Robert Ivers builds a great looking board

Robert sent me these shots to share with you.
"I attended your Hollow Wooden Board Day last August and had a great day; I will be coming back again this year with a few mates. Met a few interesting people like Noddy from Japan.

I thought you might be interested in the boards I am producing down here on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria Australia. Made from Plantation Grown Paulownia and recycled Western Red Cedar, hope you like them."





See more of what Robert is up to on his site :
www.hwsb.com.au

Surfrider Foundation Board Swap

Adam Feichtmann, President of Surfrider Foundation Gold Coast and Tweed. , just sent me this note to let everone know that he is organising the Surfrider Foundation Board Swap that is coming up on Saturday May 1st at Currumbin Alley .

" We are trying to run a simple event that promotes the recycling of surfboards. It is pretty simple: Grab and old board that you have just sitting around the house/garage and bring it to the Alley on May 1st 9am-12pm with the hope of "swapping" it with another mate who brought their old boards. The event is free, and could cost nothing to pick up your next favorite board. If you wanted to hand out some flyers and do have the resources to print them, we could meet up and I could give you a handful of flyers. (I live in Palmy)" Cheers,

Adam Feichtmann
0430710041
http://surfridergct.org

Rasta at Noosa ...

Beautiful new project finished

Local Gold Coast plumber Craig Paterson has just finished his 3rd surfboard. And what a beautiful job he has done.

Some great wood working details on the deck.

Some nice artwork by his son on the bottom...

The vital stats down the stringer...


Goretex breather and wood detail to be proud of...

Great looking board Craig. He says it goes so well it will be his daily rider . So if you have a project out there to share send it to me. Also remember there will be another Wooden Board Day on Sunday the 8th of August at Currumbin Alley again. You better get started on that new project to bring along.

The 5ft 8" Cotton Fish

Great shape and combination of wood and fabric

You just have to love the grain and detail
Felipe Siebert from Brasil is forever building beautiful wooden boards and they just get cleaner and simpler . Great detail and this board with the use of fabric is such a nice combination. Love what he does and if you want to check it out :
www.siebertsurfboards.com or www.siebertsurfboards.blogspot.com

A hot Hot Curl, too good not to share

Is this not one of the most beautiful boards you have seen ? A great mix of grains and colours and so beautifully crafted. I came across this and just had to put it out the. The board was built by Dennis Murphy who has been making boards for some 40 years in foam Redwood or Balsa.

Check out Dennis at : www.murphysurfboards.com

Old boards to new board

These old fence palings were coming off to be replaced and so Andrew Wells from Grown Surfboards just had an idea of what to do with them.
Cleaned up and through the thicknesser and this is what is uncovered . Beautiful Redgum.

Redgum deck with Paulownia rails and bottom makes for a great contrast.

You might just be looking at the neighbours fence a little differently from now on.

Check out Andrews boards on : www.grownsurfboards.com.au

Nathan needed a bigger fish.

Nathan Grey down in Sydney builds some pretty sweet boards and he just sent me these great shots to share.
" Here are some pictures of a 6'4’’ 19.5’’ 2.5’’ rocket fish I built.
I needed a longer sleeker fish for those bigger days, and she flies."

" The board is built from paulownia with a 6 ounce epoxy glass job, bottom shape is a fair bit of V through the nose then blending to a deep double barrel concave."

" The board is really bladed out through the tail and has a fair bit of passive flex through her."

" Sorry about the pictures with wax on the board, the swell came up before I had a chance to get photos of her clean.

Hey I am looking forward to getting me and the family up to your end of the country for the wooden board day in August.
And hopefully I will get some time between now and then to get a couple of funky ideas I have built. "

Cheers
Nathan

Huck is on a roll.

Just got sent these shots from Huck of a 7ft 6" Hybrid Bonzer he is building and above are the fins in the making. His next project is a 6ft 7" fish for himself. He has his own method of building out the rails and construction process that he is working on . You can check out what he is up to on his blog -
www.alternativesurfboards.blogspot.com

"The Super Nug" by Timberline Surfboards

Raphael Wolfe from Timberline Surfboards just sent me these pics to share of a new shape they have come up with, The Super Nug. It is 5ft 7" and basically a fish with a rounded tail. V single to double concave with performance rails. This one is going to be set up as a quad.Raphael is the wood man in this board building venture. The boards are shaped in foam by Ryan Lovelace who has his own brand - Point Concept. The Raphael goes to it with Paulownia and other timber to create their distinctive boards. With luck we could see Raphael at the Wooden Board Day in August.

Check out the guys work at - www.timberlinesurf.com