It seems like it has been a nonstop adventure since... well... I guess it always is. Carl showed up on the fourth of July, we got Skip his Coors board and headed straight to the factory to bust out a couple boards for the tv show Hawaii 5-0. After that we headed to the Bay for a party on Joels boat. Party, girls, booze, boats.
This was the first night we lost Carl.
Somehow the week went on like this. We managed to find our way to the shop everyday and power out. Carl shaped 23 boards this trip. Wow. I think it his record. All kinds of boards. Hulls, minis, single fins, logs, fishes. We even got to revamp Daniel Jones' Quadini.
With all the work going on we seemed to celebrate every night. Botched town missions to Margarita's and black outs.
We have to keep ourselves out of jail, so we can't really post everything on the blog. But it has been harmless fun for everyone. Well Carl might not of had too much fun when we left him up the top of snake road at 2:30 am wasted. Nothing like a 4.5 mile sobering hike to the factory to sleeping on the floor.
Good times.
This was the first time Carl extended his ticket. There was too much work to get done. And we get easily distracted when Heather Brown, Yusuke Hanai, Hi- Dutch and Clark Takashima are calling to BBQ on a sunday afternoon. Definitely an inspiring crew.
After barley making it to the airport, Carl was sent off with boards for Long Beach Surf Shop... and my wallet. Somehow he manage to leave me behind with nothing. literally nothing. Lucky he put enough gas for me to get the van home. Eric met me in town and we went to check out the Hawaii 5-0 set where we had a couple boards in the scene. It was pretty crazy. Jane the prop master took us to the weapons guys and showed us all the guns. I felt like a little kid, so stoked. These things dwarfed the pellet gun at home. A good day. Time to celebrate. Again.
Back to work.
Eric and Matt have been playing around in the shop, getting their fingers in the resin and learning the craft. It sure doesn't keep the beers from going down. The whole vib can go from a mellow night to crashing weddings in about 3 sec.
Loose.
The factory has been bustling even though the nights seem to be longer than the days. Shirts, hats and stickers are in stock. Boards and art are moving through the shop. Somehow were managing to get boards done, party, and even sneak in a body surf or two. I wouldn't change this for the world.
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If we had a couple of these at the shop, getting deposits would not be a problem :)
Eric looks pretty comfortable with that gun. Just add the van and a mask.
Look at that smile on my face. For someone who has never shot a real gun, I sure do like them. Don't know why. Always a fan of action movies. Here Alex is giving me the lowdown on the weapon. Everyone was so friendly on the set. It was cool seeing the production of it all. So professional. The opposite of board building.
Some paintings...
A little Single fin for Malibu's Surf Shop employee
A Hull for Malibu's
Some art in the process
A blurry picture of some boards getting laminated. Its full rush time. We got 20 boards were trying to get done before the Crowlifornia trip.
