Sometimes, it’s just better to put a face to a name.
In this case, it’s just a little more than obvious who lives here:
Walking up to the compound:
Boards Here:
Boards There:
Boards Everywhere:
Here’s the “shaping room”:
Glassing Bay:
Some finished beauties in the front:
The man himself:
Ooops, I almost forgot the squaretail wooden beauty he was working on.
Ambrose, it was great to meet you. You and your wife were very gracious to entertain me on a lazy Sunday afternoon. I wish I could have stayed longer.
I know I’m going to screw up the quote, so I’ll try and paraphrase Ambrose.
I like to ride my boards and have them around a while to keep riding them, so I make 'em durable and go thick on the glass.
Kinda hard to put it as eloquently as he did since it’s already been 2 weeks, but I totally agree.
Thanks,
I learned a thing or two about board design hanging out with you. I hope you like the pictures.
etmo
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Totally agree with you, SurfingKin – a visit with Ambrose is a great feature of any trip to the Garden Isle…
Aaahhhh… Now there’s some good reminising…
Ahhh yes!, Ambrose!
a great down to earth man
full of the wealth of knowledge and Aloha!
a must to visit
so the question im sure everyone wants to know
does he speak in prose as well like a rapper or something
or does he talk like normal
He talks like a human…
sometimes a bit hard to comprehend, but thats only due to the listener’s lack of knowledge
sometimes I have to ask him to rephrase or educate me of what he just said to me
He once passed a lot of knowledge on to me by simply saying “fishing pole” durring a conversation about how to do outlines
some people would of went “huh?” but me be’ns I gradiated from the 6th grade, I cought on real quik,
ahhh shucks!!! twasnt nothing… LOL!
wilie dixon said it
and mose put it
in my ear
if I have to keep talkin
I am mandated
to make it rhyme
cause the questions keep comin
and my mind is workin’
tripple time.
gratifying to have the
shutter bugs actually
post a few.
the dimentions in the yard
are photographed and now digitally
secured in the cashebox
of mass consumtion media culture
an island in an ocean of time
on an island
ageing like fine wine
whilst some grapes
turn to vinegar
my yard is here
as a breath of air to the
suffocating effects of global
homoginizing…stop by let go surfin
it’s kona winds through tomorrow.
…ambrose…
when its on I’m 100% commited
My kinda surf factory…
Nice of you to post the pics.
Sum real beauties…
Now THATS what I call a backyard shaper!
They are some unique boards to trim your life away.
By the way amc-III… Thanks for the “lessons” in hot wireing… I finally got it all together, and it went well…
The stoke continues - Taylor