Meanwhile, up here in the Northern Hemisphere, it stopped snowing at 4 am with 18 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, 20 inches in the 24 hours before that, and 14 in the 24 hours before that. And then the sun came out!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
All over the world, surfboard production slows according to conditions. We, as an industry, could be used as a global conditions barometer.
Here at 42 Surfboards, we are no different. In fact, if anything, we are even more vulnerable to it than most. At most shops, the staff only disappears when the surf is good. And believe me, I am the first out the door when the surf is good. And I am not alone - we lose our entire glass shop every winter to Mexico and points south!
The surf is only the beginning though!
Frank is out racing his cars around as soon as the sun is shining and the track is dry (Ferrari, Cobra, M3, Austin Healy, Lotus, etc...).
And I am no better than the rest. I am constantly watching the weather. If the swell is up and the period is long, I want to surf. No excuses. If the wind is up, I want to sail the catamaran. Or go windsurfing. Or kiteboarding. I just want to ride waves! I don't really care how.
The problem is, what conditions does that leave? Man, if we didn't enjoy building wood surfboards so much, no work would ever get done.
When are we every going to get any work done? Luckily Mark confirmed his board today, and we will, in fact, get it finished at some point during the next week/four feet of snow!
Play hard!
Core: Fully chambered and vented White Fir
Fins: Bamboo Canard Quads from 101 Fins
Glass: 6+6 Top, 6 Bottom, Resin Research Epoxy, sanded speed finish, logo in sustainably harvested abalone, blank and shape by 42. Glass by Cascade Performance Glassing.
Price: $4500 - SOLD
Life is short. You are good. Ride a board that makes you proud.
Fins: Twin Keels in Marine Ply from Larry Gephardt
Glass: 6+6 Top, 6 Bottom, Resin Research Epoxy, sanded speed finish, logo in sustainably harvested teal abalone, blank and shape by 42. Glass by Cascade Performance Glassing. This is a really beautiful board.
Price: $4500.
Speed. Beauty. Organic. Need I go on?
Here at 42 Surfboards, we are American surfers shaping wood surfboards. That's all we do. We’d like to shape you a board that is beautiful, unique, and is more than something you just surf on. Although we know that you will love surfing it.
Life is short. You are good. Ride a board that makes you proud.
This is Jim's second board of the week. And he already has another one on the wish list...
Keep in mind that beauty isn't everything! Our goal is for your 42 Surfboard to be the easiest surfboard on the environment. At 42 Surfboards, the environment comes first. It just doesn’t matter how groovy your van is or how bushy your beard is, if you are going through boards as fast as some of our friends are going through their sticks of foam, you’re just not walking the walk. At 42 Surfboards we are building boards that you will be able to pass on to your grandchildren. If you’re ready to give them up at that point.Here at 42 Surfboards, we’d like to give you something that is really hard to find these days. We’d like to give you a wood surfboard hand-shaped by American surfers. We’d like to give you a board that is beautiful, unique, and is more than something you just surf on. Although we know that you will love surfing it.
42 Surfboards are hand-shaped from blanks that we build ourselves. Our blanks are as organic as they come and at 42, your surfboard blank isn’t going to kill anyone. Our blanks are built from sustainably harvested wood and are chambered as radically as any in history. This gives you a remarkably beautiful and strong surfboard that, with a little love and a little luck, will last you the rest of your life.
Everybody has had a magic surfboard. Given the right day, there is a good chance that this will be Jim's magic board.
At 42 Surfboards, disposable boards just aren’t going to cut it anymore. Nor are toxic boards made from the same old poisonous soup that has been used since the early ‘60s. By hand-shaping local wood into beautiful high performance surfboards, our goal is to change the very paradigm of choosing a surfboard. Instead of choosing the quick and easy, the cheap and sleazy, the pop-out molded spray-painted cookie cutter foam toy, we want you to think a little. Think about the long-term cost. The environmental cost. The aesthetic cost. The social cost. And then go with the choice that is simply better by nature.
Dimensions: 8'5", 21.5"
Core: Beautiful white fir and western red cedar. Fully chambered and vented.
Fins: Bamboo canard quads magically foiled by Marlin at 101 Fins
Glass: 6+6 Top, 6 Bottom, Resin Research Epoxy, sanded speed finish, logo in sustainably harvested abalone, blank and shape by 42. Glass by Gary and Fred at Cascade.
Price: $4500
In the shaping bay: Longboards and Diamond Tails.
At the glasser: Longboards.
Board prices: $4500 for 8'-10'
In the water: Tomorrow is supposed to be epic. 16 feet at 16 seconds. A long backside point. I love my home!
Thoughts: Happy Thanksgiving!
Life is short. You are good. Ride a board that makes you proud.
More wood to come....
