8'2'' PHD 68/PR

Oldfart railgrab by KP, this is on my own 8'4'' PR brian made me , this has really been fun as of late,my goto board. I was tryin to stay close to the Green for St. Patricks day.

The PR stands for Puerto Rico 1968 World Contest, Wayne Lynch, Nat Young and Ted Spencer had been in Europe filming Evolution and shaped these type of boards for the contest

This one is a 8'2'' just like mine

Easy to ride on your backside with that hip and not to wide on the nose, good in beach breaks also, has a rolled V under your back foot . Good in junk surf also.

The 8'2'' and my 8'4'' more info kirkripper@yahoo.com

NEW ONES AT MOLLUSK SF

8'4'' Hot Generation Putnam/ Hilbers/ Design

9' 4'' SOS , PHD these 2 are what Brian and I have been workin on, Ive been riding and refining these 2 for more years than I care to remember.

These are pulled from Children of the Sun from N.Z., this one is Wayne Parkes , tryin to show this era just went by too fast. Its great to go back and refine these boards with better rockers , foils and fins = FUN !

The great N.Z. surfer/ shaper Alan Byrnes on a SOS type design. I had some of his great 6 channel Burning Spears guns in the 80's, good stuff. Any ? about the boards .... kirkripper@yahoo.com

My Little Bastard

This is my new personal Little Bastard. I made it a bit big, 6'3, to match the size of my beloved MP, so I can make a head-to-head comparison of the two.
Very MP-like, but it carries the Bad Acid bottom through the hull (you can just see the double concave in the pic below). Also, it has a taste of tail kick, coordinated with the front fins. Notice it's a widowmaker setup, 2+1, rather than the in-line 1+2 of the MP and GeeBee. Also, a new dedicated sidebite template, in Volan, made for me by Larry at Fibreglas Fin Co. One of the new PHd flex templates by Marlin at 101 in the middle. This is the hooky guy, the BJ/Foley, that really throws some good punch in the MP.

JOHNNYS HOT GENERATION

Brian and Johnny been thinkin about this for awhile.

8''4'' its like the one Brian and I did for Sacred Craft in SD, just a bit thicker for him.

Made to turn off that hip and trim up toward the front.

S-deck , not to much V so it wont track.

''Senior Johnny'' is back workin over at Mollusk in Venice , thats a good thing . Also my new neighbor .

P-38 SIGHTING

The OG p-38 this was one of those boards that just came together really well.

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Brian made those fins and they really flex at the tip.

Mikey or Warm jet , not sure.

I love that wosh feeling right when you exit a pocket.

8'4'' PHD PUERTO RICO 68

Brian shaped this for me its a design Ive ridden since 1994, its like the boards Wayne Lynch , Nat and Ted Spencer rode in Evolution and the end of the film the Hot Generation. This is one of my favorite boards, it works in a lot of waves , points , beachbreaks, junksurf allaround user friendly hull.

The template has alot of curve and the rocker is relaxed just a bit in the right spot so its works really well backside.

Lots of foam on the S- deck, paddles well for an 8'4''.

The nose is slightly pulled and that curve in the back really helps the board go from rail to rail, also a rolled V right in front of the fin box , this board solves alot of problems with bigger hulls.

Very Small, and not so Very Small

This is a new ride for Tim Caton, down SD way- a 4'11 Paipo, shown here on top of a GeeBee for scale. It's around 21 1/2" wide, 1 3/4" thick. More or less a Velo tail- I used a GeeBee nose template, rather than the rounder Velo, to reduce spray flying into his prone mug. In spite of the thinness, we'll just have to wait and see if it flexes much- it's mighty short.



This is Eric's 8'0 Microant- it's going back home with him to Byron Bay. Nick's authentic GeeBee-looking GeeBee is in the background.

Bamboo Flexies Ready to Roll

Marlin's fine work at 101 fins is just about ready to roll. True to PHD philosophy, we wanted to give these fins a thorough test before letting them out.
The overall vibe is a smoother turn, that's really easy to initiate. Above are two shorter fins, pretty much designed for shorter hull hybrids, such as LS Eggs, MPs, and Little Bastards. On shorter boards, the lack of fin weight is really noteable. The fin on the left is the BJ-Foley 8.25. I based this off a Jay Foley template from Yater Pocket Rocket days. Doesn't feel as extreme as it looks-
nothing like a Norm-Flex. The fin on the right is a 8.5 MP. Both these fins utilize a "hinge flex", with
the last 1/4 of the fin designed to flex like a paddle. The zing this gives the fin on hard turns and,
when pumping down the line, is really noticeable. We're also putting out the PHD-1, shown below
in fiberglass, with a conventional taper flex.

This is a Volan in the PHD-1 template. 9.1". Notice the foil- the pivot is moved forward on the fin,
compared to Greg's templates, obviously a different template, the same flex pattern as the L-Flexes.
This is proving to be a killer fin in hardman hulls, but really shines in the more steerable hulls. It's a perfect Egg fin, and worth a checkout in Marc Andrieni's Vaqueros.

PHD EGG

My son Dustin's new 7'8'' PHD EGG

People really like these, good all around board.

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Deck. I tried the 101 bamboo flexfin this week and it works great.

7'0'' JAWS 8''4'' V-HOT GENERATION

7'0'' Jaws parabolic and 8'4'' V

Had these at Sacred Craft. The fin on the Jaws is a prototype 101 bamboo flexfin.

Bottoms Up!!

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Foil, about 2.25 thick, super thin tail, these fins came out sooo nice they weigh almost nothing and flex unreal, more later on these, BIG THANX to Marlin at 101.

OLD BUT NEW 2

Brian and I have talked about this one for awhile, influenced by the film The Hot Generation and surfing of Ted Spencer and Nat Young. This era went by so fast its fun to redo these designs but with better rockers, foils and fins, this one is a Putnam/Hilbers 8'4'' lots of hip in the back and a nice straight spot on the trim sweet spot

Better foil than the old ones thinner tail and S-deck

Velo- influenced tail. Think wipit like Ted off that tail curve and step up to sweet spot and burn.

This little beast is a Fineline model of Brians , a Zombie 8'0'' like the early V-bottoms, but with better rocker and foil, this stuff should be at Sacred Craft show

PHD SKUNKWORKS

Brian and I are workin on some new Fins for different shapes from Putnam/Hilburs and Fineline

Lots of nice old curves to work with with Props to all the Flexfin Gods over the years.

Brian !!! wheres my 9.25 , 40 layer volan Tim Bowler foiled special ??????

A few Tecates later and we have 3 or 4 new templates and foils to try.......... more later.

Acula Parabolic Hull

Nice 6'8'' Acula

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Deck, this ones for sale, contact Brian or KP for info.