A 6’8 Jim Banks thruster . [Good ol’ council collections , eh ?! ]
A nose to fix , and there is one small hole in the bottom …I hope to be surfing it by this time next week . (I can hardly wait …this will be the first glassed on fins thruster I have ridden since 1996 !! )
ben
that looks like a fun outline, any art work plans for it?
looking forward to the video too…
no, I’ll keep it simple , for a change …
lavz will be a busy feller with exams for a while , so …
videoing will probably be a LONG way off yet.
roundy yes this nose
why stick on a point that the god sumarily reject?
banx?
moike eet ta CHYPPA? WHOT???
ambrose…
round off this nose ? have it as a 5’7 ? …nup
only one thing still puzzles me …
the logo says "Jim Banks Surfboards , since 1971 "
W-E-L-L …
being that he is now 44 years old … ???
ben
… did his dad have a shaping bay back then , [and the same name ], I wonder ? […like the “neal purchase” thing , perhaps ?]
…Anyone out there know , by any chance ? Just curious , is all…
[Good ol’ council collections , eh ?! ]
Please explain this statement…
Trash day? Junk yard? Garbage can?
Looks like you scored , now get busy and glass that nose back on !
other’s hands are at work on it , even as I type …
“council collection” is just that …the council collects [ once a year] , your household throw-outs …
surfboards , skateboards , bicycles, tv’s , the occassional video …
…wish I was an electrician sometimes !
my neighbour collects this stuff , and sells it [as he did with this board]
ben
hey Ben, sounds like a good neighbour to have.
the thruster that Andrew has and rode a bit (???) was about a 6’10 originally but he found it with the nose missing and rounded off. he started riding it like that and it seemed fine. ugly as a bucket of vomit though, especially with that colourful deck and the primitive deck grip.
i know what you’re thinking… “who is he to be calling something primitive??”
its a beauty chipper! maybe one day you could give it a respray/revival?
Awesome!
can’t wait to hear how it goes.!
hi Josh !
W-E-L-L …
…this one I ain’t touching , gonna ride it as is .
An exercise in self-control.
I often look , wistfully, at photos of boards I should have left alone .
I’ll start buying new blanks , from now on [apart from the "kneeboard strip and reshape to a fish job’'].
ben
I could have done with that board a few weeks ago when I visited. Pity you din’t have it then. My 6’1 was a bit loose in the bigger stuff. I’d forgotten the power and speeed of West Australian waves. But I was reminded pretty quick.
Cecil
And now …some shots of the repaired Banksy…
taken with the $60aus digital camera “shark attack survivor Brad” bought at a swapmeet a few weeks back …THANKS , Brad !!!
[I’ll just have to wait a few months for deeper banks and more swell…don’t want to risk resnapping the nose in 1’ deep water . I hit bottom so hard last monday with my head and my elbow I thought I had broken something , for sure]
I liked this boards’ outline ,when I first saw it in John’s back garden . And after SO many years of not having ridden a [‘glassed on fins’] thruster , THIS will be the board to get me back into it !
…who knows , maybe I’ll get rid of all my relics , and " ride a normal board " for a few years ? Shouldn’t do any harm to my surfing … hopefully…
cheers !
ben
Good job, Ben. Doesn’t look like it’s ever been snapped.
Looking great chipsterben. came up good for your hopefully early winter swells.
whoa, I am in shock , pops ! You have a thruster you’re actually going to ride ?? and a computer AND a digital camera, too ??? Oh man , it looks like you CAN teach an old dog new tricks , after all. I’m speechless.
Cecil