Surfboards

**profkrispy** · 01-20-2010

In between surfing, riding, and extolling the virtues of the Law of Sines and the Quadratic Formula to teenagers on the edge of their seats waiting for their cell phones to vibrate, I build surfboards. Here are a few of them.

9'8" x 23" wide x 3 1/4" thick. It is a mix of ideas from Bob Simmons and George Greenough.

9'2" x 16 3/4" x 22 1/4" x 15 3/4" x 3 1/4". Similar to the board Nat Young rode when he won the World Championships in 1966.

6'10" x 22.5" x 3". Exploring having a little flex in the tail with the tapered, vanishing stringer.

6'3" x 20" x 2 7'8", similar to a board Richie West rode in "Crystal Voyager"

**Too Tall** · 01-20-2010

I'd have to make up a word to describe your impressive and beautiful work.
If I lived in SoCal I'd be your best new pal.

**themanmonkey** · 01-20-2010

Awesome. When I lived in Santa Barbara I use to have .

**crumpton** · 01-20-2010

i'll take the 9'2" seriously, just send it over. nice stuff.

**robin3mj** · 01-20-2010

I like the 6'10"- that'd be a good board for the parts of the Jersey Shore I surf...how is the stringer-less tail working? Is the intention to flex enough to hold the line down a fast, skipping/choppy face, or something else?

**profkrispy** · 01-21-2010

The 6'10" is designed for good point surf, think Malibu or Rincon, but it will work well in any wave that has some tension, and by tension, I mean any wave that has a down the beach as well as an in to the beach component. The flex tail is only really felt when loading and unloading out of a bottom turn, you get a little extra pop off out of your turn.

**mumbleypeg** · 09-24-2010

Very Greenough.

I love your shapes.

**Brandon White** · 06-18-2011

These boards are awesome. I need to surf.

**Andyindo** · 06-18-2011

That board looks like a lot of fun to ride! 6,9 and wide fish!Must paddle pretty nicely :-)

**Human Epic Jolt** · 07-05-2011

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**profkrispy** · 07-27-2011

9'4" x 16 3/4" x 22 1/2" x 15 3/4" x 3 1/4"
1 3/8" x 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" thickness profile

3 15/16" Nose Rocker
3 1/4" Tail Rocker

5/8" Hull at its deepest

Inspired by Nat Young's "Magic Sam" from 1966.

**profkrispy** · 07-27-2011

The same board being glassed.

**profkrispy** · 08-04-2011

More Summer goodness. The Mango.

**Linnaeus** · 08-09-2011

Just got out for some 3-4 footers with the occasional 5' wave yesterday. Had some really great noserides and ducked under the lip on one of the bigger waves to move through all day. Your boards are beautiful.

**profkrispy** · 08-27-2011

This was a collaborative effort. I shaped a 9'4" spoon 1/4" thinner all the way around. Then Raphael Wolfe from Timberline vacuum-bagged a 1/8" thick Paulownia skin. I went back and turned the rails by hand. It's light and very strong.