Board #1

Today I've started to build the shop. Remove old floor, wiring, garbage... Next week it will start to get a new look.

So it's time to tell more about the shop and what you will find inside it.
I'll start with a surfboard (what else!!)

First (for no particular reason) it's a beautiful 5'11 Quad Fish by Josh Hall. Board features a full tint in some kind of rusty orange, a shiny polish, and Lokbox plugs.
Shape came out amazing, with perfect volume distribution, nice rails and Josh performance bottom contours, with enough vee to make your rail to rail transitions easy and fast. One of the best Quads I've seen from Josh.
Glassing by Blend Glassing and as always, flawless!

France

Currently in France with Fab and Nico from Blend Glassing. Picking up boards from Ryan Lovelace and Josh Hall. Later heading to UWL to meet the crew, get some Mccallums and work with Neal Purchase Jnr.
Been a great trip so far, with amazing weather, warm water and small but nice surf.

Josh Hall returns to Europe

Josh Hall, the super talented shaper from San Diego is returning to Europe to shape some boards. Josh will arrive in a couple of days and will spend his time between France and Spain.
If you want to grab one of Josh fine shapes, contact him for more info: jhallsurfboards@gmail.com

Josh is a great shaper and a really nice guy and was great to have him in Portugal in Nov. 2009. Maybe next time he can visit us again.

photos by Hugo Correia

Josh Hall is back in France

After the success of his trip to Europe last November, Josh Hall is back in Europe for another shaping trip.

This time Josh will only visit France, where he will work at Blend Glassing.

If you're interested in getting one of his great boards, contact Blend Glassing at the e-mail: blend40@wanadoo.fr 

JH boards

Shape by Josh Hall, Portugal November 2009
Glassing by Nico, Wavegliders

9'5 Big Fish Simmons

5'5 Pescado Hinchado

6'0 Rocket Fish

5'10 MFSQ

5'10 MFSQ

5'10 San Diego Fish

3 more to come!

JH 5'10 MFSQ

VENDIDA / BOARD IS SOLD

Josh Hall 5'10 MFSQ

Pigmento azul com faixa verde, polida
Blue tint with green stripe + polish
Lokbox

NOVA, pronta a surfar
NEW, ready to surf

info: magicquiver@gmail.com ou 919936850

Gloss

Glassing shots

Josh @ Drift part 2

Second part of the diary of Josh stay in Portugal is online:

I spent most of last Thursday morning watching Josh shaping my new board. From his hands sprang an amazing Long Fish Simmons, mixing the best elements of the Skip Frye design with some of his own design touches. She looks great and all the details make sense – I’m sure it’s a keeper!

We had just one blank left at the factory, and after a delicious pepper steak for lunch we figured we had time to fit in a quick drive around the area’s tourist spots. Josh was only here for a week, and we wanted to fit in as much as possible in the short time, so we headed to the atmospheric old town of Sintra – famous for his historical buildings, luxurious gardens and ancient palaces – and had a quick sightseeing tour encompassing Castelo dos Mouros and Palácio da Pena, residences built for past kings and queens. (...) photos by Hugo Correia

Continue reading it HERE

Josh @ Drift

New post on Drift about Josh Hall trip to Portugal, part 1 of his stay:

Josh Hall finally arrived in Lisbon on 22 November to kick off the Portuguese leg of his European shaping tour. Thankfully, the following day dawned bright and blue – a welcome change from the rain and clouds of the previous week, and perfect conditions for a trip along the coast.

We drove to Ericeira so that Josh could see some of Portugal’s best surf spots. The waves were huge, too big to get in, but at least Josh got an impression of how powerful the waves over here can be. (...)

Read the rest at Drift Europe, just click HERE

photo by Hugo Correia

JH shots by Hugo

all photos by Hugo Correia (hugocorreia@ymail.com)

Obrigado Hugo!