Redwood “Stinger” Handplane
SOLD
This Handplane was built out of recycled Redwood, Pine, and Poplar. It has a triple concave on the bottom, an abalone inlay on the top, and it wants to charge some big waves! 15″ long, includes recycled neoprene hand strap.
Built by Martijn
May 8, 2011 Category: Front Page, Handplanes, Pointwood No Comments 
Curly Redwood Handplane
Buy: $100
This little handplane is made of curly Redwood and a Padauk stringer. The wood was salvaged from an old Victorian house here in SC. Many of the old buildings here in town were built using old-growth Redwood timbers, so whenever people remodel their homes we try to get the old wood and give it a new life. This little snub-nosed handplane has an abalone inlay on the bottom, and a brass fish inlay on top. Single deep concave on bottom for good control while in the pocket. Includes a neoprene hand strap made from recycled wetsuits.
Built by Martijn
May 8, 2011 Category: Front Page, Handplanes, Pointwood No Comments
Building a sign
We made a sign yesterday from a piece of redwood that was given to us, and some scrap pine. the grain on the redwood is simply amazing. Stop by and check it out!
April 30, 2011 Category: Front Page, The Ventana Shop, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Abalone Inlays
During our building process we like to incorporate many small touches that set the boards apart from others. We use quite a bit of abalone for our inlays, and they are all done by hand. We select our shells from a local abalone farm, carve them by hand, and inlay them in various places in the boards. These shots are of the 6’6″ Single fin, down rail board.
April 24, 2011 Tags: customization
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agave!
Scored some agave the other day! It takes a while to dry out the stock, but we will shape it into a surfboard one day!
April 14, 2011 Category: Front Page, The Ventana Shop No Comments
Ventana in the News
We’re in the press in Europe! The German lifestyle magazine Munich Magazine did a feature story on us and our boards! As the name says the magazine is based in Munich, the landlocked capital of Bavaria, home to the Oktoberfest and a world-famous surf spot in its own right, the standing wave of the Eisbach. Who knows, maybe one of these days one of our boards might be shredding through some glacial water straight from the Alps…
Here is a quick look at the article. The photos were shot by my brother Sebastian, who came to Santa Cruz last December to produce the images and the artwork for our new website. You can read his account of the photo production here on his blog: Sebastian’s “California Dreaming” post
April 7, 2011 Category: Front Page, Press & Media No Comments
7’9″ Widow Maker (Black)
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This is a special edition “black” 7’9″ , the deck and the rails are stained, and it looks like no other board I’ve built so far. It’s 22 1/8″ wide, 2.75″thick, with a 7″ center fin and two 2″ side-bites (all glass-on) set up as a “widow-maker”. The bottom and deck are Oak ply, the rails are cork. The nose and tail (half-moon), as well as the leash/vent cups are Walnut and Padauk, with Abalone accents. Plenty of entry and exit rocker, this shape performs REALLY well in head high + surf.
shaped by Martijn
April 7, 2011 Tags: stock board
Category: Front Page, Pointwood, Stock Board Archive No Comments
8’3″ Mini Tanker BIO RESIN
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Just finished this 8’3″ mini-longboard. It’s 21.5″ wide, 3″ thick, fairly parallel rails, blunt nose, and a wide square tail with a single glass-on hatchet fin. Birch decks; salvaged old-growth redwood tail, vent/leash, and fin; and a heck-of-a-lot of fun packed inside . This board is also glassed using Entropy Super-Sap Bio-resin, an epoxy made of sustainable by-products from other manufacturing processes. This is just one more way to reduce our impact and ride greener surfboards.
shaped by Martijn
April 6, 2011 Category: Front Page, Pointwood, Stock Board Archive No Comments
5’10″ Fish (The Slide Machine)
Buy: $ 1400
A classic fish en l’honneur de lis. 5’ 10” birch decks with cork and mahogany rails. The nose block is salvaged redwood from a 140-year-old Santa Cruz home. Abalone is inlayed in leash and vent plugs. Ready to slide.
shaped by Tyler
April 4, 2011 Tags: stock board
Category: Front Page, Short Board, Stock Boards for sale 1 Comment
Cedar/Leopard Wood Single Fin
Buy: $75
This is a custom-designed 10″ glass-on fin made of Aromatic Cedar, Leopard wood, and Maple strips on a 6″ base, finished off with a clear epoxy halo around it. Glass it onto your own board, have us do it for you or add a fin like this to any of our custom boards. More information about our custom orders here.
shaped by Martijn
March 20, 2011 Category: Front Page, Handplanes, Pointwood No Comments
7’9″ Thruster
Buy: $1600
This board is great for steeper waves where you’d need plenty of rocker and glide for entry. It’s 7’9″, 22″ wide, 2.75″ thick with a Diamond tail and thruster set-up (glass-on) made of birds-eye Redwood.
shaped by Martijn
March 15, 2011 Tags: stock board
Category: Front Page, Medium Board, Pointwood, Stock Boards for sale No Comments
7’0 Disc
Buy: $1600
This little disc is based on a design by a close friend. It’s 7′ long, 21 3/4 wide, 2 1/4 thick. Birch decks, cork/ply rails, salvaged straight grain redwood fin (Single, glass-on), tail, and leash/vent plugs. Epoxy resin with 6oz bottom, 2x4oz deck, and a poly gloss coat.
Shaped by Martijn
March 11, 2011 Tags: stock board
Category: Front Page, Medium Board, Pointwood, Stock Boards for sale No Comments