The Eli Files

Bag Of Tricks with Eli Mirandon from toby ogden on Vimeo.

"I gotta think of why I'm surfing Lowers...I don't know why I'm surfing Lowers." Eli Mirandon on Surfline's Who's Surfing Lowers


Eli at the Encinitas Street Fair, "Don't laugh at my fin patch."
Eli captured on Crappy Cam surfing a Mandala tri-plane hull here and here.
Eli hasn't completely mastered the details of blogging but he is trying, elisurfing.blogspot.com
See also Surfy Surfy: Eli Eli O

Crazy Bread

This is one of the craziest boards we've ever glassed. This hollow wood homebuild has elements of other wood boards but overall I think it's of the most unique surfcraft I've ever seen. I wanna see the guy ride it!

The Narcissism Epidemic

Surfy Surfy got a mention on page 117 of The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean M. Twenge Ph.D. and W. Keith Campbell Ph.D. I'm stoked! I'm feeling pretty special about this and...uh oh.
The Narcissism Epidemic on Newsweek.com
Buy the book on Amazon.com

On a Green Streak

Dave Carew shaped this board for his son as a graduation gift. Not sure why it's called The Byron Experience, but I like it. Resin work by Gary Stuber.

A 5'11" Round Pin Tail Performance 5 Fins Bonzer

There is this guy Pierre that is a customer of ours, he is always ordering insane surfboards that should be mine. Pierre is always one step ahead of me. This board is the best, the photos don't do the shape any justice at all. This board, it feels soooo good under my arm. I love the outline, the full nose and round tail, the nice rails, it will catch waves but without any sacrifice when hitting the lip. It's glassed with 4/4 S cloth deck and 4 oz S cloth bottom so even with the opaque tint it's super light. The glass-on bamboo Bonzer fins are lightweight and beautiful. It has my favorite pinline design on the deck. It has a tight wetsanded gloss, not polished so it has this badass desert speed machine look about it. I love this board.
Shape and design by Malcolm Campbell.
Resin tint by Gary Stuber.
Hotcoat by Dave Kerr.
Bamboo fins by Marlin Bacon of 101 Fin Co.
Fins glassed on by Elliot Reinecke.
Machine sanded by Kenny Mann.
Handsanded by Brett Loflen.
Pinlines by Peter St Pierre.
Glossed and wetsanded by Mark Donnellon.
5'11" length x 19" width x 2 3/8" thickness

Boneless 5'4"

From the Swallowtail Society:
5'4" Stringerless Quad Fish
20" x 2-3/8"
5oz+5oz deck/5oz+5oz bottom
Lokbox removable fin system
AK4 fins
It's for sale, if you likey then clicky.

Surf Music Sundays Rule!

 

Caster Legacy

Pictured: Roger Beal's personal vintage 1960's Caster longboard.

The following was posted by "anonymous" in the comments section of this Surfy Surfy post.

I have a rare board my dad gave me after he passed away... It's a Caster. 1965 was the year it was shaped, shortly after Caster made this board he left to go serve the country in Vietnam. #1143 is the number inscribed on the middle stringer. It's obviously a tripple stringer, weighs 38 pounds, in mint condition. I recently have paddled it out and it is truly amazing to surf such an old board... to think of surfing a board when at the time it was made, there was no such thing as a wetsuit... This board is awesome... it turns great for a single glassed in fin... I have learned alot about Caster after my father passed away in January... My dad surfed this board in high school, he graduated in 1966.... He went into the airforce after high school and slowed his surfing down tremedously as he raised a family and started his career... The last time it was in the water was in 82 at Sunset Cliffs. I was on a boogie board, only 7 or 8 years old, following my dad on this classic board.... Now I surf it. It's crazy, but it is in flawless condition. It stokes me out to just drop in, make the turn and sit back and enjoy the ride...! Cudos to Caster and his family... what a great person. I'm proud to have legacy board from a time of one of the Great Shapers in San Diego!

AB3 on your TV

I smell soft news!

Shawn Ambrose chills out at the AB3 while the news scroll of fear speeds by underneath.

A face made for radio?

Scratching the SURFace is a nice local show about the San Diego county surf scene but their logo is "a music video nightmare".

Check it out bros, I was totally on tv (and your internet machine). Dusty Skellet from the show Scratching the SURFace (get it?) came to last month's Anything But 3 event and did a little deal on it. I'm not embedding the video here because it is on auto-play so you can watch it on anythingbut3.com or on the San Diego 6 website, click here.

Thanks to Dusty Skellet for taking the time to come to AB3 and produce this segment

Yolk

Get your cage free eggs at Moonlight Glassing.

Surfboard of the Future, Today!

6'2" x 18 1/2" x 2 3/16"
For sale! Inquire:
Phone 760-942-3319
Email bonzersurfer@gmail.com

Freebies

This crate is currently in front of my neighbors house. This kind of stuff used to seriously stoke me out. A pile of free crap would make my heart race and I would shamelessly run off with the goods giggling like a lunatic. My scrounging days are pretty much over now.

Time Lord

5 fin Bonzer shortboard shaped by Malcolm Campbell. Artwork by Peter St Pierre.
Board dims are 6'1" x 18 1/4" x 2 1/4"
Phone 760-942-3319
email bonzersurfer@gmail.com

Boards 'n Fins

Boards 'n Fins, originally uploaded by Moonlight Glassing Surfboards.

Little Round Nose Fish

Nice effort from backyard shaper Shaun Collin.