Some recent boards

 5'5''  Mini Simmons artistically not taped off.

 10'0'' 4''thick 24''wide Gabezilla

5'8'' Fish

Gabeminizilla 6'2"

This is the second edition of a 24'' wide shortboard for Gabe. (see 12/5/10 for the post of the first board) http://wegenersfinlessfrontier.blogspot.com/2010/12/gabes-new-shortboard.html We pulled the nose and tail in a pinch. Also honed down the rails a little. Gabe is not petite, but wants to shred on something other than a keel fish, so we kept the width, put a middle fin in, and shortboard rails.

Gabezilla and Bluegills Attack Malibu

Though you should not have to wear a full suit in late August, Gabe, Rasta, Mike and I had a lot of fun the other day. Bluegills work great at San O'fre. We had 6' to 8' and they all worked really good at trimming and gliding through all the sections and flat spots. Gabe rode a 9'8'' Gabezilla and nose rode. He also showed us how to do proper flying kick outs over the whitewash.

Gabezilla

Gabe picked up his new board last week. It is a 9'8'' Gabezilla Model. Concave 2/3 rds way down.

Friday's Highlights

Surf Sister came by to pick up a 7'6'' Bluegill. Having never used an alaia, most Bluegillers have, Mary will have to learn the slides and turns and adjust to warp speed through sections on the Blugill. Not a problem, the extra float should be an advantage. Check out her blog and follow her progress. http://surfandthefury.blogspot.com/



Mike Beckwith and Gabe Whorely also came by to work on some new boards. Mike is a early fan of alaias and helped me develop the Bluegills. After some time and a few Pacifico's we came up with this one. Gabe and I have been working on the Gabezilla model for a couple of years now. It is a noserider, Gabe is known for noseriding and hanging 11, his belly. This design is great because it feels faster than most noseriders, and fits into the pocket good, or even a little behind the curl.