Is this really what winter weather is supposed to be like?
Mother nature blessed us with a few days of extremely nice weather recently (apologies to my peeps in NYC) and had to take advantage of the 75 degree + conditions and 0 swell. We truly are a blessed city! The catch for dinner isn't much to talk about compared to what some peers pull out of the ocean but it did make some mean tacos!
The Present!
yahhhh, another sweet T Moe film on the way later this spring! looking forward to seeing this one, I know the music is awesome. Spoke with Thomas Thrusday and seems that his newly aquired 10'10 Eagle rides pretty good although being a little on the plump side for his liking. Post summer tour we will collaborate on another, and maybe a logo? we'll see....
A long peeling update
11'0 Fish Simmons Quad for Dave via Shelter Surfshop. Check em out! I think they might have one more, smaller board, in stock! http://sheltersurfshop.wordpress.com/
Customer Review:
Howdy, I'm the guy who ordered the 11 footer through Shelter in Long Beach. I just wanted to let you know that you nailed it, the board is spot on. I got to surf it in some micro waves this morning and I have to say, I haven't felt that kind of glide since the days when I used to ride my buddies 12 Frye back in the summer of 93, only this one seems easier to turn. I am really pleased. Thanks,Dave
Customer Review:
Howdy, I'm the guy who ordered the 11 footer through Shelter in Long Beach. I just wanted to let you know that you nailed it, the board is spot on. I got to surf it in some micro waves this morning and I have to say, I haven't felt that kind of glide since the days when I used to ride my buddies 12 Frye back in the summer of 93, only this one seems easier to turn. I am really pleased. Thanks,Dave
Keep an eye out for this developing story later this year
left to right, Eli Mirandon, myself, Jeff McCallum and Micah Wood
Project board
So I was given this blank by a good friend of mine to create some sort of rocket fish/ long fish slash something with less ear for hollower waves type of board. I think this blank is older than I am... check out the price, $12.00! Will keep an update on this board as it goes through the developmental process. Stay tuned....
Customer Satisfaction
Here is a recent email I received from a new client having just surfed his newly aquired Long Fish Simmons Quad:
Part 1-
"Josh,
I got the board (6'8 quad fish simmons) in the water today. Right outside my house in Montara, waist to chest high offshore A frames. The board went insane! So much fun. Came flying out onto the flat part of the wave with so much speed that I just started laying into super hard roundhouse cutbacks. You know how sometimes you cutback and kind of touch the wave with your forehand? Well, one wave I actually buried my whole arm into the wave all the way up to my shoulder and the board just came around and smacked the foamball. Don't know if it was the kookiest looking thing ever or totally radical. Either way it felt really good. I'm soo stoked! One thing though, the fins were whooting at me every time I made a turn. Kind of high pitched hooooo noise. What is that? Cavitation? I had board do that once in the 80's with glass on thruster fins. Warped fins? I can't see antyhing wrong when looking at them. Is there a cure? I can live with if not, doesn't seem to effect the performance.
Stoked, Justin"
(fin hum, happens a lot with the marine ply glass ons, so what I recommend to so is take like 100-120 grit, roll it around a pencil and file down the back edge of the fin, or filet, area to make it into a nicely foiled point. Ever notice how some glass shops fin layups can add up to an inch of extra base to the fin? The trouble area is where the back of the fin meets the bottom of the board. Play around with the for a little while to get some of the excess glass and rope out of there and it shold cure the hum!)
Part2-
"Yeah, I'll sand it down a little in that corner. Maybe wetsand fins all together. Isn't that supposed to add a little speed also? Helps water roll around the fins a little better? Laminar flow? Most people I surf with would be too close minded to rock a big fish. Unless they ride it. Maybe too concerned that they might get heckled walking down the beach." "For some reason alot of people I know try to ride equipment that is too small for them or to small for the conditions. I,ve come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter what you are riding as long as your having fun and ripping others will follow.
Not allot of shapers around here going the route you guys take in San Diego. Mannny was one of the few guys shaping proper SD style fish and he moved down there. Even he was pushing the 5'9 s until recently. He's been influenced by mark andreini who shapes diplacement hulls and lives by us in San Mateo. Mark is super cool guy, just on a different trip. He says skip is one of his major influences. All my favorite shapers have been influenced by Skip. I've never even owned one of skip's boards and he's still my favorite shaper.
Thanks Josh.
now lifelong customer,
Justin"
Part 1-
"Josh,
I got the board (6'8 quad fish simmons) in the water today. Right outside my house in Montara, waist to chest high offshore A frames. The board went insane! So much fun. Came flying out onto the flat part of the wave with so much speed that I just started laying into super hard roundhouse cutbacks. You know how sometimes you cutback and kind of touch the wave with your forehand? Well, one wave I actually buried my whole arm into the wave all the way up to my shoulder and the board just came around and smacked the foamball. Don't know if it was the kookiest looking thing ever or totally radical. Either way it felt really good. I'm soo stoked! One thing though, the fins were whooting at me every time I made a turn. Kind of high pitched hooooo noise. What is that? Cavitation? I had board do that once in the 80's with glass on thruster fins. Warped fins? I can't see antyhing wrong when looking at them. Is there a cure? I can live with if not, doesn't seem to effect the performance.
Stoked, Justin"
(fin hum, happens a lot with the marine ply glass ons, so what I recommend to so is take like 100-120 grit, roll it around a pencil and file down the back edge of the fin, or filet, area to make it into a nicely foiled point. Ever notice how some glass shops fin layups can add up to an inch of extra base to the fin? The trouble area is where the back of the fin meets the bottom of the board. Play around with the for a little while to get some of the excess glass and rope out of there and it shold cure the hum!)
