haNDS OF DOOM PART...done and done

6'3"X22"X2 5/8". the turd burger is finished. it took a little over a month of trial and ERROR to get this thing in riding condition. what a good feeling to go into something so blind and figure it out to some degree. the next test will be if it surfs worth a crap or not. just by looking at the final shape, i think it will be fun in the summer slop. now i'm planning my next board and it will no doubt be a lot nicer looking than this one. i imagine that it will take half the time and look about a million times better.

TOEs on the nose

oscar gettting his soul arch on. he pulled out the deck from under the couch and started hanging 10. look at his style, i can already tell he's going to be a smooth operator!

hanDS OF DOOM PART7

haNDS OF DOOM PART6 polishing a turd

the name of the game has been 1 step forward 3 steps back. i have been getting ahead of myself on a couple of steps, thus creating twice the work. it has given me a new respect for the shapers that make up to 10 boards a week. after researching more and more i have made things really hard for myself. first off, brown in one of the harder colors to work with. it shows every mistake(which there are a lot of). secondly, i got a little aggressive with my new sander/polisher. this has made me have to do 2 hot coats , which means i have had to do twice the amount of sanding than normal. this also doubles my chances at making mistakes sanding. i think i will be happy if the thing just floats and stays water tight. cross your fingers, i'm going to do the hot coat and gloss coat next week.

YA.....I'M A BALLER

oscar drains another 3ball!

HANDS OF DOOM PART5

i started to sand tonight and found out i will be doing a lot of sanding. i'm thinking a grinder would be a good investment. thanks to my dad, we came up with a great fin box jig. hopefully i will get the boxes in this weekend. after that it on to a hot coat, sanding, sanding, sanding, gloss coat. then i will make some bonzer style wing fins for the fcs plugs. the funny thing about building this board is the emotional roller coaster i get to ride every day. one minute i'm happy with it and the next i thing i have ruined the thing. i will be far from perfect. give me some time!

hanDS OF DOOM PART4 the turd burger

WOW..........this is so much harder than shaping the board. only had a couple of complications but for the most part it went well. I THINK.........................................................................................

OSCAR THE NERD

we decided for oscar to be a nerd this year. the funny thing is....he actually wears these clothes every week, just not the top and bottom together.