Storyboard Books Printed and Signed!

When pulling together the Storyboard exhibition, Mat and I reallised what a great opportunity we had to make a photography based documentary of the project. So we went ahead and turned our favourite 26 images along with the story into delightful little handmade books. Great for the coffee table or for budding board builders to browse over for some thoughtful inspiration....we hope! We had a limited run of 14 printed, which we have both signed and the first few have disappeared from our hands without us even telling anyone about them. This first run of signed editions are priced at £25 each, so if youd like to pick one up before Christmas, let us know and we'll send one out to you.

Here are some teaser images that are in the book.

We are planning to complete a second edition of prints when we sell out of those first few, but these wont be signed and will be sold at a price of £20. So if you miss the first batch, fear not, more are on the way!

Bear Prototypes Finished

It feels like it's been a long time in the making, but we have finally completed our first two prototype Wombats for Keith Beddoe of Bear Surfboards. There were a few issues with the collaborative processes that needed ironing out, so these fist two will be very much our demo boards, and not for sale but in the coming months, we will be working on a mal with Keith. So if you're looking for a longboard from us, watch this space...

We will be keeping this model for demo use, its a 6'4 based on the Bear Wombat.

This is Keith's 6'4 model - look at the lovely finish that the guys at Diplock Phoenix achieved for us.

Here's Keith's board in its new home - on display at Surfed Out in North Devon.

Demo Day This Weekend!

Thanks to the Tubestation at Polzeath for holding our current exhibition as well as the Jesus Longboard Classic http://tubestation.org/jesus-longboard-classic/

Mat is going to be at the event with a Mini Magic and a Big Blue to demo for anyone who is keen to have a go on one. Fingers crossed for some good waves and some great surfing.

An 8'0 Big Blue model will be at the event.

Along with a 6'10 Mini Magic.

The Storyboard Opens at Polzeath

The Storyboard and book took center stage for the openning.

A board close-up reveals the story and the hard work - handmade plywood with engraved frame all from one tree!

A selection of our final images (6 of 12) all framed with the same tree's timber.

Talking boards with George Stoy as the openning comes to a close with one of our finished Bear boards in the background. . . watch this space for more news of those!

 Last Saturday we were lucky enough to open our exhibition at the Tubestation in Polzeath. Mat and I were up 'till late on friday night hanging boards on the walls and fiddling with gallery hanging systems to get everything looking right. Then on Saturday, with a cup of tea and some cake we entertained some enthusiastic guests talking about our project.

So. . . its now open, untilt the end of October and we're so pleased to have all the pieces of the puzzle together, so if youre into wooden surfboards get along and have a look round. The framed images are on show upstairs and the board and books are displayed in the gallery space downstairs at the Zeath gallery.

Exhibition just around the corner

 

One Tree. One surfboard. One Story.

For the past 9 months, Mat Arney (check out Mats blog for the full story) and I have been busying ourselves in the woods and workshop to pull together a project which is being launched as an exhibition this coming Saturday. We will have our board, framed images and books on show and sale, so come on down to Polzeath, Tubestation for our openning at 3pm on Saturday the 17th of September for tea, cakes and wooden surfboards.

Story Board - Upcoming exhibition in Polzeath

Here is a little taster of some un-edited images that will feature as part of a collaborative exhibition that me and freind/photographer Mat Arney are putting together. We are telling the story of a board made completely from Cornish Western Red Cedar from the standing crop through to a finished board, with a few hidden surprises too!

The Story Board exhibition will be taking place at The Tubestation in Polzeath, launching on Saturday September the 17th and will be on display for 6 weeks until the end of October. We plan to have framed prints, the display board and a second finished board and even some books that will document the story deeper on sale at the gallery.

We will post further developments here and will extend official invites for the opening night on request. So please come along and see what we have been up to.

World Belly Boarding Champs just around the corner!

We are pleased to let you know that we will have a small stand down at Chapel Porth beach for the World Belly Boarding Championship, held by the National Trust on Sunday the 4th of September. We are planning to have a demo session of our handplanes and a couple for people to try out throughout the day, so if you're keen, come on down. If you're really keen, why not enter the belly boarding competition too? - Visit the official website to enter here.

Just a little reminder of how a handplane looks.