Me and Quiver, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Here is the quiver shot from the other day. (or rather one of them)

Will try some time with better light later. Maybe get some advice from someone who knows photography better than I.

The colors look pretty nice against the grass though. Almost like a bunch of candy.

Mmmmmm…. board candy.

Surfmobile, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I just got this new (old) car, a Volvo 740 wagon.

As you can see, she can hold a few boards. Was just running these boards out to take some photos.

I have to do a little work on it, tuning her up so she runs sweet.

Hopefully I’ll be using it to go on a surf trip soon, and I can get a pic of her on the road. …..hopefully mother nature will ablige and send some of those tropical storms up the Atlantic instead of into the Gulf.

Sunset/Moon/Wave/Surfer, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finally a good weekend of surf!

Steve, Marc and I headed down to the coast on Friday morning to catch some expected swell. We got to Kennebunkt Port around 2, and spent the afternoon surfing there. It was choppy, but with waves coming in from stomach to head high.

After our afternoon session, we went by the wall, where it had cleaned up with some light and warm offshore winds. We had an amazing session until about 7:30 PM, that was supposedly some of the best that the wall has had for the summer. What a score!

The rest of the weekend saw Jesse and Steph join us, and a mix of choppy waist to shoulder waves with some good morning and evening glass-offs. We all got some sick rides in, leaving us sore and tired, but oh so stoked.

Both Jesse and Marc used the boards I made them and were thoroughly stoked with them.

You can check out the photo set here if you want to see more.

Railshot, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I love it when you start with a rectangular block of foam and you look for the shape inside of it. You then work away at it and the shape starts to come out.

Slowly; with each pass of the planer; new lines appear. Lines that follow the curve of the rocker and thickness of the foil.

And then all those curved lines start to blend into the final form and you are left with these sensuous curves and shadows; and the soft whiteness of the foam in the shaping bay lights.

Quad Fins, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Quad Fins

Here is the set of qooden Canard Quads that I made for myself. They are made of Palisander, and Maple with Ebony pinlines.

This is the 3rd set of fins I have made so far. I think from now on if I am making fins to fit into boxes that I will make a mold/jig setup and use the ‘potting’ method to make the bases. It takes a lot of finicking and sanding to get the bases to fit into the boxes properly and getting them to screw in to the proper angle is difficult.

As far as the foiling goes… well we’ll see if they make humming or whistling sounds or feel like brakes instead of fins. But they should go, the foils look ok on them. …..practice practice.

They do look pretty nice though. The inspiration for these comes from John Cherry Woodcraft and 101 Fin Co. both of whom are making beautiful fins. I found out about both of them from cruising around the Moonlight Glassing blog

The guys over at surfysurfy have a post about the showing of this new surf film One California Day.

I’ve checked out the trailer; and it looks like one of those films that stand apart from many of the ones out there. A well shot piece of film with features of people from all parts of the surf world, including shaper Terry Martin.

Quad Fish, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

This is a quad Fish I just made for myself.

6′6″ x 16 1/2″ x 21 1/2″ x 16 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Probox fin system with their plastic quad fin set. I have a set of wood ones I made that I should finish up very soon. I’ll post pics of those when they are done and one the board.

Resin swirl bottom with clear, green, blue and yellow resin. Came out pretty nice, darker than I wanted, but it is growing on me. And I am anxious to try out the adjustable fin system as well as the wood fins I made. Clear deck with black pinline on the cutlap.

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.