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My Family Quiver
1) The orange and blue one is a model I came up with for my son Gavin when he was 5 years old, called The Tadpole. He loves orange, so I had Afranio Albuquerque do a fire resin deck and a blue bottom wrapping around the rails with black pinlines. It's 4'11". He grew out of it, so it'll get passed down to Bella and then Eden.
2) The next one is an exact, and I mean exact replica of my favorite 5'8" MEZ fish. The board I replicated was originally purchased from Raymond Turnipseed for $200. It looked exactly like this one, only the Rocket Fish, El Pescado, that I hand-shaped in this picture is 5'6". That is the only difference. I matched the opaque white up with the same blue and purple resin. I love to ride my fish with fins set more forward because I ride with my front foot way up and usually have my back foot right behind it, so I immediately fell in love with the original Mez fish, and in fact, used the same tail and fin placement on a blue fish that I hand-shaped for Delco Hagen in one of my older blog posts. This board was tough because I had to get everything exact.
3) The third board from the left is a cross between the 5'6" fish (modified from my 5'8" Mez Fish) and the 6'0" Thrailkill Newshape Quad (to the left and right of it). I took the 5'6" fish template and and 6'0" Thrailkill Newshape template (Bill Thrailkill), and merged them together to get the 5'10" Destroyer Twin in this picture. I like my personal boards logo free, with hand signatures... keep it simple... build 'em... ride 'em.... pass 'em on.... build more of 'em!
4) The fourth board from the left, and my latest project in the "fishy" realm of boards is this 6'0" Bill Thrailkill Newshape Template with quad futues and optional FCS twins. This is my favorite of the 3 shown here that I ride. It is simply MAGIC!
5) I templated, and foiled this lime green flex fin too...
1) The orange and blue one is a model I came up with for my son Gavin when he was 5 years old, called The Tadpole. He loves orange, so I had Afranio Albuquerque do a fire resin deck and a blue bottom wrapping around the rails with black pinlines. It's 4'11". He grew out of it, so it'll get passed down to Bella and then Eden.
2) The next one is an exact, and I mean exact replica of my favorite 5'8" MEZ fish. The board I replicated was originally purchased from Raymond Turnipseed for $200. It looked exactly like this one, only the Rocket Fish, El Pescado, that I hand-shaped in this picture is 5'6". That is the only difference. I matched the opaque white up with the same blue and purple resin. I love to ride my fish with fins set more forward because I ride with my front foot way up and usually have my back foot right behind it, so I immediately fell in love with the original Mez fish, and in fact, used the same tail and fin placement on a blue fish that I hand-shaped for Delco Hagen in one of my older blog posts. This board was tough because I had to get everything exact.
3) The third board from the left is a cross between the 5'6" fish (modified from my 5'8" Mez Fish) and the 6'0" Thrailkill Newshape Quad (to the left and right of it). I took the 5'6" fish template and and 6'0" Thrailkill Newshape template (Bill Thrailkill), and merged them together to get the 5'10" Destroyer Twin in this picture. I like my personal boards logo free, with hand signatures... keep it simple... build 'em... ride 'em.... pass 'em on.... build more of 'em!
4) The fourth board from the left, and my latest project in the "fishy" realm of boards is this 6'0" Bill Thrailkill Newshape Template with quad futues and optional FCS twins. This is my favorite of the 3 shown here that I ride. It is simply MAGIC!
5) I templated, and foiled this lime green flex fin too...
5'6" Rocket Fish
This fish template is based on the fish and kneeboard mastery of Richard "MEZ" Gomez and Clyde Beatty. It is fast, like lightning, and responds well in summer mush on up to overhead surf. Call me today, and I will shape one for you.
- Dave Falkenau
This fish template is based on the fish and kneeboard mastery of Richard "MEZ" Gomez and Clyde Beatty. It is fast, like lightning, and responds well in summer mush on up to overhead surf. Call me today, and I will shape one for you.
- Dave Falkenau
