Just about...

A perfect morning to try out the 5'8".
A few head high lines coming through, albeit a little quick and straight but the perfect way to test the super low nose rocker on this board.
Came through nicely. Rights and lefts peeling off fast on the shallow banks and didn't pearl once.
Takes off nice and fast but didn't get much of a chance to see how the tail lift felt out on an open face but my main issue was worrying about the nose. All good.
next time.
Oh, and she paddles a treat too...

Orange is the FOTD...

The 5'8" is done and ready to go.
No waves for a while though so she'll sit and wait till next week.
Came out nice but I am curious as to how some others may sand their edges...
Stil the trickiest part of the finish sand...
Always learning.

Oh and orange fins seem to be finding their way onto all my boards.
Flavour of the Day.

Goodo...

Well, the 6'0" went okay.
The tide was topped out and subsequently there was lots of fatness on the outside and pitching on the inside.
Lots of water movement so lots of paddling. Board paddles a treat (nice to ride something bigger than 5'9") and my worries about too much edge were dismissed.
Felt good underfoot but not too skatey...
Would have been good to wind it out but hey, Winter is on its way!!!
By the way. COLD this morning. 6 degrees or so.
Wish it kept the number down in the water. Bloody modern wetsuits!

Right...

Okay, so its still to be ascertained whether the hypnotherapy worked.

But, I have jumped straight back into the shed and the 6'0'' is done within a couple of of days.
I am wrapped with the sand job. Finally got my process nailed.
Fin boxes give me the tt's though...but that won't be for much longer as I am going to change to a different box.

The board is alarmingly similar to 'Toby 1'...Hmmmm thats not what I had intended but without it here to compare, we'll just see how it feels...

Okay, shorty next...

Hocus Pocus...

Well, I went to see a hypno therapist.
To get rid of the Arachnaphobia you see.
I spent a sum of money to sit down with a man named 'Skye'
( I didn't do a lot of research on the people involved, okay)
He rolled into his diatribe about how I have made the choice to go there and be hypnotised so I will be hypnotised, ra ra ra...
Anyways, long story short, I am still pooping in my pants.
So, it didn't work. There are some issues, I will admit, about the 'association situation' I gave but hey he's the expert (used loosely) so he should have been thorough enough to tell me I needed anothery.
I am going to brave the darkness (dramatic I know) and go and do some hotcoating today.
Light at the end of the tunnel though. I have booked in to see a supposed 'expert' hypnotist as recommended by some friends who have successfully been Hypno'd.

I hope to sharing my workspace with the friendly arachnids of Matraville by Friday.

And finishing three boards in no time!!!!
First the 6'0''... We have had some nice waves and I would really like to try it out.

Watch this space...