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.

Frozen Fish

I thought we may escape the lovely weather that has graced the rest of the country over the past few weeks but woke up to a white out this morning. Looks like all those epoxy repairs are going to have to wait a bit longer. Time to make a sledge me thinks.

TRIFONIC!

70's Tiki single fin semi restoration

Semi restoration of an old 70's single fin for john, old repairs de lams to the bottom and red resin panel re done. Whole board re glossed and polished.

Guilty of blog neglect

Been a while since the last post as things have been so hectic but with this long winter flat spell and temps well bellow freezing it's time to give the blog some lovin.





First up is a firewire tail snap, the deck skin was intact but the bottom had gone and the balsa rails snapped half way through. After reinforcing the balsa rails the inner glass was fixed and a new HD foam skin vacuumed on. In an ideal world the join near the rear plugs would be tapered towards the tail to spread the load but being on a tight time frame and the need to remove both fin plugs to do this a straightish joint was the only option. The board has been away to some serious waves without any problems so all good.

Spider longboard new foam tail section grafted on re glassed and airbrushed.

Ryanair again

Ouch!!

Big chunk out of the nose after flying off the roof of a car.
New nose blocks made up and foam replaced,fabric inlay colour matched and zero filler.

DHD tail repair

Don't know why but i kinda like doing this sort of repair. Bit of a change from the endless rail dings and fcs plugs.

Another resin blurred phone camera pic, but new decal printed out for the bottom as the old one was trashed.

Are all couriers a bunch of monkeys?

So the board gets sent to me because the baggage gibbons had snapped the nose clean off.
No problem, new nose on and colour matched.
But look what the courier monkeys did to the tail in transit. I really don't treat my own boards too well, they spent most of their time sliding around in the back of the van bouncing off the sides but never suffer this kind off damage. Just what do these courier idiots get up to once you have handed over your hard earned cash.
Rant over , but it is amazing how many boards come through the workshop each week trashed by these MUPPETS!!!!!