driftwood

as the second week of our vacation was a flat spell we collected some driftwood on the beaches of biscarosse. with the help of sanding paper and oil the driftwood turned into decorative items.

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marco from zurich recently picked up the diamond tail and it seems like he enjoyed a late summer day in bremgarten with the landlocked stick under his feet :-)

thanks for the photos and keep on riding!

hendaye 2014, done

what a week!!

we enjoyed the first september week with the sgc family in hendaye. same procedure as last year. the house just in front of the sea was fantastic, so were the laughs, tapas, cidre, wine, birthdays, kids (already three of them) and beers... the swell was great in the beginning of the week and constantly dropped every day. i was able to catch the last surfable waves in biscarosse on sunday morning (2ft, glassy, only 4 surfers out). but the warm weather and blue sky were a reasonable compensation for the rest of the vacation :-)



check out jesus' blog for more pictures:
http://www.diariodeunsurferdesecano.com/2014/09/semana-en-familia-con-la-sgc.html

holiday quiver

still two weeks to go but i already packed the quiver for france. beside my 6'6'' fatum shortboard i'll also bring the ant II 5'9'' model and of course the 4'0'' stick of my daughter.

5'6 fish

my latest project i recently started is to build a 5'6'' fish board with a fairly wide outline. i preshaped the blank and will work on the final shape the next weeks. a flat bottom and slight vee shape towards the tail shall create an ideal small wave board allowing to make speed in flater sections.



the glassing process for this stick will be a challenge, especially around the tail area. but now improvement without experiments :-)

stay tuned for an update!

4ft penguin board

i recently finished the recycling project and built the first board for my daughter out of an old fish surfboard i purchased back in 2008 in portugal. please find below a step by step documentary of the production process.

the dimensions are 4' x 18'' x 2 3/8'', nugget shape. because of security reasons i didn't insert fin plugs and went for a channel at the bottom. it comes with two leash plugs and can be used either as mini-surfboard or bodyboard.

ready to get wet in september at the atlantic coast.

1 - old surfboard


2 - delamination process


3 - delamination finsihed and new blank created


4 - prepare the new outline


5 - nugget outline


6 - prepare top lamination after bottom was done


7 - lamination finished


8 - prepare pinline




9 - leash plug installed before sanding


10 - finsished board after sanding

the advantage of rain

one week ago i went to bremgarten and enjoyed a sunny morning session. 340m3/sec created a nice wave. i will try to go there again during the next weeks to bring myself back in shape for the sgc reunion in hendaye.