"BOARD #1 FINALLY FINISHED!"

hey all!

the chacal did some pics again! and some magic for sure...
enjoy, i obviously do!

#1) a 5`8 x 20 3/4 x 2 3/4 twin keel fishie for my bloody self






marlin bacon of the massive 101fin company sent me some handcrafted bamboo magic over the big pond for this little racer








the times are good and the boards are almost done.

holy ....! what a trip!

take care!

"ANTICIPATION"

hey a!

i havent been able to surf for, let me think..., 9 month, thats a really long time.
shaping has been keeping me sane, but now, as my very first 5 boards are almost done by the magical hands of the chacal, the need to get them wet makes it even worse...

..but relief is on the way!

with the tremendous help of a new portuguese friend, again, met and got to know via the wwww, wonderful world wide web, we will call a nice little beach town somewhere in the middle of portugal our home for 2 weeks in the month of july.

Rui, as our friend is called, not only managed to get us a nice place to stay, that is only 50 meters away from the beach (well, thats a little compensation for the 2000kms we have to travel normally to get wet ;-)), but also is kind enough to take care of us while we re there and will show us around. i cant wait to shake this man`s hand with the biggest of smiles at the lisbon airport in 3 month.

Rui also has a nice blog which you can find here:
http://magic-quiver.blogspot.com/

yep, its called MAGIC QUIVER, and thats not just a nice name, no, its what its all about. Rui can get you some amazing shred sticks from the worlds best foam scratchers out there. names like Rich Pavel, Mike Hynson, Rainbow Surfboards, Dano Surfboards, Barrel Surfboards and others are written on the pieces of foam and fibreglass that pass through Rui`s hands.

i first contacted him because i noticed on his blog, that he can get me some nineplus wetsuits too. i get my new wetsuit in july ;-) . they re just beautiful and feel like butter. hmm.

until then...

i tend to switch around outlines, fin setups and ideas for the next projects, and im not really sure which way to go yet.
the possibilities are endless.
but it doesnt really matter. its gonna be fun anyways.

hope you all have a good time,
take care,

trim chris

"SOME FINS.."

LOKBOX CI KEELS, designed by the LOKBOX man Jim Robertson himself and rob machado, clear.

i have a wonderful bamboo, double foiled keel set with lokbox plugs from Marlin Bacon`s 101fin co which will be my first choice for the fishie. i didnt make it yet to take pics of it, but i will for sure.
wanted the CI keels for variety and i guess a bit sportier of a feel.



LOKBOX AK4 quadset, designed by manuel caro of mandala surfboards, clear
for my next board



TRUE AMES 7.5" SKIP FRYE FLEX fin, clear
for my girls 6`2 Disc, that i will shape soon.



TRUE AMES 9" L-FLEX, clear
i want to try it with the Glider, but i guess i`ll get another fin, just to do some experimentation, maybe the greenough 4A.

any fin tips are really appreciated.

see ya

"NEWS FROM THE SHACK!"

heya!
got some new pics from the chacal.

enjoy!

another shot of the single and the fishie..


and the orange one...


shape #2, a 7`3 x 22 x 2 3/4 singlefin Glider for matthias "schustabua" schuster...





#3, the same outline than the glider above but different rails and bottom, and i did this for myself. yes, im a greedy bastard ;-)






its coming along.

im working on the next couple projects right now, which will be a 6`2 singlefin Disc for my girl anna, that should have been shaped already, but i ran out of time cause of too much work....

...and another board for myself, jep as i said, greedy bastard, not sure exactly what, but it will most certainly be something with 4 fins and a diamondtail for the better of small waves.

take care!
trimchris

"THE WAY OF LIFE"

progress is being made!

the trim movement boards are in the works at the shaggy shack.
heres some evolution pics of #1, #4 and #5.

just foam and fibreglass, right?

enjoy!


the austrian moonlight rack ;-)





yes, it was a long drive.



the trim movement bird...


...got to be the logo..



#1 and #4. the 5`8 fishie for myself and a 6`3 singlefin for el buberino....



















#5, 6`3 singlefin for matthias..











...ready to slide ! first board finished, YEPEEH!!!






thanks a lot to sebastien the chacal and alexandre for the pics.

im sitting in front of the computer and everytime theres a little red dot on the mail software, that indicates a new email, im nervous like a little grommet at christmas.

its all good.. im soo stoked.

i`ll keep you all posted.

take care.
trim chris

"TOUR DE FRANCE - PHOTOSTORY"

as promised, here comes the pics!

enjoy!



gettin there is half the fun !?





the blanks arrive at the shaggy shack :-) and get treatment right away








sebastien the chacal pushing some resin...





lacanau and a horse we found and named hansi.


alexandre doing his thing.





going back home again..






we had a very good time.
again and again, thanks soo much.

take care!

trim chris

"TOUR DE FRANCE"

hi everyone!

right now, im the most happiest bloke you can imagine.

last week, my lovely girlfriend anna and myself packed up the van with loads of stuff. some towels, some clothes, some other stuff, and 5 shaped blanks.

after a 2 week period of working 24/7 on the latest music video for a musician friend called BEN MARTIN (www.benmartin.at) (who does some really nice tunes i think a lot of you would like, give it a try!!!!!) and taking pictures of golfbags and retouching those for ages, we let the dust fly and hit the road. the direction? strictly west.

the wonderful bordeaux in the wonderful and oh so beautiful country of france was the end of a long and sometimes dangerous journey. yes it snows in march, and hell yeah, it snows a lot.hmm

why bordeaux you may ask?
because its home not only to the finest red wine on earth but also to some of the most interesting, wise, creative and stoked humans i ve ever met.

sebastien garnier, aka the chacal.
a glasser with the passion to make nothing short of magic out of a piece of foam and wood, some fibreglass and stinky resin. a man who doesnt have to hide in the kitchen as well, oh man, let me tell ya!
but most of all, hes a wonderful husband and father of 2 of the happiest and cutest superheroes on earth.
he invited us, complete strangers, to stay at his place during our 2 day visit. we had a blast.

sebastien is right now working on the finishing of the boards i worked so hard on for the last couple month. and in some couple weeks time, i will open some boxes out of cardboard with nothing but stoke in it. i cant wait really.

but apart from that, what we already got, and whats the best present or gift or whatever you may call it, is 5 amazing new friends (i didnt mention the sweetest of cats before ;-) ) . thats what its really all about. isnt it? everything else is a plus.

thank you so much!


then we have a bloke named alexandre, who used to be an architect once.
i found him on the internet 2 years ago while searching for a source of surfboards that actually make sense for us everyday or in my case every once in a very long while water heroes that dont write down anything like "slater" when they sign something. he made me my first fish and i was stoked. guess who glassed that fish? exactly, the man i wrote about above.

alexandre, who is a pretty busy shaper man now, did let us watch his magic in his very very nice new shaping bay.
thank you too alex. barrel surfboards his pieces of art are called, check them out if you havent already.
we wish you all the best, but to be honest, im not worried at all.

yeah, a lot of texting and no pictures???? boring i know. but be a little patient.
you will complain about too many pictures in a while. HA

alrighty then,

right now, im the most happiest bloke you can imagine.

surfing is a bond, a feeling, a way of life. even tough we sometimes think we are oh so different, in the end, we are all the same.

take care,
trim chris