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5’10″ Rising Sun Single Fin Disc

This sweet little 5’10″ disc is the latest board to leave the shop. The sun rays are reclaimed redwood and pine, the “ocean” is also redwood, with a sun made from a burl of a tree I have not been able to identify! The 8″ single fin is redwood burl with an incredible color pattern. The top deck is all reclaimed redwood, you can see old staple marks in two of the strips, which look amazing in the old redwood. A knot hole in the top deck was filled with a piece of jade from the Ventana wilderness, Big Sur. The rails on the top deck have redwood circle inlays, with a black abalone inlay in the nose. 5’10″x21″x2 5/8″, glassed with Entropy Bio Resin. This board is sweet!

Buy: $2600 SOLD SOLD SOLD

Located at Lumen Gallery in Capitola

Shaped by Martijn.

 

August 31, 2012   Category: Front Page, Pointwood, Stock Board Archive   No Comments comments

9 Ft. Noserider – “Sunset / Moonrise”

This si the newest board being built here at Ventana. It’s a 9′ noserider with some unique designs to be elaborated on later, but for now I’ll just say it looks like it will be a winner. The bottom deck is reclaimed redwood, curly redwood, salvaged pine walnut, and yellow cedar. The design represents the sunset on one side over the rippled ocean, and a moon rise on the other side. The sun and moon will be inlayed at a later time. The top deck is yellow cedar, curly redwood, and salvaged black walnut. Check back soon to see the progress.

Martijn.

 

August 23, 2012   Category: Custom Board, Front Page, Pointwood   No Comments comments

Custom 9’6″ Redwood/Pine Longboard

The newest custom board to leave the shop is this gorgeous 9’6″ longboard. The top deck is pine with redwood stringers, and the bottom is reversed. Both sides have a large abalone circle inlayed near the nose, and the nail holes in the bottom deck are filled with copper boat tacks. The tail block is an old redwood branch found on the beach, and the top deck has a piece of Big Sur jade inlayed in an knot hole. The customer also requested a wood-burning of a sand dollar split open with the “teeth” coming out. The leash cup is lathe-turned bubinga with poplar, and really looks great. The single fin is made of scrap from the decks, and has a unique pattern to it, almost two fins in one. The board was glassed in Entropy Bio Resin, with the normal glass schedule of 2x4oz. on deck and a single 4oz. layer on bottom. This is one happy owner who intends to surf it often, but I have a feeling he will surf it much more than he expects…

Shaped by Martijn.

 

August 23, 2012   Category: Custom Board, Front Page, Pointwood   No Comments comments

Custom 5’10″ Redwood Single Fin

I just finished this custom board order for a gentleman that’s been coming by and admiring the boards for a while. He finally had to pull the trigger and get himself one of these boards custom tailored to his needs. It ended up being a 5’10″ single fin with a squash tail, rounded nose with a concave running to a Vee in the tail. The single fin is 9″ tall, and really flexy, to provide plenty of snap and responsiveness. It looks like a coral snake when seen from the front, and is made up of redwood and pine. The whole board was glassed in Entropy ”One” bio-resin.

The decks are reclaimed redwood with strips of black walnut, inlays of copper nails in the original nail holes, and two pieces of Big Sur jade, found on the beach in the Ventana Wilderness. The rails on the top deck have circle inlays of abalone in the nose and tail, and redwood along the sides. The tail block is Monterey cypress, collected as driftwood from the beach. A pencil drawing of Pelicans in flight is behind the fin on the bottom of the board. The drawing came from a previous customer who drew two for his own board. We decided on one, and he left the other one to be used on another project. Voila!

The glow in this wood is incredible, and to think it was destined to end up in the land fill. It really is amazing what we can salvage and put to use, and surely these few discarded deck boards will put many smiles on the new owners’ face. Trash to treasure.

Shaped by Martijn.

 

July 16, 2012   Category: Custom Board, Front Page, Pointwood   No Comments comments

6’6″ ‘Sunset’ board

SOLD SOLD SOLD

This is an amazing board! The bottom features a sunset over the ocean motive, with redwood and pine sun beams, redwood sapwood and heartwood as the last light over the reflecting ocean. Ok, I might be going a bit far out there with that, but really, it is a stunning board. The redwood used was all salvaged from a pile of off-cuts from a house build in nearby Bonny Doon, and it turned out beautifully. The pine gives it a wonderful accent in color, both having rich luster and depth. The redwood single fin is from a piece of redwood burl found nearby, and is stunning, with bands of black and “birds’ eye” patterning throughout. The sun is the center of a big redwood branch that was in a fire pit on the beach, but when looked at closely has amazing grain circles and colours. The tail block is from the same branch. The top deck is completely different, with redwood and pine bands along a redwood and poplar stringer. The leash cup was turned by hand on the lathe, and both it and the vent are scrap bubinga. The rails are cork, with inlays of redwood circles along the sides, and glistening green pieces of abalone in the nose and in the tail block. Truly an amazing board.

6’6″ x 21″ x 2 1/2″

 

Shaped by Martijn.

