Backyard 5’7 x 18-1/2 x 2-1/4 PUPE florescent green pigment LokBox Twin custom bamboo fins by 101finco
took a few rides before I figure this one out wobblin through a few turns during test run at a secret spot last month. really squirts out of turns nicely. didn’t know I was being captured by high quality camera phone vid
A quick glance to the left, the small avatar photo, is me on a 10' 3'' x 21 1/2 '', 34 pound pintail single fin gun. Sorry I can't post a larger photo. The photo was taken at Sunset, in 1968, by a North Shore photographer named Tex Wilson. The very next year I was riding a 7' 10'' x 21'', 7 inch sq tail,14 pound, ''mini gun'' in the same size, and larger waves, on the North Shore. It was a time of rapid change.
A quick glance to the left, the small avatar photo, is me on a 10' 3'' x 21 1/2 '', 34 pound pintail single fin gun. Sorry I can't post a larger photo. The photo was taken at Sunset, in 1968, by a North Shore photographer named Tex Wilson. The very next year I was riding a 7' 10'' x 21'', 7 inch sq tail,14 pound, ''mini gun'' in the same size, and larger waves, on the North Shore. It was a time of rapid change.
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well, here's a slightly larger version - nice wave!
This is on a homemade 6’0" in Sri Lanka. I was riding a homemade 6’4" pin at the same spot the day before at the peak of the swell but no decent photos from that day[img_assist|nid=1048847|title=Sri Lanka Ahangama left|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=640|height=424].
here's a shot of me (my only ever magazine shot!!!) of me riding my home break - Porthleven Cornwall UK - on a board I made from Bill Trhailkill's template that he kindly sent me...
I think this is a copy of the board that Bill mention above....7'10 square tail mini gun....thanks again Bill!
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Thirdshade,
You are correct. I've made more ''magic boards'' with that template, than any other board design I've shaped. It is one of the best all around designs I have ever surfed. Made a lot of 7' 10'' 12 pound boards, using that template. The lighter boards had improved performance in smaller waves, and did not seem to suffer in performance in larger juicer waves.
Thanks… You don’t do bad yourself! Charlies doing good. He built a new shop where his garage was. He did some mean wood veneers for us over the last 6 months! Here’s a few he did for me + a few pics riding…
This is from late December '09. After I put quad fins on this gun… The one that got snapped. This is it; back together and “quaded” out - Thanks Robin Mair. I was hoping the guy got a picture a few moments later… The quad set up allowed me to take and hold a higher, thus faster, line than I could have when it was a tri… and I was in a big section that probably looked like the peak behind me in this shot… And I made it… Stoke!!!