6ft 6" x 22" Slimmons for Brian

 Stringerless EPS and epoxy for this one

Full length concave that starts narrow in the nose between the hullish entry. Full width concave in the middle with hard rail and the concave tapers out through the middle in the tail.

Work in progress ...

I picked up a blank and started drawing and sanding a few ideas. This is as far as I have got so far.

 Still in need of some fine tuning and finishing

 A fun process

The pull of the vacuum bagging process

 It is  quite amazing how much curve you can pull with the vacuum bagging process. This is a 3mm skin of Paulownia on the bottom of a board I worked on over the weekend.

 This is the tail of a 4ft 8" x 17" Slimmons on the way.

4ft 4" x 22" Simmons in the bag. 3 in a day gives me plenty to work on in the coming weeks laminating rails.

The Slimmons gun for WA

 Josh Punch has moved to Margaret River Western Australia and been riding his 5ft Simmons I shaped him in some serious surf. The smallest board in the line up. Considering he is 85kg it is a fair effort. We his Dad Brian wanted to get him another board so they decided to streach the simmons he has and give him some more length  to get into the waves a little earlier. He has been free falling on most steep ones. He loves the feeling of the simmons.So we went 6ft 6" x 19".

 The bottom contours are the same as my wooden Slimmons.

 Hi Dad Brian glassed the PU blank with Epoxy for strength and even went double on the leggies.

 It's on its way to WA as of now. Can't wait for the ride report. Josh has ridden the 5ft Simmons in all sorts of waves and even Bali twice.

6ft 6" Simmons for James Mason

 James Mason from Adelaide South Australia got hold of me a while ago to see if I could help him with a board. So I designed him a 6ft 6" simmons and got it hot wired out of VH EPS for him. Then I glued the first rail band on and had the board cut on the AKU machine. Packed it up and sent it to him. James then vacuumed the skins on and laminated the rails before shaping them.

This is the result. A great looking board for a big guy to have fun on.

"Got it in the water this morning ,very surprised at how easy it was to catch waves on a board that is nearly three feet shorter than anything else I have ridden.
The biggest surprise of all was that I could get up and turn the bloody thing! I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to ride it at all."

6ft 6" x 24" x 3"  62 lt

A special quiver

 These are a range of boards that I have designed for Brian Punch in Currumbin. Brian glasses his own boards at home. He and his son Josh have been great test pilots and given me valuable feedback. It is great to work with guys who have an open mind and willing to try new things.

Brian lives on the river at Currumbin and surfs most every day or kite boards when it is windy. Josh now lives in Margaret River and surfs a 5ft simmons there to the amazment of the locals who have never seen such a small board or a simmons.

Smorgasboarder coverage

7th Annual Alley Fish Fry

Jackie and I at the 7th annual Alley Fish Fry we have organised . We got lucky with the best , sunny day in weeks of rain and it has rained for the two weeks since.

wwwthealleyfishfry.blogspot.com

Blue magazine

The first 50 Techno Grains land in Oz.

 Stu Kennedy looks pretty happy to have his hands on one

 These two models are the first to be released The Baked Potato ^ and the Spitfire

 Raz the National Sales Manager can't wait to wax one up.

This board in their other tech is 2.3kg and this is 2kg

They look great and there is no mistaking that it is real wood with the logo burnt / branded into the wood. As there is only a sanded hot coat finish you can feel it for yourself. All very cool and great to have been a part of it.