Family Fun for Dave

Dave wanted a board that his whole family could ride and enjoy, something strong and beautiful. Here's what I came up with... 9'1" x 23" x 3 1/2"

Fresh glass for JB

Glassed these two for surfboards by JB last week. Clear, light and strong with a sanded finish. Jake

4 Mike with Stickers

This one is 7'0" x 21" x 3" and it sure looks fun which would make it a funboard. Mike likes stickers so we stickered it all up for him. Single concave to vee through the tail should make it go well on all kinds of north coast waves. Jake

Artsy Fartsy

We have one of those indestructible cameras so sometimes we let our four year old have free reign with it. The results are usually pretty interesting. I found this artsy shop view on the memory card this morning, my son also likes fart jokes thus the post title. Have a great day, Jake

LSS Stock

I dropped this board off at the Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg last week. It measures 7'1"x 21 3/8 x 3 and would be perfect for stepping down from a long board but it has the performance to make a great Big Boy short board. Go get it while it's hot. Jake

9'1"- All The Goodies

This one is 9'1"x 23" x 3 1/2" with all the things that make custom long boards beautiful. Triple cedar stringers, redwood and balsa nose and tail blocks, and clean lines. Color panels and glass updates coming soon. Jake

Glassing Room Inspiration

This picture is hanging in the glassing room, Leslie put it there long ago. Every time I see it I think about how good we have it these days. This guys is charging, no wetsuit, no leash, way out to sea, and he had to climb down a cliff with his board in order to paddle out. This was when you could count the number of surfers around here on one hand, pretty gnarly. The water is still cold, the waves still fickle and the big gray fish are still lurking, but at least we have warm wetsuits, leashes and light weight surfboards designed for our waves. Jake

Fatty Color Factory

 

We have some serious color in the shop right now thanks to a few from Surfboards by J.B. which are in various stages of glassing. The top two boards are airbrushed by J.B.

This pink nine footer is a full resin tint with pigment done in the lam, it's so bright even with all those other colorful boards in the glassing room, whenever I walked in there my eye was immediately drawn to it. No one will be able to claim that they didn't see J.B. coming. Jake

Redwood Handplane for Matt

My friend Matt had a birthday recently and his girlfriend got him a hand plane, made by me. It was really cool to pick a piece of salvaged redwood out of my colection and make something special for such a good friend. Matt, this hand plane and our friend Sam are all in Peru right now surfing lefts that go for miles. Make sure to stretch before you go out boys. Jake

Foam

I was stoked to receive a big box full of blanks from Marko yesterday. I can't wait to tear into them, there is even a blank in the box for me. Jake 

Shape Du Jour

This one will be available at Lost Surf Shack in Fort Bragg in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for it, Jake

Neto Instals

We have been doing a bunch of Neto instals recently and they are looking super clean. Get in touch with Teddy if you want to try the system out and I will drop the box in for you. Jake

BBQ Jalapeno Poppers

That's right, jalapenos stuffed with pulled pork BBQ and cream cheese, then fried, epic. I had these for the first time with some good friends in North Carolina on the last trip we took about a month ago. When Nikki cooked up a bunch of BBQ this week I knew I had to try my hand at making my own. They came out pretty good but they weren't quite the same, nothing beats enjoying amazing food with friends you haven't seen in a while, wish you guys were here. Jake

Ready For Glass

I got a few boards shaped up this last week. Here is a 7 footer for Mike. The board is seen here patiently waiting for me to get out there and glass it so it can go surfing. Jake

New Projects With Old Tools

There is some exciting new stuff going on in the shaping bay that involves recycled EPS, reclaimed redwood, and old tools purchased at yard sales. That's all I can tell you for now but there will be more picture coming your way soon. Jake

Waves of the North

There is a certain wave up here that keeps me busy. This one should be fun. Jake

Chilly Surf at Home

We are back in Northern California and it is great to be home. I got to surf with some of the boys today. There were some fun ones but what a difference in the water from North Carolina, it is a wee bit colder in these parts. I am back in the shop and ready to take care of your surfboard needs so feel free to bring them by. Thanks to everyone for your patience while I was away. Jake

Enjoying the Carolinas

The last couple weeks have been super productive and a little nuts. We got a whole heap of boards fixed, glassed, and back to there owners, then got on a plane bound for North Carolina. We have been enjoying the coastal Carolina island life on Oak Island, NC. We have been fishing, boating, swimming and of course surfing. Here are a couple pictures of the family on island time the boys are having a great time and I even got to body surf with Wesley, he was charging. It has been great to see some of our old friends and I will be seeing more in the coming days. I will be back to work on august third and ready to build some surfboards. Jake

Stoked Teddy

I got Teddy's Neto Grip system (check him out on Facebook Here) dropped in his new Avocado model. I laminated a piece of bandana around the box for strength Teddy did a little rattle can stencil art, ready to shred. Jake

Super Sap on Redwood

I glassed this chambered redwood board that a man named Jason built with Entropy Super Sap Epoxy for added organic material. It sure is beautiful. good job Jason. Jake