the beauty of film

straight from the film scan there's nothing that reach the look of film grain, no matter CS4 or Aperture you do with your digital images, film is film and it's so cool the look....

the master in 8'8''

I shrink the master a bit and come up with this 8'8'' - the "Mini Master" - with still 19'' nose, 23'' and almost 16'' at the tail.....

the detail on the nose

new blog dedicated to the log society

(click to visit)

And it born a new blog to the log rider society. This one from our neighbor Spain with beautiful photos like this. A cool blog from Norman.

a beautiful master crafstamshaped to johnny

9'3'' x 23'' x 3''

boring evening

an art peace

(click to enlarge)

This beauty came straight from Hawaii and even in this condition it just looks simply beautiful.
Now I have the hard job to repair it and make look nice again like it suppose to.

avaiability

due to the high demand on new surfboards
the estimate delivery time for custom orders
are now 4 to 6 weeks at least.

custom orange twin

Another beautiful polish twin comes out of the shaping bay, this one is gonna travel to the north of Portugal to replace an old twin from one of the regular customers....

thle beauty of film

today I just finish the Kodak 3200, now I just load the F5 with the professional Ilford delta3200....I can take beautiful portraits of zoe inside with my 300mm/F4 at 1/200''

the "beast" !!!!

My favorite film slr AF. it's big, heavy, bulky, you can drop it into the ground that keeps shooting amazing photos

beautiful single

specially design to meet the needs and joy of my good friend Emanuel...

girls in the line up

a standart minimal

and a contemporary egg with two plus one configuration, flat rocker and volume, lots of volume controlled by the down rail and the refine bottom design ....

more twins on the way

gone

the nikkor is gone too only left the sigma.

and more

another beautiful nikkor made in japan for sale.

fast

e
I didn't thought there was so many people watching this, the tokina below just took one hour to go. but don't be sad, there's more, like this ultra wide angle sigma EX 15-30 f 3,5.
It's a full frame lens so it gives an angle of view larger than 100º......cool

for sale

TOKINA ATX 124 F4 FOR SALE

well unfortunately I have to let it go one of my best lenses, 90% of the fotos you see on my blog or on my smugmug gallery where taken with this beauty, so you can see for your self the results that it can come out from. So if you or someone you know have interess on this send me an email.

hypocrisy

Can someone please explain this issue:

1.-the oil price is been cheap
2.-the US dollar still pretty cheap when comparing to the euro

so Why the fuck did the blanks increase 30%????? ----> Not even the excuse of CRISES can explain that, can you?

Unfortunately I have to increase surfboards price in 20 to 30€ this time, ( I support half of the increase and final price other half ). I have been support myself the constant increases in the blanks and resin till now that i just don't have any space for any increase...


The good news is:

there's already blanks available for THE MASTER. so place or order as soon as possible causewith the demand this board has been the stock will end soon!!!!!

paiting with the light

It's amazing how the light changes in such short time at sunrise

early

now imagine this glass with a good swell and a point break left........

some pics of today

buterfly

leafs

I was just shooting some photos with my sigma 15-30 (that I'm trying to sell) in the garden and this come up.....

film

just got back from the post to colect my order that i put yesterday online at colorfoto.pt, I get a couple of b&W film to shoot zoe with 3200 ASA and a professional 50 ASA super fine grain for do serious landscape and also a provia 100F for the saturated colorful sunsets....
like my surfboards, my photos are going back to the roots

now ready to shoot on my F5

with a 3200 ASA film can shoot inside at 1/250 with my 200mm f4......so cool, can't wait to see the grainy photos from this film

summer colors

sunset glass

keep it green

in a difficult time there's nothing better than be able to get you're basic needs like vegetables by your self. Like the legendary big surfing pionner PAT CURREN said "if you can do it yourself, why pay someone to do it?".

the green egg

bottom detail on this custom order 7'0'' x 21/4'' x 2 7/8'' egg with 2 plus one fin configuration for a more versatile board...

an example of the simpler the better....

green rocks

6'1'' singlefin

back and forward

been the factory at two places boards are always on the front seat

resin tints

just another week full of resin tints and pigments,,,,,,,,,,soon I'll post the results of it.

diferent view from the bay

more two single fins

6'3'' x 19 3/4'' x 2 5/8''
6'1'' 19 1/2'' x 2 1/2''

the janice

after some waves looking at the fishing boat action.........

a couple in B&W

a key ring????

this is another craftsmanbuilt to joan's wife a beautiful 5'4'' pretty similar with the 80's style shortboards with some added modern designs to keep it performing enough for today standarts....

the high perfomance twin II

single to double concave vee down rail extra small and some float are the key elements on the second generation of high perfomace twins..... avaiable as a fish with the swallow tail or diamond and sizes from 5'4'' up to 6'2''

azedas....

last night

still going

with new blades ready for more 500 blanks or just a couple of balsa blanks!!!!

green egg

simple sprayed and still looks beautifyl
here waiting after the spray........

yellow

another weekend

this time with some good waves and warm sunny days .....

coming next

simply, ... another Master!!!!!

traditional twin

i

this one is a back to the roots. A truly traditional fish with is width swallow tail the plain yellow tint, hand made glass on wood fins and gloss and polish.....

new baby on the twin world

This beautiful 5'8'' x 20 3/4'' x 2 1/2'' is made to ride tight in the pocket and turn as hard you can! Some rocker, a single concave leading into a slight double concave vee in the fins area and a narrowed tail with a curvy outline is the key to sucess (and a magic rail design...).

new entries on my gallery, just click to see it

our photo gallery online

It's now online the best photos from the retro movement visions. There you can easily find any photo that you are looking for since beautiful landscapes like the above till surfing or the most impressive details on craftsmanship surfboard building. The photos are categorize in several galleries for each theme. There's also a service on line where you can order your favourite prints on a variety of sizes, paper, framed or not....First week it's gonna be only the costs price, but only in the first week!!!