Sunny Days

This has sat on my desktop for months now..such a magical day of surfing with friends. Dawn patrolling the ledbetter beacbreak with Lightner, Connor and Jason, then back to the shop and dug into Rusty's on the way across the street to meet up with Trevor and Brandon in the 90-ish degree heat. We scored the most rare of sessions at the pier which was better than I've ever seen it.

A few hours there, and then a few more hours through the late afternoon on the upper left of the photo, we all scored some amazingly fun waves and burnt ourselves out in the heat; funny though how you just can't stop when you know you should. My memory ain't what she used to be (...when I was a kid, like 22...), but I won't forget this day.

Good Clean Fun

OohLaLa!

Got a bunch'a boards now; I'm up to about 7" of foam dust on the ground, a nice pad to run my shaping laps most definitely. Got quite a few v.Bowls', some Velosims, EveningStars (the tall pointy ones), a beautiful 9'2 K & K, some ThrougHulls and a couple Pocket Pickles (ha.)...A pretty solid lineup of boards and ones I've been very happy to shape the past week here at Blend Glassing in Soustons. I'm sad to say though that I can't take on any more orders for this trip, time is winding down here and quite a few requests piled in, looks like I'll be shaping 'till the day I take off and my fingers are already raw, YEW!!!

The Allman Brothers' Seven Turns album has been a fantastic soundtrack to shape all of these to, there's some seriously good juju emanating from this stack of boards!

Rock out with your planer out:

Big Daddy's b.Day

Today I'm sending a very happy birthday to 'da one and onlyest Mr.Morgan Maassen, the most ass kickin' broseph I know. Big ups, I'm proud as spit to know you and to watch you flourish.

pfew

Tinted abstract over my favorite fabric inlay...I Did this one yesterday morning, it's been in my head for a few weeks now and it feels gooooood to get it out!

Gaaaah

Spend a (30-ish) minute an watch this, these guys are kiiiiiilling it.

Powers of Three from Relentless Energy Drink on Vimeo.

Up to Par

T.Gordon by M.Maassen

Recommended listening for optimal viewing of the above photo:

@ Blend

Welp, after 35-ish hours of flights, delays, layovers and bomb threats/airport evacuations I finally landed in Biarritz yesterday!

Not much in the way of surf yet but my fingers are crossed for the next two weeks, in the meantime I've got a pile of boards to shape; Already mowed a 6'4 Pocket Pickle this afternoon and met some radical people that have been filtering through Blend's shop today...check out their blog at blendglassing.blogspot.com.

TG | Fush

I've been getting a lot of questions about the Fush lately, it hasn't been my most featured board but I sure love to shape 'em and watching t.Rev ride his is a pleasure.

It's a pretty complex board both top and bottom, but in a nutshell it's usually got a flat front foot area and a concave deck on the back foot, with turned down rails and lots of hard edge. the bottom is a slightly vee'd nose transferring into a triplane middle with either a single or double concave depending on the fin setup for each particular board. The rocker is pretty flat through the back 2/3 of the board but has a nice lift in the nose for ultra shred capabilities.

Morgo Maassen shot the first two pics, Michael Kew got the warm-water one below...look for a few more from that session popping up somewhere epic shortly ;)

One Way Out

shaper dude Jodan Nobel killin' it down under on something that looks pretty interesting, as most all of his boards do!

Sniped from Scott Wintle's blog, Crusty Paparazzi.

Yearly Europe and East Coast Vision Quest

The weekend countdown begins, I'm off on monday to shape in Biarritz, France at Blend glassing to meet up with some old friends and make a whole lot of new ones in the process. Shaping in Europe is always a blast. Sharing tips, tricks, templates and tubes always makes me happy!

If you're interested in a custom board while I'm over there email Rui (magicquiver@gmail.com) or myself (ryankentlovelace@gmail.com) and we'll have the answers to your questions. I'll only be there a couple of weeks so the sooner the better, if you want one jump on board quick :)

and THEN...

I'll be stopping off in New Jersey to visit Phil at Glide Surf Shop on the way back home and shaping there for a couple of days also. So that means YOU, eastcoasters...Shoot me an email if you wanna chat about a custom board, I'd be honored to fulfill your surfiest desires!