On the Gogo

Got a quick surf in last night...but sitting in LAX right now...hoping for a better smell to grace the airspace around me...this is rough, a deadly mix of fast foods of all types, sweaty people and stale air...but I have a feeling it will smell much nicer where I'm going...

Just Say Yeah

I'm pretty sure the conversation we had today out front will go down in history in the awkward category.  I enjoy it very much when everyone comes out to the shop and hangs out for a bit, slows down work but I'm pretty sure these are the good 'ol days so I'm not too worried.

Red Room Ramblings

Come visit me in my shaping room...you may just get a board, shape, theory or fin explanation that borders on interpretive dance.

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Alex S. shot these while picking up a board last weekend...glad i almost look sane...kinda..

Collecting for Craft

I'm currently finishing a few projects and collecting a few boards from friends and the likes for the Sacred Craft show coming up................

Vampires Like Gravel

Last saturday Greg Swanson came up from OC to snag his new Vampire hull on a somewhat breezy afternoon.  It happened to be shaped the same exact day that my personal Vampire got put under the planer, so they have a few striking similarities...here it is:

Shortly after he picked 'er up, I guided him and his posse to my favorite point, and we were greeted with not only shoulder highish waves, but only one fellow out...after hours of debate over the precarious situation, we went surfing.

me and my new vampire ^ 

Greg and his new, strikingly similar, Vampire ^

surftastic photos from posse members Erica Burtrum and Alex Swanson.

Surf Lot Lessons

Hey, if the surf isn't that great...get the feeling however you want, wherever you want...this guy stoked me out like nobodies business after a less than memorable session!

Wanderings

That pretentious surf shop employee vibe is getting kindof old to me, wish people would lighten up and realize they've got it pretty good and just 'cause someone isn't wearing a flannel shirt and neon glasses doesn't mean they don't have something interesting to offer >>>>>>>>

Treat people with kindness and make no enemies.

5'2 Velosim

Alejandro's 5'2 velosim, heading down Mexico way...love this one's curves, I foiled the tail a bit more, and this one being extremely compact makes the curves really pop, I like it!

Sacredly Crafted

After an 11 hour day between the glass shop and the shaping bay yesterday, something rather interesting happened...

Bobby L's modified-for-beacbreak-dreadnought took it's final form...

and now for my announcement:

I will have a select few boards on display at the Sacred Craft show on April 10th & 11th, AND I'll be shaping out a 7' bladey hull for myself in one of the shaping bays at the show!

So please come by and check it out, you may just see me lop off one of my fingers in there, or learn some bad shaping habits, or hear Herbie howl along with my planer, or maybe watch me flail around trying to get the foam dust out of my eye, or just come and introduce yourself to me, I LOVE meeting people who have seen the blog...

Either way, come by, check this board out, I'm way stoked on it and there will be lots and lots of other good viewings if you find my boards visually offensive :)

The Lose and the Win of the World

mostly win.