be quick

The Surfline showroom is getting full so now is a good time to grab a stock board or a secondhand pre-loved board, Summer is coming and the rush for equipment will be soon, If you want a Custom order for Xmas you better be fast, Get in and place an order, Micro* PS there are a few good buys on the secondhand blog at the moment at http://secondhandies.blogspot.com/

TANtalization

James Tanner's WaveWalker is glassed, The MATTadorai is hooting, The woodwork by Roger has come to life with the resin going on, Nice work team, Micro*

wholegrain

Roger working on the next Wooden Speed Dialer, Outstanding and painstaking woodwork, Micro* (top pic is one of the complete boards)

tail end grain

Images of the Tailblock process, Wood is great way to end your board, Micro*

PLB

Roger and his Wooden Speed Dialers will be appearing in the next Edition of Pacific Longboarder Magazine in an article about The Wooden Boards Day held on The Gold Coast, Just heard that the pages have been put together from Editor John Brasen, Micro*

a blank look

Roger cutting out the budget stringer from a longboard blank so he can glue in a beautiful wooden stringer, What species ? Your guess is as good as mine, Roger uses Redwood, Paulownia, Yellow cedar, The list goes on, The Beauty of handcrafted custom design, Micro*

The Wooden Boards Project

For those of you who have missed out on previous posts about 'The Wooden Boards Project' this is for you, Roger Hall of Surfline Surfboards Ruakaka Northland NZ has been handcrafting some of the most amazing wooden surfboards built to date, Made from a selection of light woods both overseas species and (of course) NZ grown timber, Some locally sourced (from up the road), This chambered Speed Dialer model (top pic) was one of 4 that was showcased in Australia at The Wooden Boards Day held in Currumbin on the Gold Coast, It was a great event to display Roger's talents, So this next board (bottom three images) is number 6 in the series made from, So far, Coconut and Balsa, It's early stages but it is coming together nicely, If you have missed out on the whole wooden trip that Roger has been on just call in to the Showroom in Kepa Rd Ruakaka NZ, Thursday to Saturday and check them out or click on the word 'WOODEN' at the bottom of this post and you can see all the previous entries on The Wooden Boards Project, Micro*

it's justin time

Hi Justin, Your board is hooting along, The blank has been cut, The double stringers are glued in, Planshaped and profiled, Looking good, Roger has done all his pre-shaping measurements, Micro*

clamping down

Roger's side project 'The Wooden Boards' is ticking along, He has clamped up several species of light weight wood so he can cut out the central beams, The beam template is placed on the wood and marked out for cutting (top pic), Painstaking work but he has been putting in some long hours, This is going to be one wicked board when complete, Micro*

MATTadorai Mandala

Bodhi you AP3 is complete, Classy spray, Custom graphics with a Mandala by The MATTadorai, Very nice indeed, Come and pick it up, Looking super nice in the *new look* black showroom, Micro*

craig can do the splits

Craig your knee board is doing the splits at the moment, Roger has cut out the budget stringer in your blank is now ready to glue in a new species, Micro*

told ya

Your board is glassed with it's finboxes in Murph, The MATTadorai is making a very nice job of your Kneeboard, Not long to go before it's ready, Micro*

wheeler peeler

Mark on his Speeding D*, Micro*

murphy's law

If your kneeboard is the only board in the glassing bay at the moment then I would say your next Murph, Micro*

end grain

Another Tailblock of many species ready to be shaped, Micro*

goodwon

Craig Goodwin and Roger had a good chin wag recently at the factory whilst putting together Craig's next custom kneeboard orders finer points, Micro*

head turner

Andrew your board is shaped up with that classy grunty 1-1/16'' Redwood stringer, Micro*

go 2 guy

The MATTadorai, What he can't do to a surfboard ain't worth writing about, Micro*

cocoNUTTY

Roger has been working late on the next Wooden Boards Project, This next one will feature full lattice Coconut and Balsa A, B, C, D beams (the central beams of the board), The Coconut looks amazing in the previous Wooden Boards so this one is going to be magic, Micro*

prime colours

James Tanner's wave craft sprayed and having the timber work prepared for glassing by the MATTadorai, Micro*