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Here, the board has been hot-coated and sanded. Ray taped-off the pinline on the lap of the deck, applied color and is now pulling the tape. The white dot in the middle of the stringer is where the hole for… (READ MORE)
Here’s the deck after lamination with one layer 6-oz S-glass and one layer 4-oz S-glass. My logos are screen-printed on rice paper and then placed under the cloth during the lamination process. Glassers refer to logos as “lams”. The bottom… (READ MORE)
As promised, here what’s been going on with my latest project, a 7-6 traditional egg. The blank had to be ordered from US Blanks because I wanted to modify the rocker, and add a 1/4″ cedar stringer with black glue…. (READ MORE)
The “Egg” is a shape I’ve been working on since I started shaping 7 yrs ago. “Wingnut” once remarked that one day he got barrelled on his 7-6 egg and later that day was pushing his son into waves on… (READ MORE)
Customer Kirt and some dude pose with his new stick This is a true custom. It combines a modern longboard outline with some old school influences. Rails are eggy but not pinched until the last 12″ where there’s a firm tuck… (READ MORE)
I can’t wait for this board to be finished. It has four shades of blue, all done with resin tints on the foam before glassing clear. Tailblock Deck Nose These shots were taken at the “hot coat” stage. Bottom looking… (READ MORE)
Here’s a shot of the tailblock for Kirt’s new 9-0 Classic taken right after I pulled the tape from sanding. I glue-up all the tailblocks for my shapes and then custom shape each one. This particular one has seven pieces of… (READ MORE)
Rummaging around the Lucke Surfboard Factory, I discovered a trove of old Clark Foam blanks and couldn’t resist shaping one. With extra thickness and extra width, the Clark 6-9R “Super Blue” density blank was designed with the larger surfer in… (READ MORE)
I wrote in an earlier post about finish-shaping a few mini-simmons shapes for my buddy Ray. Here’s one of those boards in action, under the feet of expert surfer Shawn Tracht captured by Photographer Brent Lieberman. This board and others… (READ MORE)
Photo courtesy Jay of Slider Magazine Today I lucked into this little nugget at my local break. I’m surfing my 7-11 Nomad with the quad-fin set up. I’m using the T.Patterson Quad front fins 4.35″x4.3″ and the new 3.25″x3.25″ TA Side-bites for… (READ MORE)