Deepest, Darkest Leucadia

Our funky little neighborhood of Leucadia had a cool event today. Thanks to everyone who made it. Please join us next year for Summer Fun on the 101.
And, visit us in Leucadia anytime!

Summer Fun on da 101

Surfy Saturday

Julie sings sweet songs to soothe your Surfy soul while Bo keeps the rhythm smooth.

Spend your weekend in Funky Leucadia, California

Reminder: This weekend is the 3rd Annual Summer Fun on the 101 music fest.
Tonight see The Mattson 2 at Lou's Records.
Saturday cruise down to the little Roadside Park at check out a dozen bands.
Come to "Coffee Coffee" for an iced mocha and visit the Surfing Madonna mosaic.
See the Giant Head at the Santos Fine Art Gallery.
Show your Leucadia pride and get a Keep Leucadia Funky tee at Surfy Surfy.
It's a win win!
For more info visit: 3rd Annual Summer Fun on the 101

Case Study Surfy Surfboard #1

Part 1 of new series on essential Case Study surfboards that make up the Surfy Surfy quiver.

Case Study #1: The Guy Takayama GWAT.

Custom shaped for me by Guy Takayma in the summer of 2001. Guy shaped the original GWAT for personal use, got stoked on it and then had it scanned at KKL. The KKL software allows for perfect scaling of this design from 6'6" to 8'0".

Concept is a mini longboard. Works in beachbreaks, works extremely well in points.

This board is 6'8" x 21 3/4" x 2 1/2"
(until measuring it this morning I thought this board was 6'6")


Shaped out of a Clark Foam blank which has held up extremely well after over a decade of heavy usage.
5/4 oz glassing deck, 5 oz bottom by Gary Stuber at Moonlight Glassing.
Airbrush and pinlines by Peter St Pierre. The green and blue theme is inspire by the color of the 55 gallon resin drums the surfboard industry gets from Revchem Composites.



The side bite fins are the Red-X fin system, which is routed all the way through the board. The fin is screwed in from the deck. Red-X is a extremely strong system, however it is important to cap the deck with a piece of cloth during build, which few in the industry did, therefore killing the system in the long run. As far as I know Red-X (previously called the Excel system)  is now defunct.

*note-if you need fins for an old board with Red-X Surfy Surfy can special order them for you. We got a hookup. 



Current center fin is 6.5" GT Manta, normally ridden with the 7".
The side fins are not the GT template. Those were donated to a customer 7 years ago.
Gloss and polish finish (this board is another example of why gloss coats are important to longevity).
This board is a Hang 5 machine! Slight nose concave. Hang 10's could be possible for a more skilled surfer than myself.


Maggie Marsek Rhyne snapped these Hang 5 shots on the smallest non-wave day ever.

Excellent paddling, fast down the line and nimble weaving thru crowded lineups. Easy flowing cutbacks. Not a retro flashback dog. I also call this board The Slump Buster because it's a good board to ride when things aren't going well.

Leash worn only on occasion. It's taken some lumps, lost it on the rocks in central California 6 years ago being the only real damage which was minimal and easily repaired.

The GWAT is often compared to the Donald Takayama Scorpion model (Guy's uncle). The GWAT has more hip and more nose rocker and more shortboardy rails than the Scorpion.
This board has been loaned out to dozens of surfers of all abilities and has been a favorite to push kids and spouses into waves on.

Once widely available, Guy is currently only shaping GWATS in limited quantities these days. Surfy Surfy tries to keep them in stock, but they sell quick. Average retail on these boards is $950.00 which includes custom fins from Fibre Glass Fin co.
New GWATS feature the Probox system for the side bites.

It's a testament to a board when it's stayed in rotation for over 10 years and hasn't been sold.

thanks,

JP St Pierre

Custom orders are possible. Inquire at surfysurfy@gmail.com or call 760-452-7687

The Surfing Madonna reappears in Leucadia, CA. Pray for Surf!

Artist Mark Patterson has installed the famed Surfing Madonna mosaic piece in the Cafe Ipe aka "Coffee Cofee", Surfy Surfy and Santos Fine Art patio with the cooperation of landlord Keith Harrison.

Cruise down to 974 N. Coast Hwy 101 in funky Leucadia, California and see it person.
This is the original piece that was all over the news last year.

Union Tribune story

Photo gallery of the installation on the Santos Fine Art Gallery Facebook page.

Visit Leucadia this weekend for the Summer Fun on the 101 music fest: more info

Stoked!

80's 8'0"

This 8'0" GH Bonzer came in for a ding repair tune up. It's a combo of two of our favorite things, GH's eggs and Malcolm's Bonzer system.
The rails and rocker are very progressive. Loaded up with 1980's Moonlight Glassing logos and it's always cool when all 5 fins are glassed on.
Gary Hanel shaped a lot of nice 5 fin Bonzers during this era when Malcolm Campbell hooked up with Moonlight and turned us all onto the Bonzer.
Still a rider after the various dings get patched up.

Go Fish

5ive 2wo Happy Pill

5'2" x 20 1/2" x 2 1/2"
17" nose x 17 1/2" tail.
Design and handshape by Gary Hanel.
Built at Moonlight Glassing for Surfy Surfy (for you).

International Surfy Day!

We are celebrating International Surfing Day today by doing an extended brunch at International House of Pancakes.

Six Eight Two Plus One

One of the benefits of living and working in North San Diego county is the access to talented underground shapers like Mike Slingerland, who can create updated versions of their classic templates.
Take this 6'8" for example, 1970's single fin evolved into a 2+1 with update rocker and modern fin system. 21st century polyurethane foam made in 'merica and glassed/sanded by local hepcat surfboard builders who dedicated their lives to the craft of surfboard making.
It's a great time to be a surfer we tell you what.
6'8" x 21" x 2 3/4"
Nice soft blended rails (reach thru your iPad and feel them up), slight nose concave, some vee in front of that fin box.
All surfboards at Surfy Surfy Surf Shop include fins because it's the right thing to do.

Daily Pill

5'10" x 21 1/4" x 2 1/2"
17" nose x 17 1/2" tail
Handshaped by Gary Hanel in deepest, darkest Leucadia, California.
Custom Surfy fins by Jack Jensen.
Ride this and spray those hipster kids going straight on the mini-simms and those aggro Nike 6.0 flapper groms on their Dumpster Divers.