For when surf is small.

A new ride for spring time

So Star Trek killed me. I'm pretty sure I aged like 5 years in 6 months of working on it.  I'm finally back shaping and glassing, it feels good. I decided to shape myself a board I've always wanted. A noserider type, but with a piggish outline.  Main thing I hate about noseriders is that they seem so slow, and they all have way too wide of a nose. I guess that's what makes them a noserider... 

So here's my take on it.  It's all lammed up, gotta hot coat it/ sand then put some color on it.  Playing with fin templates as well.  Stoked to test it out next week!

Summer is almost here. BBQ time!

Riding Maki Longboard Skateboards! Screw you sector9!

Joe's Custom

Joe's board is coming to life.

8'1''x15.5''x22.25''x13.25''x3.1/16''

Modern pig template, exaggerated pin tail, low hull entry, low rocker and classic V out the tail.

7'11' Midlength for Joe. Glassing to come

Pig Luau 2012 @ San-O

The 2nd annual Pig Luau at San-O. This was such an awesome time. It had all the ingredients for a guaranteed great time, surfing various pig(ish) boards, beer, new friends, and ofcourse a freshly cooked, whole pig on a wire bedframe. I missed the campsite and walked straight down to the beach on trail 4. I automatically saw Johnny suiting up with a handful of others. I did a quick scan and realized I was about to head out into a surf session with some surf legends which included Gene Cooper, KP, and one of my heroes Brian Hilbers. It was so bizarre. It was also the maiden voyage of my self made "doldrums" pig I made. I caught enough waves to realized it caught waves great, and turned on a dime, but I need to play with fin placement and even fin replacement to really dial it in here at Porto. I met Mateo Plummer who I later found out was Casanova in Invasion from Planet C! YES! My board almost took his head off when I lost grip of it on a close out, then he almost returned the favor! Saw one of my old Gato's sitting on the beach randomly. Felt weird, wanted to grab it and say "hey! that's mine!" Awesome time. You missed out if you weren't there.

9'4'' Doldrums Pig ready for glassing.

This thing is ready for glassing. 9'4''x21.5''x 15.5''x 17'' x 3.25'' Glassing the bottom tonight with an abstract resin panel in the mid. All 8oz volan. Double on deck.

9'4'' Pig/Chip In the works.

I'm making this guy for Mike Black's SurfAPig Pig Luau coming up in 2 weeks. I took some elements of the Terry Martin Chip I have and applied it to this one. I ended up giving it a wider bottom half. I haven't taken the final measurements yet, but it's 9'4'' in length and almost 22'' at it's wide point in the butt. Reverse rocker and flat as hell nose. Going to glass it up with clear volan. No color on this one. Color is for pansies. Or I'm just getting lazy.

John Wesley Shreddin'

John on one of his little creations. Cool, humble guy the few times I've talked to/met him and he wasn't afraid of giving me some tips on making my crappy boards. This video gets you ready for summer!

J O H N W E S L E Y from Alex Swanson on Vimeo.

Stringerless RacerX 5'10''x19.75''x2.5''

Glassed with 6oz deck with a 4oz patch in the mid. Bottom is 6oz with 4oz reinforced rails in the mid. Double hot coated for strength. This board is a total experiment. Always wanted to try a stringerless board, but never wanted to pay the price tag for something that could ride like crap. I'm hoping there's going to be tons of flex throughout the tail. I have it setup for a quad, but I am running it as a twinzer first with the Future Keels K1's.

Stringerless quad placement

Neapolitan Stringerless Quad in the queue

Scuba Love!

The Helmsman Done and ready for it's trip up North.

Final Dimensions on Tyler's board.

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

Pronounced entry rocker with a single concave all the way through, should make this a great all around daily driver.

Maki's Craft

Everyone check out my buddies longboards.

Truly beautiful boards with a classic, authentic feel.

Open publication - Free publishing

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"