Off to Brittany

have a great trip Chris.

Photo nabbed from http://pikerust.blogspot.com/2011/04/build-up-to-britanny.html

Electro

6'8" Electro glide for Dave

Lumus Concaves

6'4" Lumus for Roger in North wales

skeletons stand bare bones in the valley

waiting for the slow churning progression of reanimation

here comes spring.

We jump for joy

A gorgeous film of friends having fun.

Mark Dickinson riding a Empire Mode, filmed by Ollie Banks

thanks guys.

Longs

Lumus Feedback

5'4" Lumus for Chris Bisson

Hiya Steve,

Got three surfs on my 5'4'' Lumus this weekend and had a

great time. Everything about it feels good, paddles very well,

catches waves well and surfs brilliantly. Pivots nicely on bottom

turns, but still keeps it's drive and speed, grips nicely on turns

whilst still keeping it's speed.

Cheers,

Chris.

Custom Quad

6'4" Quad for Sam

Mice?

Why you shouldn't let your 18 month old daughter help unpack the shopping.

Vulcan

9'8" Vulcan for Steve Griffin

"Raspberry" tint with knee patch and yellow band

thank you for the order Steve, it was a pleasure.

Shapes

6'6" Jekyll for John

5'10" Diablo for Tom

6'0" Lumus for Dave

New addition to the family

Bronte Wintercroft born 12/2/11

For Peru

6'1" with three fins for Jacksons trip to Peru

Still cold

Diversity

I love shaping and the interaction with and variety of people, places and waves that i build for.

On Thursday i shaped a 9'8" Vulcan for Steve in Fife, a 6'1" high energy short board heading to Peru with Jackson of Finisterre and 5'4" Lumus for Chris up the road in Newlyn East.

Testing

Test Flight for my new Lumus

Board: Lumus 6'0"

Burnt orange pigment with white spot.

Glassed on fins, wet sanded finish.

Average waves can be fun with good equipment.

Surfed a fading swell at Godrevy on Sunday with good friend Nick Radford and new friend Dan Crockett. Good fun all round.

Thank you to Mel of Splashography for sending the photos over.

If you surf in Cornwall he'll probably have a picture of you.

Take a look at his site here and keep and eye out for him on the beach.

Alaia for Alexa

In the Autumn i was fortunate enough to be asked to shape an Alaia for Alexa.

wood is a wonderful material to work with.

Thanks for the photos Alexa.

you can see her blog here

chilly up north

It takes a good deal of dedication to surf through the winter in Yorkshire.

cheers for the picks Joe.

Snow Sharks

Corduroy Lines

Empire Surfboards feature in the printed Autumn issue of Corduroy Lines.

Thanks to Simon for supporting UK surfing and for a great read.

if you don't already have it, you can pick up a copy here.