WIN!

Surfing win!  

All weekend long, never more than the 4 of us...Brandon shot this one of those days, I thought it was cute.

5'2" x 23" x 12

12 layers of glass, that is.

Aotake indeed!!!!

Blue Magazine Feature

Score!

Translation is 90% done...will post asap...

Though I do know that Herbie is mentioned by name already :)

HumdeeDum

Oh beloved hoard,

where art thou?

Initiated

My new personal Vampire hull got initiated today... Well overhead waves after a little journey into the wilderness.  Just me Brandon and Nick. Much more to come:

Flashbacks

As I collect a little material for a flash-forward, as it were, here is a flash back to about a year ago...I did color work for Proctor surfboards for a little while on the side as I finished up school and connected the very few paychecks to pay the bills...everything seems to work out in the end if you stick with what you love and you have the time and energy to focus on it; money is always secondary to true success.

Neil Young, the Surfboard

There comes a time when a surfboard needs a name, and there comes a time when you name it Neil Young...its just something that happens...it happened to this one.

Brandon wanted a new board to have as a daily driver in beachbreak mush as well as fun point waves.  Something that can hang out in the car and your bases will be covered whenever/wherever...a good fun board that goes really fast...so this is what I made him.

5'10" x  19 3/4" x 2 5'8", concave deck and a somewhat thick tail for what I usually shape.  The bottom is a soft vee entry, into a light and wide double concave that fades and squeezes into a single concave out the last bit of the tail.  The template started out as a stretched out t-rev, then got a long straight portion thrown in for projection and trim speed, the wing adds pivot and straightens the tail outline to square off top turns...I like it a lot.  

Just like I like Neil Young.

Inspiration

Do yourself a favor and sit back, soak it in, and watch it all the way through.

John Butler Trio, a song called Ocean:

For Sale

Got a line on two used hulls right now and was asked to put them up on here for anyone looking to pick up one of my shapes second hand!

First up is a 7' x 22 3/4 x 2 3/4 Hullibut (failsafe numbers for me and anyone else who's been riding them).  White and red resin color, this board was tempting me more than any other in recent memory...I almost shaped Tosh another and kept this one for myself, it's a beautiful board.

He's askin' $450 obo, it's been ridden less than a handful of times and is in flawless condition, contact me for info, its in SB:

Second up is one from the wayback files and is located in New Jersey, but Kyle is willing to ship it for those interested.  This one has stuck in my mind since I built it, a more forward templated beachbreak and shorter-wave hull that will go bananas in a good point wave also, not the full bladed rails i've been doing lately but very thin still, it's got a tapered stringer flextail, and a full pigmented bottom with an abstract deck patch thats also done in resin....check the old logo :)!

He's also asking $450 obo as it's in great condition:

for this board, email: gronostajski2725@philau.edu