Foam frenzy…

The factory is chocca with foam at the moment.

Foam from Christian, Quiksilver Europe

 

Foam from Malcolm Campbell

 

Cleanline 6'4 EVO5 bonzer in action

Ant putting his Cleanline EVO5 6'4 thorough it's paces the other day at Harlyn...

Green Giant bonzer light vehicle

Finally finished this bonzer light vehicle… no pics of the light vehicle channels as you all know what they look like right! 7’6 x 23” x 3”…

Instead the focus is on the “impossible spray” admirably handled by Chris “Harry” Harris with direction from yours truly and Jake. The difficulty was masking the circle on a surface curving in all directions, and taping a colour-band and pinline on a curve and around a rail (instead of coming to an apex…) sounds simple? It wasn’t and sent one sprayer off to London questioning their chosen profession. We like to challenge, and Harry was up for it after a little encouragement. The results were great, and a happy customer.

Design, shaping & colour mixing by yours truly, artwork design by Jake, resin tint by Jason, sanding by Daz, spray by “Harry”, polish by Stevie “two-fins”.

Wooden Surfboards

Thanks for the interest Grant http://woodensurfboards.blogspot.com/2010/08/whale-inspired-fins.html

Wooden bonzer 5

I cant post the finished article yet as I want Pete to be the first to see it when it arrives by carrier to Scotland... this shot was taken just before i started artwork and staining. Loved how this shot showed the expansion joint in the nose, and the subtle but very definite concaves through the tail.

Campbell Bros thruster…

2 of Malcolm’s boards intrigued me the other day, just out from hot coat i was feeling the concaves, feeling for the second little channel… there was none! Unusually contemporary shape for a bonzer 3 i thought, so i looked at the fin dots and they weren’t long enough… so i checked the worksheet and blow me down but in big writing was NOT A BONZER… yep these were two very tidy looking thrusters with Malcolm's bonzer bottom artfully crafted into the tail… it felt so different to the standard double concaves that run across most boards these days. I can’t wait to hear how they go…

Hand-foiled Royal Tubercles

Well the tubercles for Rob Royal’s twinzer for the fish fry are nearly complete… This time i have foiled them much more closely to the actual humpback whale profile, which is an absolute swine as the tubercles are blunt and the foil is between them, but I am really pleased with the results. Got a little finessing to do before they get the glass and halo and then set off to Rob just in time (I hope)…

4 x 4oz + 6mm aircraft birch ply + 4 x 4oz layup and foiling by yours truly.