Larry Mabile and Skip deigned this blank for Surf Blanks America. Skip gave me a 6'8MF(Mabile/Frye) to try out. I shaped this 6'6" egg out of it and gave it to Mina to practice glassing. I liked the way the blank shaped. It was a little thick for hand shaping, but a very versatile blank. More foam lets you have more choices for the final outcome.

shape, fin work, sand , gloss and polish by Michael, lamination by Mina and Michael.

I can't say enough about how nice Skip is to me.  He shaped this 5'11" egg for me as a gift. Thank you Skip! I am teaching Mina about glassing on this one. Her second board to glass, both Skip shapes so far. Skip always has good advice for me and he invites me to watch him shape when I have time. I am thankful for this. I enjoy our conversations. I feel like he is a good friend to me, always helping me and caring for me. He is a good person.

This a custom 9'6" I shaped for Mina. Mina and Skip are into the grey tint right now so she had to get it on her board. I like grey. You don't really see it on boards that much, but I think it looks good. The clear fins match nicely too.