holiday quiver

boards are packed, ready for our trip to france :)

 

 

lia's stick

the family quiver grew tonight!

just before the departure to our autumn surf trip in heydaye i finished my daughters first surfboard. although her surf skills might not allow to "surf" the board properly it will be a fun toy for the beach. it has two leash plugs. one in the nose area to attach a boogie board leash (to pull the kids in the shallow water) and one in the tail area (to allow the adults to boardboard/surf it). furthermore i installed two fcs fins.

gloss coat side#1

this evening i started the gloss coat process of the latest kids board "mad dog". i'll finish the bottom side later this week, insert the leash plug and finish it with the final sanding. stay tuned for pictures of the end result. cheers

mad dog

6 weeks to go until our september trip… that's why i made some progress on my latest board for the younger daughter. the last days i laminated the orange tail mad dog.

summer break

i've been a bit lazy when it comes to shaping boards. but as we'll soon depart to our annual hendaye reunion with surf gypsy crew i started to build a board for my younger daughter. it'll be again a a finless (safety reason) board, similar to a bodyboard. but i'd never call it one :-) stay tuned for some pictures which will soon be posted on the blog. in the meantime i'd like to share a nice video from the crazy swell hit indonesia recently. enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/132902209

there are no shortcuts to joy

what an inspiring little clip! check it out!

what a week!

we had warm weather, light winds and the ocean sent us two swells during these days in baleal. furthermore we were treated with great food, wine and have been taken out for a party with our dear old friend bruno. epic and to be continued in 2016!