the first board an 11 foot balsa gun made by Roy Sanches
the second board is a 10 foot gunny longboard by Yater that has some beautiful abalone inlay work done to it
i saw Bill Thairkills boards and they look great but i coundnt find Bill, pretty bummed by that but oh well maybe next time but i did run into Ace, Pavel, and Pendo so had a good time talking to them
one thing that i saw that was interesting was a new resin the environmentally safe i forget the name but it looked pretty good
I glassed the board in the middle with the barely visible logo. My buddy that shaped it is sitting in front of it. His first balsa, got an A- from John Peck!!! I think I'd take that as a compliment if I were him.
nice looking board. all of them are. I had hoped to be there for the show, but my grandson was baptised this morning and I couldn’t miss that. Can’t wait for more pictures.
Anyone stick around for the awards? Best in show, do you think they got it right, with Daniel Thomson’s “double diamond five-fin”; I don’t think so. Tim Bessell’s board out of that green foam blew Daniel out of the water; perhaps the judges like Rusty couldn’t let a La Jolla guy win.
I thought the shape off was stupid too, all the boards represented had almost zero in terms of validity, but to hear the shapers BS their boards was painful to my ears.
Good to see Mike Casey, and Steve Brom there; great all around craftsmen, who never gets the respect they deserve.
I thought the shape off was stupid too, all the boards represented had almost zero in terms of validity, but to hear the shapers BS their boards was painful to my ears.
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Some of the ''shaping'' proceedures I observed were painful to watch. Comical, and pitiful, at the same time. I had to look away. I also saw, throughout the display area, some really beautiful workmanship. The color on color lams, by Bing, are just amazing. A real highlight was seeing Alan Nelson there. Formerly of NELSON / EKSTROM SURFBOARDS. Alan was a powerful influence throughout surfing, in the 1950's and early 1960's.
Ben check out this thread, most of the stuff you asked about is in there. Some really nice boards, crazy asyms, wake style double ended Tomo’s etc., too bad it’s on the other side of the country, I’d love to have been there.
Thanks for stopping by the booth it was cool to see everyone. Check this videoof Grant interviewing Rusty! We’ll be sharing more videos as the week goes on.
this was my first time attending. it was incredible. I ran into old friends, saw tons of beautiful boards, watched George Gall (PlusOneShaper) shape an assymetrical board, ate some free Clif bars, talked shop with several shapers I've known through the years, saw some sweet old boards appraised, etc.
As for new tech, I wasn't paying great attention to that, in retrospect. Saw a new fin system that underwhelmed me. There were these inflatible standup boards, but they were relatively rigid so they couldn't be packed down--worth a try though. There was an "green" resin company that appeared, by their results, to be making something good. Oh, and a stainless-steel made-in-the-USA planer ($1500) that felt like it would be a pleasure to shape with.
At one point I looked around and saw Terry Martin, Hank Warner, Rich Pavel and Carl Ekstrom, and Bill Thrailkill all with a quick sweep of the room. So, yes, very worth it.
Another guy extremely busy at the Show was Todd Patterson of EcoBoardworks. He had a corner of the show doing glassing on the spot for some of the top names. Stoked for Todd, Ryan and Ray. These guys were the hot spot of the show on Saturday. Honored to have such strong support from guys like these in the ECO CORE WORLD. Mahalo, Larry
Another guy extremely busy at the Show was Todd Patterson of EcoBoardworks. He had a corner of the show doing glassing on the spot for some of the top names. Stoked for Todd, Ryan and Ray. These guys were the hot spot of the show on Saturday. Honored to have such strong support from guys like these in the ECO CORE WORLD. Mahalo, Larry
Good seeing you at the show sorry we didn’t get a chance to chat more. That Jeff Ho board was rad. I stayed for about half the auction and the only board I was interested in was that board. I later heard it went for $7200!!! Every other board was going for about $1000. Pretty wild.
Went on Sat. Some really nice boards and it is always good to see some of the top people in the industry all in one place. I look at the shaping demos and shape off for what it is. Everyone approaches it differently. I probably do things different than others and not everyone would do it the same way but that is what is cool about it. Bought some calipers from the Foam EZ guys got tired of using my make shift ones. Good times
Good seeing you at the show sorry we didn't get a chance to chat more. That Jeff Ho board was rad. I stayed for about half the auction and the only board I was interested in was that board. I later heard it went for $7200!!! Every other board was going for about $1000. Pretty wild.
Cheers!
Brad
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Yeah Brad the auction was wild My Partner Mike Stavros was one of the LA Shapers invited. Stoked for him.
After spending the first several hours of the show on Saturday working the SHF booth, my fellow volunteer and neighbor John Warren and I were both totally talked out, so we just wandered around gawking for an hour or so.
It had gotten pretty crowded by that time and I didn't get any really good photos although I did snag this rare Kodak moment with,
L-R, The Y formerly known as Morey, "Bambi Legs" Burch and the honored Man o' the Hour, Karl Ekströmetrical. Quite a trio.
I didn't see anything groundbreaking but there is some great craftsmanship out there (and some utter crap as well).
Really nice turnout, lots of fun chatting with folks and I sold several SHF memberships.
I had to laugh right outloud tho', when one fella asked me seriously and with a straight face if an SHF membership included use of all the boards in the collection........................
