…seems that you have strong legs…
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All that super swell lately and not a picture of yourselve?
You did a beautyfish job, nice boards.
super wind , actually …
There’s 40 KNOTS of ONshore [again ???!!!] today … [the downside of winter in west oz ]
…but , I got fin panels to make , so “it’s all good” , as they say [whoever “they” may be?!]
And …cheers for the compliment , mate !
ben
is it really true that the grass is always stronger …er…I mean ‘greener’ , in amsterdam ?
Here’s what I preferred to do for many many years , when the surf wasn’t co-operating …
[frame grabs from my mate using my old video camera]. As you can see , this was YEARS ago !
…nowadays , I just muck around trying to make fins instead .
cheers
ben
I have some of those chip…
I’ll finish my current roll of surf shots this week and get it developed.
Hey Chipper
Where do you think the idea came from to shape a superturtle
that wasn’t clear thinking for sure!
But it turned out to be my best board.
With a few strange green dots in the glass…
And for now, got a lovely wife and son
So I’m getting more serious now.
Isn’t he looking like his dad?
Buts surely green out here.
And you don’t have to look behind your back all the time!
But when you show me some new fins?
Hasta la pasta
Soul
for those kinda waves ,
once you get it up and riding , a little disc or stubbie type board , is a lot of fun , I reckon … I probably enjoy that as much , if not more , than my fishes !
" But when you show me some new fins? "
when they are cut out ,
foiled ,
sanded ,
glossed.
I need to get an extension cord and a new grinder before that happens , as I’ve decided I don’t REALLY want to fill my kitchen , ‘lounge’, bathroom , and bedrom with fibreglass dust , for some reason ??
keep ‘soulin’ !
cheers,
ben
…more hemp fin panels to come fairly soon , hopefully …stay tuned …
hey soulin , would you mind 'p.m.'ing that address again , please ? I accidentally deleted it , before I wrote it down [oops , sorry mate !]
the shlong board…
nice angles in those photos …
the board’s , yours, the photographers.
Don’t glassy waves look NICE ?!
I’m envious ! [still 20 knots onshore today …]
There’s been more bad wind here lately than at a prune eater’s convention
ben
i shaped the board for andy (the rider) a couple years ago. photographer is ShrimpCreole (local daily surf report dude).
and here’s the latest board…
that’s my friend keith…it’s his new board. he had never shaped one before, so we figured it was time. i drew up the template a few weeks ago (thanks to the help of a few aussie swaylockers who provided some firsthand Morning of the Earth experience), and brought the template with me on my trip to california. based off the Bali Board from MotE (remember that thread?), but with a few tweaks…thicker foil and broader tail to better handle the South Florida chop/mush when we go back home. been here in san clemente for the last week or so…and figured why not hack out a new stick…so we got some foam, and allan (the dude who offered us couch) and i walked keith through the shaping process. he did most all of the real work, though. glassed it, did a little artwork, bought the perfect fin, and just got back from the board’s de-virginizing at lower trestles (night sessions are soooo fun…empty and glassy). swell was runnin’ a little overhead, and keith was having a great sesh…the board goes UNREAL! then, he got caught inside and sucked over the falls with the board. no damage to board or fin box, but the fin whacked him in the leg pretty good…and the fin cracked itself right outta the box! a brand new fin!!! all that was left was the very end of the tab that the screw goes through…and it was still screwed into the box! apparently, that fin was working great, too…until it broke. anyhow, we’re planning to go get a replacement tomorrow, and then spend all day and night surfing at San-O / Trestles.
has anyone ever heard of fins breaking like this before (especially brand new fins)? was the most likey cause of the breakage a fault with the fin itself, or did things just hit each other in just the wrong way?
very nice , I REALLY like that , mate !
it always STOKES me to see a finished board from a thread in the past …
sorry to hear about the fin . I hope he’s okay , though ?
…so…
what are the dimensions of that beauty , and can you get a third shot [a rocker profile one] to finish the set , please ?
what was the fin [size] , and how far up did you have it in the finbox , mate ?
cheers
ben
“shrimpcreole” … hahahahhh ! You amelicans have velly funny name …why can’t you have NORMAL names …like “sirwanksalot” , “lance boyle” , “juan kerr”, “wayne king” , “ben dover” , "phil mcCcracken " , or “shaun lamb” , for example ?!
here’s a shot of the box (fin forward) and a closeup showing the piece left behind (snapped weirdly, eh?):
fin WAS an 8" Alex Knost from Fibre Glass Fin Co. good fin. Greenough 4A template, with a bit more of a spine in it to reduce flex at the base and through the middle, but still a nice spring at the tip.
here’s the dims – 6’0" x 21.5" x 2.75" (don’t remember nose and tail offhand, but i think it was something like 15", 14.25"…i’ll check for ya in a bit)
and here’s the rocker. thicker foil throughout much of the board. i would’ve gone much thinner at the tail…but what can i say…the board works great (when it has a fin).
And that, ladies & gentlemen, is why you should always take your time and install your finbox well. 
Nice work.
Don’t have any of my shortboards in action - well I’ve got video and’ll have to do a frame grab - but here’s one of a longboard I shaped for a friend - His 4 yr old son getting his first ride on it!
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very nice , I REALLY like that , mate !it always STOKES me to see a finished board from a thread in the past …
me too. that singly looks killer soulstice. oozing with potential energy & carvable fun. good one.
cheers for that , mate !
I wonder if the screw was a bit tight , perhaps ?
the only fins I ever did that to were when I screwed them up a bit too hard into the finbox …
just my aus.05
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cheers for that , mate !
I wonder if the screw was a bit tight , perhaps ?
the only fins I ever did that to were when I screwed them up a bit too hard into the finbox …
just my aus.05
nope…it was screwed on with a Wonderbolt(R), and it has a little rubber ring around the screw to make sure it’s snug, but not too snug. anyhow, we went back to the shop we bought the fin at (“Icons of Surf” in San Clemente…coolest surf shop EVER!) and they replaced the fin. probably some sort of manufacturing error with the fin. eh…these things happen.
but the fin whacked him in the leg pretty good
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Optimistically speaking, at least it didn’t blow out your fin box. Flex fins are weaker.