Handplane for K.D.

I just finished this one for my good buddy, Kevin Dotson.

It has a slightly kicked nose, rolled on the bottom, which blends into a subtle, single-concave bottom with hard downrail trailing edges. 

Woods: Old-growth redwood, curly redwood with maple pinlines. 

Have fun Kev.

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!

Koa Box Fin for a Classic Tyler Longboard

For Dan Wenger's new Tyler longboard. 

Tyler template-Cherry fin 

Woods: Hawaiian koa and sapwood koa (gray tone), Peruvian walnut and flame maple pinlines.  

Below; hand-fit to the standard center box at the shop.

At home in Dan's Tyler ~ VERY cool. 

8'2" Simm-21 for Dan Wenger

I picked this one up today from Glasser, Michael Miller.  It belongs to Dan Wenger of Rancho Palos Verdes.  Even with a sturdy glass job, including opaque resin panels and a 4" chambered-balsa stringer this board still has a beautifully light weight.  Michael did a flawless glass job (as usual).

www.mmillersurfboards.com

Aloha Dan,  JC

Hawaiian Koa

Simple, elegant,  Koa for a 6'3" Simm-21 that I am shaping today.

In these photos fins are shown cheater-coated, ready to laminate.

New Simm-21 Rudders

This set is for a 6'-8" For Surya-C in Japan.  The board will have a T-band stringer and volan glass.

Woods:  American black walnut and flame maple. 

This set is for Simm-21 #50, featured in the previuos post.

The wood is redwood burl. 

both sets shown cheater-coated, ready to laminate

Simm-21 # 50 Ready for the Glasser

I wanted to do something special for Simm-21 #50.  It has (8) blue-weight foam sections, Ultra-light balsa rails and (9) 1/12" cedar stringers.  It is actually delightfully light, good wood being the key.

Many thanks to all of my friends and customers for the word-of-mouth promotion of the Simm-21 model that brought it to the five-O mark.  Now I need to start dreaming on #100.