MORE SUMMER FUN

They measure in at about 20" and 3'4"

Not sure what you would call the one on the left.

A double hand plane maybe.

It has a full length concave bottom.

The piapo has a spooned out deck

and full bottom camber.

My partner Kay says the piapo is great.

The double hand plane is yet to hit the water.

HANDPLANES GALORE

Just finished.

Only four left.

More on the way.

SURFBOARD EJECTS FROM ROOF OF CAR

I don't normally post about ding repairs.

But this one is worth showing.

I always get wry smile

and have a bit of a giggle to myself

when I hear stories about boards ejecting from

the roof of cars.  

The last thing holding the board

to the roof of the car was the leg rope.

Which must be still attached to the plug.

Because the plug isn't in the board. 

I know it is not funny when it happens to you.

It has happen to me too.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Back when I was a grom in the early 70's 

cutting my teeth amongst older lads at the Wedge.

These SHANE Standards were standard equipment 

for grommets up and down Sydney's Northern Beaches. 

And beyond.

My first modern board was one

as was my partner Kay's.

My parents had a business relationship 

with Shane and we would go down Shane's 

big red brick factory on Mitchell Rd in Brookvale

to buy clothes and ugg boots and other stuff

he was producing for a shop they had.

This meant that I got to go out the back to see where the magic happened.