This board was built for a big guy who surfs like a small guy.

New version of the Orzo.

This twinzer fish is the second board I’ve made for a good friend and customer of mine named Tony. I like that he intends to really ride the board on a daily basis as he did his first one. For this board we did all the bells and whistles with a poplar deck patch for extra strength, redwood tail block and rail strips, and custom rising sun style fins made from curly maple, redwood, and cherry. I hope he enjoys riding the board as much as I enjoyed building it. Thanks Tony.

This is a 7’4″ quad built for a guy named Joe who works next door to me. It has a relatively beefy foil, as Joe is a bigger guy. He used to play pro football in fact. It’s made with handmilled poplar, balsa and poplar rails, and has handmade birch ply FCS fins with the new Fusion system. Joe’s  planning on traveling with it, so he opted for the fin system. As a side note, Joe gave me a tour of his shop where he restores WWII era bomber engines. The level of difficulty of what he does is mind boggling. Imagine trying to restore an engine the size of your living room and with 21 cylinders to boot. It sort of makes what I do look like child’s play.

This quad was recently made for a local surfer named Andrew, who had brought several of his boards to me in the past for repair. He had caved in the decks of all of them. He’s a pretty heavy footed surfer and so he wanted something more durable. He figured the extra money spent on a wood board would be offset by not having to shell out cash for repeated repairs. The poplar deck should help keep this board in the water and not back in the shop. The shape is a copy of one of his favorite boards, made by Erik Olson.