OldCrafty Bastards

If your really interested in home grown and locally handcrafted wooden surfing equipment from around or near the Newcastle area ,well, on the 8 th December 2012 there will be a display of some of the finest handmade not made in China surfboards and, a bloody good day to boot ....... I'm waiting for some more info as to time and where but, the underground whispers are some of the most respected and oldest craftsmen will be there with a good variety of wooden equipment, so....... watch here for more details,and as soon as I kmow you will....

The fifth fin and deck and side shot after fillercoat...My Laptop is being sent away to be fixed so this will be the last post for at least a week or so!

Hari(Harry) and Dilan ( Dylan) at you know where ....(bali) great guys , always great times, so good to see them ,and so sad to go

4 of the 5 fins and sad news of Donald Takayama ,we're slowly goin , hopefully, we can pass the hard earned knowledge on

Deck laminated..this baby is for sale its 5foot 9and a 5 finner the quads glassed on, the middle back fin in a FCS plug ie. removable

SHERPA the cat 14 years and was still fit but a cancer gradually got him, I have had many cats and dogs who were a joy to live with, but SHERPA was different, and today was a good day to die

Finish shaped and the bottom laminated in a lovely caramel kinda orange which really enhanced the 3/4" western red cedar stringerl

Hand made every inch,The black n white is Phil Pierce1964

The logo TIKI is hand painted by freehand so they progress and vary depending on the colour of the board

When I first started surfing in the early 60s the American influence in surfing and culture was all we new until we discovered what the Hawaiins " Aloha" was all about. The Yanks had given us something that to this day , in my mind, has moulded surfing in Australia and that was their term for a type of surfing called " HOTDOGGING" . This was the flamboyant and adventurous style of throwing aboard around regardless the size of the wave, but then surfing leaned heavily on the ultimate....tuberiding , coolness while doing it, and then.... with the advent of thrusters etc. serious professional ariel surfing took over ,but with the huge interest of retro boards with modern curves, Hotdogging is being reborn with the youngs guys lapping it up ..... this 5'9" is a hotdogger ,when its finished you stick some wax on it and eat the waves up....... HOTDIGGITYDOG

At the near finishing stage,...5"9...5 fin Pocket Rocket

5 foot 9" five finner x 20 3/4" x 8" tail.Just for fun

FRESH FULLY FOILED FIN by hand, a single fin beauty

Michaels board finished: hand made shape, glassing, sanding, pinlining, fins, hand painted stickers, the whole bloody lot by hand by me!