Today we have a unique story on the pictured log, a re build of a 1964 ish surfboard built by George rice in Victoria.

I decided to build this on behalf of team classic surfer Danny Cook. The board has a one off quality for many reasons. The first being the timber stringer, the wood used here was given to me from a good friend who was stripping the exterior of his house, the timber is 40 year old Australian cedar, beautiful to the eye and a joy to work with. The blank was hand shaped from Dion foam, which is about a 4 hour process from go to woe. The glassing was also done by myself. I used the old style cloth that is called volan, which leaves
a green tinge to the glassing, especially on the rail where the layers are doubled over. The pre sanding and finish coat were all my work. For this hands on approach I have labeled this one as being master-built.

The fin is an Australian made Alkali 11 incher, made in Ballina.

Over all a very classic surfboard, as you can see from the images.

I have had the pleasure of watching the Danilama surfing her, one of the joys that I have experienced of late.

SP.

– the names have been collected, cut up and drawn from the hat @ left –

The announcement everyone has been waiting for is upon us. The PCC all by hand winner is ………. drum roll ……………………..……………………..…………………

DANNY COOK !!!

Symbol crashhhhhh ……….

Here is a pic of Danny making his choice from the ten boards in the show. Please take a look at the link below, as we have up loaded an online gallery of the boards made for the exhibition.

The day was a great success, with around 100 people in attendance.

A big thank you to Nikita Rolleston and Charity Rose Turner for their wonderful tunes on the day. Also the to many others who lent a hand to make the event happening, untold thanks.

SP.