Jekyll

6'0" Jekyll for Chris

Shapes

6'0" Jekyll 

6'0" Quad

7'4" #9

6'4" EPS Jekyll

Moon Jellyfish

Lumus

5'10" Lumus for Simon

glassed on runners and removable rear fins

Test pilot John Eldridge

7'5" "Dirty Pin" Single fin with scooped deck for John Eldridge.

Design with John, inspired by the boards of John Wesley and incorporating a few things that i have learnt from the recent boards that I've shaped for Alex.

Artwork by John.

all fun.

More For Sale

Custom Lok Box Twin Keels made by Rainbow Fins

 with a good balance of hold and release these fins will liven up any twin fin

usually sell at £65 selling for £30 a set

#9 7'7" x 19 3/4 x 2 7/8

opaque white resin tint top and bottom

hand made smoked glass quad fins, glassed on.

used (e-mail for details)

£300

this is one of my own personal boards. it's a joy to ride and i'm reluctant to part with it.

9'0" x 22" x 2 5/8

Pink and black resin tint

2+1 fins included

used (e-mail Alexa at alexa_72@gmx.de for details)

super stylish and a great ride

£320

BOARDS FOR SALE

I'm having a New Year clear out to make room for new shapes and have new and second hand boards for sale.

V-Fish 5'8" x 20 1/4 x 2 5/8

Brand New 

Opaque cream resin tint top and bottom, inlaid fabric patch and double black and white pin lines.

Price includes a custom set of Glass keel fins

Usual price £510 selling for £310

Diablo 5'10" x 20 1/2 x 2 1/2

Brand New 

Clear Glassing with a black resin Stripe.

Price includes a custom set of Glass Quad fins

Usual price £480 selling for £300

Diablo 6'2" x 21 1/4 x 2 1/2

Brand New 

Clear glassing with a spray on the bottom

Price includes a custom set of Glass Quad fins

Usual price £480 selling for £300

Diablo 6'2" x 21 1/2 x 2 3/4

Used (e-mail for details)

Clear glassing

Price includes a custom set of Glass Quad fins

£100

Asym 7'0" x 20 1/4 x 2 5/8

Used (e-mail for details)

Opaque resin tint, pale blue deck and rails with sand bottom

Fins not included

£150

Please e-mail for more info, photos of any of the boards.

info@empiresurfboards.com

please spread the word to anyone that might be interested.

More to follow

2+1 for Nick Radford

7'2" opaque white with cream spot

Vulcan

9'4" Vulcan for Chris

winged shortboard

Chris's 5'10"  winged, channel bottom shortboard.
photo nabbed from his fine blog http://www.pikerust.blogspot.com/

Glider

9'10" Glider for Mark

Super 6 for Alex

New shape for Alex

 Scooped nose Hull up front, down rail with spiral vee in the tail

Some words from Alex "The Super 6 design is a Transitional Displacement Hull. The idea was to create a board with hull characteristics with modern short board turning control under the back foot. Its a lively board to ride either as a single fin or with the added side bite options. The single fin an inch up from the back of the box will give the board a loose feel, you can engage the rail more on the turns and maintain loads of speed. When the waves are steeper, the side bites (all set in a line - moving the single fin up further) will tighten up the back of the board and stop it sliding out. Thickness distribution plays a big part in the board, its almost 3" thick under your chest for moving around quickly in the line up and paddling in early, this volume then quickly tapers out to the rails and down towards the tail. Also, the foam in the nose is taken out to enable you to drop the entire length of the rail into the turn, on more pivotal turns, it feels light and responsive.  Its a board that takes a bit of time to figure out, constantly shifting your weight and feet around to connect turns, more weight forward to feel the hull and increase speed, weight back for snappy turns back into the pocket."

Winged shortboard

For Chris

Lumus

Lumus for Liam

Lumus feedback

Well it's been a long time but finally I'm able to report on the Lumus. After a few complications with the leg I'm getting back to fitness and  able to surf pretty much normally again.

I've now surfed the board in a fairly wide range of conditions over the last few weeks ranging from completely awful where the Lumus made the most of what was available to really decent French beach break at about 4 foot...absolutely great!The board paddles and catches stuff well, accelerates quickly and makes it's way easily past flat/weak sections but still holds a line on steeper faces. When there is some power in the wave she flies...a real speed machine! Turns - not something I'm renowned for doing too many of - are smooth and effortless and the board is encouraging me to surf in different ways. Plus with a somewhat different shape, great glass job, resin tint and bamboo fins it's a real head turner and raising a fair bit of interest.

Surfed it again last night in fairly chunky onshore conditions. Even on the bigger drops the board was solid and comfortable when I thought the wider tail might move around a bit. On the odd waves that held up a bit the board really gets up and goes...we get a lot of second rate waves up here so something that makes the most of anything is important to me fir a fun session!


I'm extremely pleased I went for the Lumus...finally a smaller board that I'm really enjoying riding and not tempted to drift back to my big boards...may even be tempted by a sub 6 foot one sometime?

Many thanks for a great board and great service!

Best Regards, Roger

Deskjockey Pres - Banff Point Jan 3rd 2011 from Darryl Roberts on Vimeo.

It's always great to meet the people that you have built boards for.
I built Darryl a Prophet a few years back and bumped into him for the first time at the Fish Fry in Crackington.
thanks for the Clip.

shapes

9'10" Glider for Mark

6'2" Lumus for Liam

Vulcan

9'8" Vulcan

Fish Fry

Cassette feedback

while exiting the water the lifeguards rolled up and were all over the board- "what's that, where d'ya get it- we seen ya out there on the nose every wave" 

type thing- I'm starting to think we should have just sprayed the web address on the board, but then I wouldn't be getting to meet all these nice enquiring folk, 

would I? 

Hope your enjoying your time away- will catch up soon.

Ciaran.

P.s We spent the weekend up at Saunton and scored perfect waist high glass at mid tide on Friday- the board went sic!!!! Same thing there, bumped into a lot of the 

local mal riders I know from competing up that way some years ago and there attention was soon taken up by the Cassette. One guy even had a go and paddled 

back out grinning his head off- saying "this is the perfect Saunton board!"- I would have to agree.