday, 2 June 2012
The Bumblebee
Just finished this 8ft xps simmons for a mate. Turned out much better than I was expecting, xps is not easy to work with! Before final finishing my mate brought his 7 year old daughter round to handprint on the board and name it. She called it the Bumblebee for obvious reasons. Had its first outing yesterday in less than perfect waves and he is already raving about it. Its a good feeling to build a board for someone that they really enjoy.
Saturday, 26 May 2012
First and last, for now...
5'9" x 19 3/4" x 2 3/4" diamond tail, flat bottom, 5 fin set up, NZ fabric inlay
6'4" x 22" x 2 1/2" hull, rolled to V, turquoise tint, 2+1 set up
8' x 22" x 3" Simmons, xps/epoxy, yellow tint with black resin work, old skool leash loop......nearly finished!
Ply keels, glassed and ready to go onto the Simmons.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
More Shabby, Less Chic...
5'10" x 21" x 2 5/8" 70's inspired pintail single fin. Turquoise tint with grey/white sanded spray.
Monday, 2 April 2012
A.D.H.D
I finished this board late last year and have been surfing it almost exclusively since. It was originally set up as a twin, with Tomo style hockey still keels. With the keels it was crazy fast, loads of drive, really fun. Decided to change it to a single to see the difference........definately slower, but much smoother and generally nicer to surf. Might get bored of this in another 3 months and change the fin setup again!
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Stand up and be counted...
Garage is rather full at the moment as i've got 4 boards on the go! From left to right; 5'1" xps flexspoon plug, 5'9" diamond tail, 6'4" hully egg, 8 'xps simmons. Outlines cut and ready for shaping. Spoon is for me and the other 3 are for people kind (brave!) enough to ask me to shape them a board....busy busy!
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Fashion Victim...
Driftwood handplane #3 with 'shabby chic' paint job.
Theres lots going on in this little plane. Rolled to deep single concave on the hull, spooned nose, bulbed handgrip and a concaved deck. Made for a friends birthday present....may it bring you many happy waves.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Twin fins for Timmy...
I am auctioning these fins off in aid of The Timmy Mason Trust. All proceeds from the sale of these fins will go to the trust.
Originally they were a set of RFC MR style lokbox twins, however I have reshaped and foiled them to increase their flex.
Tim Mason (Timmy's dad) is the man behind the Mason Surfboards and will be auctioning a board off every month to raise money for the Trust.
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