new surfboards

June 30, 2009

Machining Cheat Sheet

Machining Cheat Sheet

Piece of wood with surfboard building suggestions written on it

High school would have been WAY easier if we could have done this there, too.

May 22, 2009

Huevos Rancheros

Huevos Rancheros

Fletcher in the shaping bay with an egg shaped epoxy surfboard

Stocking up for summer, another egg is that much closer to the showroom floor.

April 19, 2009

Where the magic happens

Where the magic happens

Foam surfboard blanks stacked up

Where every FCD boards starts it's life, the foam shop, late afternoon. Judging by the work being done there must have been a swell, just the way it oughta be.

April 16, 2009

It's alive!

It's alive!

Glassing decks in the FCD glassing room

The glass shop post paint job. Some of you may remember the pink walls from previous shots, that was actually a color used in insane asylums to keep patients calm. I have no idea why anyone thought that would be necessary. Stru and Robin bring a few freshies to life, sick style with the silver suit Stru!

April 13, 2009

More tools of the trade

More tools of the trade

Fletcher in the shaping bay hanging up a tool

What Fletch is hanging up measures to check if there's any twist in the blank before it gets glassed. There are 2 more in the glass shop that measure the same thing, and everyday each curing rack in the oven is checked to make sure it's level. Something tells me you won't find that in the Cobra factory....

April 10, 2009

Foam Dust

Foam Dust

Fletcher in the shaping bay holding a level with foam dust in the air

Parmenter always said, "what goes into your lungs doesn't come out, wear your mask". Hard to believe people used to shape, glass, and sand with a Marlboro for lung protection.

April 07, 2009

Tools of the trade

Tools of the trade

surfboard durability testing tools

Calipers, rulers, saw, and a sharpie are just some of the tools used in the machining room. Don't let this fool you though, what isn't shown is the attention to detail required to keep from destroying blanks and sending the cutter into the clamp heads.

March 02, 2009

Rocker templates

Rocker templates

rocker templates for new epoxy surfboards

We have stacks of these in the rafters, most all of them have names, kinda weird, kinda not weird I guess.

February 23, 2009

Bubble boy

Bubble boy

throwing a shaka in the glass room

Shaka.

May 23, 2008

Top of the Shop

Top of the Shop

Pointblankswideangle

Point Blanks 2008
Photo: Tim Davis

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