Hello friends

J Hall checking back in after a long over due break from truly blogging. Part Internet hassle, part computer hassle, also part time off having since moved out of my place from the Jesus trucks, over to a quaint little complex below the feet of the USD campus, occupied by a few stellar names in the business, Skip Frye and Michael Miller. Larry Gephart is in the hood, as well as Bird Huffman's new board storage/ museum facility. Also the king ding repair and essential fish taco builder (among many other things) Joe Roper is just a half mile down the road. We're all stoked to be building surfboards and we all hope that it will create a great thing for keeping the traditional shaping roots and designs of San Diego alive and strong for the future. Not only that, but orders are getting turned around quickly right now.

A few big shakas and shout outs must go out first!!! Primarily to Michael Miller! http://factorysurfin.blogspot.com/ Michael was open and gracious enough to allow me to occupy space in his factory during the two month turnaround between moving out of the old place and building out the new place. There is no way I could have done it other wise. Dennis Downs (sander/polisher extraordinaire) for stoking me out and hooking up the electrical for me in the new spot! You pick your model! My dad, Dave Hall for lending many needed hands during the construction phase of the shaping and show room, can't be a surf factory with out pops helping out and downing a few tecates. Also big thanks to him for the kine back patio setup, umbrella and table for kine lunch breaks! I was a little scared about Daniel leaving from the old place but it has sent him to the big island now where I hear he is about to fire up his sander again and start with some fins. Don't fret, Geppy also stops by regularly to drop the kine hand foiled goodies. Last but not least, thank you to Skip for over seeing the neighbors and giving me the nod of approval! I can't wait to see what this new proximity to him will bring to surfing!

So with out further ado, below are some of the happenings of the last few months. Minus the Sacred Craft in Ventura which I missed due to a trio out to New York for the Fish Fry (no pics, sorry). Enjoy!



Cleaning up and leaving with the walls from the place on Hancock St.

A lot happened in between these two photos but basically, I had moved all the old factory in large chunks to the new spot. It came together quickly. Dennis checking his plumbing.



Again, skipped the dry walling, mudding, sanding, mudding, taping, sanding mudding and painting, but here is a look at phase 1 done. the shaping room.


Wall paper



First blank. For a 10'0 California Pintail Gun, template courtesy of Skip. Thanks Skipper!








The great thing about the new local is that as soon as I sign a blank I can walk it over to Michael and it'll get started the next week. Pretty sick!


Skip with Yuichi 2, 11'0 Cali Pintail Gun

10'5 JR Comp Model for One foot Jo Jo

part pintail, part eagle, part nose rider. This board seems to do it all!

Le Animale

The newest collabo board with the flapper mike list. We've had quite the success with the JM Model we worked on so this is the latest creation. Now form the start I had my doubts, two deep wings, way up and out of alignment from the fins, flutes off the wing tips, single to double barrel vee, and newly acquired bamboo fins form Marlin. Crazy combo right? Well, my first wave it felt like I had been riding the board for months, in tune, lots of drive, and insane cut backs. It hard to tell what the combo is that worked, but I'll say the fins had were the majority of the reason. I had them flex in a roundhouse off the top cut back in a place in the lip that I'd never had fins load and unload before. Awesome awesome awesome. Thanks for the idea and art work flapper, and thanks to Marlin for the fins!

A pod for the Pod Room

7'2 Hall Hullish nuclear sliding device for Chip

Lucas Dirkse

This is Lucas. You probably have seen him or his name on line or in mags. He kill's it. He lives at Windansea and rides anything you throw at him and has more style in his pinky then most of us can put together our whole lives. He also graces the pages of Richard Kenvin's blog quite a bit, http://hydrodynamica.blogspot.com/. Whether it be sliding pieces of wood or the newest created tri simster hulls coming out of the barnyard and stock corral. Thanks to his ever supportive Mom, Lucas brings his so co style and just cleans up at contests, local ones, club ones or the nssa (insert here, none of us care if he does contests or not). He has some guy named Rusty build his shorts boards and I've started to build him everything else, logs, fish and below as you'll see, and Alaia fish. It's been an honor to be able to hang, surf and build boards for such a stoked grom. It brings you back to the basics of it all, lets go surf! So with out any more ego inflating compliments, haha, here are some of what we've been up to.


Lucas with his 9'0 HP2 glassed by legend glasser Joe Roper.

J Keel-Halling

5'11 J Hall Keel

Gotta keep your local bar tender stoked in the water!

If you've ever been to Cass St on any good night, you've seen Foster behind the bar slinging beers like nobody's business. Well now he's slinging cutties like nobody's on his new 7'something Fish Simmons Quad. Think he's stoked or what?

I'm Back on Line!

Finally fixed the computer and internet problem I've had for a few months now. I'll be back shortly with a whole world of new updates and happenings of late! Stay chuned as they say in NYC.

Jazz the Glass

New arrival!

9'6 JM Model for Icon's

http://www.iconsofsurf.com/products/details.php?ssid=39p96d72v11q07h06tq4@f@@61l4@425&id_key=&product_id=836&cat_id=ALL_S&sub_id=0

Wavesforever and Josh Hall Signature Surfboards Available

Check them out!
http://blog.livedoor.jp/wavesforever/archives/52286412.html

Rad interview with Joey Hall aka Joey "Clams" Falcone from the underground New York stoke Scene!

http://www.phoresia.org/?p=414#comment-7738

HB REPRESENTIN' SON!

Pics from the Aussie Fish Fry

These are some pics I just received from Grant Newby (the man in charge of the Alley Fry). Super stoked to be apart of it via Tyler on his trip in Oz. Can't wait to see the film of it. I owe a pic up of well of the Manny Caro shaped for TW. It's the blue keel one below. Check out his blog for the water shots of the boys riding his board (www.theswallowtailsociety.blogspot.com)

Australia

So at what point do the shapers get to go on good trips? Tyler Warren test driving his new quad!

T Warren Experiments

A small little sneak peak.... I feel really fortunate to be included in the upcoming movie (hopefully summer 09) featuring Tyler Warren and created by Jon Smart. Both Manny Caro and I built Tyler a board for his upcoming Australia trip hoping to get some good footy and good waves. We'll see....below are some pics taken at the Moonbase of the boards being glassed. Stay tuned for update photos....

Capitan Tecate

This is my good friend Pier Moore. Depending where you surf on the west coast, from Santa Cruz to Cabo, at some point I'm sure you've been in the line up with Pier, not pierre, as most people mistake his name for, but I've had the honor of building all of his boards for the past 6 or 7 years. Long time local legend along with many others from my neck of the woods, the stories of Pier range from Todos, Scorpion Bay, 2 am surf sessions at head high 'Bu, trestle and Swamis, are of local lore. A good man, a great surfer, and an epic representative of team Tecate. Somehow at one point I had been dubbed the Corona Kid, I can't imagine why? Needless to say, for better or for worse, those who are his friends have a great memory somehow of Pier in his classic moments. And a spot in their hearts as well. I for sure have to many to write down in this blog, but I thought this picture might just give a hint...and as he reminded Jim and I this day, there were 18 of his best friends sitting shot gun! Long live Capitan Tecate!!!!!

note the 7'0 J Hall Long Fish strapped down on the hood!

Long boards...freshies

9'6 5 Stringer for Masaki!

9'6 Pintail for Wavesforever

9'6 3 Stringer for Wavesforever

New Blog

http://www.surfknowhow.blogspot.com/

This is a newer blog that I just was introduced to and I really like what I'm reading. Maybe you will too. MA is one of the smoothest goofy foots to ever come out of PB and can really wail on a Single Fin Frye egg!