This is the newest longboard I’ve been working on, for a friend at Santa Cruz Waves (www.santacruzwaves.com). It’s 9’4″long, 22.5″ wide, and 3″ thick. The decks are recycled redwood, doug fir, poplar, and mahogany. The tail block is redwood burl, with two abalone inlays. The nail holes in the redwood planks were filled, sealed, and then inlayed with the heads of brass boat nails, and it looks incredible. The old nails had rusted and stained the redwood black around the holes, which looks really cool with the shiny nail heads. Now it’s off to the glassing shop…

Martijn.