Get Away

After a long Winter a warm escape was needed so headed South for a nice break.

Not a lot  of waves since it was a protected island but some fun small ones here and there.

Chance to shed winter layers and enjoy the sun should never be passed up.

Winter is cold

Lucky swells

A few pics from one of the last swells. After a few weeks of weird small swells with funky wind it would be nice to get some waves like this back.

Arctic Vortex Surf from Neto Nomads on Vimeo.

Few clips shot from a phone during one of the -35 windchill days. It was tough to get into them with the gust coming up the face and freezing on the board but some fun shoulders were peeling through.

Tail Feather

Finally a little post about the interchangeable tails. Did it work? Yes. Would I make more? Up for debate it was a lot of work to make one offs. I did take the board out in some good waves from Blacks in CA to Scarborough in ME with no breaks which even surprised me. Pretty much I got to try out three different boards before choosing what I really liked. Had a super squash with no tail I would ride with a quad or as a twin, a normal squash with double channel I rode mostly as a quad and a pin tail I rode as a quad also.

This is the layup of a tail I glued left over cut offs of EPS and use a mahogany stringer. This was then shaped down to the tail I wanted. Think of it as a large fin, I used a white oak tenon piece to slot into the board and secured it with two set screws. The board had an adjustable length of 5'3" - 5'6" and 5'9".

After two months of use I have decided to glass the squash tail on permanently this will reduce a bit of weight and limit the chance of breaking. This is really what shaping is all about for me the abilty to try out new ideas that you can't go get from a store. 

Back

Got super busy shaping up boards with deadlines then off to California to surf until it felt like I broke all my ribs. Back now and with Fall approaching expect lots of new things.

Getting old

Some pics that have been hanging around and getting musty so time to post them up.

Surf More

Another Spring is coming

Start of a new Gopro stick to hopefully use to get some new footage. Should be having these for sale soon all made from local wood and ready to get shots when you need a little extra arm length.

Fun looking little wedge wave that was breaking at low tide. Unfortunately I was sick this weekend so go stuck with photo duty.

Clean

As Spring is approaching I am working on the new shop space so updates are coming slow. Here are some old pics that are getting cleaned out of the folders. Fun mellow days taken after I got out.

Blustery day

Scoped this wave for a while but didn't paddle out. The winds where hitting 50knts on the gusts. Maybe in the future it will be good.

Breaking out

 Winter has taken its toll and even as I write this it is still lashing out but Spring is around the corner. It is time to make some moves and step up Neto Shapes just a bit. This season will have more boards, clothes, handboards, and some other fun things for you to drop your hard earned cash on. So if you are in the market to make surfing fun again save your pennies for a little longer then support Neto Shapes you will be glad you did.

Bring on Summer.
Have a drink to new waves, new adventures and don't be afraid to follow your dreams.

Surf stuff

Boards and waves what else do you need?

Tech

So my camera does not like shooting when it super windy and single digits. Going to have to post a few pictures from last month until I can get some new ones.

F

Hot coating the fish and frigid waves.

Stoked and Thank You

Well Winter is in full force and for some reason it makes me want to shape even more. This is a pic I took down in St. Kitts many years ago and really looks way more appealing than the -40 windchill outside today.

Those of you who know me know my affinity for hand tools so I was excited to pick up some new additions recently. A great pull saw, new mini plane, spoke shave and a really unique hand made rasp. I got so excited I had to sharpen all my other blades as shown above.
So this post puts me over 10,000 view which is pretty good for never really promoting anything. Want to thank my friends for trying out my shapes and being supportive even f that means stinking up the house with resin. Thank you and if I ever make lots of money free boards for all.