Pure (MI)gration

Pure (MI)gration. Photo: Keenan May

Rod from Sleeping Bear Surf and Kayak putting the Grebe through it's paces on a nice little freshwater peeler. Photo: Keenan May

How quick the time has gone! It was a great (and HOT) summer back on the Great Lakes. We saw lots of people, made some new friends, reconnected with some old ones, did some networking, and dreamed up some sweet sleds for freshwater sliding! Oh, and we definitely got our share of freshwater waves, which is always a good thing. It's clear that the surf scene on the Great Lakes is as vibrant as ever, and we are proud to be serving up great boards for Great Lakes surfers.

While our time in MI was wonderful, we are excited to be back in action in CA. We have several custom boards lined up and we are sending two more performance longboards (a 9'0" and a 9'6") to Third Coast Surf Shop for the fall season. Be looking for them by the end of September! In addition to shaping, we are eager to get back into the salt water, and are stoked that there is a solid south swell ready to hit just in time for the Labor Day weekend. See you all out there!

Migrating Milwaukee Plover

A new custom Plover just migrated to Milwaukee. Really dig the clean look of this board.

Clean. Classic. Crane.

In a break from my normal resin craziness, this board deserved something much more classic. Clear volan cutlap w/ a resin panel in the step deck. That is all. I think it highlights the wedge stringer and redwood tailblock nicely. The ride reports are coming in VERY positive on this one. Thanks to the quality folks at the Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild for finishing this one out for me.

Custom Step Deck Crane

Hello fellow migrators! Trying out a few new things lately. For this board, we took the Crane in a slightly different direction. Instead of rocking a deep nose concave on the bottom, we reversed it and added a step deck and kept the bottom flat. Came out looking really nice! If you don't know too much about this design, scooping out the nose allows the nose to flex more as you step out onto it and flattens the rocker to generate more speed and trim while noseriding. To amplify this flexing characteristic, we ordered a custom cedar "wedge" stringer, which means the stringer is narrow (1/8") at the nose and gradually widens out to 3/4" in the tail, which allows the nose more flex than a stringer that is the same width all the way through. We rounded this board out w/ a beautiful redwood tail block. It looks really classic! Contrary to most of my boards lately, we're going real simple with a clear glass job and a turquoise/blue resin panel inside the step deck to really highlight the beauty of the stringer and tail block. I sent this one off to the Santa Cruz Board Builder's Guild right before I left for MI and am anxiously awaiting to see the finished product. Thanks for checking in!

In Stock at Sleeping Bear Surf and Kayak (Well, kinda)

Hello fellow Migrators! I've just returned from a family vacation to the pinky region of the Mitten. I've literally been going there since I was born and that place still holds a spell over me that I've never been able to fully express. We have AMAZING friends up there that own a quaint little surf shop at the end of M72 in the small village of Empire called Sleeping Bear Surf and Kayak. If you head up there, you've got to visit them. They are such great people! Anyway, they asked me if I would build a couple boards for their shop a couple months ago and I happily obliged. I built a 9'6" x 23" x 3 5/16" Grebe noserider for them that I stocked in the shop last week Saturday. I'd love to tell all of you to race up there and get it, but their surf instructor decided to snag it on Wednesday before anyone else, so it's already been sold! Not to fear, we are going to stock them with a quad fish very soon and hopefully going to replace the longboard not too long after that! So in the mean time, enjoy the pics and keep Migrating!

Back In Stock at TCSS

We have 4 brand new surfboards back in stock at Third Coast Surf Shop as of this afternoon. Swing by and check them out! I'm really stoked on how they came out and I think you will be too. Get Migrating!

The Xyloband Inspired Board

5'3" x 21 3/4" x 2 7/8". Quad. The idea was to take the Plover in a slightly different direction to handle some more critical waves. The grey is a sanded gloss, while the other colors are buffed out! Looks sweet! Color work inspired by Xylobands. If you know what they are, you'll understand!