surfboard stuff

Ever since I moved back to the beach surf stuff has been mainly all Iv been working on. Most of my metal tools are still in Tahoe n re becoming a surf turkey has been pretty fun. Lately I pinstriped my mandala arc swallowtail my neighbor shaped and threw a layer of glass on a taiwanise pop out I didn't want to pressure ding and snap the first week I rode it. I'm stoked on the lines but other than the strength the new glass added I don't really like the color or the design. Oh well its extremely fun

ctional though. And I don't notice any significant added weight

pine board

So my little brother and I started shaping this board last year I think. It got put on the back burner until recently n I shortened it up and finished shaping and glassed it w 1 oz glass. 1 oz sucks to glass with by the way. Super tight weave doesn't like to drape that much n it puckered n creased a ton. But long story short this board is super fun and iv gotten a ton of waves on it so far and the flex feels really good. Doesn't do floaters as well as the mini though. Or go backside as nice. But front side it holds great!

drunk hits van

jugs n bird skulls

terracotta bird skulls

So I throw a little hollow teardrop shape on

the wheel and punch some holes and it becomes a bird skull!

change

Surfing weird boards, multiple leash mishaps, cactus, new view, borrego campsite. Good music

orchard shed build

So the new shed is built. Little simpler than the Tahoe one and a little tighter floorplan but higher ceiling. Didn't have to build it as beefy either. Dad n I did all the work. Still lots to do but I'm very stoked on it so far!

van bondo

I moved from Tahoe back to leucadia. We had a storm that held me back from leaving so I did some bondo n paint work. Road trip took 17 hours! Van did great. Cruised at 40 mph the whole time

coyote skull

so when i got this there was still alot of coyote attached to the skull. i put it in a bucket with creek water so there would be lots of bugs to hang  out with the head. fast foreward a few months and i dumped it out and rinsed it and am boiling it outside in the fire pit. once its all nice and clean and i have time i will whiten it up with hydrogen peroxide. its really nice. all the teeth are intact. the jaw split in two but its got all the teeth also.

ironhead hardtail

stuck this puppy together for my buddy Van today. he did most of the hard stuff i just did some of it.

stainless rings

iv spent all week doing nothing but tig welding stainless for the welding shop in town. everyday. 9 to 5 looking through a mask with my headphones in building these carpet rings. sitting in the shop on a little metal stool melting small amounts of metal. thats about 10 of them in that photo. iv made over thirty and i wont be done till number forty something. iv allmost emptied 2 of the largest argon tanks you can get this week.

12 gage receiver work

 

made some parts and welded them up.