 

June 27, 2012   Category: Front Page, Pointwood, Stock Board Archive   No Comments comments

6’6″ “Poseidon’s Trident” Redwood Twin Keel

Buy: $2200

This 6’6″ twin fin is made of all redwood for the decks. The light parts are sap wood from a neighbors’ fence, and the center stringer is an old 2×4 from a house remodel in Aptos. The tail block is made of redwood with pine in between. When seen from afar, the board looks like it has the trident pattern made up of the dark redwood and the stained rails. The vent and leash cups are bubinga (from the scrap pile), and this is my first leash cup turned  by hand on the lathe. The fins are two layers of redwood, double foiled, and burned at the leading edge, giving it a really cool look. Glassed in Entropy One Bio Resin, with 2x4oz. on deck and a single 4oz. on bottom.

Board located at Stripe Men  in Santa Cruz  (831) 431-6182

Shaped by Martijn.

 

June 27, 2012   Category: Front Page, Long Board, Pointwood, Stock Boards for sale   No Comments comments

5’10″ Redwood Mini-Disc

Buy$ 2400

The newest board to be completed is this little 5’10″ beauty made of recycled old growth redwood deck boards and recycled doug-fir/cedar wedges.  The fin is a rising sun motif, with alternating colors on both sides of the fin. The nail holes were inlayed with the heads of copper tacks, to give a really unique and beautiful look amidst the old-growth redwood. The board was glassed in Entropy “One” Bio Resin, with two layers of 4oz cloth on deck and a single layer on the bottom. The top deck has an open coat, exposing the weave and shaving off weight. The board also has cork rails, a red abalone shark inlay in the tail, and a glass leash loop.  The board weighs in at a slight ten pounds. Dimensions are 5’10″ x 21″ x  2 5/8″.

Available at the Lumen Gallery in Capitola (831) 607-9255

Shaped by Martijn.

 

June 8, 2012   Category: Board Page Gallery, Front Page, Pointwood, Short Board, Stock Boards for sale   No Comments comments

6’6″ Birch Hull & 5’10″ Fish (sold)

Some new boards back from Paradise Glassing, a 6’6″ Birch hull and a 5’10″ fish.  Contact us to purchase.

 

May 22, 2012   Category: Front Page, Stock Board Archive   No Comments comments

6’3″ MP Tribute

A tribute board built before the loss of the great Michael Peterson.  This 6’2″ replica of the MP Morning of the Earth board is made of a beautifully faded green Poplar.  The single fin is made from salvaged Redwood and scrap Poplar.  The wide point forward at 20 3/4 encourages the rider to ride up on the board, lending itself to long drawn out turns.  The rails are turned down throughout the board and at 2 5/8ths thick, this board has no trouble paddling or catching waves.  A second model built from salvaged redwood will be posted shortly.

 

May 22, 2012   Category: Front Page, Short Board, Stock Boards for sale   No Comments comments

9’2″ Cedar Log (Sold)

SOLD

This 9’2″ Cedar longboard is the same shape that I ride on a daily basis.  23 wide, with a squared tail.  The log works great in anything from shin to overhead surf (tested in both).  The cedar is extremely light and features a beautiful grain that will hypnotize between sets.  Poplar stringers run through the deck in a nod to the classics.  The nose stays wide, but pulls in to reduce the chance of catching it during tight turns.  The rails are gentle throughout the board and turned slightly hard in the tail.  The single hatchet fin (cedar and poplar) is great for small days, and will hold a line when the surf gets bigger.  A great board for any rider.  If you want to test ride this shape, drop us a line and we will go for a surf.

 

 

May 22, 2012   Category: Front Page, Stock Board Archive   No Comments comments

7-0 Flying Pig

Buy: $2600

This redwood “Flying Pig” mini-longboard is amazing! At 7’0″ it looks like a small longboard, low nose rocker, equal tail rocker, almost double-ended shape with parallel rails. A twin fin set-up completes this board. With moderately hard rails throughout, this board was built for going fast and turning on a dime. The decks are made of reclaimed redwood deck boards, reclaimed doug-fir from a Victorian house remodel, and the Monterey cypress tailblock came from a local beach. The original nail holes in the redwood were filled with copper tacks, blending metal and wood into a beautiful package. The fins are redwood and cedar, and have a core of “rising sun” rays.  The cork rails were stained to match the redwood, and the vent plug is in the tail block, as well as the leash loop. The board was glassed in Entropy’s new resin called “ONE”, a new bio-resin that we were testing for the folks at Entropy. The top deck has an open coat, allowing the weave of the glass to show through and creating a textured surface. It also shaves nearly a half pound of weight off of the finished board.

Located at Lumen Gallery in Capitola.

Shaped by Martijn.

 

May 21, 2012   Category: Front Page, Medium Board, Pointwood, Stock Boards for sale   No Comments comments

First Friday at the Lumen Gallery

We will be participating in a first friday this week. The Lumen Gallery in Capitola will feature us as artists for the month of May, so if you’re in town this weekend come by the Gallery. It’s located in the village of Capitola, and will feature some of our best boards as well as works in progress. Stop in for a glass of wine and a chat…

 

Martijn.

 

May 2, 2012   Category: Front Page, Local Events, Pointwood   No Comments comments

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