Part2-
"Yeah, I'll sand it down a little in that corner. Maybe wetsand fins all together. Isn't that supposed to add a little speed also? Helps water roll around the fins a little better? Laminar flow? Most people I surf with would be too close minded to rock a big fish. Unless they ride it. Maybe too concerned that they might get heckled walking down the beach." "For some reason alot of people I know try to ride equipment that is too small for them or to small for the conditions. I,ve come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter what you are riding as long as your having fun and ripping others will follow.
Not allot of shapers around here going the route you guys take in San Diego. Mannny was one of the few guys shaping proper SD style fish and he moved down there. Even he was pushing the 5'9 s until recently. He's been influenced by mark andreini who shapes diplacement hulls and lives by us in San Mateo. Mark is super cool guy, just on a different trip. He says skip is one of his major influences. All my favorite shapers have been influenced by Skip. I've never even owned one of skip's boards and he's still my favorite shaper.
Thanks Josh.
now lifelong customer,
Justin"
Maggie Marsek
Ohh crowdiff reef sure was fun last weekend. Got some really good waves on a variety of boards, most memorably the 8'0 lime green egg that Ty bought from PB Surf Shop! He has it set up with Skip's new line of fins from North Shore Fins and it just felt really, really good. Here are a few pics that Maggie got inbetween board swaps.
Christmas "Stock"-ing Stuffers
(boards in this picture aren't the actual boards available)
If you are wondering where to get a board or two for the Christmas season, Pacific Beach Surfshop has a sweet batch of boards just waiting to slide some waves this holiday season.
Currently Available:
5'10 Mini Fish Simmons Quad
5'10 J Hall Keel
6'6 Long Fish Simmons Quad
6'8 Long Fish Simmons Quad
6'10 Long Fish Simmons Quad
7'0 Long Fish Simmons Quad
7'10 Egg Tail Skosh Single Fin
7'11 Fish Simmons Quad (just like Skip's Personal)
8'0 San Di-eggo (Classic Fryed Green Tint) 2 plus 1 Set up
9'4 Fish Simmons Quad (Teal Tint)
9'6 JM Model
11'0 Double Ender (eagle) coke bottle green tint
Call John, Randy or Stanley down at the shop to inquire about pricing or visit the shop.
4150 MISSION BLVD
PACIFIC BEACH, CA 92109
858.373.1138
pbsurfshop@gmail.com
Store Hours: 9am-6pm
Also be on the look out for a few fresh batches to reach the near shores of Icon's of Surf as well as Shelter Surf Shop.
Merry Shopping!
Meet the Shaper Day at Pacific Beach Surfshop
Hey everyone, this Saturday at PB Surf Shop from 12-4pm I'll be there for a meet and greet. Looking forward to meeting new customers and to answer questions about the boards currently in stock and to just talk story. This is part 2 of a 4 shaper series. So come on down and check it out. I just dropped off 6 freshies, including some new quad fins with the new Andy Davis logo as well as an 11 footer with the classic coke bottle green tint and 1/2 inch cedar stringer.
Pacific Beach Surf Shop
4150 Mission Blvd. Suite 161
SD CA, 92109
(Located next to the Hooters in the PB Promenade on Mission Blvd)
Look forward to seeing you there. Email me if you have any questions.
jh
Pacific Beach Surf Shop
4150 Mission Blvd. Suite 161
SD CA, 92109
(Located next to the Hooters in the PB Promenade on Mission Blvd)
Look forward to seeing you there. Email me if you have any questions.
jh
Give it up for pops!
Dave Hall finally stopped by the Hole in the Hall yesterday to say hey and take his kid out to lunch! Check out his sticker collection, can I get a HARD BODY salute please!
Emerging Shapers Interview
My friend David who runs the Phoresia blog just posted the interview we did after having met this past September in New York. Check it out.
www.phoresia.org
cheers,
jh
www.phoresia.org
cheers,
jh
Windansea Coaltiotn Club Contest at La Jolla Shores
Had a fun weekend last weekend at the Shortez Bank. Fun rights both Saturday and Sunday made for a fun contest. Usually held at San Miguel in Ensenada, due to the crazy Baja stuff, the Windansea surf club decided to move it. Due to the size of surf and the only option of going right, my equipment was my new 9'6 Braden Noserider that Skip built me. My only long board with a 2 plus 1 set up. but it seemed to work. Took 4th overall in the mens longboard being the only goofy footer in the final.
Here are few shots, there are tons more on John Slavins website http://www.johnslavin.com/ also http://www.mylocallineup.com/
extra points were added to this waves due to the casual maneuver in the most critical part of the wave!
Here are few shots, there are tons more on John Slavins website http://www.johnslavin.com/ also http://www.mylocallineup.com/
extra points were added to this waves due to the casual maneuver in the most critical part of the wave!
Thanks to Grubby Clark
....we manufacturers of these finely tuned surf crafts have to deal with this!!
for those of you that don't know what this is, you are looking at a board that has been laminated with a blank that wasn't done gassing yet! YES! those are bubbles of gas fumes leaking from an already shaped blank! hope this one turns out!
for those of you that don't know what this is, you are looking at a board that has been laminated with a blank that wasn't done gassing yet! YES! those are bubbles of gas fumes leaking from an already shaped blank! hope this one turns out!
Hats off to the holiday season
these just came in. please send me an email if you'd like to purchase one!
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