Crustacean

One more for the Night Dive submission coming up!
- acrylic on 8''x10'' canvas

More Work Coming Soon...

I am currently working on a couple new pieces so my updates have been a little slow lately. But there will be new work coming soon. The pieces are going to be submitted for the Night Dive event at The Aquarium of the Pacific. Check out the details here, this night sounds cool regardless if I get in the show or not. But keep the good karma going so I can get in. Stay tuned...

New Painting

8''x10'' acrylic on canvas

Newer Explorations

Here are a couple of new hand planes custom made for the guys at Hinano. The rep for this Tahitian brand was in Harbour Surfboards one day and some how the conversation of bodysurfing came up. I was trying to tell him how much a difference having a flat surface area under your leading hand can create so much more glide and lift while you are bodysurfing. So I showed him my homemade hand plane that was constructed from left over plywood in the garage and a nylon strap cut from my surfboard tie downs. He was curious enough to give me the opportunity to make him a couple.

This time I tried to use proper materials. These are both shaped out of pine and sealed with polyester resin. It has a nylon strap fastened with a brass washer and screw. The brass is used to resist rusting and rotting over time. As you can see the bottom has a double concave that releases to a V at the tail with channels running next to the rails for the back 2/3 of the hand plane. My idea was to try and create a little lift and have the rail hold as much as possible for the steep sections of a wave. I also spooned out the deck to make a nice comfortable area for your arm to rest.

Hope the guys at Hinano enjoy these as much as I did making them and I am looking forward to hear some feedback on how they work...

Alpine Horn

This new little ink drawing has become the new logo for the 5'9'' single fin surfboard that is still in the works. One step closer with this lam. This came about from some brainstorming with my friend and I. Swiss Alpine Horn men never get the respect they deserve.

Check back for more updates on the single fin surfboard. Glassing should start soon.

First Customers

These two hats were for my first customer. My friend Jeff bought these for himself and his girl friend. They were super stoked on the hats and Jeff said he has been getting a bunch of compliments on it since he has started wearing it. Thanks for the support Jeff!

New Exploration

Here is a new 5'9'' single fin I am shaping for a good friend of mine. This is going to be the 8th board I have shaped and I just want to say I have the greatest respect for anyone who shape surfboards. The first board I shaped awhile back was more out of curiosity than anything else, just to see how the process of making a surfboard really worked. After hacking out my first board my curiosity grew because I knew what I did wrong the first time (which was just about everything imaginable) and wanted to correct it on the next one. So this curiosity has now brought me up to board #8 and I still have many more mistakes to correct. But shaping a board is a lot of fun for me because there is constant learning involved and the satisfaction of finishing a large project like this is feels good. Slowly but surely my baords are getting a little better each time, almost to the point where I can pass them off as functioning surfboards...

My good friend was brave enough to let me shape him a board so we have collaborated and came up with this, 5'9'' round tail single fin, with a double concave on the deck. We were inspired with the idea of a concave deck after watching a clip of Ryan Birch riding a fish with a single concave deck www.http://www.korduroy.tv/2009/ryan-burch-pink-fish-pt-1 found on korduroy.tv As he explains, the whole idea is the same concept as a skateboard deck, there is a more grippy and connected feeling with the board because of the curved surface of the deck. As of now the board just needs to go through finish sanding and it will be ready for the funnest and by fun I mean most stressful part for me, glassing.

Stay tuned for more updates on the production of this board!