Squirreled away in the corner of Austin’s shaping room covered with 2 inches of foam dust Austin has hid his newest creation until now.  He has been designing it for almost 4 months now.  The only thing that he has told me is that it is based on the older Hansen 50/50s.  It will be a noserider of course and it will have the pivot fin like the original board but with a little bit more modern touch.  He didn’t tell me if the fin was going to be glass on or a box fin but it sounds interesting.  The one blank is 85 percent shaped.  The only thing I noticed right now is that it has either has a 1 1/2 or 2 paulownia stringer and the rails look 50/50 throughout but who knows what it will look like when he’s finished.  Stay tuned for updates….