Wayback Machine

Hiten riding a 6'4 carbon flextail hull...summertime fun last year.  

After the sun set that evening, the moon lit up the wave's faces like I've never seen, we surfed well into the night in silence with only a general idea of which peak the other was surfing.

I'll never forget the howl and hiss that board made as I caught a moonlit right into the inside section...pure, blind, oily glass bliss.

Mysteries From the Deep

Knee candy to consider.....left to right; 5'6 wilderness triplane, 5' Hollow Railed carbon velo, my 5' newbie, edgeboard, real hollow molded standup velo:

from a quick visit to an old friend yesterday afternoon...

Much knowledge to acquire, and many projects to ponder...

Who Do I Talk To About Purchasing Property?

You're Next.

On my days off I fly around and steal Labrador retrievers from small children.

photoMo

I Ate It All :(

70's Parrish sunset gun re-fin jobber...

 and jonny's Othello got a tail ding that turned into a flex-panel...

Oh the magic of ding repair...its a love/hate relationship...

Flex Spoon Finished

Here she is, 10+ layers of 6oz glass, and a wee bit of foam...all for the purpose of carving the f* out of a solid wave.

photos: Mo.Maassen

I Don't Recall

Spoon Worky Spoon Worky Worky

Fin base-tuneage.

Plenty of this goin' on...

Tuning the flex a tad, just ahead of the fin is a soft area known to create a hinge kinda effect, this idea is to stiffen that particular area with different glass layups and get the hinge to turn into a working part in the gradual flex towards the tip of the tail.

1/2" thick fin glassed on with some hefty layering.

I've waited 4 years to build this board for myself

Continued work from yesterday.

Came up on a 1/2" thick fin panel at the True Ames warehouse, Chuck let me take it off his hands for my kneelo fin...so I got to grinding this afternoon for a bit...the panel is a friggin BEAST compared to a normal one!

The foil is pushed up towards the leading edge quite a bit more than a 'normal' fin, the flex is more of a downward sweep from the center than a wagging tip like most flex fins...if that makes any sense.

More to come.

A Divinely Strange Refrain

Lady on the water, make me rich or make me poor; 

Lay your flowers at my door.

Share my bread and share my drink; pay no mind what others think.

Place your thumb upon my tongue; weave a song no one has sung.

My lady on the water, whip this wind into a flame; with your grapes and bottled rain, make your wine of my worship a divinely strange refrain.

.5' to fit.