North Carolina Bound

We will be in North Carolina for the next couple weeks and hopefully it will look like this. I will be back on the North Coast and back to work on July 8th. If there is anyone out there on the eastern seaboard that wants a board let me know. I have access to a shaping bay and would love to mow some foam while I am there. Hit me up with an email if you are interested. Jake

Creating a Template

Courtesy of Derek Magdalik Photography

The act of taking five measurement and using them to create a curve that flows has always been a fun challenge to me. A nice flexible, straight piece of wood and a steady hand help make it more fun and less challenging. Jake

North Coast Sunset

My friend Taylor took this picture of last nights sunset, Beautiful. Jake

Sanding

I have been doing a lot of sanding lately which is awesome because it means that I am making surfboards. I bought this baby a little while back and it had proven to be a great tool. It has variable speeds, 2 orbital settings and will plug into a shop vac for dust free sanding. What more could you want in a tool? Stay tuned for some glassing pictures. I have been doing a lot of that lately too. Jake 

Thank You Sways

This appeared on swaylocks at the beginning of 2010 and as I was looking at all the people and their boards I saw a familiar face. I was in the middle of all those surfboard shapers, it made my day. I have learned so much from reading swaylocks, it is an invaluable resource. My thanks goes out to those who have contributed to the wealth of information on the site. If you want to find me in the picture I am 3 rows up from the bottom and right in the middle of the row, with a blue shirt on and long hair. The board I am holding was my first EPS/Epoxy board and my wife painted sea turtles on the foam before I glassed it on our screened in porch. We have come a long way. Jake

Finish Sanding

Photo courtesy of Lazyi Productions

I love every part of the shaping process but there is something special about finish sanding a board and how the foam glistens that makes me smile. Jake

A Couple Fun Ones

Finished these funboards up yesterday a 7'2" and a 7'3" they are great learning boards but could be ridden at all levels in small to average size surf. They will be available at Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg as soon as I can get some glass on them and shine em' up real nice. Jake

Taped Off

There is a great blog that I check out on a regular basis called Taped Off. Peter St Pierre loves making surfboards as much as I do and he has been at it decades longer. He is truly inspiring, here is my version of taped off.

 Jake

Happy Senior (In High School not Elderly)Surfers

Friends Let Friends Pick Their Noserider

My buddy Derek came over to take some photos of his noserider being shaped. He got some great images. Here are a few, if you want to see more go to www.lazyiproductions.com and click on "photographs". Hope everyone gets some south swell this weekend. Jake

I finished this one up before we started cutting on the noserider

Spring Board

Materials that went into this board are Made in California

Spring is in the air around here, birds a chirping, the wind is blowing out of the north west and boards are getting finished. I completed this one yesterday and It is at the Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg if you want to check it out. It has a beautiful cedar stringer and blue and green foam stain bands. In case you are noticing a pattern, I really like blue and green, on the next board maybe i will branch out and put some red on it. If you want one board to catch waves in all conditions then look no further.  Jake

Wooden Boards and Warm Water

The Family and I are going to North Carolina in a couple months and in the spirit of that trip I found these pictures. This is me and my friend Matt on the maiden voyage of the wooden boards we built together. There is no feeling quite like surfing a board that shaped yourself but when it is a wooden board that took 80+ hours to build it takes the enjoyment to a whole new level. This was an early morning summer session with some fun little waves. It's great to surf with friends on equipment you made together. I think it's time to make another one. Jake

Sleepless Nights

My buddy Julian came by the shop the other day and he was dying for some pictures of his new Fish (It's the one with the Mexican blanket tint from the earlier post). I did a resin panel on the deck that he was excited to see, so excited in fact that he said he could not sleep because he was thinking about it. Julian you are not alone I too lose sleep thinking about resin panels. Here are a few pictures for you, sleep tight. Jake

Abalone Easter

We had a great weekend. The surf was good the diving was great and having abalone for easter dinner topped it all off. I can't give you any pictures of the surf but here is our dinner a few minutes after it left the water. I have been working on a quite a few surfboard projects in the wee hours of the morning recently so I will be posting pictures from those soon. Jake

Early Morning Blue Green

My Friend Julian and I met early yesterday morning and got a little crazy with our blue and green resin cups. This is the product of the insanity that ensued.I think this is called a Mexican blanket only in blues and greens. Pretty Sweet.

Truck Full of Ding Repair

The other day Leslie unloaded her garage into the back of my truck. Most of these boards are badly damaged but they will be perfect for honing my ding repair skills. My wife was stoked as well because she wants to get in on the ding repair action as well, not to mention that when the boards are fixed we get to ride them. I love riding different shapes and sizes of boards, I always learn so much. Thanks Les

Lamination

Been working on my laminating skills recently and I am starting to get more comfortable. This is one of a couple clears in the works right now.

Jake

Glassing With Fatty

I have been spending a bunch of time over at Fatty Fiberglass trying to learn all I can before she is gone. See Fatty met an Alaskan man who has stolen her heart and consequently our glasser is acquiring arctic gear and having big yard sales in anticipation of moving up north. I have been working with Fatty for a year and a half now but time is running out so i have been making time to get over there so i can figure this stuff out before i am on my own. Here are some shots from this week at Fatty Fiberglass.

The board with the blue tail and green stripe is mine and I will be glassing it next week

Red and orange were everywhere

Crazy abstract panel 

What A Day

5'8"x 19 3/4 x 2 5/8

3'2" x 40lbs x almost 3 yrs.

Today was one of the first sunny days in mendo land and it was just too nice to work. I got in the bay with one of the High School kids this morning and we finished off his senior project board then I went to the beach with the family. The waves were around waist high with some nice peaks coming through and I got to pull my son around on a boogie board in the river. I surfed my 5'6" Larry Mabile twin keel fish, then we came home built a fire and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. What a day !

Planers

The Planer I am using

The Planer I want someday, the accurate JN2