Cool board art technique.... Definitely giving this one a go!

Laurie Towner - Charging some heavy waves vid

Some huge wipeouts!

Whale themed surfboards

JAXON Surfboards is soon to be releasing a range of whale themed surfboards around July 2012... just in time for summer! A sneak peak of the latest boards can be seen below:

Awaiting sand and spray job... this lil beauty is The Orca - measures 5'10" x 22" x 2.5" with a twin fin set up. Steady continuous rocker with a lot of volume pushed forward so you can ride this chestnut right up on the nose. 

The 'Beluga' 7'4 x 23" x 2 3/4" Single fin. Plenty of volume around the chest allows for plenty of paddling speed and the reduced length optimises maneuverability. Great board for small sluggish summer waves. 

 Deep single concave with sharp square tail

 Glassed with 6/4oz and hot coat applied

More models and pictures to follow.....

Code red - Billabong Pro 2011

 

It tells the story of the 2011 Billabong Pro Tahiti, a World Tour event that was placed on hold due to a dangerously huge swell bearing down on epic break Teahupo'o.

Luckily, surfers Laurie Towner and Dylan Longbottom were there to help tell the tale.

Build your own shaping racks by Driftwood Collective

 

 A short film demonstrating the full DIY approach to building your own surfboard shaping racks, using mere scrap materials.

Click here to view video

Food for thought

Dominion - New publication just released!

AN EVOCATIVE COLLECTION OF IMAGES, ARTISTS’ ESSAYS, SCIENCE WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Now available on Amazon 

Using the whale and Moby-Dick as an emblem and barometer for our own ecological destiny by world experts, award winning author Philip Hoare and artist Angela Cockayne.

Click here for more 'Dominion' images

Features Ishamaels Raft and Whale board commissioned works built by JAXON surfboards

Poster discount codes

Keep you eyes peeled for the exclusive JAXON Surfboards & Workshops poster offer. 

Note down promotional discount code and receive 10% discount on anything in-store and on any of the practical workshops! Please quote code on order.

JAXON Surfboards & Workshops 

JAXON Surfboards & Workshops on Huck

HUCK Magazine blog

Use the force Bruce!

Coffin creation

From working with Artist Angela Cockayne on the Dominion project to build the eco surfboard / artwork 'ishmael's raft' I was intrigued by the sensation of riding a surfboard with parallel rails. The 7'2 and 4' coffin shaped boards came a success, however at the risk of damaging were not possible to test.

(http://www.jaxonsurfboardworkshops.co.uk/#!moby-dick-project)

Using a old blank I had lying around I shaped a smaller version of the coffin I produced for Angela's Moby Dick project.

This experimental board is 5'2 with a shallow channel around the eco comp single fin.
 
Whether it is more of a body board than surfboard is questionable, will have to get someone considerably smaller than me to test it out and will report back at a later date.

 More pictures to follow

Bird Shark

Surf-Snowboard... Genius!

Click here to see how it was made and how it goes

Dead Gaze