hess surfboards

Speed Egg and Bonzer Sale

2011-11-11T06:46:00.000-08:00

I've got a couple boards I'm letting go.

The Bonzer is a Used 5'11"x 19.75" x2.5" Lola. In Perfect Condition. $750.00 SOLD

The Speed Egg is a New 6'10"x 20.5"x 2.75" Moraga with five futures boxes to be surfed as a thruster or quad. I Have a 7' Board just like this that I surf a ton in everything from knee high crumblers to double overhead.
Asking $1100.00. Normally these cost$ 1425.00

Please email danny@hesssurfboards.com with any questions.

Mr Canham Painted Planes

2011-08-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

My shopmate Jeff Has been painting a few Handplanes lately. I love them and I really do think they are faster.
www.jeffcanham.com

Surf For Life

2011-07-26T07:15:00.000-07:00

Really honored to be invited to be part of a School building project in El Salvador this Sept.
Surf For Life and my good Friend Jaimal Yogis have partnered to make this Happen. We'll be heading to the small town of El Cuco and working with the Local community to build a High school.
If you're interested in helping out financially with the project or just want to find out more about Surf for Life please take a look at the link below.
Many thanks- D

http://www.surfforlife.org/teams/saltwaterbuddhas.html

Personal Noriega semi-gun For sale -SOLD

2011-07-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

I've been enjoying this semi-gun for a couple seasons and it's time to build another.
It's a great paddler with a bit wider swallow tail for a step-up. Really allows it to turn like a much shorter board. Happy to answer any questions about it.
7'5"x 20" x 2.825" Futures quad. $700.00
danny@hesssurfboards.com

A couple Boards for sale

2011-07-18T08:23:00.001-07:00

I have a couple boards for sale at the Woodshop.

Happy to answer any questions about them. Contact: danny@hesssurfboards.com

The darker skinned Board is a Diamond tailed/ Custom Walnut Skinned 5'10"x 20.5" x 2.625. This is a personal board that I've enjoyed surfing a ton, but has a bit too much volume for me. It is barely used and I'm asking $1225.00

The second Board is a New 5'10" x 20.325" x 2.5" Pacheco quad. $ 1250.00

Jeff Canham Painted Planes

2011-07-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

My shop-mate Jeff is a crazy talented artist/painter.

5'11" Banjo for Alex

2011-07-17T08:37:00.000-07:00

5'11"x 18.5" x 2.325"
thruster. Recycled EPS/ Bio epoxy with a 1/8th" Poplar deck/ stringer.

I've been really enjoying the feeling of these new boards. Really tough with a nice even, smooth flex that reminds me a bit of a traditional poly board. I'm now building these in all of my models.

Van Update

2011-07-16T09:20:00.001-07:00

42" Custom Laydown for Australia

2011-07-16T09:19:00.000-07:00

New singers at Patagonia Cardiff

2011-07-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

Sharky corners

2011-03-02T07:58:00.001-08:00

Lucked into a great little surf at this super blue moon spot on my way up the coast from Santa Cruz. Whole coast blown out,came around the corner too these head high wedges.

Twin Skin

2011-03-02T07:50:00.000-08:00

A 5'10" Performance Twin I built for myself. Recycled EPS core and 1/8th poplar deck and bottom.
Really enjoying the even flex of the two skins.

The Black Rider

2011-03-02T07:47:00.000-08:00

9'6" x 20.5" x 3.5" Mavericks Gun. Built the triple stringer blank from a bunch of leftover recycled EPS. 1/8th" Poplar deck skin. Paddles like a 10'6".

New Tech Gnome for sale

2011-02-17T08:40:00.001-08:00

5'9"x 19.75"x 2.625" Diamond tail Gnome.
Dumpster Diver inspired quad. Full 1/8th thick poplar deck stringer. Recycled EPS blank.

New $575.00 SOLD

Spot Jockin

2011-02-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Heading to the glasser

2011-02-17T08:38:00.001-08:00

Mini Sim inspired

2011-02-17T08:35:00.001-08:00

5'8"x 22"x 2.75" Mini Sim Inspired Shape. Amapola nose and tail piece with glass on walnut single foil twins.

9'2" New Tech Widowmaker Gun for Matty

2011-02-17T08:33:00.001-08:00

Winter Quiver

2011-01-30T09:20:00.000-08:00

6'1"x 19.5"x 2.5" Banjo For Sale

2011-01-30T09:15:00.001-08:00

New Banjo quad. Designed to be a Occy style full volume shortboard.
Cedar tail block. Futures fins.

$1200.00 SOLD

2010-12-08T08:18:00.000-08:00

Just completed a run of Hand shredders.
Always enjoy how the linseed oil really brings out the grain patterns in the different woods. The two on the left are poplar, then salvaged Cedar (offcuts from the new Mollusk SF surfboard racks) and then Mahogany on the right.
I always have a few for sale here at my shop. Check my online store or shoot me an email.

You can always go see them at the Mollusks in SF and NY as well as the Patagonia Surf shop in Cardiff.

