Foam Asylum: February 2009

Friday 27 February 2009

Paul May's new quiver for the Maldives

Pauls new F 16 which is 6'2''x18 3/8'' x 2 1/8'' and the Apache which is 5'11'' x 18 3/4'' x 2 1/8'' looks like he should have a great time.

Wednesday 25 February 2009

Tom Goods new 5'10" F16 going off in marocco, i used it everyday, thanks tom.

Monday 23 February 2009

How mad is this…

Just in case anyone is interested… we are developing a version for UK weak beach breaks… comes with its own 200bhp Yamaha motor, clinker bottom, and IPOD ready.

Thursday 19 February 2009

“Just to let you know I have just published 'Atlantic Surfers' through Blurb.com a self publishing group.I felt that it was time to let people have a look at my old B/W collection of shots from the 70's.

Atlantic Surfers is 150 pages of images from Devon, Cornwall and Scotland including Fraserburgh and Thurso - a mixture of trips and contests.

The link below will take you straight there to the book. There is a choice of types of cover, Soft, Image wrapped and Dust Jacket. P & P has different rates, normal rate takes about 3 weeks to arrive, as I experienced with the first copy I ordered.

I hope you like the book and please spread the link to all that might be interested. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/401803/98ec2a3917027b6573f459708fb76a5a

All the best, Alex”

Nice one Alex – now where’s my free copy!

Wednesday 18 February 2009

Rockit boards

Phil Clifford has been making Rockit surfboards for over 27 years, handcrafting surfboards for individuals on a one to one basis; Rockit Surfboards are proud to be associated with the new Ocean Magic Factory.

The first batch of progressive high performance designs will be available from the end of February 2009 at Boardwalk Surf Shop and who will be the exclusive agent in Newquay.

These shapes are aimed at the summer UK conditions. If you are interested in any of Phil's shapes you can contact him via the Ocean magic factory; trade enquiries welcomed.

Thursday 12 February 2009

Two great looking Flying Fishs

These boards are 6'4'' x 20'' x 2 1/2'' really love the art work on them hope you all do cheers.

Nigel

Wednesday 11 February 2009

Blood red resin travel board...

7'0" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/4" travel board for Tim...

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Colin,s new crunchy bar

Colin,s new board for summer seeing now that he will have some time on his hands to go and enjoy himself instead of being stuck in the office it is 5'8''x20 1/4'' x 2 3/4'' three fins double concave bottom, with again some great resin tint and drags by Jason. Have fun colin.

Nigel

Monday 9 February 2009

Testing Video inserts for the new website…

Nigel explains the new Buffo B22

We did a little interview of Nigel with the Buffo Stealth Tail B22 as a test for the new website (coming soon)… the lighting is all wrong the fluorescents are causing the flickering (easy fix) and the compression is way too high – we had to bring it down from a 600mb .mov file and we haven’t even edited it… but hey – there’s some interesting stuff in it so we thought we’d stick it on YouTube and the blog anyway :)

Thursday 5 February 2009

Jason doing his stuff

Jason our laminator doing some great resin tint work.There are not many guys around that can work to his standards. The board is a 5'10''x20 1/4''x2 1/2'' four fin will be finish in about two weeks.

Wednesday 4 February 2009

New Keahana EPS Triaxial epoxy concept

Check out the new EPS system being tried out in the factory we think it looks really good, it has a water based resin system which is a lot safer to work with. the board has a great amount of flex and memory, so we are looking forward to the feedback from our team riders then if all is ok it will be available to you all, so please check back or get in contact with us for more info on this great new concept.

These boards are light but very strong good for small waves or summer surfs, they also have more float than your normal board so you can ride a slightly thinner board.

Nigel