Down South

Tahakopa Bay in a big swell.

Wall paper from the wall

Classic day at the wall

Rip it down and slap it up as 'wallpaper'

Ahhh...it's been a while

Yep... so I've been a bit slack with the blogging...

Well we're still here, still surfing, still shaping...

just busier, much busier... so keep checking back.

If your in Welly and keen for a rip on a balsa board, drop a line.

Wooden Board Day

Had a super trip to the Gold Coast.

The waves were small but the sun was out and the water was warm.

The wooden surfboard day was such a ripper I forgot to take any photo's.

Check out the massive variety of boards and people at the event on Grant Newby's Blog

www.woodensurfboards.blogspot.com.

Super stoked with my new paipo aka 'The Bomber'

It's an absolute speed machine, and I'm loving the concave deck.

Just a bit of gloss to go...

Shaped Thursday, Chambered Friday, Glassed Saturday...

And it'll get a lick of gloss resin Today...

Work is ticking along quickly in the new workshop!

Thursday in black and white...

Heavy artillery...

Diamond tail...

Planing a single to double concave...on the deck...

Stripy...

A nice gentle V out the tail...

It's compulsory to take a photo before...

splitting the blank for chambering.

Balsa anyone?

Why not have a lash at building your own board for summer?

We've got the biggest stick's available in NZ!

Drop us a line with what your needing...

Grown on a sustainable farm in Ecuador.

Build a board, build some memories.

New Sled...

Stripy paipo emerging from the woodwork...

This board is already shaping up to be exactly what I had envisioned.

Stoking!!

Overhauling time...

To say the website has been neglected lately is a bit of an understatement...time to get under the hood and put in some well needed maintenance...

Y'all keep an eye on it this week...

Two posts...

...and a stick of balsa.

29 stringers from two recycled matai posts.

The bandsaw had a real workout with this blank.

Simmons

KooK FiSH

Sneak peek...

A behind the scenes look at the process of adding veneer artwork to the boards.

Laying out the design.

With thin veneer some pieces are incredibly fragile.

Making music...

Gloves, fiddly veneers and resin makes for a slightly messy glue up.

Larger full deck designs require careful planning and layout to ensure the design fits together an everything lines up before the resin kicks.

Add a brush coat of resin, the messy glue up disappears and the colours and grain stand out.

Next step is a sand to fair it out before glassing.

More photo's from the bench top...

Don't be...

green with envy.

BE... green and stoked. I am.

New Desktop Chris?

Rip it down, slap it up... it'll keep you fizzing at work.