Airbrush Day

© 2011 Derek Magdalik

Derek came over to watch one of the final steps in the journey of his 10'6" noserider that he loving refers to as "the nosepicker". It was airbrush day and as always he got some great pictures which can be found at Derek Magdalik Photography. He has also been writing a series of narratives to accompany the pictures that he has been taking of the building of the nosepicker. There is a line in this last narrative that I hope I can live up to, here it is "A blend of good, old fashioned work ethic, real family values, attention to detail, and supplemented with a sense of humor is, quite simply, Jake’s style" It is an honor to be viewed this way and I hope that I always operate with such a style. Thanks Derek, Jake

Avacado Season

This is the Avocado, it is 5'6"x 19 1/2x 2 1/2 with a single concave to a spiral vee off the tail. It was grown in a side lit, blue room with reggae playing in the background in between the sound of power tools whining. The Avocado is the product of Ted Flaig (of Neto fame) and myself combining design elements from three of his favorite boards. Teddy got in on the shaping fun as well and together we brought the avocado to it's ripened state. This avocado will be thoroughly put to the test as Teddy is one of, if not the best surfer on the north coast. He will ride it in everything from knee slappers to overhead barrels, I can't wait to get his feed back on how the thing goes. It's avocado season here at JNS boards so make sure to get yours today. Jake

Fresh & Ready to Eat

Shop Shots

My shop is a work in progress, fortunately people need their boards fixed. I have some freshies to glass and maybe even a couple to shape so working on the shop will have to wait. Thank you to everybody for all the business and support. Jake

Team Effort JB & Me

I have been glassing a few boards for another local shaper JB Thomas. Here are a couple that I just finished up, Shape and Airbrush by JB, Glass by Fatty Fiberglass.

Scrap Resin

Once you kick a batch of resin whatever you don't use is gone, it's going to harden. So what do you do with it? (I am open to suggestions) Leslie started pouring it on a wall covered in wax paper to make the crazy art seen in the third picture. I keep adding to it and it's coming along nicely. In the first couple pictures you can see what happens when we pour the scrap into a bucket of water. All those awesome colors in there remind me of good times spent learning this sticky art/craft from Leslie.

This is Nor Cal

I was going through my pictures the other day and I realized that I have a bunch that never made it onto the blog. Here is a sampling of a Nor Cal summer.

God has truly blessed us to be living in such a beautiful place and doing something we love and we thank Him for all of it.

Abalone diving of a stand up paddle board

Shaping

Sunsets

Surfboards

Making skimboards with friends

Glassing

 a little more shaping, Derek used some sweet colored lighting on this one.

And of course surfing,

Cloth

I have been using a lot of this recently, glassing is good toxic fun. I know "wear a respirator", I do wear it and here is proof.