Spooky...

Love this time of year for waves and wind. Found this a little intimidating though.

Believe it or not, it was a solid 5 foot out there and there were a gaggle of blokes on em too.
You would be going by ' feel' that's for sure!

Oh and...

There's also that swallow tail version of the shorty I have shaped and was just waiting to finish shaping the blunt one before glassing them all...
I have been riding the orange blobbed shorty a lot with the Griffin G10 fins and having a blast.

Still mucking around with the colour on that stubby quad as well...
Not enough time in the day / month / year when you have a son!

So looking forward to testing out some new sleds!

Versatility...

First off, let me say this shape has been wholely and solely inspired by Daniel Thomson's MPH range of boards.

He surfs them outstandingly so ipso facto...so should I !!!!!

I have been paying close attention to his design theories and I just love the look of hios boards.
Very left of centre.
So I shaped a slightly more user friendly version. The rocker looks flattish but in reality there is more, especially at the (equivalent) 12" and 24" points from the nose. Tail is pretty standard lowish rocker out the back. Anyways, somewhere to start.
A little wider and a little longer than he would recommend for someone my height and ability (or lack thereof...)
Hows that BIG arse tail?!...

The board is 5'6" x 19 1/2 x 2.35 so should be manageable.
Fingers crossed but they are real fun and challenging to shape so don't mind trying a few things.

Want to get it glassed pronto and try it out. Pretty amped on this one!

Family affair...

Seeing as Zeke inspires me to shape more, I thought he should put his name to the boards. Take some credit.
He's a little short and ham fisted so i gave him a hand.
And a couple of feet.
Deck is done as well. He chose orange, yellow and green...

Now for some colour...

The new jellbean/sled/chicken wing whatever...
A stubby quad. Actually it will be a five fin setup...
At 5'7'', the nose shouldn't get in the way of anything.
You can see there is not a whole lot of vee out the back compared to the first jellybean. Aiming to make it more user friendly all round...

Shaped it out of one of my blue Christmas blanks. Nice to shape with some harder foam. much less stressful.

See how we go.

Buk buk buk...

I chickened out.
I blunted the nose of the new board.
Made it a round nose....sigh.
I was worried the rail line was getting too long!
blah blah blah...chicken
Zeke has picked colours but I'm stuck on that as well.

No photos yet. I am waiting for a new camera battery charger...

ZedSled 2...

Little guy inspired me to play around with the ZedSled some more.
Was gonna make another Jellybean as I mentioned before but...
Thought I'd mix the two!
See how it goes.