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From my verandah this morning. From my verandah this morning.
Little 6,0 winged swallowtail twin plus mini trail Little 6,0 winged swallowtail twin plus mini trailer keel. Custom handshaped and crafted for James up in Ulladulla.
So this here is an early/first generation Sidecut So this here is an early/first generation Sidecut Fish I shaped for Garth Dickenson 20 odd years ago when I was just starting my sidecut journey. It was shaped from a paper template my brother in law Peter Woods @_out_of_the_woods_ did for me from a Skip Frye fish Tom Curren was holding and riding at Albatross Jeffrey’s Bay way back. He scanned and printed it out at his place of work at the time which was of a graphic designer. Thanks Pete,talk about open up a rabbit hole! The template ended up with a small incut/sidecut in the last say 6 to 10 inches or so which when drawn up on a blank looked quite good so that coupled with my snowsurfing is how the Sidecut journey started for me. That and my recollections of Rodney Balls master shapes and Dimitrije Milovich,s original Winterstick snowboard from 1976. This picture is of original art by @andrewkidman and is a post of his promoting a show he is doing up in Murwillumbah on the far North Coast of NSW on the 16th of November. The board is featured in his classic film Glass Love which will be the first film to run at the show. Check it out!
Smooth Glide round square set up with my keeled qu Smooth Glide round square set up with my keeled quads for drive and hold with that bit of performance wanted now and then. This one is 7,4 x 21 3/4 x 3.
Mini perfection keeps the mind ticking when other Mini perfection keeps the mind ticking when other things are happening. East coast Ireland. Back home tomorrow and back on the tools.
Flextails with glassed on Mackie Designed thruster Flextails with glassed on Mackie Designed thruster mini keels by @true_ames these fins work real well for nice smooth arcs with plenty of drive yet still giving that bit of performance that thrusters provide.
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Double concaved engine room section on a winged sw Double concaved engine room section on a winged swallowtail twin plus mini keeled trailer style board custom handcrafted. The other roughed out blanks up on the wall are some special projects I am working on shortly and are all eps blanks to be glassed in epoxy with a mix of composite materials to arrive at some top end boards.
Little 6,0 winged swallowtail twin that’s now at Little 6,0 winged swallowtail twin that’s now at my glassers shed. Simple shaped board with the right ingredients!
Finished 8,3 SmoothGlide Area Pin. Custom handshap Finished 8,3 SmoothGlide Area Pin. Custom handshaped and crafted near Bega NSW Australia.
Custom 7,4 Smooth Glide round square. This one is Custom 7,4 Smooth Glide round square. This one is set up as a quad but could be ridden as a single,twin,twin plus trailer,twinzer or even a thruster. There’s no rules remember.
Custom soft orange pigment 7,8 Sidecut Fish with m Custom soft orange pigment 7,8 Sidecut Fish with my Sidecut Fish keels by @true_ames glassed on. This one went up to Alex in the Byron Bay area of NSW Australia.
Little custom 5,10 Sidecut Fish for Kaito. On thi Little custom 5,10 Sidecut Fish for Kaito. On this one I have gone back to using my original Sidecut Fish template from 1998 and adjusted the sidecut through the back third by making it a bit longer than the original to get it up to speed. It was shaped out of one of the original kneeboards fish blanks @surfblanksaustralia that Midget Farrelly designed and made way back when the fish thing got popular again in the mid to late nineties. They are great blanks to shape fish from due to his brilliant design skills and nice to go back to after all these years. Thanks Midget! Quality glassed by Ben @rawsurfboards
A 9,0 Sidecut Round Square I shaped for Boots Garr A 9,0 Sidecut Round Square I shaped for Boots Garrard while I was down @joymillsurfboards in Victoria. This design is intended to do long drawn out carves something that is possible down there and something Boots is well capable of. The other shot is just something I noticed outside the shaping room after a passing shower. Nature is so complex and simple at the same time!
Personal 8,0 Sidecut Round Square mini keeled thru Personal 8,0 Sidecut Round Square mini keeled thruster with a standard 6 and 4 ounce glass mixed with a layer of Kevlar to form the flextail. This one was half shaped here in Bega NSW then transported to @joymillsurfboards in Torquay Victoria then finish shaped,glassed and finished at JoyMill over the last two weeks while I was there shaping and testing my stuff in some great waves. Big thanks to my friends there at JoyMill for their help and support while down there. Great group of individuals working together as a team to produce some excellent quality surfboards from start to finish. Support local Australian businesses like @joymillsurfboards to keep the dream alive!!💪
New 8,0 Sidecut Round Square getting laminated @jo New 8,0 Sidecut Round Square getting laminated @joymillsurfboards by @kentafergusson and test track area. I have been riding a 9,0 Sidecut Round Square flextail with glassed on thruster mini keels on which I tried a new style of flex by cutting a slot around the side and back of the rear fin to allow more flex but this prototype style flex has proven tricky as it has cracked twice now and I have now repaired and strengthened it again and will see what happens to it over the next couple of days/sessions. A bit of test sessioning down here in Victoria has been great to see what goes on with this style of flextail as far as load and release strength ratios. Somewhat of a learning curve. 🙂
Surfing and shaping a few down in Torquay @joymill Surfing and shaping a few down in Torquay @joymillsurfboards is a good time!
Custom handcrafted 9,0 Classic Pin single fin. 3 1 Custom handcrafted 9,0 Classic Pin single fin. 3 1/2 thick flat decked paddle and glide machine.
Custom handcrafted 6,5 x 20 7/8 x 2 3/4 Winged Swa Custom handcrafted 6,5 x 20 7/8 x 2 3/4 Winged Swallowtail twin plus trailer keel. The fins are of my design by @true_ames and were designed 5 years ago to be somewhere between a standard twin and a fish keel for maximum drive and hold but still provide that fast loose twin fin feel. The little keeled trailer helps with a little bit of hold and direction thru turns. Customise your ride.
Hand work, I have built a few flextails for myself Hand work, I have built a few flextails for myself of late. Mixing old ideas with different levels of flex length and flexibility then surfing them is a very rewarding and interesting project. Onward.
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