Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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 !

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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 !

















Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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 !