hey there!
just finished shaping #4,
if you want, have a look at my oh so trendy and chic surf blog at
http://thetrimproject.blogspot.com/
thanks sways!!
trimchris
trimchris
your shapes stared out nice and are getting realy nice
3 and 4 are sweet definetly retro and nice and thick in the chest,mmmmm Gooood
Hi Chris,
amazing stuff. hats off to the courage of ordering 7 blanks and a power planer before having shaped board #1.
I’m into board #5 and still using a surfoam only. and I’m also shaping for friends who pay for materials…
nice shapes, can’t believe how well done for a number one. stoked for you!
greetings from southern germany
KM
and now some german on sways 
servus karl!
vielen dank!
deine boards schaun super aus. vielleicht können wir uns ja mal irgendwo in der mitte treffen und ein bissl plaudern. wär cool.
lg aus wien.
hey everyone!
thanks for the nice words!
im plenty stoked, altough the way isnt an easy one, but whom do i tell that.
karl:
the power planer thing is a strange one at first. the part of shaping i still fear the most is the one where you hit the blank with the planer on full force to bring it to thickness, but after a while you get pretty comfortable with it and its just the most accurate tool in surfboard shaping. i did the rails of my last 2 boards with the surform only, and had a lot of fun doing it that way, but i noticed that i have a lot more work to do to get them even and more or less the same on both sides. the planer takes care of that issue. i can really recommend getting over the planer angst and giving it a go.
on the firts couple boards i was really worried about those deep planer ridges, and the blank looked like a battlefield, but they pretty easily sand out flat so i dont really care too much about that anymore.
its just a good tool, especially the clark mod. one.
take care everyone!
trim chris