New giant surfboard sucking up all the waves around Boston ...

11'6" x 25" x 3.75"

Single fin

EPS foam from a re-used source

Epoxy Lam, Resin-X hot & gloss

2 x 6oz, s-glass, top & bottom, nose and tail caps

It started out as a Frye-style cross-country board. It ended up a lot like the SurfTech Munoz I used to own (but without that Surftech rattle). I've surfed it once. It took off early, didn't sink and turned with surprising ease.

The composition is heavily influenced by Japanese stories and art about various kinds of Majin, especially ones imprisoned in mountain faces. On the first afternoon out, my friend John took a few pictures. More pictures coming soon ...

Surf Report: Dissapointing short period windswell, onshore everywhere the swell is showing. Hopefully some NW for tomorrow AM. I need to get this one back in the water.

Minimalist Fighting Style

"... with practice and stealth, the opponent is quickly disarmed and rendered harmless. This two-step, minimalist, approach requires only a cowardly choking attack from the rear (Step 1), followed by a firm poke to the sole of the right foot (Step 2). Practitioners be warned, this technique will fail if either step is omitted or the order of steps reversed. Similarly, poking the wrong foot in the second step (Step 2) will provide unexpected results. This is also true of jabbing or pointing (see Chapter 3). The advanced student, with a vigorous application of the first step (Step 1), may forgo the second step (Step 2)."

From "New American Guide to Wu-Shu Style," Raymond J. Candle, Xanadu Press, 1979.