Posted by clueless [108.162.212.206] on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 20:48:44 :
In Reply to: Re: pic of the day posted by clueless [162.158.122.75] on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 20:31:12 :
doing some biz with a down under shaper who has been living here for awhile
Tony Bear(appears he is well known both in aust. and cal.
problem is he is a bit of a drunk and goes from shape to shape and runs out of doe before the next one
however one of the best shapers i ve seen
blows the quasi shapers around here away
apparently he has some balsas sold in cal.
we are finishing a balsa fish now
i made the blank tacked it together he ruff shaped it then i broke it apart and hollowed it out and am gluing it back together for the final shape
he sold it for 3 grand
and he says he can sell some of the long bds. and the 11ft rhino chaser i have hanging around
he s struggling with paying his rent etc.
so i m going to set him up camping with a bathroom and shower at my place and try to help him out
only problem is the drinking but he can t do it on the premises
we will see what happens
said he could sell the 11ft rhino chaser for 10 gs--that would be sweet--have my doubts but even if i got 4 or 5 or 3
cool thing is a costa rican friend of mine who is a wood worker gave me a rotten balsa wood tree
but when we cut it down it was not rotten on the inside and it is some beautiful female light balsa
so we will see what happens
maybe he will get into the balsa and get off the booze a tad!!!lololol
meanwhile i am riding a long bd. again
i catch 10 times more waves than on the short bd.
best rgds ed
oh and i need someone to stay at the house when i go to the states shortly to visit family a high school reunion and hope to make the texas ff rally
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