rest in peace woody brown

getting there

kopps in kiwi-land

gothic gayness alex von crackula caressing sections in the land of the long white cloud...






shredder!

surely seaworthy

nathan oldfield from down unda has a new film coming soon called "seaworthy."

check out his trailers:





can't wait!

ok, the chubbie

The escape pod, I mean the Chubbie, came about while battling another insomnia-ridden night, where the only cure would be found in drawing up nerdy templates for sub-six hulls.



The next day I got to work.




Big Gay Al checking out the 5'1" chubbie.


Boris Poland getting stoked on the next project, a 4'8" single fin kneelo...


Sorry Rob...didn't do my research too well for the Escape Pod apellido.

Kozowyk Shred

Christian Kozowyk is a great photographer who likes to send me pictures of himself getting totally shacked in warm places. Here he is again, up to no good somewhere in Costa Rica on a little 5-fin fish.

Photo: Alfonso Petrirena




You can see more of Alfonso's photos at playanegraphotos.com.

Check out Christian's photos at his website christiankozowyk.com.

Biofoam RPQ in Sky Blue for Wetsand

5'11" x 20" x 2-3/8"
sky blue resin opaque + polished gloss
Lokbox AK4s

You'll be able to check out this board at Wetsand along with five other Biofoam boards in a few weeks...

knosty shred

Photo: Anthony Ghiglia

Little Al on the creamy quad I made him a while back. From the Japanese magalog "Surfer's Mega Catalog 2008" sent by my friend Sei, one of the few guys in Japan who can eat 4 double-doubles and surf a Romanowski spoon!

Stringerless Volan Stubbo Concavo

Here's one of my favorite board designs with marine-ply side fins by Daniel Partch...





5'9" stringerless stubbo concavo
20.5" x 2-3/8"
volan cloth
wet-sanded gloss
marine-ply side fins
volan L-flex by True Ames
Moonlight Glassing

Resin-X 2+1 Stub for Sale

Here's a stub for the coming summer months...

5'11" diamondtail stubbie 2+1
20.5" x 2.5
clear, wet-sanded gloss
Resin-X lamination and hotcoat
Marine-ply side fins by Daniel Partch
7.5" Volan L-flex by True Ames
Tapered basswood stringer, blue glue
Single-concave into double-concave vee
Moonlight Glassing
$725.00









Interested parties can send inquiries to mandalacustomshapes@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Moonlight Glassing for making this insane board!