A Surfer/Shaper's Blessing

May the resin wash completely out of your favorite tee shirt.

May you never run you planner over the the cord.

May you never have to deal with a batch of epoxy poorly mixed.

May that heart-breaking tear in the foam fall exactly under the sticker.

May your wife never really know how many boards you have or how much that last trip to 9 Palms really cost.

May at least one of your children share your passion for surfing and building boards.

May that resin swirl in your mind be the same one that somehow luckily appears on the deck of your board.

May you learn something new everytime you log on to Sways.  And may you get a point for every responce you give.

And, may that lumpy piece of foam you’ve been working on turn out to be as good as you imagined in your head.  All those hours.

 

All the best

AMEN Brother!!!!!     Let It Be!

good stuff !!!

Funny, as usual. I can add a couple.....

May foam dust stay out of your car/truck.

May your fluorescent bulbs and planer blades have everlasting life.

Where is that rocker apex, LOL?

I can have one board for every 5 hand bags - she’s no idea how many hand bags she has so really there is no limit. - I’ve only got 4 but I’ll buy a new on soon.

 

May “you should have been here yesterday” turn in to - “no you should be be here all the time” - best put down I’ve ever received.

“May at least one of your children share your passion for surfing and
building boards.”

My last hope is my 7-year-old daughter. If it’s not her, then God must surely be punishing me for my lifetime of transgressions.

how about “may your power tools and your body parts never meet in an undesired manner…”

The resin and t-shirt…  

I just don’t wear 'em, 'cuz it would be a miracle if it did wash out.

As for the kids…  I take comfort that they are doing what they love - I took 'em out, encouraged them, but it didn’t take…  I’m just stoked they like hanging out with me.

May you finally figure out whether leash cups or leash loops are stronger, whether boards break first at the stringer or on the rails, whether all those contours and bumps on your board bottom actually do anything, whether S glass is worth it, which fin system is better, where the apex is on the rocker and whether gloss is faster than 400 grit finish.

WOW!!!  Greg - This is supposed to be a…  Well, I read again, not “prayer,” but blessing…  Finding the answers to those, and other of life’s persistent questions, would be like “holy grail.”

But really:  Don’t know, don’t know, hard to know - but probably, no, if your gonna call it the apex - there’s only one, and no, well, heck, 320’ as fast as it gets… Ha!

PREACH BROTHER TATE PREACH!!!

 

 

 

ps. The tee shirt comment reminded me of Ed the laminator at Sunset Beach had tee shirts and shorts that stood up by themselves.

May you finally figure out whether leash cups or leash loops are stronger, whether boards break first at the stringer or on the rails, whether all those contours and bumps on your board bottom actually do anything, whether S glass is worth it, which fin system is better, where the apex is on the rocker and whether gloss is faster than 400 grit finish.

And finally, may we be as cool, confident and knowledgable in real life as we are in our Sways personnas.

 

I think I have outdone myself.  Cool, confident and knowledgable guy that I am.

May Swaylocks never go offline for more than one day.

“May foam dust stay out of your car/truck.”

Oh, man.  Left my
windows down in my Explorer the other day while mowing.  Holly cow. 
What a white dusty mess.   Thought I could just roll the windows down
and go real fast.  Might have worked except for static electricity.  I
am re-routing my shop vac this weekend and camping out in the back
seat. This could take a while.  Every article of office clothing I have now has EPS dandruff.   In some other crowds that would be a badge of honor.  Not where I work.

 

TaylorO, I shoulda known you know.  good one.

May giant mosquitos not land on your board before the resin hardens.

Amen to that one, I been working at night and the bugs are really messing up my board.

May you have a nice clean indoor space to do your glassing.

May you have a wonderful weekend riding that new board you just finished.

…what happend with the women?

always a problem with the surfing…jeeez

 

may one day it suddenly dawn on you that to the rest of the world its just a surfboard and nothing more.

and at the same time may you so be enlightened in your designing that its about the surfing and not the surfboard

finally may you always hold on to that feeling you first got when the smiles you created meant more to you than the dollars you pocketed

may you remember to go surf as much as possible so you don't forget

“May you so be enlightened in your designing that it’s about the surfing and not the surfboard.”

THE WORDS OF A SAGE.

 

 

Followed by the pragmatist…funny stuff G.L. I’ve got more “friends” than I can account for.