On my doorstep was waiting a package. I was not expecting anything. I have not ordered much online lately. No particular birthday or anniversary. Still the package was sitting there.
It was from our friends in Bordeaux (France): David and Fred. They just welcomed the cutest baby girl last january, but this package was a bit heavy for a birth announcement...
When I opened it, I indeed found a colorful card with an adorable baby picture (they are good at creating babies too :)). I also found a pile of french surf magazines, some chocolated delicacies and a bunch of craft papers... which were not any craft paper. I recognized them right away:
meticulously folded, were 6 SWOP surf board templates with the shaper annotations. I was speechless. David Charbonnel, my mentor/inspirational shaper from
SWOP Surfboards, was giving me more of his secrets. Indeed, last summer he already gave me a template for a performance fish he created (see
board#004). I knew I was very fortunate to receive such a gift from a successful professional shaper. Now, having 6 more of these precious templates in hands I feel so... privileged and indefinitely grateful. All I wanna do is to shape those boards and give my best:
I want my friends who believe in me to be proud. Thank you David and Fred for your support.
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| a package full of surf treasures |
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| SWOP landed on my car and enjoys californian sunsets |
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Our cat Dr Elliot also can't believe his eyes:
SWOP surfboard templates everywhere! |
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| Hubby feels the urgency to build a real shaping room |
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| learning from the master at the SWOP workshop last summer |
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