02 Jun 2014
As the name implies this is an old school log from the 1950’s era with a touch of modern sophistication.…
15 May 2014
Our latest foray into late sixties transition model surfboard shapes. While the designs of the day changed almost over night…
07 Mar 2014
ESPECIALLY FOR THE COVE FISH FRY 2014: Steve Lis and Ben Aipa: Joining the dots between the fish, volume and…
26 Feb 2014
What come after Norm was short, had two fins and was called a Fish. This 5’10” was one of many…
31 Jan 2014
Back in the early ’70s, surfboard building materials were not readily available and I had feed my shaping hunger thus…
29 Dec 2013
I would say one of the things that defines me as a shaper would have to be my early love…
03 Nov 2013
Midlengths come in all shapes and sizes and, I guess for me, that is the important part. Midlengths have an…
14 Sep 2013
The purpose of this talk is to present some examples of how California design from the period 1930 to…
22 Aug 2013
Currently showing at the Auckland Art Gallery: California Design 1930 – 1965 Living in a modern way. One of the…
30 Jul 2013
A random selection of past visits to Grant Newby’s fantastic Wooden Surfboard Days in the Park at Currumbin Alley –…
23 Jun 2013
Here’s two Customs Single Fins we made recently. Dale’s Pin Tail and Shane’s Round Tail. While they are both Single…
05 May 2013
Over the last six months my ongoing work with Hot Curls (Finless Surfboards) has concentrated in two main areas of…
07 Oct 2012
The Hot Curl (Finless) has continued to intrigue me. My decision to “Step Up” the research and development of this…
28 May 2012
7’0″ x 20 3/4″ x 3″ – Concave Nose – Convex Tail I’ve been tinkering with Hot Curls over…
02 Apr 2012
About 6 years ago, Tony Jenner walked into my showroom to order a “Speed Dialer”. Tony told me about a…
26 Mar 2012
A subject that interests me… Nearly 20 years ago I began my first wooden surfboard project. The results of which…
24 Feb 2012
As a Shaper I have been journeying down a path (several actually) but lets talk about the path more “concaved”.…
21 Jan 2012
Well 2012 has kicked off on a good note with a full order book of Customs of almost every imaginable…
16 Jan 2012
Using a Miki 3000 surfboard shaping machine to just barely skim the crust from the deck of the blank. In…
12 Jan 2012
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