G's 7'4

I didn't get a chance to take any photos of Graham's new 7'4 before we met up and got it into his hands, but I got the phone call I always wait for this morning; all kinds of excited with the new size (his previous was the 6'9 "Black Diamond")...

He wrote up a quick review and posted a few photos on his blog:

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE

^Albers back-seat-shaping the 7'4...Happy hulling everyone!

Doing Time

Doing my time out of the water...getting a little filming of the Kyle's at Malibu yesterday done^

Ready for her close-up on a warm spring day with good friends...Malibu never disappoints.

What Are Friends For

Yesterday was eventful, got Graham his new 7'4, hung out on the beach for a while, then got a ride to the hospital; all in all a pretty average day.

Thanks everyone for your help...From the small bits I do remember, I wouldn't have made it out of the water without all of your guys' help.

Note:  A doctor told me that if you ever get whacked in the head and can't get to a hospital quickly to tie your hair across the split/cut to keep it together and stop the bleeding...I thought I would pass the message along 'cause it sounded like a pretty good quick fix, and a useful tip.

#3 & Clean Water

Morg surprised me with some new photos from a few days ago...Lomo shot aboard the third board I shaped, which he now owns; Albers aboard my surf-mobile, and the ever-majestic face of the best hound in the world, Herbie.

We'll be down at the Clean Water Classic today at Rincon, its a fun contest so come down, hang out, say hi...look for Herbie, or the 11' spear; both should lead you to my hideout!

Foil-inator

10'11" + Howling offshore sandspit = a challenge

With great, great rewards.

Rail Useage 110

If you've followed my blog for WAY too long, you may remember my post from last year, titled Rail Useage 101...heres this semester's lesson, taught by KL:

A quick screenshot from tuesday's surprisingly insane hull party ^

Humble Pie

A little story behind, and the first ride report of 'H':

I had Ice9 build me a custom blank (they don't make 11' blanks as of this moment), and went with two 1/2" cedar stringers for maximum wood-age...the blank hung out for a while until i sacked up and shaped it...many many thanks to my buys at Ice9 for all the help :)

I ended up with what im pretty sure is personally my biggest accomplishment; this board is truly special to me; 10' 11 1/4" x 23 1/2" x 3 1/4"...belly to light vee bottom, s-deck and pinchy rails...i'm about 149% sure it's a hull...and my first wave today proved it. i was humbled to say the least.

glide in, pop up, bottom turn...easy...
glide in, pop up, sink 10' of rail and eat poop...reality.

second wave: money!
didnt take me long to figure out what the board is best at...going balls out down the line as high as you can sit in the pocket.

I caught some SCREAMING head high waves today, i surfed with my breath held and very very light feet...my last wave even showed me a draining barrel on the inside sandbar, 10'11" pintails and barrels are made for eachother, and hurt like hell when you space out and forget exactly how much board there is beneath you.

tomorrow we're having a date with another fabled point up north...i couldn't be more excited...

Ian's Photo Splooge

Ian's been posting TONS of photos the past day or two of Steve on Juanita...some reeeeeally clean peelers and what looks like a wee bit of trim-fection here and there.

Have a look at all the photos here:

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One Hundred Thousand Times A Day

photos: PizzaTime

Ready for action after a long, long day of glassing...more photos to come soon...maiden voyage in the morning.

Glassed with 8oz volan all over; stringers are 2x 1/2" cedar.  Ice9 Cane (sugar based) foam, and Silmar Eco resin which I've been using for the past few weeks...its SUPER clear and really strong, plus its said to have no VOC's...gee whiz!

Glasson 1/2" thick fin, hand foiled with a glass flex tip...been wanting to make this style of fin for a long long time and finally got to go for it.  photos of that one very soon as well!

I have a new soul mate.

Oh Darlin', What Have I Done?

I had a very vague vision of what I wanted when I started this one yesterday, but a 100000% solid idea of what I want her to do.

After riding some standard san diego gliders I knew this one had to be different to make the most of the waves I want to use it in (knee to head high points here in SB)...so its very safe to say she only resembles other gliders in planshape; otherwise........there is now a 10' 11 1/4" hull waiting for a nice little pocket to show me what real glide is.

more descriptive photos very very soon...but for now, I'm gonna go play with resin and wood fins.