#0001

your no. 0001 will piss all over my no. 1000 , any day . ( Seriously…that’s why I’ll stick to fins ! …“no.20” may be as many boards as I will ever make…)

Join “the Shwuz Brigade” with pride, mate ! [freakish talent that gets it spot on , right from the very first board] …good on ya mate !

the japanese will be beating a path to your door …

…" honourable sausageman , is my board ready yet ?" , with 1000 dollar bills [equivalent] in hand .

…Soon you will stop teaching , build a board a week , buy your own island with perfect surf , and retire with your five geisha girls …

Really appreciate the kind words ben.

I need to find a place to work on boards in Japan, and a place to get supplies from…

So stoked on the first one, and I’ve got so many things I want to try an my next several boards.

Thanks again to you and everybody else that helped me out on this board. Learned a lot, and now have a better idea of what I’m doing, won’t make the little mistakes next time around, and the next few boards are sure to be better! Here’s hoping anyway…

…you’re welcome mate !

It’s just a pity west oz isn’t on the way to japan from canada , eh ?

like to meet up for a fish surf , otherwise !

ben

That’d be awesome. A place I have wanted to visit and surf…

Hope to get the chance sometime soon.

and I like Japanese girls too …exchange students , anyone ??

Well I do teach at a private girls’ high school…

Another pic:

what were the nose , tail , and tail tip to tip measurements again , please Pete ? [I deleted a whole heap of messages this arvo , then realised …oops…]

cheers !

ben

No problem,

n: 17

t: 16 1/2

ttt: 12

cheers mate !

and on the Japanese thing …

If you ever decide to teach Japanese uni [“?college?”] aged girls / ladies , maybe you could tell them this one …

The newpaper interviewer turned to the Japanese Prime Minister and asked ,

“so , Sir, when will the next election be ?”

The Prime Minister’s wife blushed , giggled nervously , then the Prime Minister joyfully answered ,

" sure , no plobrem … my wife helps me get one evely morning …"

ben

goodnight …

Heard similar ones during the Bush coming into office fiasco:

Why did the Japanese PM send a crate of Viagara to Washington?

Because he’d heard so much about how the Americans don’t know how to have a decent election.

…"what is John Howard’s nickname ?

bonsai "

[ because he’s just a little Bush]

ben

  • for those who don’tknow … little Johnny Howard is Australia’s prime minister

haha, nice. Yeah, I did know who he is, though I had to think about it for a second…

Ok, something has happened to me… I was planning to go to a movie today, and I thought I’d just get started on #2 before going. Maybe just skin it, or do the rail bands too. All of a sudden, it’s 10 o’clock, and I’ve finished the whole board…

Will glass the bottom tomorrow morning, before going to judge a contest. Will probably stay at the beach overnight - expecting a swell on Sunday - and finish laminating Sunday night.

When I head back to Japan, I’m gonna go through some serious withdrawel symptoms…

0002

6’6 x 19 1/2 x 2 5/8

warning !

doing a number 1

can lead to number 2’s …

and threes can lead to fours and

more…

Regarding #0002

a single fin ??

what is the bottom contour like ?

cheers !

“chip”

It’s a single concave bottom throughout, nothing too extreme.

Well I was planning on making it a thruster, but am starting to like the idea of making it a single. Hadn’t really thought about it too much.

This is all happening so fast…

Pete , do you have a planview shape photo please ?

and nose and tail measurements ?

thanks !

ben

p.s. …would you consider a back fin box and side plugs , for ‘’ the options ‘’ ?

n: 11 1/2

t: 14

What’s a planview? I’ve got this:

I would certainly consider it, the box and plugs that is. But I don’t have either of those things…

Might not have time to do any sort of fins before going back to Japan. Right now I’m leaning toward glassing on 3 fins though.

a spray or tint on this one ?

or , not enough time before you return to Japan ?

ben

planview …up against a wall , stand in front take shot now , prease , susej san ?