Watery Ambitions

Experiments in surfcraftiness.

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4'10"x21.25x2.625. Knifey/downrails. Floats me great, for Gianni its practically a longboard.

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David Murphy: Brooklyn, NY, United States; A blog for my amateur experiments in surfcraft design.

Co-shaped Lord Board with Joey Clams

Super fun geek out session in the shaping bay with Clams yesterday.
Handplanes for the Holidays

No heat in the studio, but I still managed to get 10 handplanes finished to pass on to the surf crew before taking off for the holidays. T...
Boardbags

A friend expressed interested in doing some boardbag designs so here are some pics of my first attempts. These go with two of my alaias (tha...
Daniel's simster update

Buff it up and its ready to go out the door.
Bubble wrap under vacuum

Couldn't tell if it was working so I took it out. Ordered a sick vac setup today. I've got some cork, divincel, carbon and balsa o p...
Empire Alaia #4, redux #2

The beauty of shaping wood is you can shape it, ride it, reshape it and see what's different. Can't wait to see how it goes with a n...
Asym experiment ...#15

Basically a tweaked neckbeard. Gotta work on my pinlines, they look even worse in pictures. Cork deck, carbon rails, resinx, FCS fusion box...
Hand Shredder
Drunken Master

Gotta be a ninja to ride this one. Closest to a traditional alaia of any of my foamies, but with 2" of foam to get you in earlier.
Eric's Cork bomb

Surfs like a Cadillac drives