one for Johnny and the turd for me

 

this is johnny's thruster i just finished up for hime...it 5'8" 18.5" 2.25"....it has a lower entry rocker for paddle and trim speed but then has a solid kick in the tail for easy fast turns and it balances out the low entry rocker through turns. it has a single concave transistion to flat behind the rear fin. he got a nice medium thickness rail  to have a little more float. he got the nose and tail a little wider than the standard and he wanted a curvy pulled in squash which will provide smoother turns. then he got the carbon fiber tail patches and front foot patches....soo sick...he picked it up today and he was pumped on it

this is my new 5'6" 19.25" 2.5" quad tootsie roll. i have been having fun playing around with these little quad pill guys and after riding one of my buddies quads i decided to make this one which has the same tail template as the other quads but a round nose and i narrowed up all the dimensions. it has a single concave to a tri plane (vee but with a flat spot in the middle but then buttt then i put a two narrow concaves running through the middle panel for more drive)starting just ahead of the fins and a flat kick in the tail for shred turns. the board has low straight entry rocker for better paddle and trim speed and then a balanced tail rocker that allows for easy turns without loosing any drive. although the middle is thicker the rails are foiled out to a nice pinched modern shortboard rail. i took this guy out today for its maiden voyange and she sure is a blast...super fast, tons of drive through bottom turns and really clean turns,,,catches every wave....also i got some carbon on it cause it only makes sense to have a lightweight board without sacrificing the longevity of the board. fcs fins sanded finish did a nice warm brown tint top and bottom free laped....surfing is really fun

for Matt (but not me)

this is a fish i just finished up the other day for a fellow Matt. He wanted a more traditional fish as far as low rocker fuller down rail with a beak nose twin fin all that good stuff....soo her she is at 5'10" 22" 2-7/8" he got a burnt orange tint top and bottom and cokebottlie tint on the rails (that was done in lamination because its more gangster that way and life is about being gangster[normaly it is either airbrushed on post hotcoat or opaque resin panels not this time]) he got a gloss and pollish glass on matching keels,, leash loop..also we decided to do a sturdier version than what you typically see these days....we did green weight US Blank which is a denser foam then for the orange on the deck i used this super custom 5oz gnarly weave that looks almost like a straight up sheet of fiberglass and then the bottom got 6oz then 6oz for the rails and 4oz over the deck and rails to seal it all up. the shape has low rocker,,,with flat entry to vee started just ahead of the midpoint developing to spiral vee just ahead the fins and out the tail,,,this allows for the flat entry helps the board plane going into waves and down the line (faster) then the vee helps rail to rail transition since fishes have a tendency to be stiffer, and then the spiral vee helps with rail to rail but adds drive and control through turns and rodeo flips and stuff. the deck is pretty flat the rails are full and down railed with a beak nose and this thing is gunna be reall fun great for those days at pipeline.

RIP Terry Martin

He was a nice guy and im am honored to say that i got to work on many of his boards over the past year. Truely a legend.

this is another shot of perry still killing it on that damn fish non-stop..he is down at some clean swamis enjoying the playful nature of the point reef break and the fish.

this is jeff's speed shape i finished early last week. The board's mechanics are a couple post back however the board got a sanded gloss finish with some glass on side bites for some more hold and drive while tightening up the turning radius. we decided to keep a center box so you can alter your center fin which can seriously change how the board rides. the bottom and rails got an abstract watercolor/ tissue paper esque lamination (that is resin in fiberglass not actually watercolor or tissue paper) the deck got an ultra subtle green tint to it...that is not clear i got you. and then dark brownish green pinline and logos....jeff says the board goes really well and thankfully we just got in a decent amount of swell to get this thing broken into.