New Tech Demo boards for sale

2010-12-07T07:47:00.000-08:00

I'm letting go of a couple of demo boards in my new tech construction. They are made from a 100% recycled EPS Marko foam core, Vacuum bagged 1/8th" Poplar deck skin that acts as the stringer and glassed with Entropy super sap bio epoxy. These two have been surfed a bunch and are in perfect Cond. No pressure dings.

This one is the Hideous Spud.
5'7'x 21.25"x 2.825".

$480.00 SOLD
Please feel free to send me a email with any questions. danny@hesssurfboards.com

New Tech Demo board SOLD

2010-12-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

6'1"x 19.625"x 2.5" Diamond tale Banjo Quad.

$480.00

In Perfect Condition.

2010-12-05T19:19:00.000-08:00

Banjo for Jess

2010-12-05T19:11:00.000-08:00

A 6'1" Banjo Glass-on salvaged redwood thruster for a local shredder here at OB. The color really make the grain come to life.

wood fins are Magic

2010-12-05T19:03:00.000-08:00

Just did a run of glass-on wood fins. I really love exploring all the completely different feelings you can get from the different types of wood and the way the grain is orientated. The dark walnut widowmaker set is for a 9'6" Mavericks gun. The walnut is really rigid and make a really stable,fast gun fin. The other two are salvaged redwood and tinted green paulonia. Great flex and spring for higher performance single foil twins.

Boxers or Briefs

2010-11-15T07:17:00.001-08:00

Just completed this run of North American guns for this coming Mavericks season. Really happy with the way they came out. Been really spending alot of time adapting and testing rockers and outlines over the years and feel like these guns have arrived at what i've been searching for.
From left to right they are.
8'10" deep swallow quad gun for myself. Got to test it out this weekend in some larger Ocean Beach. Felt really nice.

9'2" Pintail for My friend Johnny Bowlin. Only guy I've ever seen do a no paddle takeoff out at Mavericks.

9'8" for Ryan Seelbach. He's a madman.

10' deeps swallow quad for Nikoli. Got to watch him pull into a bus size barrel on it on Sat. He's stoked.

10'4" for myself.

enjoy.

Stoked And Broke

2010-10-24T08:49:00.000-07:00

Friend and inspired film maker Cyrus Sutton just came through SF with his new film Stoked and Broke
A must see. He really is doing something different and thoughtful.
Here's a clip.
http://www.vimeo.com/8941920

Long beach Barrels

2010-10-21T06:57:00.001-07:00

Friend and east coast Hess team tube gypsy Martin Brull sent me this amazing image of one he managed to lock into in the Long Beach area recently.

Harakabaraka

2010-10-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

My friend and fellow Handplane rider Mark did a nice write-up on his love for bodysurfing.
Check out his blog for more.

http://harakabaraka.wordpress.com

This past summer my wife and I drove across country to my home state of Delaware. One of the many positives to come out of that trip is that while I was home, I grabbed a pair of Churchill swim fins that I have owned for probably 15 years to bring back to San Francisco. The subsequent result has been a personal revolution of the wave-riding experience.

I first bodysurfed Ocean Beach in August on a mid-sized, funky day. I hadn’t bodysurfed in quite some time, but had an absolute blast. There is something profoundly different about riding a wave without a board, and I loved it. Since then I’ve probably bodysurfed about a dozen times at Ocean Beach, and have became so enamorate with it that I put a hand plane, specifically one made by SF surfboard shaper Danny Hess, on my Christmas list. I got what I wanted.

I’ve been posting about my bodysurfing experiences on Stoke Report, and have gotten a lot of questions, so I thought I’d address them here in more depth…why I like bodysurfing, some of the differences between bodysurfing and surfing, gear, you name it.

First off, a few disclaimers. Bodysurfing is no joke. I love it, but I also speak as a guy who grew up swimming competitively, and I still coach swimming and water polo. Surfing at Ocean Beach is an exhausting experience; bodysurfing at Ocean Beach ratchets the physical demands up a notch. The fins certainly help, especially when duckdiving. When a wave comes through, you just swim down to the bottom and wait it out. However, you are constantly swimming. There is no board to sit on or rest on, and so it’s tough. The rip tides don’t disappear when you’re bodysurfing, so if you want to give it a shot, make sure you are comfortable with your swimming ability. This addresses a point someone asked me about getting cold. You’re fully in the water the whole session, but since you’re moving the whole time, you stay just as warm as you would while surfing, if not more so.

