Empress wood alaia boards and blanks

7 foot balsa tube slipper the '7 of hearts'

Evolution in the parallel profile surfboard construction system

Pipeline FP13 challenge update: keeping the record straight
grubster wrote:I dont think anybody has said Roys board cant be ridden in waves of consequence.The whole pipeline challenge started precisely because Bill Barnfield said on Swaylocks that none of my boards would ever handle a drop on a North Shore wave, ever. He then proceeded to call me a deluded charlatan for claiming that my FP12 design would be ( my words ) " an exceptionally good board for pipeline " Dozens of other surfers and shapers have backed him up by saying the same things. Bill also sent PM's stating that I am irresponsible for trying to risk the lives of North Shore surfers

#Baron_Surfboard project part 5: The tunnel fin
Here's the tunnel fin for the #Baron_surfboard taking shape. Because this tunnel fin setup also has a planar fin in the form of a bulb tipped flex fin, it won't have to handle high angles of attack, so we are able to use a very thin fin for low drag, just as we did with the original D 11-9 prototype shown below:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ6M9GY1XC0

The Eddie Aikau contest
INVITEES Andy Irons, HawaiiBrian Keaulana, HawaiiBrock Little, HawaiiBruce Irons, HawaiiCarlos Burle, BrazilClyde Aikau, HawaiiDarryl Virostko, CaliforniaGreg Long, CaliforniaJamie O’Brien, HawaiiJamie Sterling, HawaiiKelly Slater, FloridaKeone Downing, HawaiiMakuakai Rothman, HawaiiMark Healey, HawaiiMichael Ho, HawaiiNoah Johnson, HawaiiPeter Mel, CaliforniaReef McIntosh, HawaiiRoss Clarke-Jones, AustraliaRusty Keaulana, HawaiiShane Dorian, HawaiiSunny Garcia, HawaiiTitus Kinimaka, HawaiiTom Carroll, AustraliaGrant “Tw

Squalyboy's Makaka 9 footer ride report
" Now for a proper ride report!Well, almost anyway...Keep in mind that I'm not the best surfer so I'm only able to comment on how well the board handles me.I'm not quite qualified to test the abilities of the board.So with all proper disclaimers aside;I managed to get out yesterday afternoon while we still had the last remnants of some really nice surf. I missed t

The Baron 12 foot wooden surfboard project 4
Finishing off the first internal panel: the tail with fin blocking. This panel will be under the deck so it doesn't need blocking for the tunnel fin. The blocking for the main fin goes right through from bottom to deck, but the tunnel fin only needs to be set in a 1/4 inch as it is such a stable shape, so we only put one layer of blocking in.