More Water Shots

Trevor gliding around on the Hullibut last week...waves have been less than epic up here but there have been a few hullable lumps.

photos: Mo

7.26

Thats in Lbs. :)

The bottom contours showed up nicely in this photo, vee entry to a long double, blending into a single out the tail; I'm really proud to be shaping these boards and to be part of developing our build method over the past two years...They've hit a new level lately and I'm very very pleased!

Photos: Morgan

Wooded

These were shaped a couple weeks ago and now are boxed and ready for Japan...Stubby on the left, TT Quad in the center, and a 6'3 hull on the right:

 

Bonus photo for added cute-factor:

photos from Morgan

6'4 for Japan

6'4 WRP heading Overseas.

photo:Morgan

Been A While

Rummaging through some old CD's, I found something pretty special to me that I haven't seen for a couple years...

The first time I shaped a custom board was for a complete (at the time) stranger, named Hiten...I told him he was more than welcome to hang out while I built his board and ask questions and take photos; so he snapped away, and I shaped with my stomach in knots, hoping not to fuck up...

Shaping barefoot since day 1:

Since then a lot of things have changed, and a lot of things have stayed the same...I will forever be indebted to that first experience.

Gravedigger

For the past few weeks I've been enjoying the f*ck out of a shape Trevor named the Hullibut...Smoothed and sleeked tail outline from the widepoint, aft.  

Same nose as She hull, Dead Sled and Vampire, but the belly is relaxed in the first foot, and gets deep (as far as my hull bottoms go) from the sweet spot all the way back into the fin.  Rails are still close to non-existent...the deeper belly (due to feedback from Dr.Hillbers, endless thanks) gives it a whole new spring off the bottom.  

Josh L.'s Hullibut under the light:

The light:

 

Real Insipiration

There are a lot of blogs out there, i find one blows the rest out of the water in terms of consistent quality material...TONS of really f*ing cool boards, way more than enough proof that they work; and these guys put out more stoke and historical knowledge than I'm sure most of us know what to do with...

If you haven't seen it before, check out Hydrodynamica's blog...

CLICK ME

I had the pleasure of running into RK and Skip Frye in the water @ Rincon on Skip's 5-th surf-b-day a few years ago; RK was absolutely killing it on Casper, and the level of stoke in the water that day was higher than I've felt it since...These guys love what they do and it shows.

I will be the first in line to see the movie when it comes out, no matter when that is (you know what i mean :) ).

photo:hydrodynamica

Lung Infection

Mike B., Reid G., and Todd G.'s fresh hotcoats above...Murray's deck below:

Board progress is slow this week due to a kinda hefty lung infection...back in action in a few days hopefully.

Quote of the Day

"It looked like a fucking trashcan that would slice your legs off."

-J.T. on Vampire hull

ID

Hulls - resin hole^

PC boards - new lam^