Painting By Chagall

Everybody says you can't you can't you can't, don't try.

Still everybody says if they had the chance they'd fly.

Whoaoa

Stage III testing today.....amping!

So here's Ben M's new Gull, headed to the UK!

Pharmaceuticals

5'5" t.Rev v.2 for Dimitri, the modifications are as follows: domed deck, thinner rails and more rocker all around.  The aim is for better waves as the original t.Rev is more of a small wave specialist!

Stage III Finished

You've got to go through hell before you get to heaven.

Function over form, always.  This one may not be too pretty to the average surfer, but I think it's beautiful, prefect.  Brand new and full of bondo.  It's a prototype. Deal with it :)

Wanna see the important part?

Stage III Hull Flex Demo from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.

Latenights with PC

Stage IIIing Still

So very close...Final photos tomorrow, ride report this weekend!

The board bends about 2.5" in hand from the widepoint to the tail, with one person holding the nose down and the other torquing on the tail.  The 2.5" is from flat, so when it's twisted the corners of the tail can actually have about 5" of difference...I'm pretty impressed with it and that i actually got the flex I was looking for; now it's just time for the real deal testing!  You can even grab it from about 12" from the tail and twist the board from that point as well, meaning that a lot of the flex is coming from the center of the board as opposed to the tail alone.

The materials seem to really have a clear resonance through the board, you can twang the fin and the vibrations carry all the way through the nose and make a really unique sound compared to other material combinations.

I'll take a video of it hanging out in the racks and twisting a little to post with the finished pics!

Big Cat Pat

Big Cat Pat is on a path to enlightenment within surfing.  

Raised in the chop hopping center of the world.  He has recently said WTF, OMG, and most likely FML when it comes to surfing thrusters and other hyper rockered out thingamajigs.

The B.C.P. stumbled into my shop after an outrageously excited string of emails and a three day marathon in which he reportedly read EVERY blog post I've ever made...respect.

Looking to push his hull into some serious juice and nutbusting-bottom turns, Big Cat is piquing my curiosity and  I am proud to have been a base-step in this most magical journey...so here's Pat's 7'1 modified Hullibut...

Big Cat Pat says hulls FTW!

By the way, this board glows in the dark.  seriously.  I'm not kidding.  Seriously.  No, really it does.  It glows.  In the dark.  Yah.

NO IM SERIOUS!  

LOOK!

Whatever, if you don't believe me, psh.  It does.  and Pat won't be able to sleep anymore for multiple reasons:

1) There is a neon green glowstick that's 7'1" in his room.

2) There is a good chance the board is in his bed.

3) The is an even better chance that this situation may piss off his girlfriend.

4) Despite 1-3, there are no waves.

3's Company

Top to bottom...Alex's She Hull and Ben M's Gull, both heading to the UK, and Amy P's Miniglider, off to Maine!

RedRoom

Cap'n Nick Cook by James Kamo...............sure.

How To: Flex Spoon

Watch and learn as Connor and I build his first flex spoon:

Connor Spooning from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.

I hope you learned something.