Sea Life

Day at Trestles.  Seal, bird and dolphin. 

Left

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

Worth the paddle

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

Few  ultra smooth glassy days from last week. 

Man made structures

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

Board in Action

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"

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

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

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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

Fin box and prepping the board.

Heavy

New heavy slab.

Last Victoria shape

One of the last Victoria boards I ended up shaping.

Change of pace

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

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

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

Neto

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

New spot

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

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

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

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