NETO SHAPES

Think Small

2012-02-13T19:34:00.000-08:00

New stick in the works. This one is for me which is fun to be able to have no restrictions. Not sure what it is going to be exactly thinking 5'3" single fin. Just going with the flow and will see what happens.

Italian

2012-02-08T07:07:00.000-08:00

The year before Jersey Shore came out.

Past 2

2012-02-03T06:13:00.000-08:00

Another old cell phone pic I found. 5'8" twin fin for one of the guys over at Bond Snowboarding.

Past

2012-01-30T08:45:00.000-08:00

Found some old pics on my cell phone will post them up. Single fin fun board.

Beach Fire

2012-01-24T11:09:00.000-08:00

Beachfire posted up picture of mine. If you are in San Clemente stop in for happy hour!

Few more

2012-01-19T09:18:00.000-08:00

Couple fun little waves from the last few weeks. With water temps creeping down sessions are getting shorter.

Cold and welcoming

2012-01-13T11:51:00.000-08:00

Fun day of strong offshores and good swell. The camera did not like the cold and wind and most pictures ended up full of fog. Would have been real good if 5mil suits didn't make duckdiving suck.

2012-01-06T10:03:00.000-08:00

Gerry pulling in for a little closeout section.

Last of 2011

2011-12-28T12:25:00.000-08:00

Finaly got some swell and warm weather. The bouys read 17' at 11 sec with 35mph wind so that is about 7' faces on the sets for RI. The tide was a little high and it was super hard to find the good peak before you got cleaned up by a set.

Clips

2011-12-21T10:46:00.001-08:00

Transportation

2011-12-09T08:43:00.000-08:00

Friends old garage built in the 1800's. Something about tools and materials and know how that has always intrigued me. Being able to build something that is useful and can give you the freedom to do what ever you want is a skill not everyone has but is invaluable. The ultimate dream has always been to build a epic barn on the ocean that can house a workshop capable of building boats, surfboards, motorcycles and fabricating tools.

Misty Mornin

2011-12-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

I like this shot of RI because it really shows the early winter feel. Not all that inviting but at least the flag is blowing offshore!

Paint it

2011-11-30T13:15:00.001-08:00

Fin painting by Carolyn.

Rainy offshore

2011-11-23T13:31:00.000-08:00

Scored some fun waves today in RI nice and empty for a few hours before the masses showed up.

Space

2011-11-18T06:28:00.000-08:00

Putting the finishing touches on a new work shop area, multi purpose room for building surf , sailing and any other stuff.

Throwback

2011-11-15T19:21:00.001-08:00

Old pier shot.

More Carib

2011-11-08T18:35:00.000-08:00

Another pic I took in the Caribbean. Should be there ths winter but didnt work out, next year though!

Right

2011-11-03T19:32:00.000-07:00

Hurricane surf in RI.

Passing Fronts

2011-10-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

Catching the tail end of a passing front finally put up some offshore winds to clean up a fun swell the other day. I choose to go after the occasional shoulder amid the majority of close outs over moving up the road to a slightly better wave that was swamped with at least 100 angry people trying to battle it out. One good sized set did put its mark on the new fish though wraping the leash around the tail and making a good sized cut.

Body Surf

2011-10-24T19:14:00.000-07:00

Some fun waves mae it through at the normal mellow trail1.

Welcome to RI

2011-10-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

This seems to be typical RI. The ocasional decent swell, offshore wind and people dropping in on you. Pic I took in Matunuck from one of the hurricanes earlier this Fall.

Carib

2011-10-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

Picture I took a few years ago on a trip to Saint Kitts. Very fun wave, better rights than this left but I liked the feel of the picture.

Finless fun

2011-10-03T14:14:00.000-07:00

Finless from Neto Nomads on Vimeo.

Franken board finless for the first time. Pretty fun way to use some small waves.

Noll Log

2011-09-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Great old Greg Noll board my friend stumbled upon. Stringer work is very impressive. Overall in very good condition only some small dings and discoloration here and there that for now are going to stay until someday it gets restored.

bar

2011-09-18T08:07:00.000-07:00

Ole's in San Clemente representing.

Good times.

