The Best Instructional Thread: Barnfield’s rail bands, fire up those planers!
The Laugh Out Loud Thread: Best avatar
Most Informative Thread: Resin swirls. What started out as a simple question became a showcase for resin art.
Best Photo Thread : see above.
Most Annoying Topic: Any time someone says their way is the only way.
Actions Speak Louder Then Words Award: Jim Phillips, for doing the best job possible.
Person Whom I’d Like A Board Shaped By: Jim Phillips or Greg Griffin.
Home Depot Gift Certificate Award: benny1.
Most Creative Person: home depot boy above. closely followed by craftee and silly and a bunch of you.
Most Informative Person: Mike Paler, for keepin’ this goin’.
”Can I Watch Over Your Shoulder” Award: Phillips again, 'cause I’m sure I could still learn something from the old master.
Know It All: There was a guy…
Most Poetic: Ambrose I guess, he has no challengers.
Most Eco-Friendly: Bodysurfers.
Most Wise: Kokua
Most Helpful With Website Issues: janklow, for posting pics for me (still haven’t got that)
Most Inspirational: Greg Loehr
Most Likely Not To Get A Board From: Not touching that.
Most Well Rounded Swaylockian: Not sure any of us are well rounded, kind of like the ‘‘humble’’ thing.
Most Humble: see above
Best Story Teller: Nick Carroll
Best Avatar: The surfermag wetsuit girl. I’m still trying to find out how that guy got my wife to pose.
Best Quote: benny1 when he referred to my shaping as ‘‘flawless’’. I nearly spewed on the keyboard I laughed so hard.
Grom Most Likely To Succeed At Being A Professional Shaper: Are there groms on here? Besides, there aren’t going to be any pro shapers anymore, haven’t
you been reading the ''can't compete with asian boards'' thread?
“Call Me and Let’s Talk” Award: janklow.
Funniest Person: janklow again.
Innovation In Fin Design: My friend who won’t let me post pics of the fins we ride.
The “I’m So Cool” Award: Me I guess, for saying stuff like the above comment.
Most Unusual Board: Lots of candidates, but I’d have to say benny’s bamboo peanut gets my vote.
”Epoxy Also Makes A Good Shampoo” Award: That’s getting too close to the formula for additive F.
Person Who’s Video / Magazine Collection I’d Want To Copy: Is it chipfish that seems to have every mag ever printed?
Dressing With Style Award: resinhead’s avatar.
”Let’s Go On A Surf Trip Together” Award: I’d like to take all those who’ve never been to the North Shore to see the 7 mile miracle.
Who’s Quiver I’d Most Want To Raid: Jim Phillips
“I’ve got more posts than you !”: all the carps, if there’s more than one.
“My stick is bigger than yours !”: 11ft.
“Clark who?”: me once I went to the dark side.
“I just spent the last 1/2 Hour digging agave splinters out from under my fingernails.”: Jim Phillips, untouchable in wood.
“I don’t need no stinking mask.”: too many people I know.
“I know I’m right, because the laws of physics are wrong.”: anyone who says their eps board floats higher because ‘‘it has more air in it’’.
“This board only took me about a year to finish.”: janklow
“Thanks for loaning me your tools, resin, glass, sand paper, templates, and shaping bay.”: What Keith Melville’s friends say?
“Maybe, for your next go you should try to use a template and come calipers.”: not touching that one.
Best Short Board: sirwanksalot has posted some clean looking stuff for his (in)experience level
Best Long Board: any of the Phillips
Best HWS Board: isn’t this you, originator of thread?
Best Compsand: Well, Bert and speedy have this locked up, but I like silly’s a lot and I got to hold one of craftee’s
in my hands and was quite impressed...
Biggest Surf Hype: Surftech advertising on sways
Best website outside of Swaylock’s: there’s other websites?
Most Improved: most improved what?
Best Swaylock’s Event: I’d love to get to one of of those Cali campouts and talk story with that crew.
SWAYLOCKIAN OF THE YEAR: silly for always saying exactly what he thinks and starting some good threads.
(even though I don't always agree with him on everything)
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