Jesse’s Board, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Here is the finished deck.

6′2″ x 14″ x 19 7/8″ x 15″ x 2 1/2″

Quad fin setup on the same outline as Marc’s northern pike, with a slightly pulled in tail.

Faded orange spray on the deck with a gloss finish.

Had fun doing these last 2 boards. Worked from the idea of a pre-existing board that both of them liked, mixing 2 templates that I have to make a similar shape, and changing it up a bit for Jesse who wanted a bit more hold than the pre-existing shape has.

Good fun, and they both turned out great.

Marc’s Board, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finished sanding and polishing it up on Sunday afternoon. Ready to be picked up.

6′2″ x 14″ x 20″ x 15 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Tri-fin, sort of hybrid pseudo-fish. I am wondering if I should call it a northern pike or something.

Clear glass job with black pinline on the deck and a gloss finish.

Taping, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I put in another day of work today on 2 boards for friends of mine. I put the gloss coat on Marc’s board which is looking nice, though it’ll need fine sanding. Doesn’t seem to be any way I can cut the dust down in my shop. …..big old building so I guess I may have to live with a little extra sanding for now. …and sanding is so much fun!

Here I am in this pic laying down tape on Jesse’s board. I put down a nice thin black pinline on it to accent the spray on the deck. Came out very sharp looking.

Board Lammed 2, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Way too hot to do much of anything tonight, so why not get more done in the shop?!

Wanted to get both Marc and Jesse’s boards done as much as possible this week, so I put a lot of time in and they should be all done for early next week. Have some repairs on a couple of boards to do in between steps as well, so I am keeping busy.

Both of the boards are coming out very well. I am just as anxious as Jesse and Marc to see them finished.

Unkown rider2 at Goochs, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finally! Due to financial constraints and timing this has been the first weekend that I was able to join the guys on a surftrip; and after a month of flatness they were finally able to get back in the water. And it was great!

After an interesting Friday night, where the campground refused to let us setup, becuase even with reservations we were past the ‘cut off’ time for check-in. As if we would have reserved a spot that we couldn’t get into after driving all the way from Montreal. So we ended up camping out at a rest area …. sketchy anyone? It went ok, though on very little sleep.

Saturday was amazing, especially for a weekend in July. Steady waist high waves with sets easily shoulder high. Clean in the morning, slightly choppy around midday and super clean in the evening. It was the first time out on the 8′ mini-mal, and it went great. Caught some sweet rides, even trimming along in the curl a couple of times for some long rides.

Sunday was smaller, but still had sets coming in at waist/chest high and it was still pretty clean. The afternoon had Banane, Steve and I sitting alone out on this one peak just having an amazing session.

Finally the season is beginning. Stoked!!

Repair Before:After, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

My friend Eric hit a rock while surfing in Scotland recently, so he brought his board by to have a little surgery done.

The fin ripped right out of the box, tearing part of it out, and put a nice ding on one of the rails. Definitely a testament to the installation by Harbour, fin gone, chunks of fin box taken out and only a few hairline cracks in the glass at the front of the box.

I very carefully routed out the old box, and then put in a new one. I filled in the rail ding and then patched it with some glass. I also put a patch of glass over the fin box, figuring that I should do it as strong as the first install. Sanded it all and then polished it up.

I’ll have to get a little polyester resin to have on hand for repairs on tinted poly boards like this one. The epoxy doesn’t polish up the same as poly, so you can clearly see the glass patch, which doesn’t show on the white boards I have fixed, but on the red tint…

Walking In, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

It’s not east coast swell, but it’s been so long what with missing early season swell and a long flat spell lately that I need to get a fix.

There is this small wave in Lasalle that is a good one to practice paddling and getting up on, and seeing as the paddle in is much easier than the wave at Habitat; as well as the fact that Habitat is not simmable at the moment; I figured that this would be perfect to get my arms in shape and get better at catching river waves, so when I do go to Habitat
I’ll be able to do some ripping. (hopefully ) Not to mention having my arms in top shape will help so much when surfing the ocean.

I didn’t manage to catch the wave, but I know it takes a number of times to get it down.