Glassed

Fresh DK quad Fish for the Moonlight Showroom.

Boneless Cutback

DP-3322, originally uploaded by Dane Peterson.

Joe Curren on a stringerless Mandala with 101 bamboo fins.
Surf photo found on Dane Peterson's Flickr stream.

See also: The Swallowtail Society Stringerless

Lokbox Demo Day: Sunday August 3rd

speed + control + power = taylor, originally uploaded by sosidesc.

Above-Lokbox team rider Taylor Knox.


Taylor Knox's Lokbox thruster setup.



Taylor Knox contest interview.

WHAT: Lokbox Surfboard Fin System Demo Day

WHERE: North Oceanside Jetty/Harbor
Google Map and Surfline cam/info.
*It's paid parking right at the Harbor but there is free parking around the area if you don't mind walking a bit)

WHEN: Sunday August 3rd. Starts around 6:00 am and goes until everyone gets surfed out.

WHO: Lokbox owners Jimmy Robertson and Kasey Curtis, along with the Rainbow Fin Co. crew who are coming down from Santa Cruz.

WHY: So surfers can learn about the system itself. Learn how to properly install, adjust, and tighten a Lokbox fin. Learn about what happens when you switch fin templates and/or fin positions. Jimmy and Kasey and other fin geeks will be on hand to answer questions, help you choose templates, and adjust fins. They will have a big variety of templates available in all constructions including fiberglass and procore from Rainbow fin company. Tom from Daum Tooling will be there to answer any questions and explain the theories and design aspects of the molded composite fins.

FOOD and Drink: Jimmy will be firing up the barbecue around 11 am and will have hotdogs and burgers so show up by noon if your hungry.



The following shapers/surfboard companies have committed to showing up with boards for you to try:

Chris Christenson
Shawn Ambrose
Sean Mattison (Shimbawa/Hynson)
Jake Moss
Jeff Clark
DK
Rainbow Surfboards
Ian Zamora
Steve Ford
Rich Pavel
Patagonia Surfboards
Byrne Surfboards
Mandala Surfboards
Encinitas Surfboards
David Barr

*Please note that there will not be any boards or fins for sale at this event, it is meant purely as a fun demo day (the surf forecast is looking good too).



www.lokboxfins.com

New in Stock: 9'2" Noserider Longboard

Supahsweetness! Check it out, click me.

Bro of the Month: Rob

Rob Rhyne has nunchaku skills, computer hacking skills and surfboard carrying skills.
www.70percent.org

Agave/Balsa Pescado

Another nice one from Mr. John Cherry. Agave and balsa and who knows what else. Nice and light, this beauty is a rider!

*From the Inbox:

Not sure if John Cherry has told you guys, but my dad owns Tropical Exotic Hardwoods over near the Palomar Airport Rd/El Camino Real Intersection. As of about a month ago, we have started to carry Balsa lumber. Over the years we have had numerous shapers inquire about it but have never attempted to stock it, so we are giving it a shot. John Cherry has been helping us getting the word out to everyone he thinks might be interested, but it's really hard letting all the smaller backyard shapers and guys shaping their own boards know that we have some nice stock available from them. Most people think we only sell in bulk quantities, but our shop is open to anyone who is interested in wood. Our website is www.anexotichardwood.com and our phone number is 760-434-3030.

*check out their blog, woodquestions.blogspot.com
Thanks,

Marty

HULLTASTIC VOYAGE

A Hull lot more at hulltastic-voyage.blogspot.com

Point Inspiration

From the Inbox:

Hi There JP,

Love your blog, very cool boards indeed, I have put a few guys onto your site and they are stoked to see what you guys get up to. Especially the retro tragics amongst them : )

I do a bit of airbrushing when time allows, mainly my own boards and canvas work more recently. I had a friend ask me to spray up a display board for him, with anything I liked on it. After much head scratching and searching, I stubbled across some photos posted on your site that struck a chord and decided to lay-down a Mexican dream line-up on the deck. Please see the result attached.

Source of inspiration

- Freehand airbrushed on the glass
- Automotive base coats
- Around 4 days work to complete

Cheers

Luke Hallam - Munch Design
www.munchdesign.com

Aquaticus Quadicus

Shape and fins by John Cherry on a board I'm calling, The Devonian Quad.
www.johncherrywoodcraft.com

The Rainbow Quan-Pavel

5'8" x 20 1/2" x 2 9/16"
www.rainbowsurfboards.com

State of Surfy Surfy, mid-summer 2008

tube photo by David Pu'u

Hola and Aloha Surfy Surfy peeps,

This is your State of Surfy Surfy Summer 2008 update.

You may noticed I just switched over to a 3 column format. I did this because the righthand link column was getting absurdly long now that all of you have started blogs.

The left column is mostly dedicated to info about the shop that builds the boards shown on Surfy Surfy, Moonlight Glassing. The right column has all the blog links and other junks.



I also added a translation tool, see the flag icons on the right column, for all our international Surfy friends.



The 3 column format does look a little cluttered but it stays for now. I would like the center post photos to be larger, and I'm considering switching over from Blogspot to Wordpress.

You may also notice that the Surfy Surfy url has changed from a blogspot address to surfysurfy.net. I finally coughed up the $10 bucks to register my own domain, heh.

I'm working on creating a companion site to Surfy Surfy for those of you who want deeper info on the boards shown and soon I'm going to be taking over the Destination Surf blog (D-Surf is a surf accessories company, board bags, leashes, traction, that my wife's family owns) so look for the launch of the D-Surf blog in the near future.



Moonlight Glassing should have an official website fairly soon, including an online store. That will be nice for those of you not in the southern California timezone.

If you want to be linked on Surfy Surfy or want a photo of your board posted feel free to e-mail me at surferlabor@gmail.com


If you already e-mailed me and I didn't get back to you, I apologize, it's been a crazy summer. Please send me another follow up e-mail (and, as much as I appreciate the free offers of cases of vitamin water, energy drinks and triple blade razors I don't plan on including any viral corporate marketing on Surfy Surfy-lol).

Thanks for supporting Surfy Surfy for the past 3 years, see ya on the interwebs!



your nerdy blogging pal,
J.P. St. Pierre

Frog Quad!

A custom biscuity pod quad for Moon associate Allen C.

Ice-9 blank airbrushed white. Glassed with 4 oz S cloth.

Glass-on bamboo fins handmade by Marlin Bacon of 101 Fin Co.

Handshaped by Gary Hanel in Leucadia, California USA.

The itty bitty GH logo.

The famous 1980's Moonlight Glassing frog logo.

"He who controls the frog, controls the universe."

Frog quad! Frog quad! Frog quad! Frog quad!

Lowrider Longboard

Shape and concept by Shawn Ambrose. Airbrushed with automotive sparkle paint by Peter St Pierre.