Local Art: Kent Keystone

Kent came out to the shop yesterday and artsied up Murray for me...i'm beyond stoked.

A note on triplanes

Just a quick note for now; i wanted to post up a tiny bit on the history of the triplane bottom...Greenough (go figure) developed and used it as a bottom shape on the kneeboard design that was between Velo, and the Edge Board.

George was looking for something that would go well in less than all time waves, since Velo only really turned on in great waves...The triplane bottom keeps the same rail line as a hulled out bottom, high in the nose and low in the tail.  But having it blend into an edge instead of a round curve gives you a flatter planing area in the middle of the board allowing it to skate (i hesitate to use that word though) a little more and use the less than perfect parts of the wave to your advantage.

I guess its a pretty natural (if you see greenough as the foundation) progression from hulls (velo derivatives) to triplanes, to...whatever's next (edge bottoms?).  we're all looking for the same hull feeling in a different wave situation...

So i guess all I'm saying is that inevitably we're all going to be filming dolphins and riding mats.

Meet Murray

Okay...heres a mindfuck that I finally got to put into foam after a few weeks of brainstorming.

5'10 x secret x 2 1/2" hull for beachbreaks/reefs...essentially.  the basics are; pulled in nose (16.5"), hip on the back foot, a bit flatter deck but still domed, foiled down rails with a lot of bite in the back end.

The bottom is a hull to triplane that fades off at the hip/fins, a single concave starts just ahead of the fins and accelerates out the tail; providing a good squirt off of the back foot for quick direction changes.  What i'm trying to accomplish is an accelerated tail rocker when you want it, and a hull rail line with release and pivot off of the tail plus an easy entry.

The fins are going to be tall flex fins, like chubby L-flex fins, with a tiny bit more base...or kinda stretched out MR style twins.  

I named him Murray.

Ice Cream Fo Sale

Selling the Ice Cream fishy!

5'7 x 20 1/4 x 2 3/8 or so, if i remember correctly; opaque pale yellow top and bottom, glasson geppys as well, this is a very flat, very foiled out twin that has been used lightly...asking $350

board is now minus the art on deck btw.

one more photo two posts down, on Albers' beautiful hardwood floor.

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Happiness Is...

OG Love $450- June Special

Here's one that is close to my heart; I shaped the original for the racks at the Beach House a couple years ago, one day the swell had filled in nicely and I was left downtown without a board...I had a crush on that shape so I pulled it from the racks and walked across Cabrillo to the water.

...I didn't ride another board on any day, for any conditions, for the rest of that winter.

This shape is a nice introduction to hulls, or a fun alternative to the blades I've been shaping lately; it's volume friendly, and has 50/50 rails with a hard edge in the tail.  The rocker in this board is more fish inspired, as is the template (aside from the velo style tail).  Bottom shape is belly to single, with the belly turning into a soft chime on the outer side of the keels to keep it loose off the back foot.

Ridden as a singlefin it is sublime, and the thing can handle itself juuuust fine on rail...click for evidence.

Set up as a twin is friendly and fun in beachbreaks and much more flicky off the top than a singlefin; lots of quick drive of the bottom for more active surfing.

Special price for the month of June; $450, (one color top and bottom) for the month of June...can be ordered between 5'8 and 6'5 (typical dimensions around 6'2" x 22" x 2 5/8").  

Suggestion Box

I'm brainstorming on what board to offer up as the deal of the month next month for you kids...send me an email at Ryan@Pointconceptsurf.com, or comment on this post and give me a suggestion or two as to what YOU'D like to see for next month; 

Whichever type of board gets the most suggestions will likely be the one...

fishies, hulls, kneeboards, stubbies, they're all fair game.

so........get to it....comment away.

Local

Byron Bay

I got a nice email today from some kind people down in Byron Bay, they have a site thats updated every day with local surf shots and the likes.

I thought I'd post up a link for anyone who wants to see whats goin' on daily in the other hemisphere!

www.inbyronbaytoday.com

Ghost over the Home tab at the top of the page and check out their blog for the updates...and check out the main shot for May 25th...I'm considering a move.

Tikcuf

Maybe I should have taken my spillage out sooner, but...eh...it worked out...

My resin floor weighed about 300lbs when I removed it yesterday.