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The temlpate and hot wire to cut the blank. Then the blank is fitted with a stringer and glued. Once dry its ready to start shaping, now the outline is cut to size. 

Working through the blank to the specification required. The board takes shape. 

Alex fine tunning the rails by hand and eye.

Laminating with Epoxy.

Laminating the bottom of the board. Sanding the deck.

Fin box and FCS side fin plugs set. Leash plugs and carry plugs in the deck. Sanding..

Get the pad template put in a tail kick and sand the edges. Stick it down ,jobs a gooden.

> Published: 03/23/10

Feb 24th Big swell coming in to the North coast, its Charlies last day to surf before his nasty ear op’.  What better way to prepare youself for a 6-9 week break that a solid session on ‘The Reef’.  Glad we got some shots to share with you.

Charlie takes a nice left on his 6’0 x 19" EXPS/Epoxy Bat-Tailed quad.

Winter suits and boots

Alex on his new’Pirate’ 5’10 x 20" EXPS/Epoxy pintail egg set up with quad ‘Stretch’ FCS fins, he’s pretty pleased with the board!

> Published: 03/01/10

The Pirate – Made to take on anything ,big swell ,powerful waves & sucky reef’s it has no fear. Looks small but packs a punch. Has a round pin tail as you would find on a standard board but it then goes to a fuller shape throughout. With the added width in the nose and under the chest it will get you into the wave.

Will feel solid even with its length ,you should ride it about 4’ to 6’ shorter than your normal performance board. Has a Convert fin set up so has multiple options to experiment with (thruster,quad,twin,5 fin etc). You can now ride decent waves on a small board and explore every part of the wave. So next time the waves are on get The Pirate and go plunder.

As this model was designed to see some action we wanted it real tuff. Also as it should be ridden in a performance style it needed to be light weight. The construction we went with was a EXPS (extruded polystyrene) blank and used epoxy resin for the laminating. The blanks we used have amazing strength to weight ratio so are a good place to start. Then by using epoxy resin as opposed to polyester it to had the same effect in giving a lighter glassing but a stronger one. The outcome was a board with the same kind of flex as a PU board yet with strength to weight ratio more in keeping with a epoxy sandwich type construction. Amazing.

Call us for any info/advise on this construction 01208863962.

> Published: 02/16/10

Monty Halls was on a mission again. After the success of his TV series Great Escape he was planning his next trip. Monty was off to Scottish Hebrides, the Uists and he was hoping to get a wave or two. So we sent him off with a 9’1" Nose Rider and wished him well. Now its been kind of cold down here but i dread to think what it was like way up there. Doubt he had to hassle for a wave though and it does look amazing in the pictures. So guess we will see how he got on as the new series unfolds so keep an eye out The Great Escape starts in spring. Good on ya Monty.

> Published: 02/15/10

Just call 01208863962 for any info/advice about your next custom board.

> Published: 02/15/10