A container from california just arrived at my friend’s PB. Inside were hundreds of surfboards and surf-related items and, amongst them, four boards for Jeffrey and I.
And amongst those four boards was this one:
Now if we could only get some decent surf this week-end…
There was also this fine Hansen 50/50. here are a few photos for Bill Thrailkill, in case he could identify the shaper:
This is the only thing that vaguely looks like it could have been a number:
And the fin has been glassed into the box:
Balsa,
From what I can see of the number, the first character is # , followed by a 10,000 series number. The # symbol was used by Richard Templin before he switched to using this symbol, ~ , at the beginning, and end of the number sequence. I think Richard shaped that board. He was an excellent shaper.
Congrat’s on a nice example of his craftsmanship.
Aloha,
Nice lines Bill.
DUDE…!!!..
Don’t you own another shirt…???..
Uh…? Oh, yes, I have this one:
(It’s been left behind by some guy who totally devastated my shop with wood dust some time ago… Lol…)
But the truth is that Ambrose gave me 348 “Makaiwa” T-shirts… So I wear this other one only 17 days a year, for special occasions…
Lucky bugger!!
Im happy too. I went for a surf this morning, not big, maybe 4’, but low tide, and non stop waves coming in. Just about get out the back, then get slammed by the set waves. After a few attempts, i give up, and drive around the other side of the headland, to chest high weak waves. End up getting some sweet trimming waves, one from all the way out the back, right to the sand. I was pissed off that i didn’t make it out at the first beach, but, hey i still got some nice waves, and still had fun.
Not as lucky as you mate!!
Beerfan, you were luckier than I: I woke up early, thinking that I could score a few good waves before the wind would come up but no luck (or rather, no waves…) Maybe tomorrow…