Thanks to family and good mates

A great 60th birthday present from some great Family and friends.

7 foot 6" pintail edge board inspired by George Greenough

 A new project is always exciting to get started on.And this one has a few challenges ahead.

 7ft 6" edge board in EPS

 

I made a mini simmons and fish with these bottom contours a few years back, now and there seems to a new interest in them.

 Concave deck

Lots going on. Single to double to V and the hard edge holding it all together as a narrower planing area under a wider deck area.

Carbon added to the underside where the wood won't bend

All trimmed up

Going to be a nice contrast with the wood.

 Looking good

Get those first rail bands on.

4mm deck skin going on

Hugging all the contours

 

New board for John Winship

John Winship loves his collection of hand shaped Skip Frye boards. But with a restriction of 9ft to take on the plane to the Mentawais in a couple of weeks he needed to scale one down. He showed me his 9ft 8" and we set about measuring it up and getting a file together. So we settled on a 8ft 10" with truster setup and fin boxes.

It was a mad scramble to get a blank and get it cut. But it all came together and I finished it off in the shaping bay under John's watchful eye.

 All ready for Mo to get into the glassing to meet a tight timeline.

 You won't miss John in the lineup.

8th Annual Wooden Surfboard Day

Last weekend was the Wooden Surfboard Day. I never know who or how many people are going to turn up , but we had a great day and a really nice group of board builders. Magic Gold Coast winters day with swell all day and off shore winds. A steady flow of people checking boards out all day.

 The standard and quality of boards is better each year and some people show some amazing skills.

A big thanks to all the guys who turned up and to Jackie for helping make the day it was.

Heading home with 10 boards and another big day under our belts.

The Gold Coast 1957

Produced by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1957. Directed by Richard Mason. Twenty miles of sea and sand on the coast of southern Queensland. The beaches between Coolangatta and Surfer's Paradise are known as the Gold Coast. Here, where it is always summer, there is an all year playground and tourist resort. One of Australia's most popular travel destinations. Shot in Vistarama and Eastmancolour.

7ft 6" Hydro V for Larry

 

 

 

A little deeper in the butt crack to open up the tail as it is fairly wide.

 Larry said he wanted Tree Frog green, this is it

3 the same for Heath

Heath wanted 3 x 8ft 1"mini longboards for himself and friends.

US Blanks EPS with lightweight stringers to hold the rocker. Straight off the AKU machine.

Cleaned up and scribe the rails to be cut off.

Home and ready to add the rail bands

Ready for the 3mm rail bands

 

All rail bands on

 

Clening up the rail bands

Sorted

Getting setup to bag the top and bottom on

One in the bag and one ready to follow.