Fox Mask

Halloween Mask 

Recycled Card and Masking tape

Views from the summer trip

Mystery

9'1" Mystery

Newton

8'0" Newton for Ross

Quiver Summer 2012

9'4" Cassette, 7'9" Universal, 6'6" Spectro, 6'0" Lumus

Quick trick brick stack

First, I'll make a 

quick trick brick stack. 

Then I'll make a 

quick trick block stack.

the Fox in Socks

that's the bed/storage in the van sorted.

Cassette

9'4" Cassette for Rich

Cassette Mk II

9'4" Cassette for Marcus

Based on the Cassette variant that i shaped for Nick Radford.

We made a few changes from the original.

The wide point/curve has be pushed back and the tail width/rocker have been increased.

Mystery

9'1" Mystery for Peter in Austria

The Universal

Dipped in darkness and more Bladey than the Reapers Scythe.

the 7'9" Universal

wide point back, evolution inspired displacement hull

interview

Sqz over at the KernowKalling blog asked me a few questions and very kindly posted the answers on his blog. 

have a look here:

http://kernowkalling.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/steve-2-fins-interview.html

Time for a new suit

Decided it's time to finally retire my old Hotline suit.

after 5 odd years of hard service the legs have finally given up. 

not bad form for a wet suit, as I'm not particularly kind to them. 

my replacement Hotline arrive today courtesy of Steve at Fluid concept. if you are looking for good suit these would be the ones.

Diablo for sale

Nick Radford is selling his Diablo for £250

6'2" x 21 x 2 7/8

please contact him directly

nick@frootful.co.uk

the board is also on display at Free Riders in Falmouth so if you are in the area, pop in and have a look.

Mode

9'4" mode for Andy

Resin tinted in cream and purple with black, white, black bands.

Vulcan

9'2" Vulcan for John

New things are rarely new

High speed race track on the east coast in early 2000's

I shaped this board over a decade ago under the label Autonomy (set up with Mark Dickinson in Scarborough.)
these were early steps on our search for speed and control.

a blunt Nose and a concave to channelled vee bottom. 
the rocker was based on that of a longer high performance board with the nose and tail cut off giving a lower straighter rocker. 

it's a fully committed, high performance fish, fast, responsive and drivey. 
i rode it to death (the tail eventually cracked) in everything from waist high to well over head. 
risking snapping one side of the tail off completely i took it out for a couple of waves a few months ago and it's still an absolute blast to ride.

we certainly weren't the only people building wider, lower rockered boards back then but we were certainly in the minority. it's good to see that these sorts of boards are becoming mainstream but the recent popularity of the next new thing has seen some eyebrows raised. 
there are shapers and surfers out there that have been shouting this message for a long time, it's been over fifthteen years for me and for many others it's been far longer. it's a shame that it takes some big names to change the way that most people think about what a good surfboard should look like.

Tenmoku Bowl

Wave length

Great Article on John Eldridge's recent indo trip.

Look out for the Empire Dirty Pin in the quiver shot. 

Swallows vase

Porcelain vase with Mishima decoration

Vulcan

9'8" Vulcan for Scott