Oh Hampton, My Hampton!

I must say, as ludicrous as New Hampshire's motto is (I'd rather not die, thank you), it does sound pretty bad-ass. As long as you don't think about it too much.

Surf Brooklyn Designs!

Hello, Boys and Girls! Check out the first offerings from Surf Brooklyn Designs, a t-shirt label my bro Ryan, my buddy Bob, and I started! If you likey, click on the link to visit our store: www.surfbrooklyn.bigcartel.com. This week's sale: 20% off orders of 2 or more shirts. Use the coupon code MARINELAYER at checkout and hit the "Update Price" button. Cheers!

Damn!

Only the second time out since I finished making repairs to this board. On the bright side, I get to order more fiberglass resin and pretend I'm a craftsman.

Paint Job!

I never bring my board to the shop to get it repaired because they usually tell me they can get it back to me in a month or so. A month? I don't think so. Luckily, my craftsmanship is improving, albeit slowly. The third pic shows a repair done to a scratched-up section of the rail. The fourth shows a repair done near the nose.  There was actually a deep gash there that was letting water in.  I had to cut out a rectangle approximately 2" x 1/4" x 1/8" deep (see the darker section) and scoop out the rotted foam. Considering, I'm pretty happy with the repair. Not pro, but not hack, either. I think old Norm would be proud.

After the repairs were done I felt like my board needed a little pick-me-up, so I gave it a bit of a paint job!

Repair Woes

See the plop of white epoxy three-quarters of the way up the rail (towards the nose)? Not beautiful, but functional. 

This "repair", on the other hand, was neither.  There were just some scratches along the rail that I thought I would cover up with a little epoxy, nothing major, nothing that actually threatened the integrity of the board.  I watch Old Yankee Workshop on a regular basis, so I figured it would be a piece of cake.  It's not often that a "repair" reduces the value of your board.

Rockaway Beach, New York, April 2011

North Hampton, New Hampshire, August 2011

Venice Beach, California, May 2011