The New Board Thread!
thanks udo ...yeah i read all that and was very informative but its a few years old now so was hoping there was more updated info from punters .....maybe edge boards have faded into the ether.
Here's the latest addition to my fleet.
100% hand crafted, fins and all, the workmanship, quality, finish and attention to detail is first class.
It's a stretched version of this:
which I've had for just over two years, and has provided me with countless hours of absolute joy.
Huge thank you to MP for all the work he put into both boards.
Beautiful!
WOW Salty , Shane has scored big time .
Seems like Mick is still pumping out wonderful wave craft .
A group bought a Twinny off him , 42 years ago for a 21st present for my brother .
MP is 2 the MP , what Wayne Lynch is to the West Coast , a bloody Legend !!!
Thought the pictures could be at his place out the back beach .
If I drive by and his car is there , I will Pop in and say I saw this beauty on SN .
I bet he is NOT on here reading this lol .
No fn way , he would say lol !
Too busy surfing .
Island Bay wrote:Sold 5 boards and ordered two new ones. The Ray Finlay and this Josh Keogh beauty. Gave a test this morning, although it was only just OH. Goes like a dream. A masterpiece.
IB and others - do you know if Josh Keogh's taking orders for boards at the moment?
Thought he might have been flooded with orders post Harry Bryant movie but wanted to treat myself a 50th present...
Busy building a house, but is taking orders
Island Bay wrote:Busy building a house, but is taking orders
cheers
Seeds. You wanted photos, here they are.
Eric Arakawa. 6’6” x 20”x 2-5/8” single flyer, rounded pin, twin fin. Glide fibreglass fins T5-3/4.
Very nice looking board AW. How’s it go? Did you gel with it straight away?
seeds wrote:Very nice looking board AW. How’s it go? Did you gel with it straight away?
Seeds. Hi mate.
Haven’t put my feet on it yet.
Thursday was looking the goods, 4ft, got near the coast and it’s all lumpy and bumpy from the previous days wind. I give it a miss, go back to my deck construction . Low and behold, after lunch , swell picks up to 4-5ft, benign conditions take over the coast and there was not a puff of wind, total oil slick conditions.
Those who persisted were well rewarded with crew surfing right up until dark in sublime conditions.
Now we enter 10 days of misery. Thems, the breaks. AW
Been a while...
5'10 x 20 asymm tail by Stuart Paterson. Basalt glass on top.
Not exactly a remake but 'inspired by past events'.
Very nice!
Yes, basalt looks crispy, as the kids say.
Speaking of crispy, I had a look at some Ben Webbs today at Boards in the Bay. Mmmm...
The big box labels that use basalt largely hide it under resin tints, but it's a handy weave for some colour palettes. Single layer on white it's a golden rust colour, double on white it's a rich kalamata brown, while this blank had been coloured red so the single layer of basalt comes out burgundy. Looks rich and lustrous up close.
Educate me a little on basalt cloth. Why and how is it different from fibreglass cloth (made from silica sand)?
Island Bay wrote:Educate me a little on basalt cloth. Why and how is it different from fibreglass cloth (made from silica sand)?
Looks better.
Nah, no difference in the way they ride from what I can detect. Supposedly stronger tensile strength, and the first two boards I had made in them were indestructible, though the last board - ordered earlier this year from another shaper - snapped third surf, in a wavepool of all places. I really don't know what to make of that.
There's the environmental ledger, if that concerns you, it takes less energy to create and basalt is in more abundance than the sand used in fibreglass.
Cost is pretty much on par, it's just as easy to work with and wet out, though any sanding hits show up.
But really, call me superficial, I just like the look of it.
Good reply. Thank you, Stu.
I could just search and learn, but wanted to hear from a convert.
For all those shiny new sticks...that aren't Desert Storms
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