2011-09-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

Epoxy stingerless 5'8" on a fun day.

Hurricane

2011-09-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

Managed to score a few fun waves this past week during the latest hurricane swell. Deep Hole, RI.

New Ride

2011-09-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

The new 5'6" travel board. Few little tweaks of the green and blue 5'5" thumbtail that had been my daily rider for a while. Added an inch to the length and gave it a tiny squash, changed from twin/single to thruster set up and threw in some carbon stringers. Expect to see a lot more of this board in up coming pics.

Irene

2011-08-30T08:50:00.000-07:00

Ready to shred all sorts of people showed up to try to surf, dry suit top and 18" fin.

Nothing like some obsticals for the morning drive.

Low tide mush.

After the hurricane headed up to RI to get some wave. Early on its was some very fun left overs with a good offshore breeze and not to crowded. Rapidly fell apart though as the tide drained out, crowds filled in and the wind went side shore.

Cruiseing

2011-08-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

Haven't been in the water in a bit with working on moving. Hope that changes soon.

New boardz

2011-08-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

Shaping up a new 5'6" for the Caribbean. Small low rocker blunt nose with a tiny squash tail.

Treasure

2011-08-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

Time to go exploreing.

Evening time

2011-08-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

Non surf at the beach.

Foxes

2011-08-08T18:59:00.000-07:00

New boards on different waves always R+D.

Globe Year Zero movie premier

2011-08-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

Went to the Globe surf movie the other night good times with an fun inside set up complete with teepee and then the outdoor drive in style movie showing complete with open bar and fire dancers. Thanks to Herb for hooking us up with a good time and doing the art direction on it. Check out the full photoset here!

New stick again

2011-08-03T16:40:00.000-07:00

Starting up a new 5'6" for myself for the boat trip. Shaping down from a 5'10"MF blank.

Quick pic

2011-08-01T15:37:00.001-07:00

Little fun wave.

Venice

2011-07-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

Venice drum circle. Most of the trash ends in the ocean.

Woody

2011-07-26T14:21:00.000-07:00

Eagle Talon birch fin.

Wave time

2011-07-22T17:50:00.000-07:00

Little evening session from a few weeks ago pre foot injury.

Jellies

2011-07-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

Better hanging on the wall than in the line up. Carolyn painted this one up after a visit to the aquarium.

Summer time

2011-07-16T13:03:00.000-07:00

First left on the Eagle Claw. Worked well through the flat sections which were all over the place that day. Have not been on a bigger twin fin fish in a while it was fun to get back on and cruise.

Took out some board to try out at trails.

Starting up a new stick for myself for the upcoming boat trip. Going to go on hold for a bit until I am off crutchs though.

New video

2011-07-13T10:39:00.000-07:00

Making a board from NetoShapes on Vimeo.

New little video I made. Some random clips on makeing a board.

The good and the bad

2011-07-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

Great day of waves ending in a not so great final one in. Fin to the heel and trip to the ER.

More looking down

2011-07-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

Few more from the pier last week.

Looking down on you

2011-07-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

Few shots off the pier from last week. Mike visiting from OR in the first one. Should have been there an hour earlier!

Fly like an Eagle

2011-07-05T14:07:00.000-07:00

Eagle claw all ready to rock. Where to start.... 5'8", pretty flat deck, carbon stringer reinforcements, wings to eagle claw tail, exaggerated belly in the nose on the bottom running into a nice mellow single concave exiting out a channel in back with a slight V past the wings, Neto original birch twin fins and boxy rails through the midsection. Board feels great beefed up glass to hold up but still very light. Keep tuned to see how it rides.

Happy 4th.

2011-07-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

Few pictures from a while ago. Have a great 4th.

Twins

2011-06-30T09:36:00.000-07:00

New set of keel fins getting started up for the Eagle Claw which should be done soon. Twin fins all cleaned up to sell, the Party Stick sold quick over the weekend along with some other of the older models.

Work week candy

2011-06-28T07:55:00.000-07:00

No reblogging here. Pictures taken from the East and West coast, top pic by me bottom pic by Steve Lerum, taken a few years ago to give you some mental surf for the work week. On the topic of original content check out Toeknee's new site, he has had some videos and pictures up on here before so you are sure to enjoy.

