alive

A gee spoon is born.

She is 6'3 tall by 22 width and 2 3/4 thick.
Ivory resin tint with sanded finishing (I miss my tool for polish, sick !)
Equipped with a purple greenough fin the 4A model by true ames.
It’s my interpretation of a standed up velo of sir greenough with "all hull" influences.......Thanks to mr hilbers , andreini and others hull surfboard maker.

This my first surfboard, first hull ,first everything… infact
I did many mistakes but I ve really enjoyed the challenge and the pleasure of shaping And glassing….i know now that I won’t stop shaping….many project to come.
Hope you enjoy the following shooting
All critics will be constructive
thanks

ps/crash test soon......

29° !!!!!!!!!

summer doesn't want to leave the bay.
29° YESTERDAY !
SUMMER RULESSSSSS

oh stormy weather !

last week huge on shore conditions,the bay was on fire,only 2 days of clean surfing.....

.....i didn't ride those days ,been too busy with the spoon project (see on next post)



before



after

"walk on the wild side"

here is some pictures of the valley just back off the bay.

i'm still amazed to find some places like that so peaceful and wild,just beside our modern world

ruins of traditionnal oven.

my wife and friends sharing the joy of rain with the old "eucaliptus"

somewhere in...

new pics from paradise...

"searching for peter troy"

home sweet home

here is some view of my home spot ; nice weather, good surf conditions and cool temperature these last days.......as usual.

"indian summer rules"

following the aloes trail...



...you will find the reef ...




...on your left, there is the beach ...




...look forward that's the bay...


...and finally the lines comes in...

...and breaks"""""""""""""left...

...and breaks"""""""""""right...

sir george greenough

Surfer,kneeboarder,shaper,aquatic photographer,film maker ,windsurfer,flex master,surfing innovator, waterman.....no matter the name you want to give to this man , he will always be for me mister george greenough,with all my respect .

george's vision.

i love this picture i have never seen a bottom-turn like that on a stand up board, "velo" rules !

finally...

...yeah, finally i did it ! i ve been very busy all these last days and i couldn't focus on my project at 100 % ; so i took some times, disconnected my brain and shaped...here is the result.

holy bible

Surfer's journal n°73 , french edition.
here is some stolen pictures from an article about
bob simmons and his planning hull surfboard.
For people who doesn't know Simmons , he is considered
as the father of hydrodinamica principle applied on surfing,
in the early fourties !!!

hull is on , check it out !

chronicles of the bay

heavy point break
winter rules !



a nice boat came by, this quiet morning
summer rules !!

hull vs s-deck

same deal for s-deck.



first hull bottom (none achieved).....
...............and first bottom ever.




let it snow !!
(christmas song for summer time)





let it snow , let it snow......

backyard shaping

backyard shaping rules !



template "atmosphere"





new fins template

the blank

fin setting test.







outline !










this surfblank is usually use for kneeboard or big fish purpose
but i think it will work for a big spoony !

shaping stuff !

.....some fins template





homemade stand...