5'6'' Bio Bluegill

Josh, the road warrior, rolled through town the other day and picked up his Bluegill made from recycled foam and glassed with entopy bio resin.

Thanks to Shawn Parkin for the photos.  http://www.shawnparkin.com/

6'4'' Bluegill

Poly foam with Super Sap.

Bluegill Action

Skateboard power slides,
Switchfoot adventures,
Looking good,
and Parallel stance speed squats can all be done on a very average day of surf when riding a Bluegill. This board is a 7'9'' version. I would like to thank Ryo Matsuyama for taking and sending these pictures. He and his brother Kei were here recently and we had this fun day of surf.

Article in Japan's Blue Magazine

I'd like to thank Blue Magazine, especially Takashi and Junko, for including us in this mid length article in the latest Blue Magazine in Japan. I have been riding boards in the picture a lot. They work really good in the San Diego area. The Bluegill is 7'9". The yellow single is 7'0

Bluegill

This one is for me. 6'6'' wood bottom, wood cork wood rails, glassed with Entropy bio resin, and shaped out of a recycled blank. I tried cork in the rails this time. I want to see if their is any difference in flex. I have seen Paul Jensen and Danny Hess's wood boards using cork on the rails. They look really good. I don't think cork is much lighter, if any lighter than the wood I use, but I think it will be interesting to see how impact compression reacts from rail dings.

Mini Gills at Mollusk, Venice

Here is some pictures of the latest Bluegills. These are of the Mini Gills, a Bluegill with a modern mini simmons template. This board is shaped with Green Foam, recycled polyester foam. It has some sequoia wood strips in the rails. It is 6' long.

This one is 6'4'' and custom made for Peter.

Great Waves on the Great Lakes

Ryan Gerard, proprietor of Third Coast Surf Shop, sent me pictures from the swell that hit Lake Michigan a couple of weeks ago. The wave buoy in the middle of the lake read 23'. Pretty big especially for a lake. This spot is in front of casino in Indiana, and is in a protected bay, which kept the winds under control. Ryan is riding a 6'2'' Bluegill. One of the recycled foam, bio resin types.

wood/ bio foam, bio resin,

Bluegill Minisimmons

Rosa's new 7'6''

6'10 Quadradamus

Bluegills in Morocco

Mark in Morocco sent me these pics. The empty lineup is due to Moroccans preferring to surf a little later in the day. These shots are from a morning session. Mark obtained his Bluegill when traveling surfers from Michigan, The Third Coast Surfshop crew, passed through his area. Mark is part of a surfshop and surf community there. One of the travelers left his board with him. It sounds like he rides the board a lot. It is world in the surfing community.

For any info about Morocco check out www.kaishapes.com.

Tugger's Bluegill

6'10'' recycled foam blank, wood veneer, eco bio resin. The bottom is pigmented blue, so with the bio resin blueish green. we were going for a navy vessel look. The deck has some book matched pieces with some Sequoia for extra pizazz.

Finishing Touches

This is my new 7'9''. Jim Phillips cut up the poly blank and Mike and I glued in the stringers. 1/2 inch paulownia. I glassed it with epoxy bio resin. We took more footage with a I phone, but I can not download it into my editing booth.

Yellow Bluegill 6'2''

One of my favorite characteristics of the Bluegill design is it's speed. No roller coasters, pumps, jumping up and down needed. They go fast automatically. It is up to you what you want to do with the speed. This board is 6'2'' made with recycled polyester foam and glassed with regular polyester resin.

BlueGill Fun

We are riding three different size Bluegills here I am riding a 8'4''. This is a great trimmer, section maker. It is a little less of a trick board. Mike is riding a 7'4''. This board does a mix of trim and slide maneuvers. Cory's board is 6'0''. It goes super fast, but is great for maneuvers also. The waves in the movie are from days that would be very difficult to ride on any kind of shortboard. One would have to work hard to get any kind of speed. Bluegills have speed automatically, so days like these are really fun.

7'0'' veneer deck, bio resin, and recycled foam

Travis in New York ordered this one.

Now at Mollusk, Venice

6'11''

6'9'' Wood Veneer Recycled Foam Bio Resin Bluegill

This one is for Alex ( I almost had to keep this one). Surfing and Kite boarding both will be done on this board. The dark wood is Sequioa.

More 8' wood veneer ''green'' Bluegill and the 8'10''

Recycled foam and bio resin with wood veneer deck Bluegill

This board was made with a Marko recycled foam blank. I glassed it with entropy bio resin. Also we vacuumed bagged a eighth inch wood veneer deck on it. It is 8' long. It floats amazing and catches anything.

Super Green surfboard

Here, the latest green board. 5'10'' Peanut Bluegill. This is a recycled, recyclable blank made by Marko Foam modified with bluegill rails, farm grown wood.

I laminated and finished coated with Entropy bio-resin made organic materials.

This board finished out really light and can be found at Mollusk Surf Shop in Venice Beach.

7'6'' Bluegill

This is a new 7'6'' I made for myself , and those who would like to try one. I sold my last 7'6'' to a friend who had to have it. The surf has been small and fun, not enough power for me to ride my 6'2'' Bluegill ( I like to ride bigger boards). I had a chance to ride it this morning at Cardiff. It attained high speeds an big slidey turns, very fun. Brett my Friend, who did most the Fleming for the videos on the blog lives in LA, and I live in Encinitas now. So I have a hard time making movies. If anybody in the area would like to do some filming and get a good deal on a board let me know.