Monday, April 22, 2013

New Hully Short Stuff

Here's a couple of new short guys that I've been working on for close to a year.
The Egg On Acid. A hyper short version of the Tri-Egg, it carries the classic soft egg rail on top of the hull,
with a kink in the template and tail rocker, along with a barreled V to give a solid pivot off of the tail.

This one is 5'11, 17" x 21 1/4" x 16 1/2". I've made them anywhere from 5'7 to 6'2, and it probably
can go a little bigger, as well.
       The other board is the VeeBee:
Obviously, a variant of the GeeBee. This one is 5'9, 18 1/8 x 21 x 17. The difference is in the tail: it stays wider in the back third, and corners into a narrower tail block, more like Velo, hence the name. Bottom-wise, it also goes into a firm Vee in the tail, with a rocker kink.

Otherwise, this board has the same rocker, bottom, and committed hull rail as the GeeBee.
On both these boards, I've opened up the fin options. Both can be ridden as single fins (of course),
but by using standard 2-plug FCS for the side boxes, two different fin setups can go down.
One would be the classic GeeBee/MP one-plus two setup:
This setup is the classic for more committed rail turns. A more tail-friendly option is this:
A two-plus one setup. Either way, both of these boards have a different feel. I dig 'em!



Monday, May 21, 2012

9'4'' SOS, PHD

Flo's 9'4'' SOS



Brian set this blank up nice with the stringers coming right out at the corners.











Nice, Watermans Guild volan glass job.



Upon the front 3rd on this and it will take off with out you if your not ready.







This one came out nice .



Thursday, July 28, 2011

RHAnt

I really like Tim: he knows what he wants, has an idea of what it should look like, but is wise enough to throw a clue as to the board's ultimate purpose.
This could be anywhere in Cali, during any era. It's what I heard Tim saying he wanted.
So I shaped him this:


Just an ANT. Never "just" for anyone who Knows What They Want- but an Ant, nonetheless. But after a few rides, more info bubbles up from Tim, about something we no longer have, both in surf, and in rider- Russell Hughes, dead last May. I begin to understand: He saw this,

And he was thinking this: Russ on the left.


I'm just happy he could ride like this. Sounds like he is, too.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Where Next?


Where next? After Vancouver,maybe right here. The strongest-yet southern hemi popped in right about the same time I got back in town ( I wish it showed up a week early!). While I've had no time to partake (paying off for Travel Fun), I'm sure some local feedback will arrive. I'm planning on sloppy seconds at the end of the week (before Carmageddon).
Whatever, it's L.A.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Great Green North










TeePee surf camp




Moonshine








Storm Jonny

Sunday, June 19, 2011

9'0'' and 8'0''

8'0'' Hot Generation




9'0'' Combo of L-spoon , HG and Fineline Microant, these 2 are Mr. Elsners. Good feedback on both of these.



Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Monday, June 13, 2011

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Surf Craft. Ho Ho, 'Ho

'Tis the season. Ho, Ho, you 'Ho. Lot's o' sleds.
surf craft

Friday, June 10, 2011

Hull at Chasm
Hull at Beach
Hull at Home


Hull not wanting to be home


Hull in Butt

Monday, June 6, 2011

bottom turns are overrated, nasal passages are forever

Man looked at what he created, and said it was good.
She must be some kind of ghost the way her love'n haunts me so.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Big-Human Pigs

By the way, for those of you who are superstitious (I'm not), this shot just happened to be numbered
60666 on my camera. I didn't take this pic: my camera is always around for anyone to grab and snap. Someone who lurks around here, and gets a board or two shaped, took this pic. But stuff happens...


Seeing this, I knew I had a source of inspiration. The Duke knew all about being a high-gravity guy. So I talked to Him about a high-gravity-dude pig.
The Duke and I both agreed. After all, we're both practical, hands-on guys. We needed a high-gravity dude to help us accomplish the mission...

...one with really high-gravity eyebrows. Truely outsized to all normal Human expectations.

Obviously, high-gravity guys need oversized components on their equipment...

Johnny checking out the almost-final result.
9'10: 18 x 23 x 17. A true pig template, but gone high-gravity. 3 1/4" thick, so all is proportional. We added concave to the nose, 'a la Dave Sweet. D-fin. Duh. No model name, as of yet- but there will be- all model names here show up after all cosmetic/behavioral inputs show up...good, and bad, like life.
If you show up at Mike Black's Pig-fest, you'll see the done deal. BJ