boards for sale.

allen over at seagate surfboards has a few boards up for sale on craigslist. hit the link to check them out.

my seagate. *not for sale*

ahoy.

dust.

numberthree.

spent a few hours in the seagate shed last saturday. whittling away at my piece of foam.

seagate simmons.

the mini simmons is derived from a design engineered by bob simmons in the 50's. long parallel rails. hulled out nose. and wide twin fin tail. a planing machine. his boards were generally in the nine to ten foot range. 

i first rode a mini simmons last september. had a blast on it. full volume board that paddles like a log but condensed to a sub six foot package (i ride mine at 5'8'' and 5'5.5'').  very much suits the way i surf. we had a few done by larry mabile come in the shop but i ultimately opted to get allen over at seagate to shape me one and i am stoked on it.

i am very much an advocate of these surf craft. i have had the most fun on them. good waves or bad. so small, it easily fits in the pocket. a suprising amount of hold for a twin fin. im guessing because of the fin being so close to the rail and tail. i really enjoy laying into the rail off the bottom and speeding around sections. fun all around.

shadows in the shaping bay.

 bounced a few ideas around last friday in the seagate shaping shed.

..so happy together.

still stoked on these two little nugs. thanks again to allen at seagate surfboards.

right: 5'8" mini by allen

left: 5'5.5'' mini by me

zing!!

first rode a mini simmons back in september. immediately obsessed. did some research. talked to a lot of people. looked at a lot of internet stuff. after seeing some that friend allen from seagate surfboards made, decided to ask him to make one. later decided wanted to try to shape one for vern. allen was kind enough to let me observe. and lend me his shape shed. and tools. and knowledge. and give me mucho pointers. got greg at eavey rider surfboards to glass them. and the result follows. it was a super rad project/process and many thanks to allen and greg for letting me be so involved. truly truly enjoyed. and couldn't be happier with the outcome.

shapes.

colors.

smiles.

and more smiles.

right: 5'8" simmons by seagate surfboards.

left: 5'5.5" simmons by sandwich jones.

far left: 5'5'' vern

p.s. it was a suprise xmas gift for vern. she didn't know till today. fun.

rOy.g.biv.

almost there.