The Life Amphibious

Yesterday morning I had to get Kalani's board back to him, so I opted to Foil Drive. The waves were tiny - I put together th...

Last garage works post for today. Kalani dropped off his board after his Foil Drive session at WP.  Marlon and I were just getting back from...

Marlon had been looking at getting a new board - and I suggested he get a consignment Firewire Evo that I saw on Facebook Marketplace. I tol...

I skipped out on the dawn patrol to get further ahead on No.43 (and to go with Marlon to Hapa Surf Shop - that's the next post) I starte...

I worked on a couple of different projects this afternoon. First up was getting the starboard finbox on the Firewire Machadocado to get tigh...

After working on No.43, I figured it would be nice to get some exercise in - The waves were chest high on the periodic sets. I didn't ha...

When I got home this afternoon, I started working on the board. First I sanded the laps from yesterday's lamination. Cleaned...

I didn't hit the beach today - now that I've gotten some work done on the new board, I'm inclined to get this one over the finis...

Got the laps from the bottom laminate sanded flush I'll be pigmenting the fill coats so lap lines don't really matter ...

I finally stopped starring at No.43 and got back to work on it. I decided on using the basalt fabric instead of carbon.  This was mainly bec...

Lighter winds, higher tide, (slightly) bigger waves. Same as yesterday - wanted to see if the performance is the same. ...