STICKY PIG CONT'D

Deck glossed.

Bottom tomorrow.

Could be in the water come the weekend.

STICKY PIG

This one is a little bit more subtle than my last one.

Wide point 6'' not 12" behind the mid point.

The tail is 17" not 18".

The nose is the same 17".

Also less rocker and

less bottom camber.

This one was shaped from a proper blank.

None of this rescue board malarkey.

Got hold of some cheap blanks from a

closing down sale.

MINI SIMMONS UPDATE

Finished and ready to go surfing.

OVER THE HUMP

 You know spring is not far off around these parts when

the Australian Cedar next door starts shooting.

The timber cutters from years past 

use to spot the sort after Australian Cedar in the spring

by looking for the bright red leafs 

emerging from this deciduous tree.

The resident Magpie pair are now lining their nest

with the hair from my recent haircut.

And this bloke.

The good old Australian Brush Turkey.

Building a brand new nest

for his lady friends to lay their eggs in.

He has been at it, scraping leaf mulch from all around

up onto his nest for a couple of weeks now. 

DILLON UPDATE

Freshly glossed.

An effort has been made

to keep as much of the original 

and pre restoration  finish as possible.

 There are areas that have been repaired in the past

and not re pigmented.

Some of these areas have been repaired where needed

and not re pigmented.

There are dents and scratches

 that have been left as original.

This board is not going to be polished.

SHANE A NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY

Introducing Shane.

Weighs in at 5'7"

He's a little twisted.

He has a few warts on his bottom.

But we love him.

He's a bit chubby around the middle,

but that is pretty standard.

MINI SIMMONS PROJECT UPDATE

Lesley has finished shaping the mini Simmons.

The groove is where the original snap was rejoined.

Lesley ground it out for the shaping.

It will be filled prior to glassing.

One of Lesley's mini planes

on the nose of

 her mini Simmons.

SCOTT DILLON REVERSE D FIN

I've been working on this old Scott Dillon for a while now.

Original pigment over glass job.

The nose and tail are pretty battered.

Even though they have been repaired in years gone by.

Repaired and faired up.

Ready for some pigment.

Freshly pigmented.

Old foil logo.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

The Bluebird bottom has been filler coated.

All the rail dings have been glassed and sanded.

The deck delams have been re bonded.

A few lows on the deck need to be addressed

then it can be filler coated.

This is the SAM (Egan).

Sanded ready for glassing.

The logo area is a bit of a mess.

Half of them are missing due to a previous repair.

The remaining logos are delaminated.

The SAM fin.

The old yellowed gloss coat has been sanded off.

Two layers of 10oz and a layer of 4oz.

BACK YARD WILD LIFE

We are pretty lucky to have all these guys in

our back yard.

FESTIVAL OF THE PIG

I received an email on Friday from Mike Black

at surf a pig 

promoting a gathering of pig enthusiasts he has organised.

There is still time to jump a plane and get to San O by 

the 18th June. 

MINI SIMMONS PROJECT

Lesley Adamski is better known for her timber boards.

See here and here

Lesley recently got hold of the remains of a snapped mal.

Which had been snapped and repaired twice before

and went to work patching together the foam

to build a Mini Simmons. 

I'm gluing it up.

Hopefully I'll be able to post images as the project advances.

SAM, NORM AND A BLUE BIRD.

Sam.

Norm.

The Blue Bird.

Stay tuned for updates as the restorations progress.

WASARESCUEBOARD 3 UPDATE

Finished at last.

8'1" x 21 1/2" x 3"

 N 17 3/4"

T 14 3/4"

Wide point 6" fwd of middle.

The fin is 10 1/2" x 6 1/2"

The trailing edge is 13" up.

I think it may have to much base.

I need to start somewhere.

I can allways make it smaller.

Some flex.

With the 6'6" I made over the Christmas break.

SURF CITY EXHIBITION

Kay and I went down to Newport yesterday  for the interview

Kay was asked to do for a documentary,

which will be part of the surf city exhibition

in Sydney later this year.

Kay grew up in, and surfed at newport.

Being a founding member of Newport Plus,

Kay was mentored by Derek Hynd and

Tom and Nic Carroll to name a few.

To a high level of women's surfing

in and out of competition.