Jordan's HSC project

Young Jordan Reynolds wanted to do something different for his HSC, and so with his love of surfing he decided to test himself out with building a board.It is Paulownia bagged over EPS and he has done a great job. Here is his project ...

It has been great to help out a young guy who wants to test himself and achieve something like this. And the result is first class. I am sure he has started on a journey that will keep him busy for a while now.

Quentin's new board

Quentin  Delion sent me these shots of his latest project and because his english is not good he said he would let the pictures tell the story. It is a 5' 8" x 20 3/4" x 2 1/2" board with no resin finish.

" I bought a surfboard in New Zealand 6 years ago . I loved this surfboard but I never fix any ding .
So I took out the fiberglass fto use the foam."

He has done a great job and built a very nice board.

 He is a very good wood worker as you will see with some of his other projects on his blog http://quentindelion.tumblr.com

Looking for wood ?

If you are looking for a supplier of Paulownia , then Stuart Bywater in Brisbane could be the guy to help you out. Stuart has been running board building classes and supplying the Paulownia and Cedar for the courses , so he is more than happy to help you out as well.

"We have a constant  supply of Paulownia timber on hand "
"We can supply you with boards and panels of paulownia 2.4m and 3 meter lengths."

200mm x 8mm rough sawn
200mm x 6mm dressed 2 faces
195mm x 6mm dressed all edges
585mm x 6mm panels
"I can also supply other solid sections by request."

Best to contact me at timber@bywaterdesign.com.au

Grain and the 4th Annual Surf Re evolution

 

An explanation of the event:

We think of the boards we build as an emblem of “re-evolution”. To us, that’s the act of reaching back into the legacy of surfboard design, finding an inspiration, and applying new thinking or new materials to jump over the intervening years, decades or millennia to create something surfers can love today.
Because we’re not alone in revering re-evolution, Grain will again invite some very special friends to help us with our third annual celebration of this idea. It’ll be a party and think-fest to remember, split between the beach – for board demos and sunshine – and the shop – for sharing music, art, films, food, drink, and thoughts about surfboard design and construction. You just gotta be there.

Attached is a poster you can share. We're excited to have Jon Wegener, Ed from Enjoy Handplanes here for the event, Pierce and Petra from Misfit Productions showing their new film, What the Sea Gives Me. We'll have lots of hands on activities and demonstrations, local food, beer from our friends at Dogfish Head Craft Brew, and more.
Here's a link to the page on our site, http://www.grainsurfboards.com/buzz/surf-re-evolution-event/

Paddle out for Geoff Moase today

It was a sad weekend with Geoff's funeral yesterday and his paddle out today.A big thanks to Peter Strum for the shots below.

Geoff's son Jack leads us down the beach

Paddle out for Geoff Moase this Sunday

A paddle out for Geoff is planned for this Sunday 21st September at Tallebudgera Beach, meeting at 8:30am out the front of the surf club.

Byron Bay Surf Festival - 6 weeks to go !

Spring has arrived and the Byron Bay Surf Festival, beginning October 24th, is budding with exciting new announcements. With a traditional opening ceremony by the Arakwal Bundjalung people followed by a free outdoor screening/Australian premiere of the Beyond the Surface film and raging launch party by NZ blues rock band Bonjah at the Beach Hotel, the festival kicks off with a BANG.

Saturday 25th absorbs the seaside with a beautiful, rambling market hub bursting with surf-inspired creative initiatives, ideas, arts, music, workshops, demos and delicious edibles. Some of the highlights include health and wellbeing seminars such as that of raw chef/nutritionist Samantha Gowing, surf injury expert/physiotherapist Ryan Huxley and Yoga sage Geoff Brooks. Selected stalls will showcase some of the best and most innovative brands in surfing such as the newly launched Banks brand, international labels like Sanuk, Moonjelly and Free People. Additionally, there will be an entire arena on the northern end of the festival site dedicated to charities, sustainability and gift clothing initiatives such as Smile, Hippy Tree, Kiss Max and Toms. Down the way will be many small local and international artisan and surfboard shaper stalls to browse upon, design workshops, large surf culture art show and also a special retro/rockabilly area, 50's cars and bikes hosted by Uppercut Deluxe. Here you will also find a special Golden Breed surf history display with surfboard evaluation area. Sublime tastes will be found throughout the market hub with an array of local cooked, cut, raw or organic cuisines by the likes of AllPress Espresso, The Chia Co, Santos Organics and Loving Earth just to name a few. With two music stages onsite, there will be plenty of sweet tunes to listen, alternatively you might like to tune into some of the mind tweaking all-day presentations in the popular ‘Surf Literature Lounge’ featuring speakers, stories, far reaching ideas and chaired discussions by experts, writers, publishers and surf legends such as Tom & Nick Carroll, Brad Gerlach, Duct Tape surfer Pascale Honore or giant wave photographer Russell Ord.

 

At night, keep your eyes open for key events in town. Some of these include a presentation by freesurfer and activist Lauren Hill on ‘Third World Girls, social justice and surfing’ discussing seedlings of surf culture around the world, a special GoPro youth comp hosted by renown photographer Willem Ungermann, a last screening of the GoPro surf shorts film comp finalists, feature film premiere yet to be announced and even more music acts into the night.

For Sunday 26th, Wategos beach hosts its annual surf swap meet with shapers from all around the world, surf demo sessions and quirky surf-off-sessions. The infamous Corona Party Wave $1000 dash for cash event will round this off as a memorable and fun day by the ocean. This is the day to get wet, to be inspired by surfing, shaping and to simply chill out… until yet more nighttime festivities begin with indie rockers Griswolds at the Beach Hotel after party.

 

Get amped and keep your eyes out for the latest program at www.byronbaysurffestival.com

New foam alternative

If you are looking to build a board with a very small carbon foot print then this could be a big step forward.

www.biomblanks.com

RIP Geoff Moase

It is a sad day as it appears that Geoff has passed away late Friday while on a surfing trip in Bali. I saw him late in the afternoon of the day before he headed off as he called into my work to drop off some Paulownia and my vaccum pump.Geoff was a passionate surfer and skilled tradesman and he had combined the two to build some beautiful wooden boards under his label Dovetail Surfboards. He was also our go to man for machined and dressed Paulownia. He will be sadly missed by us all.

From Russia with love

Nick Nazmutdinov is a Russian and with some friends has built a couple of wooden boards that he believes may be the only one ever built in his neck of the woods.He has found it hard to get info on building them, but it looks like they have done a good job.

Wooden Board Day on Slide magazine

Check out the days photos on Slide magazine site HERE.