[completed in July 2015]
The
story: Simon is a longboard passionate in the South West of France. He is
also a character! He knows everyone there, surfers and shapers and that is how
we connected through social media and common friends. Simon is a competitive longboarder who is
very particular about his boards. After some hesitations, he finally decided to
give me a chance to shape him a noserider.
The
shape: Simon wanted a “traditional Californian noserider”. He sent me the
picture of a Colin Noserider he particularly liked and I worked with him from this, adapting
volumes/dimensions to his preferences. The shape was done at SWOP surfboards
(Canejan, France)
The
artwork: Simon’s choice: Green. With a
stripe. Simple but classy.
The
glass was nicely done by a common friend and talented glasser, Sebastien “The
Chacal”. I met Seb a long time ago when
he and his family were living in San Diego. His wife and I expected our first
child together. Lots of memories!! It was so unreal to reconnect with him after
all those years. Seb was so quick
working on Simon’s board that I got to see the glassed board before I headed
back to California. That was probably the fasted turn around time for a
noserider!!!
The
testimonial: Even though I could have remove a little more foam (according
to Simon), this board is still in Simon’s actual quiver and another board is
scheduled for my 2016 french trip.
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| Big hug! |
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