Baggage monkeys again..

Summers been a busy one with hardly any time to keep up with the heaps of e mails let alone keep on top of the blog.
Here the baggage monkeys have been at a brand new chilli, totally compressing the tail.
There was no chance of making it look original again so the tail was filled and carbon thereads glassed into the tail to take the eye away from the repair. Looks sweet.

Tail reinforcement

Carbon tail patches and an extra layer of 4oz to extend the life of this pretty new shortboard.

New stick...Why buy imports?

When you have stuff like this in your back yard...
When choosing your next board pop into gulfstream surfboards in braunton, just don't take the missus as you may be in there some time drooling over the selection of resin tinted goodness while
getting expert advice from a man that can surf an old 80's windsurf board that washed up on the beach way better than i can on standard gear.
What you waiting for? Support uk shapers and while your at it stick two fingers up at Tesco's on your way past.

I know it's gonna be a lovely daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay......etc

Getting out of bed at 4 in the morning on a sunday and a barmy -3 degrees, just to get to the workshop and meet deadlines sucks.

Fingers frozen staring in dismay at the epoxy work you did yesterday that resembles chewing gum.

Trying to get the kettle to work, this thing is supposed to boil water not freeze it!.

But hey, when two frozen hours later you open the workshop door to bird song and this sight it's enough to warm even the coldest toes.

Life aint so bad.