Monday, April 28, 2008

Boston Surf Man


For when you're out of commission & can't surf & can't make boards, there is pen & ink. But, I'll soon be terrorizing some local log spot with a SUP.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Surf Report: Early Spring 2008


Plenty of surf this spring. I can't remember a day in the last six weeks where I wanted to surf and there wasn't something available. The wind has been unpredictable, so you need to rely on sheltered, harder to find spots. I've had every kind of board out in the last month, from big quad, to log to SUP (but not big enough for BB). What a nice reward, after a long winter of very decent surf. Check out all the NE surfing sites for many, many images.

Latest Recycled Stubb ...


Lots of effort required to get usable foam out of this one. It once was 2/3 of a classic log (try to guess what kind). Now it's a 5.5', wide, square, very flat, single. The lam is RR epoxy, the hot & gloss coats are Resin-X. The art is india ink & acryclic, in multiple layers. This is my first Resin-X board, so far really good (Matt, of Resin-X, has been very generous with his advice). Soon to be polished ...