Wood Is Good

                     

Wooden Surfboard Day planned for the first weekend in August 2012

Another Wooden Board Day is planned for 2012

If you have built a wooden board of any kind , shape or style and would like to share the experience with others then bring it along. Also if you have a great looking board of any age or style to share bring it along , whether you built it or not. If you would like to know more about wooden boards of any kind and the various methods of building them. Then this is the day for you to meet some very talented people to talk to.

We will gather in the park across from the beach at Currumbin Alley on the Gold Coast once again. Remember it is a non competitive and non commercial get together.

There is also planned to be a night at the Gold Coast Surf Museum on the Saturday .

Ho Okano Paipo@Point Impossible

                                          Found this clip on You Tube and thought i would
                                       share It as I have been giving my paipo a good workout
                                      on some clean little ones  on the Sunshine Coast this winter
                                         Great fun when its small and clean. Hope you enjoy!
               

                                       

The Escape

                                       Shot taken of  Angela Schomann by Pierce Kavanagh
                                   during the shooting of his new film "What the Sea Gives Me"
                                              Below is a link to one of his short films
                                                                   The Escape
                                              Hope you enjoy. Now wheres my fins!!
                                                 I have time and she'll never know!!

Pierre Louis Costes

                                                                Check this guy out
                                                          And all on a piece of wood
                                                                        Enjoy!!

Handplanes and Protection Sharks

                                                 I have just finished a nice little Rockit
                                            With a hole in its nose for you to hang on to
                                            and a Tahitian Protection Shark on the deck
                                          Its been sealed with Bio Products Bio Varnish
                                         and will go just as well in the water as it would
                                          hanging on the wall. If your interested in this
                                        little board or if you would like one of my other
                                           handplanes with similar  artwork contact
                                     Steve at ecoride@y7mail.com or call 0417 736 111

               

Enter the Paipo

I shaped an Alaia a few years back . Took it out and struggled to get to my feet and when i did it didnt last long . I thought it was the board until a good friends son took it for a spin and showed me how it is done . Mixed emotions, board works old guy doesnt. I then started riding my Alaia prone
and realised how fast it was . Enter the paipo ! I have been shaping these boards for some time now and like the Handplanes i am completely addicted . When the surf gets small and everyone is pulling out the high volume mals or S.U.P.s i pull the paipo out from the back seat of the car and don my fins . The views and the speed i am getting on these little boards are a blast  . Wish i had discovered them years ago . While it is waist or even knee high its overhead in paipo land . If you are interested in one of these enviromentally friendly speed machines get in touch at ecoride@y7mail.com or  call Steve on 0417 736 111 .