Busy Busy

Now and again a board comes in that you wouldn't mind hanging on to, the yellow and black gulfstream longboard being one of them. Local quality hand made goodness. Check them out at
http://www.gulfstreamsurfboards.co.uk/

Don't think the camera likes uv lights, Probably not good for my eyes either.

Firewire surfboard repairs

Firewire surfboard repairs
What appears on the surface to be a scratch after coming in over rocks turns out to have cracked the core cell right down to the inner glass. Out with the busted stuff and in with the new.

Vintage tiki single fin resto

Late sixties, early seventies tiki single fin with some pretty serious damage to the tail, nose, rails, the list goes on.....

With the new tail constructed its time for some swearing and head scratching.
Trying to match 40 year old paint is no fun at all and usually involves putting it on, letting it dry standing back and have a cuppa then taking it off again and start over. After a few hours and some unconventional use of tea in the airbrush to make the paint look aged , its time to move on to the other 20 or so holes in the board. We love it!

Custard point nose repair

Think i will let the customer put it back in it's board bag. There's nothing like the sound of sand grating against a freshly glossed nose.