About 650-ish boards ago something happened, I fucked up.I kicked off a bucket of resin too hot while in a hurry and left the cup on the board. That board was the first She Hull and would in the next few weeks make a total shift in the rhyme and reason behind my work and it's execution. The cup delaminated a 4" circle on the bottom of the board, where the resin had heated up and melted the cup to the board. I panicked and called Kyle Lightner, I was fuming...
Dan riding the first version of the Rabbit's Foot, via Alex Kopps.Yew to say the least!
Writing is good, thinking is better. Being smart is good, being patient is better.
8'10" x 23 3/4" x 3"Foiled to the moon, flat deck with a heavy rolled vee bottom; She's inspired 100% by a particular McTavish Keyo that Matty Chojnacki had in our apartment in Noosa a few months ago. The board had all of the curves that I've been obsessed with for the past few years, but exploded and exaggerated; a truly refined vee bottom longboard that was one of the last...
Got some new sketchbook pages up on the website, check 'em out!www.RLovelace.com/Sketchbook
Welp, here I am, back in Santa Barbara county! Floating in a haze of June (july?) gloom, jetlag, phone calls and emails, Herbie hugs and once more, foam dust...life doesn't get much more satisfying!I wanted to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone who keeps making this dream of mine a reality. I must be the luckiest guy I know, because I really can't imagine how it could get much better. The past month took me through Italy, France and Belgium in a rather...
Went start to finish on this one here in Belgium, a custom 8' v.Bowls for which I was given free artistic license. Just the way I like it and about how it comes at me 90% of the time...Glad you guys trust me!Inspiration comes in a million different forms; relationships, moods, textures, places, breakfast...You know, all that good stuff! I'm totally floored by this one.
Little bit of this, little bit of that...Clovis ripping of course, me playing with foam, most certainly. Fun times to say the least; from Rudy Jacques / Avthentic, someone I had been looking forward to meeting for quite some time.
I've just added the mass of boards that The Shop Next Door has for sale in the little page above, marked FOR SALE...scope it if you're after one, there's also a list of boards for sale in California.In the meantime, I've been heavy into the dust dungeon all week at Wallako here in Bidart, France. They just built a brand new shaping room that I got the privilege of breaking in; 
I think I've done a rather alright job so far considering the paint was...
Patagonia just put out their new video for the R3 wetsuit, Trevor was the chosen one to represent for their video thang. What was produced is a total shredfest with a pile of boards I couldn't be much more stoked with the level of surfing that Trevor throws down on them. It's like your boss telling you that your TPS report is juuuuust fantastic, and Patagonia just made a video showing the world just how good it is....Or something like that.It's about 90% ...
"DOOD SO I BORROWED THE 7'4" V.BOWLS YOU MADE FOR JESSE (IT WAS STILL AT GREGG'S) AND SURFED IT IN THE COVE THIS AFTERNOON. HOLY FUCKSTICKS, MATE!!!!!! FUCKING INSANEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"-Michael Kew...sounds about right.for reference, it'd be the blue/green/yellow/brown number seen here:http://pcprogress.blogspot.fr/2011/10/i-feel-goooooood.html
