Austin goes through phases where he pushes the envelopes in each area of a surfboard build. His current area of focus is working on is in the different stringer arrangements. A few months ago it was custom fins and fin art. This was one of the wood and resin fins that he and Joe created. [...]
Sometimes we get asked to make a custom watercraft that requires a little special engineering and often a special glue up. We are of the mind that no task is to hard for us. Sometimes it just takes a little thought. It’s not like we are building the wing to the space shuttle or is it? [...]
Some boards just seem to catch my attention. Such is the case with the custom 11 ft 4 in Soul Glide. Red is always an eye catcher but I like all the little touches Austin put into this board. I love the spade theme that is carried from the nose cap to the ends [...]
Austin surprised me with a new balsa board for my father’s day present. It is absolutely beautiful. I had seen him working on it for the past couple of months and never questioned who it was for but I was shocked to find out that he had been working on it the whole [...]
You know when you break out the hammer and chisel you are taking a big step back from current technologies but often a step back means a leap forward. When most people are going to the shaping machines to make their boards Austin takes a step back and does it in the old school [...]
Austin describe it as one of his ugliest shapes but he could not deny the fact that the shape worked. I think the fact that Austin is a die hard single fin fan made him look as the Pistola with a skewed view due to its 2 +1 fin setup. The Pistola, named after one [...]
Austin continues to stretch the limits by combining different materials for the desired effect. His newest creation, 6 months in development, is his Eco friendly fish. The fish combines an earth friendly foam with farm grown balsa. The fins were hand shaped from the same balsa using an Austin developed fin template. All of these fish [...]
Our recent newsletter stated that we were bored with the stock boards we were producing and looked forward to some customers stretching the limits by ordering one off customs for their quivers. These are the boards we live for. Most companies hate customs because it throws off their profit margins by not being [...]
Austin polished her up last week. Even though it is not nice to mention a ladies size I don’t think she will mind. She measures a cool 26 lbs and is 10′2 x 24 x 3 1/2. I love Mexican lowriders so that was my inspiration to guide her build. She has old school scallops [...]
