Maki's Craft

Everyone check out my buddies longboards.

Truly beautiful boards with a classic, authentic feel.

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The Helmsman.

Some initial glassing done on Tyler's "Helmsman" He wanted a tightened up board for Sewer's up North.

6'1''x 13''x 18.5'' x 2.25'' x 14''

Standard 8oz deck with Carbon inlay tail/rail patches and a 4oz bottom, standard future tri setup.

Tyler's tweaked board for Sewer's.

TM

Stumbled upon this classic again. Terry really does just seem like a really cool guy.

TSJ | POV - "Terry Martin and the perfect 40-minute board" from The Surfer's Journal on Vimeo.

Hunter Gatherer is Done

This puppy is done and ready for some swell. (hopefully winter isn't TOTALLY over)

Took a stab at a wood inlay to hold the dimensions of the board. My wood burning skills need some practice.

Thanks to Adam Davenport for some hotcoat tips. This thing came out nice. As Patrick Swayze would say(rip) "just waitin' for my swell"

Hotcoats

Seriously?

"Sting...I'm a fan..you know. Not really his music, but the fact that he's making it."

When did surfing become such a pansy activity?

Greg Noll is awesome.

Greg Noll-60 from Billabong USA on Vimeo.

Hunter Gatherer...why am I shaping so many shortboards lately?

The latest. Something a bit more familiar. Had this idea for a longtime and seeing some of creations from Kookbox and JW made me finally want to make it. First Layer of glass. 6oz+ 4oz deck patch 3/4 up from the nose and a 6oz layer on the bottom. I want this thing to go fast and be able to turn by shifting a toe. I kept the board flat, with almost no nose rocker because Mr. Popp says the worst thing on a single fin shorty/midlength is when they have "a stupid banana nose" ..and I agree with him. 6'4''x 19 3/4'' x 3in'' x 15 1/8'' x 12 1/2'' Can't wait to take this thing out!

Calling this the Hunter Gatherer. Not really for the sake of being clever in that it'll probably catch waves easy, but mainly for the lam. A guy I once knew had this idea to get a dear and a bear tattooed on each arm oriented this way. I always thought that would be awesome, so I drew it up real fast how I thought it should look. Anyway...already got a tattoo where the dear would go on my left arm, so here it is on a board.