Saturday, 30 June 2012

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Alter-Eggo


7'5" single fin with micro sides
ghost tint with free laps 

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Sunday, 10 June 2012

First bowl from the fire



I've been throwing pots again.
here is the first small stoneware bowl out of the kiln.

Saturday, 9 June 2012

#9 For Sale


I'm reposting the 7'7" #9
since building the new Spectro it just isn't getting the attention that it deserves so I've dropped the price to £200
 i have plans to reinvest the cash in a new prototype mid-lenght


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

Friday, 1 June 2012

Monday, 28 May 2012

Testing the new shape


New 9'4" for Nick Radford
Initial report....

The combination of vee, hips, and wide diamond tail makes for really nice transitions off the top and into a cutback, and the softer rails are still responsive with them being bladed out more in the tail. The lower widepoint seems to have a number of advantages - for general maneuverability and responsiveness surfing off the tail (with the widepoint by your front foot), or initiating turns further up the board with the roll, but mainly noseriding...

It creates a really solid trim when it locks in. This might be a combination of the kick in the tail and slightly turned down rails in the nose also, but it really holds my weight (14 odd stone) on the nose - because of the increased weight / volume in the tail with the lower widepoint and heavy glass job, and the resulting counterbalance when locked in for a noseride. it makes a solid platform for walking, and the softer rails are more forgiving in this respect. In my 15 years of riding longboards, I'd go as far as to say this is one of the best noseriders I've ever had, maybe the best! And it still goes good off the tail.

I've been riding it with a big Hynson red fin, which creates really nice drive and hold. Seems like a good fin for it, or maybe a big pivot fin. Anything too small or flexy I might be concerned the wide tail would ping out. I can give more detailed feedback when I've surfed it more, but for now it feels spot on!



Sunday, 27 May 2012

Grail


9'1" Grail  for Ross
2 + 1 with red resin tint

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Monday, 30 April 2012

Sunday, 29 April 2012

8'5" Mini Log for Cat


Hull up front, down rail Vee through the tail. 
ghost tint + free lap
2+1

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Jekyll


6'4" Jekyll for Andrew

5'11" Super - Transitional Hull




Updated Super stubby, coming in just under 6ft. We've tinkered with the step deck on the nose and taken it right to the rail, flattened the deck and filled out the rails under chest. As the rail moves down towards the tail, it begins to pinch and become more down rail. The bottom contour is a hull which changes two thirds of the way down and transitions into a spiral vee (double concave where the centre point is higher than the rails). The tail is wide and set with a 9" flex fin to really crank over those turns and bomb the line.

Sunday, 1 April 2012

#9


7'4" #9 for George
Resin tinted with glassed on fins