board's for Jersey

new shapes for Ben and Tara of Archipelago in Jersey.

Ben's is a 7'6" foiled down, performance orientated, five boxed, mid-length.

Tara's is a performance orientated 9'2"with a blue and white tint.

new website

after many late nights and plenty of tea the new website is finally on-line!

thanks to everyone that help build it.

Widow Maker Sept 1999

Two recent custom orders have give me the opportunity to revisit some old ideas. these photos are of one of the widow-maker boards that we built under the Fluid Concept Label in Mid 1999. Mark Dickinson (Fluid Concept) and i were riding mostly single fins at the time. we were experimenting with different ideas to maintain control at the high speeds generated by larger, more powerful waves. inspired by the likes of Terry Fitzgerald and Dave Parmenter an obvious step forward was the widow maker set up. These boards were fast but retained the drive and predictability in critical situations that had been lacking in the single fins. i rode this board in everything from waist high upwards.

Newton For Nick

8'2" Newton for an old friend.

Nick Paden formally of Cool Classics surf shop in Scarborough.

board art

fine artwork by Chris.

for more scribbles check out his blogg.

http://pikerust.blogspot.com/

catching up with old posts

i built this mini Simmons style 5'4" for Chris Bisson earlier in the year but didn't have time to share it.