Quad Sets Available at Mitch's North in Solana Beach

I just delivered new quad sets to Mitch's Surf Shop in Solana Beach.  Below, center are AK-4's.  L and R are (2) sets in a template that I did for Thomas Campbell and Danny Hess a couple years ago.  Both called it a "magic" fin set.

Below; AK-4's 

More Marine Ply:  Mitch's also has some great twin keel sets available.  In a few days they will also have some popular "D" templates for longboards and Nuueva noserider glass-on single fins available.

Aloha!  JC

8.5, Frye Template, Marine Ply Box fin

This one is for Phil Ward, Marketing Director, Oakley South Pacific.  It will be steering an 11-0 glider that Larmo recently shaped for him.

Aloha Phil!

7'0" HogFish Quad ~ Finished

Your basic, high performance Simm-21...with a quad-fish twist.

This board is available for purchase through www.wavesforever.com

 Glassing: www.mmillersurfboards.com

Marine Ply Bonzer Box Fin

I just finished this clean 7.5" Bonzer fin for Yuichi Imai of WavesForever.

www.wavesforever.com

New Rudders~Ready To Glass

3 sets of Finnish Birch, marine ply, single-foil Keels for Daniel Vantol of Crystal Sea Surfboards,

Laguna Beach 

 Single-foil Keels for Crystal Sea Surfboards and a 7.5, Bonzer template, box fin for Yuichi Imai @ Waves Forever.

www.wavesforever.com

Life vs Work; Working and blogging again.

Susan Martin Cherry

Nov.  1,  1943 ~ Mar. 7, 2012

Beloved Wife, Mother, Sister

I will always love you.  You will remain in our hearts forever.

Susan, Lacy and Chopper

Susan and Chopper

Susan Martin Cherry and brother, Terry Martin.  Terry's shaping room at Hobie 

Sadly, My Susan lost her courageous battle against lung cancer on March 7th of this year.  She was first diagnosed in February, 2011.  She fought to become one of the several-year survivors with a constant positive attitude and utmost dignity.   God had a different plan.  Susan was blessed with the knowledge to choose to live in the solution always, the capacity to care more for others than herself even in her darkest times and the ability to stay in the moment and enjoy each day on a daily basis as they were given to her.

I was blessed to Marry her in 1999 and spend 13 beautiful years with her.  I had hoped to have many more.

I will be in love with her always.  If God is kind I will be with her again.

With much love and aloha, John and Susan Cherry

Back to work.

8.5" Frye template box fin for Thomas Campbell

Custom keel set for Thomas Campbell ~ 80 / 20 foil

Glass-on Marine ply fins.  The smaller ones went to Mitch's in Solana beach.  I have the (3) larger ones in stock

JC custom template quad set for 7-0 long-fish

Simm-21 set s/f  keels for Wavesforever and Bruce Cochrane 

5-10 Simm-21 set for Yuichi of  Wavesforever.   http://www.wavesforever.com/

American black walnut, African mahogany, white flame maple

11'-0" Cherry Surfboards fish-simmons and 10'10" Gordon and Smith for Christopher tomlin

This is the LAST G&S label board ever made.  Shaper: Steve Seabold.  Custom fins:  J. Cherry

Singlefin: lacewood     Quad set: solid curly koa

Curly koa over Baltic birch marine ply

Early Velzey~Jacobs pig template for Steve Mast.  It's now on a beautiful pig shape by Steve, headed for Japan .  African mahogany, birds-eye maple, Peruvian walnut pin lines.

7'2" Simm-21 set.  Sapele burl over Finnish birch marine ply.

10'0" Hot-Curl Blank for Terry Martin.  Balsawood and old-growth redwwood.

5'10" Simm-21 set for Yuichi of Wavesforever. http://www.wavesforever.com/

Redwood, Peruvian walnut and flame maple.  Cheater-coated, ready to laminate.

New Rudders for Josh Hall and Kaneoshi

Josh Hall is shaping a custom 6'-8" for one of Yuichi's friends in Japan.  He and Yuichi wanted me to translate one of Skip's box templates into a glass-on, marine-ply version.  This is the single-foil x 4 quad set that I came up with.   4.0" lead fins ~ 3.5" trailers. 

Woods:  Elm burl veneer over Baltic birch ply with black glue line. 

 This simm-21 set below is for Yuichis friend, Kaneoshi's 7'6" Simm-21 model

Woods:  Quilted maple veneer over Finnish birch ply, black glue line.

http://www.wavesforever.com/

http://www.joshhallsurfboards.com/

FUN   STUFF!!!

New Box Fins Have Arrived!

I'd have a hard time choosing which is more fun, shaping custom boards.....or building cool fins for them.

But Fins are so much easier to ship!!  I always love getting photos back from friends and clients of their boards with my fins in them or glassed onto them. 

7.0 marine ply box fin for Kris Chatterson in Brooklyn, NY

9.0 box fin for Francesco Di Tommaso's Tyler gun, Bari Italy

Thanks to Kris and Francesco for taking the time to send the cool photos of their boards

Aloha,  JC

New Box Fins

The 9.0 fin is for my buddy Francesco in Bari Italy.  The 7.0 Marine ply Frye template is for Kris Chatterson in New York.

 Woods:  Flame maple, Macassar ebony, red glue lines

Got Fins?

This batch of Finnish Birch, marine ply fins is for Teppi Uchida in Newport beach

In this photo the fins are shown in bare wood, ready to be sealed and laminated.

Thanks Teppi.  I'm anxious to see some of these boards!