Classic Resin Bucket Shot

Resin buckets from Fatty's where I have been spending a bunch of time learning. Lots of color, lots of tint work which is fun stuff.

Senior Fish Shaping Part 2

Julian got some time to work on his senior project the other day and we were able to finish shaping it. This one is going to be fun. On to the glassing. 6'0 x 21 x 2 3/4

Blue Hands and Soaring Pelicans

Old Growth Redwood Alaia

I shaped this alaia and gave it to my dad this Christmas. Pops is pretty stoked on it. I got this wood from a house I was helping remodel which was built in 1926. Sweet old growth redwood. I made another alaia from wood from the same house that is for sale at Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg, Ca. If you want more info on it leave a comment or swing by the shop and check it out.

Jake

dungeness and 8 Footers

I got in the Bay this afternoon and busted into an 8 foot mini tanker, and with crab for dinner it really put a close to a good week.

Jake

Summer in January

It has been an amazing couple weeks on the North Coast with sunny skies and summer temperatures. I took the family to the skate park and then we headed south to enjoy some scenery.


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Senior Fishes

 

I met a kid named Julian a while back while I was working at Lost Surf Shack. He came in recently talking about his senior project and how what he really want to do was build a surfboard. He was bummed because he didn't think he would be able to. My boss Kris quickly came up with a plan to sponsor him and asked me if i would work with him. This is the start to his fish. Stoked. 

Jake

New Year and Good Friends

 

The New year has been good and busy all ready. I have been missing my East Coast friends and I found these pictures that represent good times playing with surfboards. The first picture is of my buddy Sam and the board that I built for him in North Carolina. This board has been surfed up one coast and down the other. Sam wanted to have the fruits of the spirit on his board where he could see them while he surfs, focusing on these guarantees fun in and out of the water. 

This is my friend Matt Jones who is currently lost in Maine as you can clearly see he is enjoying being lost. He is riding a fish that we built together while he was living in California. I thought it is cold here but Matt is bundled up to the max for this surf. I think that the trees and rocks in the background are covered in snow. Brrrrr. Well back to shaping.
Jake

101 South

We drove to the city this morning so my wife and son could go visit grandma and grandpa. As I headed back home I stopped at Ocean Beach and got a good little surf in on my new 6'8" I am really happy with the way it went and I think it will be a great board for the waves up here. I was nearing home I realized how green everything is right now and I wanted to share the greenness. It has been raining non stop for days and all the rain has brought life back to the hills. It's beautiful.

Jake

Christmas Special

A few boards that will be under some lucky peoples christmas trees tomarrow. The two boards in the first picture were glassed by Leslie at Fatty Fiberglass. She sure does a wonderful job. Merry Christmas! 
Jake

New Boards and New Adventures

I have been busy making boards for Christmas. I helped a good friend shape this fish and then we and got a little crazy with it on a resin swirl. It sure was fun and it turned out pretty cool looking. He left today on a road trip surfing down the California coast and will end up wherever the waves take him. He will certainly be missed.

This board is a little Christmas present for myself. It is 6'8"x19x2 5/8. It will be great when the waves get a little to much for my short board to handle. It has yet to be surfed but I am thinking Christmas morning will be just right.
Jake

3 FISH

Fish at 3 different stages of life. Jake

A Shaping Experience

Yesterday I got together with my buddy Josiah to shape him a fish. He wanted to be a part of the shaping experience so we met at the coffee shop early and then got to work. This is a 6'2" quad fish. The nose is pulled in a little more than a traditional fish and it will make the mediocre days of surf super fun. My two year old son came in to check Dada's work, he said the board looked "pretty nice". Josiah was stoked to be apart of his new board and is ready to have it in the water. Jake

The Bay

The recently remodeled shaping bay in all it's glory. The space is perfect functional and close to the family. It's not quite as clean now as I have shaped a couple of boards in it already. On the back wall are two fishes awaiting shaping.

Windy Sunday Afternoon

This is the first post for JNS surfboards located in Mendocino, Ca. This blog will feature little bits of our life making surfboards on the North Coast. This 6'0"x19 3/4x3 quad is the fruit of a blown out Sunday afternoon. The chickens strolled in to shaping bay to peck at some foam dust and check my rocker. As soon as this board gets some glass it will be available for viewing at Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg, Ca.