This is a friend of mine called Elliot. He wanted something traditionl and with more glide and nose riding capabilities than a standard "modern" mal.
This one is 93 x 23 x 31/2...rolled bottom and 50/50 rails. The reverse 'D' fin was a nice touch at the suggestion of Barron von Weirdo.















The other blue mal is one for his Dad...it's a very nice colour don't you think?

cows and wood

The last few days have been a bit hectic... working on finishing a timber board for the Gold Coast City Council that they will present to the Japanese ministers on their upcoming overseas delegation to Japan . It is 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 3/8. I've also been working on a SUP for Rob. The SUP is a 11'6 x 30 x 41/2 gun for surfing both here and Hawaii. Both the blanks were made from recycled materials, pine packing crates, cedar, paulowina and the weed tree, camphor laurel...expertly knocked together by Jason and his good lady, Stacey. That is Camphor laurel on the deck of the short board that has been book leaved. Still a bit to go but I hope to have them finished by the end of the week.



















The other is just a view from my glassing stands with the cow for company.

Jed Done from Bushrat

Just had and inspiring visit from Jed Done aka Bushrat sufboards, located on the far south coast of NSW. He is the new rep for 4 way fins and was dropping in to say giddy which was a great opportunity to finally meet this guy , catch up on the south coast gossip and view the amazing flextail boards that he does. So good to talk turkey with a guy who thinks outside the box and is passionate about his craft. In this picture are mostly flextails, a D.Hynd inspired fish and Jed's finless surfboard....We are sooo lucky and privileged to create custom boards for people as a means of supporting ourselves....well almost!!! hahaha

wonglepong love

a new custom board for Richard from the great guys at the board room... this puppy is 510 x 20 x 2 1/2 and should be loving life in the in the ocean real soon.

BEEN A WHILE

too long no blog but here we go...been busy as usual and I've a bit to share... shaping lots and here are a couple that I did in the same week. Me in the bay rolling rails.. and the finished boards before heading off ot the glassers... a 9'6 x 20 gun for Scott Redford for a show at the Brisbane Art Gallery and a 4'10 x 21 Simmons twinny for Japan. Plenty of thinking going on that week. Cheers till next blog.

SUP...I don't know if you guys know it or not, but James Billy Watson and I have been working together on SUP's for the last 5 years or so. Here are the latest two that I've made for him. The pintail is 8'6'' x 27'' x 4'. The flyer swallow is 9'4'' x 271/2'' x 4''. The litreage on the 8'6'' is 106 and the 9'4'' is 113. Both these boards have step decks that provide superior stability whilst paddling. More importantly, they allow the rails to be sensitive and fine, that way they can be surfed through the rail rather than just turning on the fins. They are both vee double concave and as a thruster set up with a slightly larger tail fin. Bill is stoked with the boards and did really well in the Noosa Festival of Surfing event, coming an impresive first place and a very close second in the recent Malfunction SUP event.
Go Billy, go!!!

THE POBBLEBONK....Well it's been a while since I've blogged and I wish I could say that I've been doing nothing, but I have been surfing, shaping and painting heaps .... here are a few I thought you might like to look at.

Both these boards are Pobblebonks. This is a board design that I made years ago in the late 90's to see how short was too short...made a few of them in all shapes and sizes around the 5 foot mark...I only went as short as 4'10''.... that worked OK and never really went any shorter, so I still don't know!....maybe it's time to revisit that again....anyway, the latest one that I modelled these on started out as a thruster and after moving the fins around the board 3 times, it ended up as a quad. Just a crazy thing to ride, with so much planing area, vee double concave and no nose, getting barreled on it was like you were riding the barrel with no board.. just you in the tube!!! ...Rode it in anything up to about 3 feet before another mate of mine Adrian,'had' to have it....anyway... the guy with the black pobblebonk is my good friend Tom's mate from the UK...George....his board is 5'2'' x 21 1/8'' x 2 1/2'' quad fin. He painted it himself and from all reports loves it to death...The blue one is 5'x 21'' x 2 1/2''and is a sample board for Billabong in Japan....and they're frothing!...just wait till they actually ride it!!!





















I do like George's skull with the gold tooth ....nice touch mate!!