Fatty Stickers

No little dogs were injured the the making of this post.

I have a bunch of Fatty Fiberglass stickers that look great on cars, trucks, boats, and small animals. If you want one, shoot an email to JNSboards@gmail.com with your name and address in the United States and I will get one out to you. I plan on having JNS Boards stickers available soon as well so stay tuned for those. Jake

The Player Part II

Christian's board "The Player" is all shaped and ready to glass. It is a 7' x 20 3/4'' x 2 1/2 high performance mini long board. Everyone could use a board like this in their quiver, for those days when a short board just won't cut it.

Hand Carved Surf History

One of our friends is renting a cabin from us, Josiah works at a store called re-find where they buy things from estate sales and stuff then fix it up and resale them. He is also the proud owner of this JNS Swedish fish. The other day he gave us an awesome present. It is a framed history of hand carved surfboards his bosses found at an estate sale and when Josiah saw it he thought we needed it in the house. It is beautiful, I have no idea who made it but it is definitely something special. Thanks Jo. Jake

Da Koop

Finished Justin 6'10'' Fish and snapped these pictures in front of the chicken coop. Leslie had a sign on the Coop that says "Da Koop" you can see it in one of the pictures behind the board. While I was over taking these pictures I noticed that Da Koop needed some attention so I cleaned it out good and fixed it up a bit. Sweet fish, happy chickens, good weekend!

Christians Micro Longboard (The Player)

Christian enjoys surfing the best waves the central coast has to offer, unfortunately there are those days that are sub par. That is were Christians new seven foot micro longboard that he has dubbed "The Player" will come in handy. It will give that little extra float needed to get down the line when its smaller. The Player has a split personality and will also be able to step up to the plate on those bigger days when he could use a little extra paddle power. A good all around board for conditions that are not quite right for a standard shortboard. In these pictures I have cut out the outline and skinned the blank. I still have a lot of shaping to do but I wanted to keep everyone posted on the progress.

Glassed a Neptune For Woody

I am stoke with how this one came out. This 6'5"was shaped by the guys at Neptune/Nor Cal surfshop in Pacific for local charger Woody. I got to coat it in resin and cloth then finish it off with some sanding. Glassed for the North Coast it will spend the rest of it's life riding cold, lonely, waves North of North and loving it. Jake

10'6 x 24 x 3 1/2

A great journey came to an end today as I watched Derek paddle out on his new Noserider and hook into a couple beauties. I left the beach after seeing a few waves and got a call from Derek three hours later explaining that he had just gotten out of the water and telling me how much fun he had on his new board. It has been great to document the build of this board with Derek and hopefully we will be putting the whole narrative together soon. My part in the story of this board is over but the stories that this board will make are just beginning. Thanks again Derek, enjoy the ride. Jake

Glossy 10'6"

Gloss coats are fun, and even more fun when they go well. Here's the Derek's 10'6" Noserider glossed up. Time to Polish. He is going to pick it up this after noon so stay tuned for some more of his great photos. Jake

Early Winter Sanding

It seems winter has started early up here on the North Coast, wind rain, trees down. What month is it? Well I took this rainy opportunity to do some sanding and as it turns out last weekend I had some time and I built a special room for just that purpose. The Sanding room works great and all the dust stayed in the room and not all over the shop, perfect. Jake

This is Dylan and he helps me out in the shop, he enjoys fiberglass dust so much that he rubs it on his face.

Avacado Ride Report

I took the family down to the beach to watch "The Avocado's" maiden voyage. We got cinnamon rolls and coffee in Mendo and then walked down to the beach to watch Teddy work his magic. The waves weren't great but Teddy made it look good and the board seemed to ride pretty well. This last week Teddy has been riding the avocado all up and down the California coast, he has been really stoked on it and has been giving me some great feedback. A wave from Teddo. Jake

Noserider Hotcoat

Got Derek's Noserider all airbrushed, Laminated, and the deck hot coated. It won't be long now my log riding friend. I took these pictures and I am sure you can tell a difference between when Derek takes them. i did manage get my reflection in the deck of the first one though. I'm sure that is photography 101, don't get in your own shot in less you mean to. Oh well, back to the surfboard making shack. Jake