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I lived up there for a few years, the inner hebrides (e.g. Mull, jura, skye etc) are pretty protected, Tiree has good waves and is popular with surfing and windsurfing crew. The outer heb's (i.e. Harris and Lewis) are pretty epic, good beachies and reefs you can catch a ferry from Skye to Harris and...

I roughed out a new shape last week and tinkered with it a bit on the weekend, just need to finish the bottom contours and roll the rails. The outline is based on a tomo evo with a different take on the tail (still have to cut in an angled swallow).

Hi Saltman, it looks nice !! out of curiosity where do you get your blanks cut?

saltman they are at least 80-20 could be even more like 60-40, I havent had a look for a while.

alakaboo, the white is foam, the colour is resin tint and fabric, pretty it aint!

Hi Digger, I dont mind sharing my place (within reason), I am sure we could come to some arrangement. Saltman, I did a version of an NPJ quartet a while ago, my brother had one so I grabbed a plan shape template and made the rest up myself. photo attached. the shapers fins weren't a bad match for th...

it was an old thin cotton sarong

Saltman, that board was shaped by my brother and glassed by me it is a tie died cloth he asked me to put on the deck

That board is currently unfinished I am rushing to get it done by Friday so I can take it away for a week camping on North Straddie. The outline is based on a template I took from Mactavish Tracker and I changed the tail to a rounded pin, it is pretty flat rockered as it is from a Burford 7'0" Don B...

cheers for posting the pictures up, there is a fair bit of interest in shaping from people i surf with but not a lot really do get into it. I see it as an integral part of my surfing experience, I just wish I had a bit more time and funds to feed the addiction.

I have a little setup and make a few each year, here is a little samples from the past 12 months or so.

I need to clear some space in the shed, make a reasonable offer, located on the Gold Coast. I can hopefully post up some more detailed pics if you are particularly interested in any of them. 1. 5’6” Rusty Dwart well used condition bottom in good shape with fins 2. 5’8” shaped and glassed by me based...

Just finished up two single fins (one has side bite options) in time for Christmas, one is 6'7' shaped by my brother and glassed by me the other is a 5'8" shaped and glassed by me for me

I have had a few surfs on it now and I have had a few mixed results a couple of sessions it felt good and others I struggled to turn it well. It paddles well and goes fast down the line as you would expect, but I am still getting the hang of turning it. I have really only surfed it in peaky beachies...

interesting I got a needs 3/2 steamer last year, moderate use for a few months in SE Qld pulled it back out this winter and seam under shoulder failed after a couple of surfs, I spoke to a mate and same thing has happened to his in the same spot. It seems to be a bit of a pressure point when getting...

I wrote my own name on the stringer but also included "machined blank"

fingers crossed for a few waves over the next few days to test it out

I finally finished a Bonzer I have been working on over the past few months, the blank was cut by a friend on a machine, I did the rest. The other board is completely handshaped and glassed.

picked up a bonzer three from my brother recently. It was shaped by Thomas Bexon, I have had it stashed away and had not surfed until Friday, saturday and sunday. I was stoked on how it went in waist to overhead beachies, it is 5'8"

not sure why the photos aren't showing up maybe you can click on the link to view. I will try again another time