Round-pin for a member of SBS :)

[Surferguy80]

Heres a new 6'3 b5 round-pin for our one and only Shshsh...sorry about the blur in the photos, it was already moving too fast!

6'3" x 18 3/4" x 2 3/8"
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8972/dsc06666hf0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

b5
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9329/dsc06669ak8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

rrrrrrrrrail
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6446/dsc06670pj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2661/dsc06667fp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

fun to shape something extra low volume for my standards...new is fun :beer:

[JonS]

Sweet design...

[carpjaws]

Surferguy80, did i see a quad set-up or bonzer or mult-tasker...?

[Stilsurfn]

Dude, you have got some talent! A true artist, its to bad you were not around 30 years ago.

[Surferguy80]

bababa-bonzer :)
I found some 1/8" 5-ply baltic birch for the fins...this things gonna be epic :)

[ShShSh]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6446/dsc06670pj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Shweet! Ryan you are an artist!

-ShShSh


p.s.: I was going to try to throw in some subtle Hello Kitty comment, but I figure you having those action figures is bad enough. Seriously, man. Those are for little girls. Look -- I'm not sayin'; I'm just sayin'. You know?

[carpjaws]

see ryan, Shshsh is already going ga ga...he knows about the magic in boards and how they are infused with the shapers talent...

[Surferguy80]

p.s.: I was going to try to throw in some subtle Hello Kitty comment, but I figure you having those action figures is bad enough. Seriously, man. Those are for little girls. Look -- I'm not sayin'; I'm just sayin'. You know?

guess you dont wanna see this then...

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4228/dsc06679ey5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

hey that was my 100th post!
awesome...i had to defend a hello kitty attack for my big moment...at least I dont ditch surfing to play Dora the Explorer...im not sayin'...but im just sayin'...

[ShShSh]

guess you dont wanna see this then...

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4228/dsc06679ey5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dude... you rule. This image just brings a tear to my eye. YOU RULE!

[Surferguy80]

today...dont think youve, or ive, seen bonzer fins like this yet :)
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7379/dsc06717lx7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7951/dsc06718mc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[JonS]

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7951/dsc06718mc7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

When I first opened up this pic, something about the fin setup reminded me of shark's teeth...

If this catches on, you've got the name for marketing purposes...

"JAWS"

http://sharkforum.org/archives/great-white-shark-picture-018.jpg

[ShShSh]

When I first opened up this pic, something about the fin setup reminded me of shark's teeth...

If this catches on, you've got the name for marketing purposes...

"JAWS"

http://sharkforum.org/archives/great-white-shark-picture-018.jpg

That's awesome! I cannot wait to see & ride this board!

[Surferguy80]

...i thought it was a wallhanger...now im confused.
call me.
:D

[Surferguy80]

oh so close...
and to top it off:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8913/dsc06725fv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8568/dsc06724qt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ShShSh]

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8913/dsc06725fv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.b5media.com/forums/images/smilies/set1/notworthy.gif I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! http://www.b5media.com/forums/images/smilies/set1/notworthy.gif

Oh, and just for you, Ryan: http://english.simonemoticon.com/images/emoticons/hello-kitty/hello-kitty14.gif

[carpjaws]

ryan, sweet pin line detail..no stopping your creative juices flowing over, uh...local before global; when someone in our neighborhood finds you they should come to appreciate the surfer shaper relationship...may your clientèle continue to grow, just want to run my ol'hands along your sculptures...p.s. the foiling on those bonzer fins is real craftsmanship...old school s.b. george greenough showed us that foiling and flex in those transparent, raked fins of the mi to late 60's was an important part of the ride...how does that translate to fish stories revisited, today?

[JonS]

One word: wow!

[Surferguy80]

...p.s. the foiling on those bonzer fins is real craftsmanship...old school s.b. george greenough showed us that foiling and flex in those transparent, raked fins of the mi to late 60's was an important part of the ride...how does that translate to fish stories revisited, today?

i have a soft spot for flex in my heart...I like everything flexy; boards, fins, skateboards...wetsuits...?
everything :)
it just depends on the amount of flex and where you dial it into, its got to be tapered or it wont do its job that effectively...nobody likes kinks in their rocker!

anyways, I love foiling fins and was SUPER stoked to find some 1/8" thick 5-ply locally for a good price, so i snagged a sheet and went to town...Im stoked that they look so much like mini-keels.
ive made balsa fins, paulownia fins, glass fins, plywood fins, theyve all got their advantages or disadvantages, but they all belong somewhere.

Last year around this time I was cutting the bases away from the side fins and foiling them thinner so theyd flex about 3/4" each way by hand...the result was a super fun slingshot out of long turns, but it was a little too delayed; so i started making them stiffer...much better :)
theres a place for super flex (hulls) and theres a place for stiff flex (hp shortboards)...in the middle is a whole realm of stuff that not too many people go into, thats where it gets fun!

The flex in these little fins is pretty cool, theyre glassed with two layers of 4oz on each side of the fin before they get glassed on, then I glass them to the board with a layer of 6oz and a layer of 4 oz on each side...so youve got 8 layers of glass on them in the end which gives a pretty good snap when its all cured.

sorry for going on so long...id talk about pinlining too but you migh fall asleep and its only 1 ion the afternoon........

ps-the board is done as of today, final pics will be up asap.

[EXITED]

sorry for going on so long...id talk about pinlining too but you migh fall asleep and its only 1 ion the afternoon........

1. Naps are underrated
2. No need to apologize, its interesting for us laymen...


P.s. Do you skate? lets hit the park sometime

[Surferguy80]

im shopping for a new board right now...ive got a sector 9 carbon tri-lam which kills for carving and cruising but im looking for something smaller to get a little more surf-realistic with...seems like every time i make a leap in my surfing ability, its because ive been skating heavily shortly before-hand....sooooo im gonna take a hint :)

[ShShSh]

Why didn't you ask?! I have an extra board here you can use/have! We'll talk!

[Surferguy80]

because im very picky :)
unless youve got one of these kicking around...
http://www.gravityboard.com/support/gstore/boards/SS29-web.jpg

[carpjaws]

Surferguy80, went to fiberglass hawaii today for an outing, missed ya...must be still resting that creativity...see you around sometime...

[Surferguy80]

i know why you missed me!
i left FH at the end of last summer to do boards and school full time!

here are the final photos:
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3664/dsc06729qx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5025/dsc06730fv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4205/dsc06732sn3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2858/dsc06734xh7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[carpjaws]

great surferguy80...and your dream manifestations are drawing genuine interest here and i am sure outside this blog...you've got to be down with that, see you around town...