1, 2, 3 stringers

Some longboards at Addiction Surfboards shaping bay.
Looking nice!!!!!!


photos courtesy of UWL

Red Fins

A minha DK Swordfish recebeu uns fins novos bem vermelhos! Estava muito branca!

Estou a adorar a Swordfish que funciona na perfeição para o meu surf. Muito manobrável, permite um surf mais nos rails sem deixar de ser muito rápida.



Just upgraded my DK Swordfish with some groovy Red Fins! It was too white!

I'm loving the Swordfish. The design really suits my style. Very manoeuvrable, allows you to use more the rails and still goes really fast!

Grey DK

Após alguns dias de férias com a família e algum surf á mistura, estou de volta e trago comigo a nova prancha do Jorge, uma linda DK Double Bump Quad 6'0 com um pigmento cinzento.
A prancha ficou fantástica, com o cinzento tal como o cliente pretendia e excelentes acabamentos ao nível do melhor que se faz na Califórnia. A BoardCulture trabalha muito bem e o Cyril sabe o que faz com as resinas, mesmo quando os clientes são picuinhas!!!
Espero que gostes Jorge!

Aos interessados numa DK, lembro que ainda há algumas Swordfish, Quad Fish e Twin Keel em stock bem como duas raras Round Tail Quad.

After a few days home with the family and some surf, I'm back and brought with me Jorge new board, a beautiful DK Double Bump Quad 6'0 with Grey pigment.
The board came out great, the colour is just like the costumer wanted and quality is at the same level of those coming from California. BoardCulture works very well and Cyril knows his way around resin, even when costumers are too picky!!
Hope you like it Jorge!

Those interested in one of DK Surfboards, let me remind you that are still a few Swordfish, Quad Fish and Twin keels available as well as two very rare Round Tail Quads.

(photos taken early in the morning with low light, sorry!)

Kids

NOT made in China

Em vez de seguir o caminho fácil e rentável, produzindo na China, a BoardCulture manteve-se fiel ás origens e manteve na Ericeira a produção da sua segunda linha de pranchas de surf.

"Com um conceito activista, em nome dos direitos humanos, a marca entra em cena com a expectativa de revolucionar consciências e inspirar causas. As PopOut Surfboards são um produto acessível e necessário que corporiza uma filosofia de igualdade e lança desafios como o da responsabilidade social e local face a problemas universais."

Instead of going for the easiest way to make money, by taking production to China, BoardCulture kept their roots in Ericeira when launching their second label, PopOut Surfboards.

"PopOut surfboards is a Portuguese surfboards brand, produced in Europe designed to be a source of communication in human rights. We offer a product of value, so that we together and globally, are part of a society more capable, with a high index of social responsibility."

Check out http://popoutsurfboards.blogspot.com/

Teardrop

5'9 Teardrop

Handshaped by Filipe Hage for Rui

Nice work Filipe!

Have Fun Rui!

I just want to make people happy and smile

This time instead of a text about the shaper, I did an e-mail interview with Joe Clams. Just a short one but it came out great. Enjoy reading it!

MQ- How did surfing came in to your life?
Joe- I acctually started surfing when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It was a G&S 80's thruster. The board wasn't mine. My dad borrowed it from his buddies girl friend. I learned to pop up and paddle in community pool in my grandmothers condo in florida. Its was hilarious. My brothers and my Dad and I would be in the pool with the surf board paddling around while prune like old people with shower caps on would just float by. Its was kinda gross actually. The pool was like the 'Zuppa Di Giorno'. Yuck! I'm getting sick thinking about it. hahah

MQ- Shaping was something you always wanted or something that happened along the way?

Joe- I've always been good with my hands and I've been obsessed with surfing since my first pop up in that gross pool, so I guess it was only a matter of time. I also owe a lot to a few people who've done a lot to facilitate my shaping. My long time friend/local kahuna Dennis Farrellis pretty much responsible for the spark that started my shaping career. He always inspired me with is homegrown surf craft. Then much later on down the line there is Manny and Josh who've helped me out quite a bit through both teaching and example.

