Hey Kokua, sorry i’ve been offline for so long, computer died… i got 4 longboard blanks last week, Ted told me i’d probably not get anymore… he said he’s ordered blanks from Brazil that will be here around the end of Feb…i’ve been kind of paralized since this all started, can’t even work on the 4 blanks that i have… the shop i work for took in a big board delamination for me to work on, that helps , i was only makingn 4 to 8 boards a month anyway… did i understand you to say that nobody on the outer islands is getting any blanks?, that would be pretty rotten…we are realizing that we all take care of ourselves first, that feels kind of bad, but is a good thing to keep in mind i guess…i think my computer is back up now, let me know if i can do anything for you here…the shop i work for sells Linden surfboards, so Craig, t he owner is talking to Linden about walker foam, and they seem to be having a little problem teaching the nationals how to handle the recipees… that i heard last week… see ya danny
Howzit Danny, Did you fax them your wish list to get those blanks or just go to F.H. and get them. We are in limbo and depending on who we talk to at F.H. we get different answers. But if they don't sell us any blanks they won't get any materials orders from us either. I hate bugging them but I guess I'll have to call and see what's up. Maybe they don't want to hassel with the shipping, but I was going to bring in materials with the blanks and that should have encouraged them a little. Aloha,Kokua
I want a young brothers calender.
if I dont get a shipment in january on y.b.
I feel self concious about asking for my 2006 ccalender
I wish I had a clark shipment…
would a cashier’s check help?
…ambrose…
wish in’ an hope’in
an hopin’ an wishin’
Howzit Ambrose, Dave Implomb was by the other day and he had just talked to Lewis at F.H.and they will be sending us some blanks after the 20th of Jan. One thing Dave said was when he talked to Lewis, lewis was asking him about some of the board buiders on Kauai and how many boards they did a month. Then Lewis told Dave that I was one of their best customers and at the top of the list so it looks like I may get some blanks. Hope you get some to, I also sent a list for BASA. Aloha,Kokua
Howzit Danny, Just got the call from Lewis about blanks and they are basically out of gun and longboard blanks except for some seconds which they call seconds because they are pretty old but he has a 9’9" W blue ckassic I want to make a classic out of and they are sending me a fax list of what else so I can pick from it. Aloha,Kokua
Good for you Kokua,i’ve felt kind of paralized since all this happened…i got 4 blanks from fiberglass hawaii… Ted says he has a container of foam coming from Brazil i think, should be here at the end of feb…again i think that’s accurate… it is in their interest to find foam for those of us that are stubborn enough to want to keep using the same materiels…we will see what turns up… good luck on the blanks!..danny
I got five
what will they be?
like waiting the birth of a child
the blessed mystery
dd the check and say thank you
and wait…
lewis is not reading swaylocks,he said,
somebody insulted him somehow …
sombody please appologize
I’ll appologise but I dont think it was me
Lewis, WE all wanna be your friend.
…ambrose…
Must’ve been me… OK, I’m sorry. You can come back now Lewis?
today is the day
the blanx could be on todays barge
like the old horse that pulled the milk wagon
when the truck left the dairy
the horse followed allong side uphill from inside the fence
look it up " milk horse "
it wasnt about a horse that ate milk
it wasnt a horse that was a producer
it just transported milk from dairy to front porch
the milk man delivered the milk
and in conrad’s case
then he went surfin.
an american Icon
immortalized in lyric and memory
“the milk man’s on his way”
means the sun is coming up.
so the ride to the peir to pick up the blanks
through the gate.say hello to the guard.
there didnt used to be a guard
say hello to the girls in the office
the office was smaller
and the checkers wer all over in there
load the blanks
one time I got 27 of em on my cougar station wagon
tied with a rope.18 on the roof
not all short boards but mostly long
ha ha ha
good days
the guys that sold their
loved life will never get it back
I never sold my hanalei
I never sold my anahola
I never sold my favorite boards
so I still have em all.
I’m not selling my last trip to Young Brothers Barge
for any price.
but Im sharing the anticipation with you.
can you feel it?
I might sell the boards I make from these blanks
I might make them a set
of crowning jewels befit for a monarch
not a butterfly
but a king
on second thought maybe
making them for a butterfly would be more fitting.
Butterflies
they are so light weight
they soar on the winds light
and disapear into flowers only to emerge
into the wind and float on to the next flower.
when they are gone we may not miss them
but when they come back
again next year we easily recognise em.
what does this have to do with surfboard design?
nothing
except when you see a butterfly passin by in the line up
over head way out on the reef
imagine the butterfly looking down
at the guy on the surfboard
or the butterfly
looking down on the truck
filled with blanks
on the way back from the peir
with the YOUNG BROTHERS
TIDE CALL - ender
on the dash board
in between gumby and Bhudda
also rresting in peace on the dash
of the red and grey mitsubishi pick-up
a truck that is the descendant of the kamakaze planes
ahhhhhhhhh are we connected through time ,or what
…ambrose…
chocolate before bed time shower
what is in a mind
surfing is not a
product of the industrial revolution
but a reaction to
the industrial revolution
Howzit Brose, Did you ever get a faxed invoice from fro F.H. telling you what blanks you are getting.Aloha,Kokua
neva gotta invoice
neva gotta carol pat call
neva calldem up
justa waitin
anda wonderin
how bout them victoria aus marble blanx…
what a suprise
is in store for me
at the peir…
had a fear that they was damaged
cause they wernt boxed…
when you claim you leavem behind
oooooooo nnoooooooo
majic monday comin up /// ???
63 days after
…ambrose…
Howzit Ambrose, The blanks were sent in a container and wrapped. Sausen,myself and stevie lis all had them sent together to hopefully cut the shipping cost a little. Hope you get the ones you want. Kind of surprized they didn’t send you an invoice since we all got one. What Victoria blanks are you talking about, are there some here, Ian Vernon and Sausen are bringing in a container from Aust next month, think they are South Coast blanks.Aloha,Kokua