Water related

2011-06-24T11:46:00.000-07:00

Time goes by.

Walmart

2011-06-21T12:20:00.000-07:00

Worth a watch if you have ever been to Walmart.

Stringer art

2011-06-20T15:28:00.000-07:00

Random stringer shavings getting artsy.

Little waves

2011-06-15T10:31:00.000-07:00

Great morning of surf so expected the same for an evening session. It was glassy but not very good grabbed a few little sections.

TGIF

2011-06-11T06:59:00.000-07:00

A recent Friday afternoon.

Drawing

2011-06-07T10:14:00.000-07:00

Made here.

2011-06-02T13:21:00.000-07:00

New shapes going on.

Sea Life

2011-05-31T16:41:00.000-07:00

Day at Trestles. Seal, bird and dolphin.

Left

2011-05-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Not a great picture but this last South pushed through some big fun sets.

Worth the paddle

2011-05-19T15:11:00.000-07:00

Seems lately that if it is surfable it is small and glassy or big and lumpy. Top picture Jeff Hall on a little glassy one at CBR bottom lumpy Uppers this morning.

Glass

2011-05-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

Few ultra smooth glassy days from last week.

Man made structures

2011-05-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

The beach hut survived the winter storms and is still in action same with the pier but that is expected.

Board in Action

2011-05-02T17:26:00.000-07:00

You have seen this board before. Fish skim shaped up a while ago making its commercial debut in one of Toeknee's new vids for Eelsnot.

The new 5'8"

2011-04-28T11:21:00.000-07:00

Finished carbon board. So far its been pretty fun to ride even in the not so good waves it has been out in. Time to start up a new board!

Sanding

2011-04-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

Finally started to sand the never ending EPS board. This was started back in Sept and got put aside a few times. Should be done soon now. Really just an experiment to play around with various carbon pieces, fins and EPS. Finished board will be under 5 lbs. Hope it ends up fun for the amount of time it has been in construction.

Seems to be getting crowded

2011-04-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

Untitled from NetoShapes on Vimeo.

Some outtakes from a little blade session. This is what neighbors like to see when walking by the house. At least we aren't hipsters right?

Finsy

2011-04-15T11:44:00.000-07:00

Fin box and prepping the board.

Heavy

2011-04-11T13:13:00.000-07:00

New heavy slab.

Last Victoria shape

2011-04-04T08:24:00.000-07:00

One of the last Victoria boards I ended up shaping.

Change of pace

2011-03-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

Few big changes recently so fitting working on a board that is a big change. Stringerless EPS getting closer to done. Should have it completed this week to add to the ever growing quiver.

Skim Shape

2011-03-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

Finless and ready to go. Shaped up this board to push the balance between float/speed and maneuverability. The blunt nose lets you lose some swing length and get forward on the center for driving down lines as well as giving you a nice squash tail for riding switch. The tail is really pulled in through two subtle wings to turn fast when riding from the back foot. Over all the rails are really pushing the limit of being rounded until it hits the rear wings they switch up to provide hold on the face and release off the lip. Good to have riders willing to step out to of the box and come up with and try progressive shapes.

Spring it

2011-03-22T22:39:00.000-07:00

More left over pics from a few weeks ago. Hope Spring brings some fun swell and stops with all the rain.

Neto

2011-03-15T11:07:00.000-07:00

Little bit of morning stress relief when the waves don't show up on time.

New spot

2011-03-10T17:47:00.000-08:00

Started shaping up two new skim shapes in the new shapeing area. Hope to get a few new surf shapes done now that Spring is here.

Trails

2011-03-07T17:35:00.000-08:00

Not a lot of Trails going on this winter. With the time change just around the corner maybe spring will give up some evening sessions. Until then a few old pics of a fun afternoon and one the the huts I built to hang out in.

Standing on water

2011-02-28T11:54:00.000-08:00

Debris from the endless rain storms.

Gerry finding a right after a long spell of no waves.

Confused look.

Morning glass.

