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Custom winged swallowtail set up with my glass on Custom winged swallowtail set up with my glass on Big Twins plus keeled trailer by @true_ames These fins are now available in Futures, FCS 1 system or glass on worldwide thru selected stores or direct from @true_ames They are a big fin but still loose like any twinny but with more drive and hold. The keeled trailer also adds hold and direction and takes a bit of the swishy feeling of a twin away though overall they offer mostly twin fin feel.
Something new coming along. 7,10 Sidecut Flextaile Something new coming along. 7,10 Sidecut Flextailed Fish. A personal project. Handshaped near Bega and glassed local in Pambula. 🙂
This is what happens when you leave two cut out sh This is what happens when you leave two cut out shapes leaning against the wall and plane out the other four. Shadowy wall outlines. Handcrafted since 1983.
Variety custom handshaped and crafted near Bega NS Variety custom handshaped and crafted near Bega NSW Australia. I am shaping my last batch of boards that will be finished before Christmas at the moment before the Christmas/New Year’s break though if you’re keen am still shaping orders to be finished early in the New Year. Thanks 🙂
My friend Matt Whiteheads @crustbikes collection o My friend Matt Whiteheads @crustbikes collection of flextails I have either custom built him or ones he has bought somewhere secondhand. This collection spans back 10 to 20 years now. Nice time capsule. It was great to see them all again and ponder where my head was at over all that period. All of them are a composite construction built from EPS/epoxy with uni directional carbon flextails,some with carbon/Kevlar rails, all except one are Sidecut in one form or another. I really appreciate that he has hung onto all these boards and brought a fair few of them back to Australia from the USA where he lived for quite a while. Thanks Matt. 🙂
9,0 Winged Swallowtail and an 8,3 Winged Pin same 9,0 Winged Swallowtail and an 8,3 Winged Pin same boards as my last post different angle. These two boards could be set up with many different fin configurations. Remember there’s no set rules. These are now at my glasser,s shed being glassed ready for me to cut back the gloss coats and finish off soon. Handmade product from the far south coast of NSW Australia.
Handshaped blanks with Wings on a swallowtailed tw Handshaped blanks with Wings on a swallowtailed twin plus trailer fin and a full pintail that actually has a 5 plug set up and 4 hard channels to add directional drive thru the tail. The swallowtail is 9,0 and the pintail is 8,3. Custom orders.
Here’s a few of my boards at the moment short si Here’s a few of my boards at the moment short sidecut and long sidecut round squares all with glassed on thruster mini keels. There is two 9,0,s an 8,0 and a 7,7 all are over 3 thick and all have tucked edges nose to tail. Handcrafted on the far south coast of NSW Australia. Onwards.
7,0 Performance Sidecut Fish set up with @true_ame 7,0 Performance Sidecut Fish set up with @true_ames Mackie Designs Sidecut Fish keels. These keels are designed with a longer base for maximum drive yet pull to a narrow tip for tight turns when needed. They will work well in many of todays fish style boards. Customise your ride.
Something gunny but different. Blending different Something gunny but different. Blending different curves for different feel. Personal 9,0 which will have my @true_ames thruster mini keels. A personal ongoing quest.
These three are available from @keelsurfsupply. F These three are available from @keelsurfsupply. From left they are 6,11 Sidecut Swallowtail Quad, 7,10 Sidecut Long Fish twin keel, 7,0 Classic Pin Single Fin. All are handshaped and basic clear with Volan deck and tail patches and have plenty of foam for paddle and glide power. Chem em out.
A couple of long Sidecut Rounded Squaretails both A couple of long Sidecut Rounded Squaretails both are 7,7 with my thruster mini keels by @true_ames glassed in. These are similar boards to each other for me and my wife the difference between the two being that hers has a little bit thinner profile or foil than mine. We rode them on a few little running lefts today and they seem to go well. Time and varied waves will be telling. Custom hand shaping is my specialty. 40 years of experience. These outlines are heavily influenced from the snowsurf side of design crossed over and thru surfboard design. I have many inspirational craftsmen I look to to achieve where I want to go with certain parts of my shaping and design work. Onward.
Bit of double concave in the engine room. Custom Bit of double concave in the engine room. Custom Sidecut Round Square. Handcrafted equipment for gliding on earths powers. 🌏
A board I made many years ago now that was inspire A board I made many years ago now that was inspired by master creators to which I have much respect George Greenough ,Steve Lis,Dimitrije Milovich and Mitchell Rae. Full flextail Sidecut Rocket Fish. This one led to about three more over the following years,all of which gave me some peak moment sensations and feelings that stay with me. Time moves on and I haven’t revisited this style of board for a while,maybe I will make a couple more one day.
Three Sidecut Rounded Squaretails. Two different s Three Sidecut Rounded Squaretails. Two different styles of sidecut and overall boards. The one on the left is a custom order at 8,0 and has a shorter sidecut and the two on the right are 7,7 with longer more SnowSurf influenced sidecut and overall outlines. The two 7,7 ones are mine and my wife’s boards. The 8,0 custom order will be set up with 5 Futures plugs to offer a multi option fin set up and the two 7,7 are to be set up with my glass on Thruster mini keels by @true_ames of which I will post some pictures when the boards are finished.
Noses with various beaks. Handcrafted and finesse Noses with various beaks. Handcrafted and finessed. Bega showroom.
12,1 and 11,6 big cruiser cross guns. Both are cus 12,1 and 11,6 big cruiser cross guns. Both are custom orders in white pigment with Vee bottoms and both are single fins. The 12,1 is a straight pin outline and the 11,6 is a winged pin that looks like a pin but actually has a 2cm square for the tip. Handcrafted on the far south coast of NSW near Bega and quality glassed by Ben @rawsurfboards near Kalaru. Australian made product.
My little shed on the hill. Custom shaping is my s My little shed on the hill. Custom shaping is my specialty. The shed is small but has a shaping bay and a bit of blank storage and a small showroom area where I keep my personal quiver and custom orders when they are finished also the odd stock board. Keeping things simple is the trick. Just south of Bega NSW Australia.
Personal 9,0 x 21 3/4 x 3 5/8 Classic Pintail Sing Personal 9,0 x 21 3/4 x 3 5/8 Classic Pintail Single Fin. Thick flat decked and down railed with a super shallow single concave through the centre of the board running into a shallow panel Vee through the last third. Been riding this one a bit of late just in small shapely running lefts on my backhand and it surfs well. Because sometimes it’s good just to go back to the basics. It’s fitted with my @true_ames 8.375 Smooth Glide single fin. This one was quality glassed by the lads @joymillsurfboards in Torquay Victoria Australia.
The bottom four shapes in this picture are my hand The bottom four shapes in this picture are my handshaped few. A couple of stock and a couple of custom orders. I always love looking at a finished batches foils/profile or otherwise the thickness distribution from nose to tail when the shaping is done and they are put together like in this picture. Thickness distribution is a very important part of shaping and often overlooked for the more basic measurement of just litres these days. Depending on how a board is foiled/profiled plays a huge part in how that board will float and surf for a certain person. Don’t believe the hype. @axxeclassic
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