Saturday, September 28, 2013

Part 5: High performance Mini Simmons from Insulation foam

The ShortBus is done!!! Sooooo stoked, I almost got a little emotional when I was paddling out for the first time... Can't believe it is finally done... seems like it took a lot longer then the last board I did... Here are a couple shots of the final product and the maiden voyage. My friend Luke Sharp was out there in the water with his camera. Thanks Luke!








Stay Stoked!
-James

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Part 4: High performance Mini Simmons from Insulation foam

 Getting close to being done!! Got all artsy on the bottom with some paint, wasn't planning on that but got to messing around with it one night while I was waiting on my resin to come in the mail and one thing led to another... Painted the top yellow and that got me to thinking hey why not name this board the "Short Bus"? Haha so here are some photos of where it stands now. 






Hoping to have this in the water by Saturday!

Stay stoked!

-James

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Part 3: High performance Mini Simmons from Insulation foam

Done with the shaping part now to finish painting it and then glassing. Came out pretty good as far as I can tell, can't wait to get it in the water.


Added some yellow to the tail, I used regular house paint and just diluted it a little bit with water.


Installed the fcs leash plug. 


Fins are coming along, I just traced around some existing fins I had and then cut them out and foiled them.


So here it is as of now, prolly gonna do a little more painting and then glass it, can't wait to finish this thing and test it out.

-James