Sunday, January 17, 2010

Used & For Sale


Albers is selling a 6'6 B3 I made for him a little bit back; very. very. cool board, you need it for this winter :)

http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/spo/1556937249.html


SImplify


Vampire Hull + Pumping surf

Friday, January 15, 2010

Drift Surfing Feature!

A big big thanks for Ed and Chris for their epic work on the DRIFT surfing feature they just put out!

Closed My Eyes...

...and I slipped away.


Kyle Albers' latest design, Count Duckula, near completion.





Thursday, January 14, 2010

G-10



My new G-10 flex fin, I was told the stuff doesn't work too well for hull fins because of sharpness issues, so i dulled the edges a little and by all accounts over the last few days of unreal waves, it goes really. REALLY. well.  Very springy off the bottom and forgiving off a long cutback...happy happy happy!

I have some more fin panel kicking around and can source more for other fins...if you're interested i'd probably make ya one if you want to give it a go!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Two Macking Swells, in Review:

Late December swell:


Early January swell:


R.I.P. Asymetrichull and Pinky, easily two of the best board i've had in the past two years, you did not die in vein...you took some he-man sized waves on the head and were blasted into oblivion at the same spot, in all of your balls-out trimming and overdrive producing bottom turning glory.

It is more than fair to say they were tested beyond their intended wave-size, which is half the fun of experimenting with shapes, pushing them to the limit and finding the point at which stringerless EPS and ultra bladey railed, 1/16" bass stringers don't live through.

This isn't about building myself the perfect board every time, it's about trying new things, finding new lines, new techniques, and new boundaries...and re-building my quiver before me and the boys waltz into waves like that again...........



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.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

5'2" x 23" x 12


12 layers of glass, that is.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Aotake indeed!!!!

Blue Magazine Feature




Score!
Translation is 90% done...will post asap...
Though I do know that Herbie is mentioned by name already :)