fish and log: January 2010

Sunday, 31 January 2010

sea thru

The MATTador hot coating the tail of the Flexfish 5, This too is set for the Fish Fry 2010 in Currumbin, Micro*

Saturday, 30 January 2010

rail nice

Roger's personal test board, The MATTador has tinted it MINT ! and other colours, Micro*

he a cocoNUT

Roger is part way through the glue up of the central beams of the Chambered Coconut Wooden Twin Keel, This is destined for The Fish Fry in AU in march, Micro*

Thursday, 28 January 2010

finatic

Lar's has put in your finboxes Rebecca, Micro*

sea through flexiglass

Roger has shaped the tail from the deck down to the glass of the Flextail 5, The MATT(weadour) is going to glass the deck and top of the flextail today, Micro*

rebecca's rails

Rebecca your Innovator 7'4'' is fully shaped, Roger did a rail check and it's good to go, Next is the fin box holes, Micro*

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Got 'Shot of the Day' yesterday on Surf.co.nz, Stokage, Taken on old expired Kodak 100 elite slide film at a 15th of a second, This is J9 gliding at The Powerstation, The MATTador's way better half, Micro* PS I still love ya MATT honest

the MATT we ador

The MATTador loves the camera, A bit too much sometimes, Micro*

for the wicked

No sooner is one shaped the next is cut ready for glued up, He is a machine, Roger is super busy, Micro*

shapers shape

The MATTador with the help of Lars has just completed a tiger stripe nose tip resintint on the first Electraglide partly shaped on the new machine and hand finished by Roger, Roger will be using this as a test model, Set for sea trials soon, Micro*

a smiling thinker

The MATTador working on programming for the new machine, Deep in thought with the odd cheeky grin, Micro*

trent in print

Our good friend and amazing surfer Tent Lillis is in print today in The Northern Advocate, I bet he knows someone that works there, Micro*

eclectic publication extras

Just a few more images I have sent of Roger to Paul Hersey for his upcoming book, Looking forward to see what he selects and how the book comes together, Micro*

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

eclectic publication

Just a few of the images of Roger and his work set to be published in a 'beyond the mainstream' surfing book by Paul Hersey, Paul recently interviewed Roger at length and he asked me for some images to illustrate his upcoming book, Roger and I are very pleased to help Paul with this project, With a very eclectic mix of images it will be interesting to see the end result, GO PAUL GO !, Micro* PS Got Shot of the Day on Surf.co.nz today, Stoked

planning shapes

Roger checking out the finer points of the planshape on the second Electraglide off the new shaping machine, Perfection is paramount, Micro* PS John checking out the progress in the top pic, Hi John !