hi. i have finished my first fish finally after along period of working and opening a new studio.
dont know if some of you remember the blue fish with the big tibetan eye painted on it…its probably
like a year ago…so it was glassed and all missing was the top coat of epoxy…but as impatient as i were
i took it with me just to test it and so i waxed it too…not smart…ashamed of myself…then i figured id have
to clean it like hell, but there seemed to be a film of wax there nomatter so i decided to cover that with another
coat of paint…pink covers really good…its acrylic paint done with brush…it worked…the bottom top coat went
fine, but as i did the deck i now know the brush was contaminated so i come down the day after and the deck was
looking like a moonlandscape…NO!..ok so i just went and bought a new brush. Being the bumps werent too deep i
figured i could do a new coat ontop…that worked too, but you clearly see the moon in there though…i dont really care
at this point, cuz i realize all my mistakes and i wanted to get the board ready for the autumn swells…
anyways i got to try it yesterday…we did our 2 hour drive and was abit bummed when we saw mostly weak waves
coming in, with the odd shoulder high one with abit of push…but as it was almost getting too dark, it was cloudy and
so it got a bit darker than normal, in comes a ok set and i caught a nice rigth and i just fly down the shoulder and when
i go for the bottom turn its like i dont have to use the usual amount of pressure - it just reacts like hell…really skatey…
so on this small wave i do more turns than i have ever done…its so sensitive i could not believe it…i find this great…
im in love with my pink board…it flies…THANK YOU STEVE LIS, THANKS TO ALL SWAYLOCKERS ON HERE FOR THE
RESOURCES.
some of the dudes in the water was taunting me cuz of the color…what do i care…like P.T said…real men wear pink!
