The Life Amphibious

Yes I know I have slowed down... Work has been distracting me - Well, I have started to regain my focus and... The bamboo veneer has got it...

I don't know what it is about sailboats with multiple hulls - they are just so darn alluring... I saw my first Hawaiian Sailing Canoe in...

These are for the bottom of megashreadzilla. A trident for each side of the board and the Hawaiian for "stand up and paddle" for t...

I spent the day down at San-O. I had a crew working doing some training, but if you look closely you'll see something else cool... The S...

Painted blanks! Touch up coats tomorrow... Minishreadzilla on top Megashreadzilla on bottom - in case you couldn't tell

Megashreadzilla (bottom two photos) and minishreadzilla (top two photos) are final sanded to 400 grit, sealed with spackle and have their st...

No pictures on this post - 1. Saturday morning. It had been almost two weeks since I had been surfing - had to get out. Didn't want t...

Foam is faster. Foam is easier. Foam can be ultra satisfying. But wood - ahhh glorious wood! Alive (still motile with the variances in humi...

My friend Nick (stationed in Hawaii) recently finished up his latest project - Big Bird! He builds all his boards using vacuum bags and mult...

The board shaping class continues. Two boards have been painted. The last one in the current group is fine sanding now. Graphic labels nee...

I just came back from San Diego where I visited with some of my troops and I had the distinct honor and privilege of promoting my senior enl...

A nearly complete SUP. The bottom picture shows the concave under the wide part of the board (where I'll be standing while paddling). T...

This was today's labor fruits. The nose is really good - a little down rail on the nose, but still foiled to a point. It was a little h...

Well here it is - The label on the package said "Prepare to love sanding again". Well, I never got to the point where I didn'...

Since the last posting, I have put in another 4 hours spread out over 3 days. Mostly thinning out the nose and tail and fine tuning the rai...