I have been working with John Cherry on a few boards lately. He gave me these two project boards to do for Sacred Craft. One is a 9'6" nose rider and the other is a 9'0" Simmons replica.

Both boards are chambered balsa. John made the blanks and gave them to Terry Martin of Hobie Surfboards to rough shape and then got them back to chamber them. Terry finish shaped them and John sent them to Ric Allison on the east coast to do the wood on-lay octopus and jelly fish. After so much work already into them I got them to handle the glassing. They were a lot of work as a team effort to get them done but I think the end result came out good.

John Cherry - made the blanks and chambered them, made the fins too

Terry Martin - shaped the blanks

Ric Allison - on-laid the wood designs

Michael Miller - laminated, finned, sanded, gloss+polished them

Shape off honoring Dick Brewer at Sacred Craft. Dick Checking the results.

2x World Long boarding champion Jen Smith stopped by for a visit.

My old boss Chris Christenson stopped by to see what's happening. It was good to see Chris. I don't get to see him as much now a days since he is in San Marcos now.

Chris checking the results of the shape off. He was one of the judges chosen to to decide the winner. Chris shaped under Brewer for a while so he knows the boards well.

Toru's always in a good mood.

Maricio Avila. Maricio has been a friend of mine for a long time. We used to work together at Joe's for a while. He now owns and operates Avila surfboards out of Oceanside, CA.

Bob Mitsven is such a nice guy. He always makes me feel comfortable in these crowded situations. Bob and Rick are some of the most humble guys in the business.

South Coast shaper Robin Prodonovich. David is the air brusher for South Coast as well as Mitsven surfboards. I think South Coast had the best airbrush boards of the show.