Localism

Waves on waves

This board is being built for a marketing company on the east side of the state. The waves look beautiful on this board. I had the artwork printed at Victim Board Art out of Florida. Nice work boys, making customers happy is what it is all about.

Friendly Ghosts

Ben's Bob was laminated this past weekend. White with black logos, it looks clean and streamlined. It still needs a hotcoat and hardware, but is nearing completion. The images you are looking at appear distorted because I was using a fisheye lens to shoot them. Radical all the way around.

Lil' Bobby

Congrats to Ben for becoming the stoked father of a little guy named Bobby. He was born last night at 7:37pm weighing in at 6'0" x 23" x 2 7/8" The contours came out perfectly, I'm sure he will do Daddy proud.

Novel ideas and White surfboards

After making this exact same board for Erik, I couldn't resist making one for myself. 6'6" x 21" x 2 5/8" For a change I decided to make a white board, which I was really happy that I did on this shape. The white really forces you to look at the shape and how the lines blend. I am very happy with this template, loosely taken from a Firewire Dominator. Should be fun to surf, just have to wait for this ice to thaw...

Window of Opportunity

Once in awhile we get a thaw in January that actually clears out the lake. Since the ice hasn't been as bad as past years, we had a window of opportunity this past Sunday. Shoulder high, fresh water goodness. Here's Mitch sinking his teeth into a good line with a Burly Mini-Bob. The fog was rolling in and I was just able to get a few shots before the entire pier wasn't visible.

Shotguns for Surfboards

This has to be a first. This Christmas I received a gift from the Black Lab as sort of a thank-you / Merry Christmas gift for shaping the Ghost Knife. Scotty gave me a classic pump action Ithaca Shotgun. If a gifted gun isn't a sign of gratitude, then I don't know what is. That man is ripping it up on the Knife and turning on a wave like he never has before. The stoke is getting passed all around this year. I want to say thanks to Scotty, Erik, Ryan, and everyone else for making this a great year of shaping!