Right Coast

This right was throwing some serious grinding moves the other day. Little long of a paddle to get to.

Mystic

Squash 5'11" from Neto Nomads on Vimeo.

5'11" squash tail. Full volume with single concave and 5 fin FCS options. Ready to shred the mid size shorebreak days!

Groundswell

Stopped down at the Grain Surfboards factory to watch "Groundswell" movie by Patagonia. It chronicled the proposed sand tar oil extraction in the remote area of Canada that was inhabited by natives who rely heavily on the natural food resources. Short but good had a little sailing, surfing and education all packed in to one. Worth a view if you have a chance. Oh yea got to check out some very nice wood boards.

Volume

Few pictures of the 5'10" squash tail in progress. Big guy board with a good amount of volume. Last of the blanks from the last shipment so time to order up some new materials soon. Toying with the idea of an SUP from some EPS blocks I have found but not sure yet.

Refuge

Once you close the door in the shop and have the heater going it doesn't matter if its winter or summer day or night. Just let ideas fly and see what happens. Now only if money didn't matter then everyone would have a free board!

Cooling down

Broke out the Winter gear for the first time of the season. Haven't been able to get in the water as much as I would like since everytime we get swell it is part of a storm and I haven't been able to leave the boat unattended. Going to have to do some serious suit repair before real winter sets in since I was lwaking like crazy. Major tide swings kind of kept the swell weak but better than nothing. Everywhere I have surfed it always seems like no one works, how is it maga crowded on a mid day during a work week for a mediocore swell?

Fall for Fish

New fish in the works. Bigger than most I make at 5'10", still more work to do but should be finished up soon.

Searching

Some people enjoy going to same spot all the time and some need to explore. Admittedly you have a less chance of scoring it good when you are off looking for a new place but that's the price you pay. You never know whats around the next cove so might as well go check it out. Few pics from a trip looking for waves this fall.

Unfortunately the wave below didn't start breaking until the boat had some engine problems. By the time I fixed it the sun was gone and by the next morning so was the wave. Good thing there will always be more swell.

Paint

Another fin Carolyn finished up on the boat. Starting to run out of spare fins.

Putting in the work

Few pics I liked from working on new fish. Keeping this one simple and clean. Have had a good run of swell the last couple of weeks but haven't taken many pics. Hope to get an exploratory trip on the boat soon. 

Rewards

Headed to the beach with the two single fins for a possible fun session. Ended up scoring just as the wind turned and no one realized it yet. Fun beach break with some offshore and minimal crowd for a while until the word got out then it filled up. First real chance to ride the hourglass in decent waves and it preformed great as I expected it would.

Cheked out this spot earlier in the week with little to no swell.

Filling in finally. Hope to tryit out more on different swells. Unfortunatly I dinged the hourglass single fin the day before so didn't get to try it out on this point.

Where are waves

Hot coating the summer fish which is now sold. The second picture is the search for waves on islands up in New England. Few possible spots but nothing perfect yet, never know whats around the next corner though.

Back online

Lost computer access for a bit but should be back. Here is the 5'10" squash tail to check out.

Came out great, very light even with a tiny bit of extra volume.

Throwback

Flat as can be here so its throwback time on the pics.

Keeping dirty

As priorites change a lot less board sanding is going on, however I can escape the dust. Below prepping the bottom for new painton what will be my home for a while.

After a few weeks of rain, cold, non stop work despiration set in and I had to paddle out on a borrowed board and wetsuit in a rain storm.

Black and white

International art project it is headed to Venezuela soon.

Shack

The beach hut before destruction.

Just some random pics to keep you entertained. Little east coast left up top and another of working on the hourglass board.

Long delay

This has been one of the longet delays between posts in a while I have been busy working on the boat and have no internet on top of endless amounts of work and no time.

The bigger pictures of the new 5'9". Simple clean lines good for those who want something safe and predictable. Trying some different resin marbleing that came out ok. I wouldn't say it has a lot of volume in it compared to a retro fish but it isn't a preformance thin guy either. Should be a great fun summer day board.

Fin sketch

Some art getting done by Carolyn. Sketch of a painting for a fin.

Mug Shots

Current boards as of today, it changes often. The ones that have been around a while stay because they ride well. From the right:
6'3" rounded pin thruster
5'10" squash tail thruster with carbon
5'7 3/8" Eagle claw tail single fin with carbon
5'9" modern fish tail thruster
5'6" mini squash tail thruster with carbon
5'3" modified diamond tail single fin
Size M S-glass moon tail skimboard
The little guy up high is the diamond tail hand plane

Hourglass Close up

Since finishing the hourglass board we have had one poor day of swell so hasn't been ridden as much as it should. However here are a couple pics to get a better idea of the board. The top is while glassing, you can see how it is a simple mellow outline and boxy rails with a fairly flat deck to conserve volume.

The bottom is a little different than your average. The black channels are 2" wide x 1.5" deep and 15" long. Also has some small wings to narrow up the tail and a small battail to help it paddle fast. On the really tiny boards it is all a balance of keeping enough volume to be usable and try to keep it fast enough to paddle. When it gets steeper the lack of rail length and the boxy rails can make the board a little sketchy so for this board I went with a single fin so it could hopefully hold tight and be more adjustable.

Shapes

A new 5'10" squash on the table. This pair of boards are made with summer in mind fun with a tad extra volume so you can get on it more. Both should be done in the near future since they got put on hold for a couple other projects.

Fresh waves

Cool little standing wave that was forming in a stream so I snapped some pictures. Bigger than whats been breaking in New England the last few weeks.

Spring Glassing

Starting up the marble on the new fish. The new 5'10" hiding in the upper corner of the room. Nice and light so far.

Fresh fish

New 5'9" fish in the works. Pretty classic shape.