6 foot Avocado in Blu

Dreaming about riding this beauty

Jacob picked up his board this weekend and we took it straight to the beach for a surf. He even let me grab a few waves on it. The wind was blowing pretty hard out of the south so we found a little cove to hide in. The waves weren't great but the board felt good at 6'0" x 20 1/4"x 2 5/8" it paddles great and feels nice and stable. I did a blue resin tint to add to Jacob's art works. The mean looking wolf on the bottom is a print that Jacob made, it should scare away anything in the ocean that might want to feed on it. Five fin boxes for limitless fin combinations. Single concave with spiral vee off the tail to control water flow and enhance maneuverability. On a non surfboard related topic, today is Owen's due date so he could come into the world at any time. We are super excited to meet him and see who God has made. Jake

Glass-On Rudders

Salvaged redwood Quad set, Glassed on. I think its time to go trim these. 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

Surfboard Reconstruction

Tex is the head wine maker at a prestigious winery in the beautiful Anderson Valley. This is Tex's surfboard which he will be riding when he is not fermenting grape juice. The deck on this board was badly de-laminated so I had to take the deck off inlay some new foam to replace the flaky old foam and then re-glass the deck. Tex wanted to see the process so I took some pictures for him and here they are. Jake

Glass-ing

My Buddy Derek from Derek Magdalik Photography came by a little while back and took some amazing photos of me glassing a board, he makes me look good. We are getting together this week to continue shaping his new 10'6" Noserider. These sessions are fun because we are both hard at work in our respective fields, he's behind the lens and I am behind the planer. Maybe this time we should switch tools for a minute or two and see what happens. If we do I will post the results, I am sure they will be entertaining. I can take some amazingly blurry pictures. Here are a few of Derek's beautiful Photographs you can see more by clicking on this link http://www.lazyiproductions.com/lazyiproductions/Info.html Enjoy, Jake

FATTY FIBERGLASS

There has been lots of work going on at JNS Boards, as many of you know I have taken Fatty Fiberglass over from Leslie Anderson. I am happy to say that I glass like a girl, I have been apprenticing with Leslie for the past couple of years and she has been a great teacher. She moved up north (about as far north as possible in the united states) and is stoked on her new life. I am honored that she would pass her business on to me and excited to continue it in Fatty Tradition. We have moved into her old location out highway 20 which is all set up for production, well almost all set up. I spent the day creating a new shaping bay, my friend Dylan and I moved old surfboards and stacks of wood around for hours until a wall was formed. As you can see from the photo there is foam that needs to be mowed. We will add a little paint and throw up some lights and it will be ready to rock(I thought about leaving the walls red for about five second and then opted against it, red is not the new blue). Here are some images from around the shop right now, what fun!