Joker resin bands

Resin bands planned for the Joker, below… but finally decided on the resin colour scheme, and the pinlines are going to be resin too, which will add time but be a lovely change from the usual sprayed ones… looking forward to feeling that subtle bump on the rail line as I'm paddling around. If you like this please click on the Facebook like button below and if you hate it send me comment with some other ideas as i probably wont get to this until the end of next week anyway as i still have the bonzer fins to foil out of that lovely American Ash!

I’ve been a bit slow on finishing this one due to other design projects pilling up (including a few eco-renovations at our new place, one of which will be for boards)…  but warming up again with 3 new shortboard bonzers to shape ASAP and a new Glass Tiger collaboration FreakFish to get into the pipeline.

More tint

The longboard is now glassed and ready for the bonzer fins in American Ash… probably next week now.

Glassing the concave as a panel has worked really well with a big upside being extra definition of the transition so I should be able to get a really good edge on it. Fin boxes, pinlines and a resin band are also still to come, then finished off with a gloss and polish.

Resinating the concave

Part 2 of glassing the Joker EVO5/6 bonzer longboard... 6oz light kelpy tint (red just seemed too shouty for such an unusual board) over the clear preglassed 4oz concave and then trimming out the panel. This will then receive a 4oz clear patch over it once the deck is glassed... more tomorrow.

One of my favourites…

This is an EVO3 Bat tail 6’6” that would suit anyone looking for some performance in a broad range of waves, combined with easy wave catching (without the duck diving difficulties of a wider nose). The spray, tint and artwork are all just classic late 70s. I think it’s beautiful.

Can't believe this board is still sitting in the shop in Trevone.  Let’s hope this post helps this one find a happy home.

Full details on the original post.

 

Blunt Diamond

Haven’t done an EVO3 in a long time… kind of miss doing these…

Wood parabolic EVO5 bonzer

This was the 6’8” EVO5 post Mentawais. Not a mark on her despite being ridden in the largest of the waves. This board is as light/lighter than a PU of the same length even with the wooden deck and chestnut parabolics. A great way to make a beautiful and high performance bonzer… if you have deep pockets. These go out at £850 including the FCS fins and a mat finish, add another £100 for gloss (which would look awesome!). They are collaborations with Mark from Glass Tiger, so leadtimes get a little stretched as we pass it between us. Allow 6-8 weeks. Has to be the ultimate travel board though!

Riddler REVO5 Mentawais Bonzer

6’2” x 20 1/4” x 2 7/8”

This board went beautifully at several breaks, Nipussies, Macaronis being the stand-out sessions. Just as fun back-hand as forehand. A definite performance oriented bonzer with a unique fin set up that defies the norms but relates to all the hydrodynamic theories. It’s the sort of board that will really surprise you… very at home getting into the pocket (and staying there) but equally loose off the bottom and top… best way to sum this board up is that it felt very free.

More Freak – 6 fin bonzer

   

This is some better pics of the 6’5” Mentawais FreakFish, right before it went off to its new home, Palm Beach Florida…

Freakin on Hendrix – EVO6 bonzer

for Merrick, Palm Beach City, Florida…

    

Another birthday bonzer

By the time she is 18 my daughter will have a rack of boards… each one telling the story of each year of her life. Here is her second board. 5’10” EVO5 Hornet with FCS bonzer sides, and a cream and orange resin tint with ink artwork featuring some of her favourite characters of the last year: The Gruffalo, Zog, The Room on the Broom and Tyranosaurus Drip to name but a few. She was typically stoked and immediately started practicing her pop-up on it!

   

PS Thanks to Daz for rescuing things in the sanding/glossing. I glassed this one and messed up the deck rails a bit when i sanded the laps. That will teach me to rush things!

Ant's 6'10 Cleanline EVO5 bonzer

EVO5 bonzer 6’8” Cleanline woody…

A new test from myself and Mark at Glass Tiger . It’s a 6’8” x 20 1/4” x 2 5/8” Cleanline EVO5 with oak parabolic rails, epoxy 6oz bottom and a wood/epoxy 4oz sandwich deck. We aiming to achieve a superlight wood option with a more traditional flex pattern.

Big thanks to Mark, Jason, Daz and Nigel for pushing this one through in time for the Mentwais trip, leaving this Thursday. Right now Daz is getting the FCS plugs in and fighting against the clock to have it hard enough to flip over, do the valve, the fin box + drill through, and then sand it before I go.

   

Atlantic POD

   

Stripy tints

Been playing with 3/4 width free-lap resin tint stripes recently. Here’s my new Riddler for Mentawais with its own personal version in army green with a little ink-work highlights…

Tints in progress…

Part of the 2-part weird fish on the left, and Seren’s top tint on the right…

Orange EVO5 bonzer

As this one’s for my daughter, I glassed it myself… more pics later.

FreakFish with foam stain

Glassed, hotcoated, fins on… just waiting for some sanding, pinlines and some freaky pen work…

Epoxy bonzers, weird fish, and

Fresh epoxy bonzers coming soon... eps core, oak parabolic rails with a wood veneer deck and epoxy bottom  6'8 Cleanline (up in the rack in khaki with the taped rails), 2nd from top. Spoke to Mark at Glass Tiger today and rails are on so should be coming back for my bits next week.

Weird fish also on the move... eps epoxy flotation module in powder blue (on the stand) which will attach to the alaia inspired eps/epoxy/oak parabolics bonzer bottomed base... (on the bottom rack in khaki)...

Big thanks to Jason who has had to work in some pretty new ways to deliver what i wanted on these, including glassing and trimming the rails seperately to provide a really sharp join for the parabolics... i like to make Mark's life easy when i can! 

Fresh bonzer quiverring...

My new 6'2 Riddler REVO5 and 6'5 FreakFish EVO6 shaped glassed and with a sexy little tint stripe (just a little idea i wanted to try out)... More pics soon when the 6'8 Cleanline joins the team and they all get ready for some Indo...

Roman kelp tint EVO5 bonzer

 

Light kelp resin tint on this Atlantic POD for Roma… some serious pin lines to follow shortly.