collaborations

Met up with a Uni friend last night who has his own clothing company Blow Boarding

We have big plans to create a limited stock of 10 handboards including some sweet board socks. Every board will also feature artwork designed by us both.

The new boards will be from some nice hard wood and might include some cheeky stringers too. They are going to be the shit!

So stoked about these new boards, watch this space!

Check out his FB page and blog

It’s been a while

I have found it hard to have the time to make any new boards recently but managed to get 2 underway at the weekend.

I really need to focus and dedicate more time to this.

Has anybody had a good surf recently? I haven’t been in the ocean since the end of last year and I’m missing it. Hopefully there will be a chance this weekend, conditions willing.

When these net boards are complete I will be auctioning them on ebay so keep an eye out for the link.

 

Heritage Handboards mk2

So I found the time to finish two of the new shapes this last week.

They feature a graduated rail hopefully bringing some extra hold in the face of the wave plus they are lighter and should be faster with the a shorter wider shape. take a look for yourself and see what you think.

Also I had the chance to hand draw and burn in some illustration to the bottom of each board.

Until next time…

Taking shape

Had the day off work today so spent some time shaping the first of the new handboards.It took me about an hour to shape one before the sun started to go down, I hat how it gets dark so early now! Anyway here are a few pics. I have been looking into how rails work on body boards and surf boards so have tried a hard sixty/forty rail to see it creates some extra hold and drive. I think  it looks pretty cool even if it doesn’t improve the performance.

Swell weekend

We had the treat of some swell last weekend so took my handboard out for a bit of a play.

It was great fun riding some heavy shoreys aka shore dumps. I was out with two friends on body boards and have to say I caught as many waves as they did.

I gave some wood burning a go and have drawn a simple wave illustration on the bottom of one of my blanks I cut out a few weeks ago. I am happy with the turn out, what do you think?

Also  small pic of the new shapes I have been working on, a funky little bat tail and the diamond tail. Sorry about the image they were taken on my mobile.

Heritage Hanboard MKII

I started making some new boards at the weekend.

Spent an hour or more cutting out some new shapes. I’m trying out a bat tail, diamond tail and pin tail.

I think they are looking good already need to spend time shaping them now, it’s difficult with few daylight hours this time of year and no shed or garage.

Check out my workshop…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until next time…