Experimenting...

Claire has inspired me to be a little adventurous with my shapes.
I am glad she has. I have always wanted to try an asymmetric planshape.
I have also been toying with the idea of a blunt nosed board and after the Zed Sled felt so good I have gone a little further on that front as well...

Wouldn't know what to call it. I am shaping it for a mate of mine who is just finishing his Phd and I promised him a board for his birthday as well...
He likes two boards I had made in the past so I combined the two!

5'6.5" (yes, thats right) x 19.5 x 2.4. Flattish deck, medium rails and lots of edge. Roll into single into double ith a little kick in the tail on the swallow side.
Haven't decided on Thruster or quad yet. Might work that out with him. He likes the quad but might be a bit tricky with placement on the roundtail side.

Hopefully I will get to ride it a bit first!!!!

cough, cough...

Been crook now for a week and a half as has my family...
Missed an awesome week of surf and now its going away as I am coming good.
Don't want to think about it.

Noice...

The ZedSled goes tops.
Awesome.

New toy...

The Zed Sled is finally finished. ONLY 6 months after it was shaped!!
Zeke had a look today and gave the gurgle of approval.
Nice.

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!