Wednesday, 17 March 2010

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.

Friday, 12 March 2010

Newton For Nick



8'2" Newton for an old friend.
Nick Paden formally of Cool Classics surf shop in Scarborough.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Thursday, 4 March 2010

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.

Monday, 22 February 2010

Stu's 8'4" in Costa Rica



Stu Jenkinson dropping into a nice left on his 8'4" mid-length in Costa Rica.

Monday, 25 January 2010

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Friday, 22 January 2010