With a nudge from Matt Calvani, I’ve moved into a new approach to shaping. One of a kind, eyeball specials. Not a lot of measuring, just looking, feeling and creating. Pretty exciting. Just don’t ask me to make another one just like it. These are truly one of a kind.
New shape on the way. One of one.
One shape down. Sitting in the blue bus having a beer and relaxing. Soon I’ll be reading myself to sleep. Hopefully find some surf in the morning, stop at Mitch’s North for some fins (John always seems to fins cool fins), and back up to the hill for another shape. Today I actually started to shake off the gloom of the rainiest April in recorded weather history of the Ohio river valley. Nothing like a couple good surf sessions with friends to cheer a body up.
I’ve got four new boards at Surfindian in beautiful Pacific Beach, San Diego. Stop in and check them out or contact the store for shipping anywhere.
6’1″ HPH speedster quad, cool fall color Mexican blanket resin job, fins 101 bamboo canard quad glass ons, polished gloss
6’7″ HPH speedster, deep aqua tail dip w/ smoke stripe, Geppy keels, polished gloss
7’6″ hillbilly quad, moss green bottom tint, Geppy/Frye quad glass ons, sanded gloss
9’7″ HPH, jailbreak/beetlejuice resin job top and bottom, Geppy keels, polished gloss
Photos soon.
Looks like Masa and Chris, along with the whole crew and a lot of helpers, pulled off an amazing job of raising funds for relief effort to help the people affected by the Tsunami and earthquake in Northern Japan. I hear they raised over $20,000 in one night! Hopefully this will make a significant impact in the lives of many of our Japanese friends.
Once again my guy at the factory, risking life and limb, has provided me with a glimpse of an upcoming HPH (9’7 1/2″) with another awesome Bing resin job.
This Sunday at Surfindian is the art and surfboard auction to benefit Japan. Click here for more info
This board will be auctioned as well as others from Skip Frye, Michael Miller, Jim Phillips and more, along with great artwork and products from a variety kind individuals.
Great trip. Got a lot of tattooing in at Avalon Tattoo, almost finishing two ongoing projects and meeting some nice new folks.
The interview with Takashi and Junko from Blue Magazine in Japan went very well I think. They were very professional and nice folks. I’m looking forward to their interview in an upcoming issue. Unfortunately Blue is not published in English at this time so I’ll be hitting up one of my Japanese friends for translation.
I’ve got boards working up on the hill at Bing (formerly Channin) and at Michael Miller’s. Here’s the line up of new stock on the way:
6’2″ arctail quad downrailer: insane Mexican blanket resin top in fall colors, Fins 101 bamboo canard quads glassed on, resin leash loop.
6’7″ HPH Speedster: cool aqua/smoke stripe over tail, Geppy #1 keels, glass leash loop.
7’6″ hillbilly quad round tail: light olive tint bottom, Geppy/Frye quads glassed on, satin gloss finish.
9’7″ HPH: “beetlejuice” smoke/opaque white jailbreak stripes top and bottom, Geppy #2 keels glassed on, resin leash loop.
Thanks to Larry and Robert for their orders. They’ll be done soon fella’s
Experiencing some technical difficulties with my iPhone and WordPress, so no photos at this time.
Having a great trip so far. Thanks to all the folks who are making it impossible for me to keep up with my surfboard inventory. Stop in at Surfindian and see my latest HPH; 8’2″ with a stunning resin job by Jorge at Bing, up on the hill at the old Channin factory. Looks like a Mexican blanket is laminated into the deck. It is impossible for me to overstate the impact this color job has on first sight. Those guys certainly make me look good.
Doing some fun tattoos also, you all know who you are, and thanks for your patience and support. I’ll try to get some photos up soon.
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