Boat Board 4 Royce

6'2" x 18 3/4 x 2 5/16

I learned to surf with Royce at our local beach break during middle school. We surfed together most days in high school and then we went our separate ways. Royce went down to Santa Barbara to urchin dive which means that he has an excuse to go surf the channel islands which are only accessible by boat. This will be his new boat board for small to medium point waves miles off shore. Jake

Free Form Lam-N-ation

Stub-Nose Picker

Dylan and I had some fun on this one. He helped me shape it up a couple days ago on his birthday and then we got into some tint this morning and this is what we came up with. No need to tape the stripes, just free form them in during lamination, right. Jake

For Steve

10' x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4 Old growth redwood, Kelp resin tint, Resin pin lines, 3 inch cut laps, the works. Jake

4 year Old Fisher Man

I got to take my four year old to a stocked trout pond this morning. It was so fun, he slayed 'em. Jake

Polishing, Polisher, Polished

This is my friend Sam's Christmas board, the woodrum fish. He just sent me this picture and it's fitting because I have been thinking a lot about polishing recently. The series of events that have landed me as owner of Fatty Fiberglass all revolve around polishing. The short version of the story is Leslie Anderson hate polishing so she contacted me to see if I wanted to help her. I moved from North Carolina back to my home town in California to polish for Leslie and apprentice to local shaper Paul Kraus. I learned to polish and in no time Les was teaching me the ends and outs of the whole glassing process. Next thing I know she is handing me the keys to the place and I am the owner, crazy. Polishing is not my favorite thing to do but I am glad it is part of the process. Well, I'm off to polish, Jake  

From Fin Panel to Fin

 I used a carbide blade for my multi-tool to cut the fin out of the panel. It worked great a little slow going but great non the less.

wear a respirator for foiling, its dusty. I used a grinder to rough shape the fin and then my Milwaukee sander turned upside down to finish the foiling.

 Finished, now glass it on, hot coat, sand, gloss, polish and ride. This board will get polished tomorrow morning. I am stoked with how it is looking. I will make sure you see the finished product when it is done. Jake

Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl

 I had fun with this one. It makes me want to grab a spoon and dig in. Jake

Itchy Time

This fin panel is ready and I get to turn it into a fin, which means that I will spend the next couple days itching and scratching. A couple surfs should take care of the itch and any excuse to surf is a good okay in my book. Jake

Wesley has been fascinated with the camera. He just snaps away and every once in a while he gets a good one.

 

This is a board I made for my wife a couple years ago and that is Wesley's hand print, they grow up quick.