Some Photos from Paipo Fest.

We had a great event,  It was a great mix of board makers and people who wanted to try them.  Thank you to the fellow Paipo Society members for putting the event together.  Also thanks to Daphnie's for providing really good food.

Encinitas Surfline Shapers Alley

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/shapers-alley-encinitas_74097/

Check out this article.  They did not put me in the South Bay version because I moved to Encinitas a couple months before.  I am glad the included me here along with these great shapers, many of the with long roots in the area.

Paipofest

I'm getting some boards ready for the Stokefest event Sunday morning at the Scripps Pier, northside 7am to 11am.

Productive Weekend

Sydney and I got away this weekend to the foothills of the Sequoia National Park.  Sydney caught her first fish.  I took the jackpot.  Riverside, I did some finish work on a pile of handplanes.

Paipo Going to Hawaii

Paipo Class At Grain In September

http://www.grainsurfboards.com/classes/paipo-wegener/

     Please check out the link to Grain Surfboards.  I will be going to Maine to teach a class September 8th and 9th.  We will be making paipos.  Last year we did a alaia class. It was a really good time.  Most of us camped at the Grain farm.  We surfed in the morning, worked on the boards during the day, surfed in the evening, then had a couple of beers with dinner. Everyone in the class made a really nice board, and said they had a really good time, highlight of their summer.
      I have been riding paipos a lot.  The boards are really fun to ride, and make the most out of every session.  Definitely a board everyone should have in you quiver.

Body surfing Handplanes at Patagonia

Just delivered some some Wegener/Surcraft Cooperative handplanes to Patagonia in Cardiff.  Take note of new handplane bag also at the store.

Bluegill in Cardiff.

6'6'' Bluegill.  The perfect mix of alaia speed and slide and foam board wave catching ability.  This one is now at Patagonia in Cardiff.

Board Benefit.

The collaboration board between Nathan Gibbs and I has been oiled.  It really looks amazing.  This board is for the board art benefit for Surf Aid.  I shaped the alaia out of  California Sequoia wood, and Nathan did two incredible California themed paintings.  Please see link to learn more.
http://boardartbenefit.com/

Working at the Beach

This evening while Rosa was surfing, I brought a couple of handplanes to the beach an did some finishing touches.  In the morning I will put in the straps then deliver them to the Patagonia in Cardiff.

The Latest Wood projects

3'10'' Winged Paipo, 6'8'' Stuth, 4' Paipo.

Foam Pick

This is Mike's finishe new tooth pick, also known as a kookbox.  9'8'' 4'' thick.  It has a concave bottom and nose and tail blocks. 

Handplane, alaia, paipo demo on Saturday morning.

Wegener Surfboards will be at a handplane demo sponsored Nikua Kai Waterman shop in Manhattan Beach, north of the pier, on Saturday morning starting at 8:00 am. We will have a few handplanes to test drive and a couple of paipos and alaias also.

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http://www.surfline.com/video/webisodes/first-liberian-surfboard_72001

Check this video out from Surfline.  I am sorry about the add, but I could not get rid of it.  A group of guys are in Liberia, teaching Liberians  how to make surfboards they will be able to afford and make themselves.  Currently, they have to hope traveling surfers will leave them a board when the traveler leaves the country.  Recently, I made a few boards and blanks that went to Liberia to be apart of the project.

Rosa's garden is producing.  It is a jungle.  She has a very green thumb.

Foampick

Mike's new toothpick. This is roughed out.  I hope to finish it up tomorrow.  This is a little bit of a experiment.  I have made a couple of wood toothpicks and are great.  Mike wanted a lighter version, so we are trying epoxy.  It will be interesting to compare.  The wood has so much momentum, but the foam may have benefits.

 
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Thanks Noah Hamilton for this picture and post.

3'10 Paipo ready to be shipped to Wavehounds in Seattle, Washington.

Paul Cheatham's Quiver

 
http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2012/06/04/show-us-your-quiver-paul-cheatham/quiver/

Here is a article from the Ocean Beach  Bulletin.  The Bulletin did a interview with Paul about his surfboard quiver.  Paul is an alaia riding advocate,   He is definately tough, riding an alaia in the cold northern water with no leash.  Check out his clothing company No Enemy.  His entire quiver looks pretty sweet.

Rosa caught this Alligator Lizard at my daughter's school last week.  We volunteer on the Campus upkeep, gardening team.  You don't see Alligator lizards every day.