thank you should be fixed 
Stunning workmanship and artistry as usual Jeff, Good to know you’re still at it. I miss those pre-dawn paddle outs at the unnamed spot. Turning 71 in August so I’m reading the prone threads in earnest and even bought a used waveski (goat boat) but haven’t put it in the water yet. Pismo waves are a lot like the Avenues. It takes a special tide and swell for anything to ride, except where there’s a pier or rock reef here and there.
If you do go to Gearbox I’m sure it’ll work out for you. A Future box will break under a hard turn, especially if you’re using a large/deep fin that can really apply the torque. Due to the trussed toplate and the shorter oval shape of the Gearbox I’m thinking it would take a lot more to break one of those. Just don’t skip using the high density collar.
Hey Tom. Still at it. I was surfing right after Christmas. Waves were really good. Best day of the year. I was at a beach break, peaky head high tubes popping up everywhere. Then my back started cramping. I thought it was a muscle cramp from the cold so I tried stretching. The particular stretch I was doing (bending forward - flexion) I would learn later, was the totally wrong thing to do. I thought I could keep surfing but when I was grunting just getting to and from the sitting position, and people were looking at me funny, I figured I better get out. It ended up taking me 45 minutes to get out of my wetsuit it hurt so bad to bend over. By the time I got home I could barely stand the pain was so bad. Next morning I told Sonia, “Take me to the ER.” I had an “unspecifed lower back injury,” probably herniated disc(s). I was given an injection of steroids, a prescription of opioids and a prognosis of 3 weeks. I learned later that the 3 weeks was for the “acute” phase. I have been in physical therapy ever since and only a month ago started to surf (at the above not mentioned unnamed spot).
So I hear you about modifying surf modalities. I have another friend who got into a horrific accident riding his bike on PCH up near Malibu (a few years ago) and is just now starting to belly board. But to encourage you- remember how fun it was to ride those blue and yellow mats at Torrance Beach? The stoke is stil there.
Hey Tom. Still at it. I was surfing right after Christmas. Waves were really good. Best day of the year. I was at a beach break, peaky head high tubes popping up everywhere. Then my back started cramping. I thought it was a muscle cramp from the cold so I tried stretching. The particular stretch I was doing (bending forward - flexion) I would learn later, was the totally wrong thing to do. I thought I could keep surfing but when I was grunting just getting to and from the sitting position, and people were looking at me funny, I figured I better get out. It ended up taking me 45 minutes to get out of my wetsuit it hurt so bad to bend over. By the time I got home I could barely stand the pain was so bad. Next morning I told Sonia, “Take me to the ER.” I had an “unspecifed lower back injury,” probably herniated disc(s). I was given an injection of steroids, a prescription of opioids and a prognosis of 3 weeks. I learned later that the 3 weeks was for the “acute” phase. I have been in physical therapy ever since and only a month ago started to surf (at the above not mentioned unnamed spot).
So I hear you about modifying surf modalities. I have another friend who got into a horrific accident riding his bike on PCH up near Malibu (a few years ago) and is just now starting to belly board. But to encourage you- remember how fun it was to ride those blue and yellow mats at Torrance Beach? The stoke is stil there.
In the early days of Twins; 0 Cant and 0 Toe was the norm and seemed to me to work pretty well.
New for 2020
Paulownia Paipo 53" X 19" Displacement Hull w/Concave Deck
Sort of a mash up of Froiseth and Old Skool Paipo styles
Covid Cruiser
Looks amazing Hal.
Hope you are staying as sane as you can over there.
Where did you get that wood over there bradda? Always easier to get things from Down Under there in the Islands than here on the Mainland.
Thanks Adam
Doing our best…
Hey Lowell,
Paulownia is native to SE Asia. Most of the commercially available stuff from Australia is plantation grown and so is the stuff I buy, but it comes from Georgia USA.
I’ve been getting it from the same outfit for about 10 years. Lowest prices by far. I buy raw stock but they do some smaller pre-made blanks also.
https://worldpaulownia.com/product/paulownia-wood-packs/
https://worldpaulownia.com/product/paulownia-wood-blanks/
Good source. Mahalo. Who knows, Imight actually do something in wood besides a tailblock.
Finished the wife’s longboard and then shaped this one for myself. Waiting on glassing materials to arrive.
This was always my favorite thread so I’m bumping it back to the top. Just finished this 5’8"x20.5"x2.5". Bummed at how pointy the nose is, but I didn’t have much of an option but to pull it in after screwing up the rail bands towards the front. Other than that it feels like it could be a great board. Also had to artificially induce some rocker after f-ing that up too. Turned out pretty good considering how it started out.
In the past year or so a 7-7 channel bottom that I use with Rasta keels. Very fun at my local when it head high or above.
Then a 6-4 that I can set up as a twin, twinzer or thruster. Waves have never really cooperated for me to pass judgement on this board and now I just sliced y finger and will be out of the water for a spell.
Happy New Year Swaylockians!
that channel bottom looks hella fun…should fly with the twinzer set-up
that channel bottom looks hella fun…should fly with the twinzer set-up
Last board of 2020! Just finished the polish a few hours before the clocks turned over.
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8,2 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/8 single fin. mal-fish. Volume displaced into the rear belly of the board. Pretty flat bottom with a belly contour. Double resin swirl inlay. Custom shape.
Would love to know your thoughts! Also check out my IG for more boards if you’re interested. @apolloniasurfboards
Thanks!
