A Tale of Two Boards November 2, 2009

One was recycled. One was revamped.  The stories intertwine.

Cutting a deck out of an existing old deck. It’s the green way.

Belt sanders rule.

Electric blue spray jobbie.

Drying the spray.

Blue board.

Prepping for a stripe jobbie.

Masking it off.Let it rain white.

Dry the white.

Stripping it back.

Demasking the top.

Clean.

Translucent red line added for a subtle touch of class.

Releasing the rail tape.

Rep it like TA.

Comparing the first skateboard deck he made with his recycled one.

Lacquered.

The spray table.

Stickered up.

Teamwork to get the trucks off another set up.

A little advertisement.

Board One Fin.

Joe prepping a spray.

Taping OCD.

White spray jobbie.

Corrupted black line.

Drying a fresh line.

To be contuvered.

It’s About Time For Pick Nick September 14, 2009

Today Jenny and I went for a picnic in Turtle Rock.

When’s the last time you saw ketchup on a grid?

In-N-Out makes good grilled cheese only if you have a large drink.

Knitting a beanie is harder than I thought.

Another Deck For Stolen Griptape September 11, 2009

Since I stole Matt’s griptape yesterday when I was making my skateboard deck, he made me build him a deck. I’m super stoked with the outline and the graphic on the bottom.

Sorry for the blue drips.

Angular tail.

Awesome colour palette.

Matt seems to be pretty stoked with his new board.

Turning.

Turning.

Slide.

Matt show his skills.

My board was just chilling in the grass while all this happened.

This cardboard box is where most of the deck construction happened.

Since Mitch started his deck today I moved over to this station.

Knitting September 11, 2009

Last night Jenny taught me how to knit. I’m pretty stoked since I’ve never had a beanie that I truly liked. Hopefully I’ll make one before I head back to Kernow.

That is my the first square that I’ve knitted.

Jenny’s cat, Kitty, was chilling by us as we knitted.

Almost Finished August 26, 2009

Today I went to Mitch’s to sand my board. So close to being finished. Hopefully I’ll ride it Friday morning.

Down the deck.

A little more rocker than I wanted but it’s all good.

I put Kelly’s fin in just to see what the board would look like with one.

It looks pretty good in that box.

Thin knifyish rails all the way through.

What a short person might see after paddling for a few miles.

Mitch made a hanging rack for wetsuits with a bucket under it. Quite genius it is.

Hot Coat Phase II & Fin Box Installation August 24, 2009

I sanded my whole board, did one more hot coat on the top and bottom and installed the fin box. My board is almost finished. Sooo stoked.

Pre Box Installation.

Had an accidental discharge when I picked up my camera and walked over to my board.

After a dust storm hit Mitch’s garage.

Time to sand down this bad boy.

Tipping the Board August 23, 2009

Today I sprayed the tip of my board and hot coated the deck and bottom. The hot coat didn’t do so well on top of the spray paint so I’m gonna do another hot coat tomorrow to smooth it all out.

Banners make the best mattes.

Sprayed.

Taped.

World War II wings.

Look at this bad boy.(pre Hot Coat.)

Surfboard Construction: Glassing(2 6oz. on top) August 22, 2009

Today I finished glassing my board minus the hot coats I have to do tomorrow. I’m getting better at glassing and not letting all the resin on the floor so kudos to me. Here are some picks from the process:

After the first top coat.

Lots of different coloured beads of resin reside on the corner of the thing that hold a surfboard when shaping/glassing.

I think this is after the 2nd top coat. Not sure…

Mitch waiting for the leash loop hole to dry.

Apparently somebody threw a wallet at his face and it knocked him out.

Evidence 1A.

If you look up the word classic or awesome in the dictionary, you’ll see these things. I swear by them.

Shaper’s/Glasser’s shoe bottoms look somewhat like this.(if you work in a garage)

Unused UV catalysted resin bubbling in the sun.

Resin goes everywhere.

It’s time like these that make me happy that my asian hairlessness makes it less painful when ripping resin off my skin.

You better have an awesome matt when you glass because you’re floor is gonna get messssed up.

I  lied, the picture before of the bottom was just the first coat. This one is the 2nd coat curing.

No clue why the clock was on Mitch’s board but now it’s a time machine.

Board Status August 18, 2009

Mitch came back from a trip to the river/lake so I went over and took off the excess fiberglass from the rails. This is what stage my board’s at.

My board is in the tow zone. Let’s shred some 50 footers.

I like the shape.

Ze naz.

This guy was just lying on the garage floor.

Mitch finishing off his first commercial board.

Next step: Two 6 oz. on top.