Aloha Till Next Summer Grasshopper

Susan and I always hate saying goodbye to Francesco DiTommaso, his wife, Manuela and daughter, Vittoria. They spend 8 weeks here every summer, but it's never long enough.
Francesco shapes in Italy. But he always takes a couple new boards back to Italy with him
(plus a blank or two to shape) This year it was a 9'6", Hobie, Tyler Warren, One-fin-Pin and
a 10' chambered balsa nose-rider that Terry Martin and I built and shaped for him.

Terry, JC, and Francesco at the Hobie factory. Tyler Warren One Fin Pin

10-0 chambered balsa ~ 9-6 OFP

Francesco "Grasshopper" DiTommaso~riding my 10-0 balsa Simmons at Terramar


Perched on the OFP-Terramar

Ciao Fratello. See ya next summer. JC

11" Glider for Christopher Tomlin

This one is currently at the glasser's, being patiently awaited by CT. I usually glue these up myself, but Chris ordered this 11-3D, blue-weight blank with the 3" stringer from US blanks.
They obviously used some of the lightweight balsa that is finally available at times. The finished weight is really nice. This one has a very subtle single concave bottom.

Fin: Glass-on, 10" flex template. Sapele veneer over 3/8" Marine ply.

Aloha Chris, JC

New Simm-21 for Wayne Payne

Smiley face! Just what I like to see. Wayne is a San Clemente local. This 7-2 got it's maiden session at Middles. Wayne wanted a little extra paddle-power so we left the thickness of this one at 3". Initial board report; He loves it!
Aloha Wayne. JC

Glassing: Michael Miller Surfboards http://www.mmillersurfboards.com/

Above photo: Wayne Payne

Fin Woods: Inside panels; Parota. Outside panels; Flame maple over bubinga veneer.

New Fish for Kaleb

When Kaleb Shirmacher told his dad, Steve that he wanted to start surfing with him, Steve came to me for Kaleb's first board. Steve gave me some basic parameters and I put together this killer, 6-0, High performance but user friendly fish. Steve asked me to make some Marine ply canard quads for it. We had Michael Miller do the basic, sanded-finish, clear glass job. Steve and Kaleb took it to Scorpion Bay to christen it. Kaleb is an athletic kid, who I am sure will be as talented a surfer as his dad. What a treat and an honor to do the first board for the beginning of this young mans surfing career.

Aloha Steve and Kaleb, JC

Redwood and Maple reverse "D" fin

Figured redwood and figured Maple with purpleheart and Peruvian walnut pinlines. Cheater-coated, ready to laminate.
For William Bradstater.

Old Template~New Look

Here she is!
This 9'7" Papaya stick is the 2nd reproduction of the '62 Hobie that I have.

The previous posts show her under construction. With the chambered balsa stringer, the board is amazingly light weight, even with a very sturdy, double-6oz glass job, deck and bottom by Michael Miller. www.mmillersurfboards.com Michael nailed the tint color and the resin pinline colors for me perfectly!

Fin: Figured jatoba (Brazilian cherry)

The tint color photographed accurately. The pinline colors are actually 2-tone purple although they appear blue in the photographs.

This one is for sale.

New Marketing Ploy?

I have often said, "The only thing that looks better on a slammed Harley than me.......is any chick." I thought this Yellow, 5'10" Simm-21 was one of the prettiest Simms of the 20 or so that I have done. Under Andrea Siedsma's arm.....it just got way better! Andrea is a dedicated surfer and a professional journalist. In this photo it's ready for it's first coat of wax and a maiden voyage (no pun intended). Andrea's 1st session board report; She loves it!

In this photo: Andrea's 5-10 next to a custom 6-6 for Keith Campbell in Georgia.

This was originally made as a "spec board", I just wanted to do a Simm-21 in the shorter range and pass it around to a few test pilots for feed-back. But Danny Partch (Andrea's guy) decided it should be Andrea's. S0 Danny cruised down to The Surfy Surfy shop and snagged it for her.

I'm not sure which one is luckier. Aloha Andrea and Danny Boy,

JC