MQ- Working at Mollusk made a difference when you started? Were those boards at the shop a major influence?

Joe- I think working at the shop plays a big role in my surfboard building. I pretty much have Chris "Bubbie" Gentile and Mike "Dutchie" Machemer and obviously John "Honey Bear" McCambridge to thank for opening the NY chapter of Mollusk. Basically Mollusk has provided me a library of insane boards to reference. I learned a lot about all the different styles of rails because I had the opportunity to handle boards from every different shaper that Mollusk had board from.

MQ- You worked with Manuel Caro and Josh Hall. How did it happen?
Joe- I actually met Manny first but it wasn't until the second time we hung out that we got the chance to work together. Being as though he lives in California and I live in NY the second time we got to hang out was about a year after the first time. During the in between period Josh came into town. I think he was here visiting some friends and he wanted to shape a shop demo board for Mollusk. He had his planer with him and templates so all he needed was a shaping room and a blank. I had both of those. Actually I gave him a 8'0 Clark foam blank that worked out perfectly for the 7'6 Fish Simmons that he made us. Me and Josh instantly hit it off. Its not hard to instantly become friends with Josh or Manny. Those guys are so funny. As a matter of fact when Manny and Josh both stayed at my house Josh was making me and Manny laugh harder than we've ever laughed without even trying. He's just funny without even trying. Especially when he's shaping he just does the most random shit.

MQ- Which designs are you making now? and surfing?

Joe- I've been shaping alot of quad fish and keel fish. Manny and Josh both taught me how to make quad fish but Manny's QF are much different then Josh's QF. I like both. So I just do my own versions them altering them to suit my style. The keel fish I shape are totally different. I reference a lot of my keel fish design properties from guys like Lis and Pavel. In my opinion Lis and Pavel make the best keel fish. Again altering them to better suit my style and NY surfing conditions. Thats basically how designs evolve and become new, totally different designs.

MQ- The future for Grey Ghost?

Joe- I can only hope and pray that people will catch on. I would love to make a living doing this because there's nothing that I love more than shaping and surfing. I'll never stop shaping either way though. All I can ask for is a smile. I just want to make people happy and smile. If I managed to put a smile on someone's face then I know I've succeeded.

(it gets cold in NY!!!)

Thanks Joe

All photos courtesy of Shawn Roche

except the last one taken from Mollusk NY Blog

Grey Ghost

Conheci o Joe Clams, ou melhor o Joseph Falcone, no final de 2007 quando visitei a Mollusk Surfshop em Nova Iorque, onde ele trabalha. Passámos algumas horas á conversa, junto com o Nuno, sobre as pranchas expostas e sobre o surf em NY. A Mollusk é uma fonte inesgotável para os apaixonados pelo surf e pelo design de pranchas. 4 Horas depois eu tinha aprendido muito sobre os diferentes designs e tinha ficado a conhecer alguns dos shapes do Joe, em especial as suas Stubbies ao melhor estilo d o Manuel Caro da Mandala. Desde aí tenho seguido o trabalho do Joe através do seu blog: http://throughtheeyesofaghost.blogspot.com/
O Joe é uma excelente pessoa e um talentoso shaper com um longo futuro pela frente.
De Nova Iorque para o mundo, Grey Ghost Surfboards


photo by Shawn Roche

I’ve met Joe Clams (to be correct its Joseph Falcone) at the end of 2007 during my visit to Mollusk Surfshop in New York, where he works. Spend a few hours talking, along with Nuno, about the surfboards exposed at the shop and about the surf around NY. Mollusk is a never ending source for all surfboard design lovers. After 4 hours I had learned a lot about surfboard design and Joe had showed me some of his boards, specially the Stubbies inspired by the work of Manuel Caro from Mandala. Since then been following his work through his blog http://throughtheeyesofaghost.blogspot.com/
Joe is a cool guy and a talented shaper with a bright future ahead.
From New York to the world, Grey Ghost Surfboards

Maalaea video

Probably my next board!

Thumbs up!

Hand shaped by Filipe Hage
5'9" Teardrop

mais fotos em/more photos: http://surfinggg.blogspot.com/

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