After a few bottles of wine last night expected to wake up with more of a hangover than a suprise little surf session. Feels good to finally be back to wave riding no matter the conditions.

Art F. Aggot

2011-02-22T13:51:00.000-08:00

Mike over at Get Free Stay Free drew this up a while ago. Keeping it real when the waves are gone.

Buy My Bike

2011-02-15T08:19:00.001-08:00

Untitled from NetoShapes on Vimeo.

Bike I built is on Ebay if you are interested.

Bring back the swell

2011-02-11T08:22:00.000-08:00

More pics from the last swell on the twin fin.

Machete

2011-02-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

Recyle your machete.

Its so icey

2011-02-03T14:13:00.000-08:00

Flew in from icey NJ to pick up a new Neto shaped skimboard. Fitting it was the coldest morning of the year here in Laguna.

More from last week

2011-01-29T10:41:00.000-08:00

Another fun week of swell. Took out the 5'5" twin fin on a fun fast day. Could have used some bigger fins for some more drive and better hold on the steeper ones but it was still fun to pull into some closeouts.

Keep those swells coming

2011-01-25T18:43:00.000-08:00

Backside on the 6'2".

Gerard setting up his bottom turn on his first handmade board.

Gerard enjoying the quad.

Slowing down for the section.

The 6'2" worked good.

Few pics from this weekend. Hard to complain with back to back to back swells and more on the way.

Stringer time

2011-01-24T15:11:00.000-08:00

The EPS experiment is still in full swing. Finally got a stringer laid out on top and wrapped the rails. Epoxied a layer of 6oz on it today so hopefully it will be on to the bottom soon.

Winter day

2011-01-22T20:02:00.000-08:00

This winter has not been the best but the last week finally got fun. Good waves all last week and warm. Carolyn snapped a few pic this morning, this is how more days should start.

Ride it.

2011-01-18T17:01:00.000-08:00

Catch up time.

2011-01-16T18:12:00.000-08:00

Franken board taking a break at the beach after its sucessful debut. Sealing up the new EPS board getting ready to glass it this week.

Sun Shades

2011-01-10T20:32:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the talented Thibaud family I got a new pair of shades from Muchu's brother. He makes glasses for Jean Claude Jean Claude and now I am the proud owner of a pair that made the transatlantic journey to Neto headquarters.

Pics from the week.

2011-01-06T19:42:00.000-08:00

Its no secret this winter has been no good for waves. Had to take what I could get this week and jump in for a bit. Trying out the new camera still.

Back to the shapes

2011-01-04T18:18:00.000-08:00

You may remeber this blank. It has been sitting for a bit but now that holidays are over the EPS project is back on. Good feel so far.

Happy New Years

2011-01-01T15:49:00.000-08:00

Few more old ones to bring in the new year.

Leftovers

2010-12-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

Red rocket on the point and shoot.

Muddy Waters

2010-12-26T16:01:00.000-08:00

Finaly a bit of waves to work with. Short period windswell but better than nothing. Took out the Franken and the Redrocket as well as snapped a few pics with the new camera.

Random oldness

2010-12-23T20:43:00.000-08:00

With the coming close to the year and lack of waves I turned to the archives and found a couple pics that bring back fond memories...

Waves?

2010-12-20T21:25:00.000-08:00

Will we ever ride again? Very slow winter so far. Here is hoping for some new swells soon.

Holiday cheer

2010-12-17T20:12:00.000-08:00

Roots

2010-12-16T18:35:00.000-08:00

Red rocket

2010-12-14T13:00:00.000-08:00

Saved from a certian death at the hands of the trash man the red rocket made its debut this morning. Fully repaired from a long life of service it still rides really fun in the shoulder high trestles morning surf. Paddles fast and drives down the line very well, going to be fun to get it into some bigger mushy liners and see how fast it can go. Sure do not have to worry about anyone stealing this one at the beach with its amazing ghetto finish.

Shorebreak

2010-12-07T16:20:00.000-08:00

Couple waves and Kyle at lunch time.

Chop shop

2010-12-03T14:32:00.000-08:00

Reduse, Recyle and Reuse. 7'2" semi gun down to a 5'5" egg ripper. A bunch more work to go but the shape has been started.