Saturday, December 22, 2007

Another one just shaped... 9'2" "Oceanslider" shaped by David Falkenau for Wayne @ Hill Street Cafe






















I shaped this one with hard down rails all the way around for speed. This one has little bit of roll in first 3rd, goes harder in the middle third, and the last 3rd to is hardest, with the last 18" sharp as a straight razor.

I love pintails, so I went with a pintail.

This one will got a 10.5" box 7" up from the tail. I made it to have thw Thrailkill Twin set-up, but Wayne decided to go with a Single.

This is going to be glassed with Canary Yellow resin tint/pigment and finally glossed and polished.

I guess you can say this is my "Single Fin Yellow"!

Wayne is the Longhaired guy at Hill Street Cafe (with the Green Truck and Window Washing Business). He surfs this board at the Oceanside Pier all the time now.

Friday, December 21, 2007

9'2" "The Glide" shaped by David Falkenau





Skip Frye Template traced from Chad Brienza's Frye.

Nose rocker: 4 1/4"

Tail rocker: 2 5/8"

Thickness: almost 3 1/8" at stringer but foiled out through the rest of the board and rails, so it doesn't seem as thick

60/40 Palm-of-hand-shaped rails

hard edge last 18"

2+1 Set-up (Frye Placement) 8" box 6 5/8" to 7" up from tail, plus 2 FCS plugs on each side parallel to and lined up with front edge of box.

Top-notch $400 glass job:

I went all out on this glass job... didn't cut any corners... laid it all out on the line!

Volan Cloth w/taped & cut laps

Resin Pinlines

Bottom & Rails - Opaque Red, White, Blue Resin Swirl

Top - Transparent Red, White, & Blue Resin Swirl

Black Pinlines

Gloss & Polish

It turned out to be a beautiful board. My dad wanted to ship it back home to Michigan when he saw it at my house... I sure wish I wasn't hurting for money then... I would have liked for him to have had it.