Waves Waves Waves

Pincer Action!

Pincer photos above by Donna Gatz 

Long exposure by Matt Zabatta and myself

Sequence below by homedog LoWren

The Pincer has been my go to shortboard when the waves are head high and below. Fast with a stable tail, but flies from rail to rail. Holds when you need it to and can slide as well. My favorite fin setup has been lengthier outsides taken from a quad set and a small center.

A Few More...

9'3''

7'6''

Some New Whips!

6'11''

6'8''

6'0''

Waves from a great week of swell

Hags

Rincon

Manhattan Beach

Rincon

Shape: The Bomber

Shape: 7' x 21'' x ?

Bottom Lam (Photo: Kevin Graner)

Resin Abstract Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Pinstripe, Gloss, and Polish

Done

...and done.

 Time to shred!

The Jam: Roy Buchanan

The song is Dual Soliloquy by Roy Buchanan...a beautiful studio warm up.

Shape: Mint Chip

Waves

The last couple of weeks provided super fun beach break action...

Shape: MiniLog

Bottom Lam

Glossed with Resin Abstract

Burnout Testing Grounds

The Jam: The Gumbo Variations

Good Morning

Good Morning from CBob Shoemaker on Vimeo.

Woke up and took my dog for a walk...love living at the top of the hill...

Drive-by Photos

LAX

Topanga

PBC

Shape: Pincer

Belly to spiral V to almost flat double concave

Fretless

This Mexican Fender Stratocaster is my first electric guitar and it used to be black gloss bodied. Made a few changes to it...sounds a lot different now...

Ripped the frets out

Filled with some marine resin then sanded the neck smooth

Reshaped the body and pickguard, stripped the paint and headstock, refinished everything and Bam! ...my first fretless guitar was born. Running a combo of bass and electric flat wounds on it. Fat and smooth...