Boards En Route to TCSS

Two more beautiful HP longboards are currently en route to Third Coast Surf Shop. The green one is a 9'0" x 22 1/2" x 2 15/16" and the blue one is a 9'6" x 22 3/4" x 3 1/8". Get there and check them out for yourself. Ride a better board and take your surfing to the next level!

Proper Loggin'

 EP finding a comfortable perch on his custom step deck Crane and winning the Big Chill Out at Linda Mar earlier this month. Yeah buddy!!!

Performance Longboard

If you know my style of surfing and shaping, you know that performance longboarding isn't really my gig. I'd much rather be cross-stepping on a singlefin log when I'm riding a longboard. With that said, this custom performance longboard came out pretty exceptional, and even got me dreaming of big carves and floaters in some solid surf. 9'3" x 22 1/2" x 3". Migrating to Chicago as we speak!

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!