ding ding ding

it not that bad. but still..........my first session on the thing?

offshore, really really offshore....

today was the maiden surf of the turd burger. the ocean was being groomed by 20-35mph offshore or east winds. the air was lingering around the 30deg. mark. let me put it this way, i was the coldest i have ever been after a surf session, maybe the coldest i've been in my life. a dude pulled up next to me in the parking lot and opened his door, the wind ripped it out of his hand and his door smashed my passenger side mirror. i was just hoping this wasn't going to be one of those days. the turd goes pretty well for my first board. it took awhile to figure it out, but by the end of the session i had a couple of good rights and even a left. to top the session off this guy ran me over while i was paddling back out. i don't know if he had tunnel vision or what but he didn't see me and i couldn't paddle fast enough. his fin chopped off the corner of my tail and that's that. looks like i will learn how to do ding repair. i'm glad it was the turd burger that got ran over and not a board i just payed 800bucks for

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.

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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.

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.........................................................................................

logo ideas

1 text to my buddy kenitzer and he came with these logos on his lunch break. i have to say, he is a master of his craft. more logo ideas to come over the next week. the hard part is going to be choosing 1. I'm going to glass next weekend and i'm already nervous.

HANDS OF DOOM PART3

i'm getting closer to the final stages. a little bit of fine tuning a couple of areas and i will be on the the next challenge. i'm going to use bamboo fabric and epoxy to glass the board. it seems to be nice to the environment and easy on the lungs. strength is my only question. will the bamboo be as strong as fiberglass? i have heavy feet and pointy knees.

HANDS OF DOOM PART2

worked on the stick for a bit tonight. i think it's starting to look like a real surfboard. hopefully it will be a mover and shaker.

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Shaping room finished!

i finished my shaping room this weekend. only a few tools are needed to start my winter project. surfing on friday afternoon was really fun. the swell was going to drop off to lake status, thank the heavens that i got it until dark with some shoulder high set waves. sunday the swell was going to be small in the morning but building to 7' by midnight. what to do.....surf again in the early evening and score some of my best rides of fall. it wasn't small or big, but i was able to link together at least 10 top to bottom turns on my first wave on my backhand of all things. so that is what if feels like to flow with a wave. i must say that if feels really good.

there's a monster in my basement