Shapefest on YouTube!

Remember this from Shapefest 2011?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=imcbYWYOI0Y

This is a short video Ari put together showing Ben's first surfboard.  Enjoy!

Board no.1 - Take - 2

Mac's Re-Board

Mac decided to take one of his older boards and give it a make-over.  He's always wanted less volume in the front of the board so he began trimming it down.  This exercise falls somewhere between research and development, and play......kinda like building study models in a design lab!

After stripping off the glass he takes it outside to re-shape the front half.

After blending in the rails to the back half he was ready to lay up the glass work. His biggest beef with this board was that he couldn't duck dive it.  This ought to help!

We had some left over resin tint from the long board and used this on the new glass work.  A little hot coat and some sanding and she's ready to go! 

Our first longboard takes shape

We made a jig for the 10" fin box. After we figured out how to hold it still we had pretty good results.

After the last hot coat the board gets a thorough inspection.

More pics from the weekend

Ari sent some photos he took over the weekend. This is a typical scene early on. Lots of foam and racks everywhere as we rough shape the blanks.


One of my favorite parts.....picking out the blanks.

This year we were treated to a great surf movie out back by the campfire. The shaping shed doubled as a movie screen!

Derek finishes up his first board.

Ben shows off his work before packing up for the flight home.


Meanwhile, back in the shed Greg puts the first hot coat on the family longboard

Alaias

Mark planes out the hull on his alaia.

These boards do not have fins. What little control you have while riding comes from bottom contours like this and a lot of skill.
A little bit of stain and it's almost done.
Zoe masked off a small logo of her own design.

Here are the finished alaias. They should be ready to ride in a week or so!