Pro’s of Bodysurfing
-I like that it’s a little bit more demanding physically than surfing. I get a more complete work-out, and I like the feeling of having to drag yourself out of the water from being so surfed-out.
-Surfing is extremely fun, especially when the waves peel and offer long rides. However, there are often times conditions when surfing isn’t that fun. For example, when waves close-out (meaning, the whole wave breaks at once), there’s not much to do when you surf, and often times you can break your board in these circumstances. Bodysurfing was made for close-outs. Without having a big board attached to your leg by a leash, you don’t have to worry about getting smacked by your board or breaking it when you pull into thumping close-outs. As a result, pretty much every wave that you ride turns into a barrel. Most of them close-out, but they’re still barrels, and there’s nothing sweeter than looking into a barrel. Believe me. Nothing sweeter.
-It’s beautiful to glide down the face of the wave more-or-less face first. The whole experience seems amplified. So much of my body is on the face of the wave, it seems like a more intimate experience with the wave’s energy.
-Hand plane bodysurfing adds a whole new dimension. My first half dozen sessions were naked–not literally naked, but it was just me, my wetsuit, and fins. A typical ride, especially on big days, was to skip down the face of the wave, tuck into the barrel once I hit bottom, and enjoy the view as the wave ate me for lunch. A hand plane makes waves much more manageable. When you bodysurf, your body creates a tremendous amount of drag, and so it’s hard to get a lot of speed…hence getting crushed in the barrel so regularly. However, with a hand plane, the plane of your hand becomes 3 times as big, and you find yourself pushing your body up out of the water, and creating a ton more speed. Your speed becomes almost the exact same as that of the peeling wave, and as such, you stay slotted in the barrel for a while. Surfers have to stall to get into the barrel; while hand planing, you just go, and you’re in, and can often come out. I am surprised by how long my rides have been since I’m hand-planing, sometimes lining all the way up into the inside. Just as long as on a surfboard. So with a handplane, not only do you get epic barrels, but you can actually get some long rides too.
[A note about hand planes: you can experiment with many different objects as hand planes. As a kid, I saw a guy who rounded out the nose of a broken surfboard as his hand plane. I've used flip-flops before, and I've definitely seen cafeteria trays used. The DIY nature of hand planes is totally epic, but I must also say, wave riding with a beautiful wooden hand plane crafted by a masterful carpenter like Danny Hess is also pretty epic.]
-The wave count is higher. I think it’s almost a 1:2 ratio. For every one ride I get in a typical surfing session, I get two rides in a bodysurfing session.

Con’s of Bodysurfing
-The other afternoon I was out on a fairly crowded day, and it’s pretty clear that bodysurfers get treated like 2nd-rate citizens in the line-up. I got dropped in on, a lot. It was my wave, I was making the drop, and just ahead of me a surfer who thought I wasn’t going to make it looks me right in the face as he drops in to snake it. So it goes. I still got a ton of waves–mostly medium-sized waves that guys paddle for and just barely miss. And towards the end of the session, as people would notice that my rides were legitimate and weren’t just quick close-outs, I ended up getting a bit more respect. But I know I’ll get snaked again.
-The poundings can be downright dirty. As a thrill-junky, I don’t mind getting rattled, I think that’s half the fun, but holy crap can you get hammered. It’s all about the take-off, and the problem is two-fold. If you make the drop and take it too vertically, and don’t angle it enough to stay with the wave, you end up getting ahead of the lip. One of two things will happen. The first is that the lip will land directly on you, usually somewhere in your lower back, and the wave will violently try to rip you in half. The second thing that can happen is that you actually get fully in front of the lip, and it breaks immediately behind you. When this happens, you often times get fully launched out of the air….like, end up flopping your arms and legs around while you are airborne, as the wave throws you at its mercy. On one particularly memorable wipe-out I literally got water pushed under my eyelids while getting dragged under water. How’s that for the power of the ocean.
-I think a testament to the last statement is the fact that you get a ton more sand in your ass when you bodysurf. You just do.

As it says on Danny Hess’ website in his hand plane section, “I’ve occasionally had a bad time surfing, but I’ve never had a bad time body surfing.”

If you are considering giving it a go, I say do it. It’s incredibly fun. Fins aren’t too expensive, all the brands are pretty good. I’ve always used Churchills, for the almost two decades I’ve been bodysurfing, mostly because when I was a kid I saw Pointbreak and I thought the scene where the guy goes skydiving with Churchills was awesome. There are little mini-leashes that you can attach to your fins so that if they slip off your feet, they are still dangling around your ankle, which I think are a good idea. I’ve definitely had my fins ripped off my feet during some poundings.

Hope to see many of you out in the water, especially if you give bodysurfing a shot.

Now go check out the blog

It's not a unicorn

2010-10-16T07:54:00.001-07:00

Woke the other morning to some inspired new art on the Hess Surfboards creepy van. The White Stallion is pretty sweet.

8'8" North American Gun

2010-09-13T07:17:00.001-07:00

I had a surf at Mavericks last season where I traded boards with a friend and rode his 8' Twin-fin gun. I was sceptical at first never having surfed anything under 9'4" out there before. The first wave changed my whole attitude. The board caught waves with ease and was super responsive. I felt like I was really able to approach the wave differently, not having all that board to guide through the steps. It inspired me to make this 8'8" deep swallow quad gun for this season.

Pin-tails

2010-09-13T07:09:00.001-07:00

Been spending more time chasing a couple really hollow wedges around here on my handplanes. The pin-tails really do lock in better on the really shallow, dredging ones. I think the water is able to wrap the tail more than the moontail or swallow. This really creates a fin effect and more control in really steep parts of the wave.

Stetch's Peanut Shark

2010-09-13T07:01:00.001-07:00

Got a chance to spend some time with Stretch Last week while delivering his custom Peanut Shark laydown for his secret spot. I've known stretch for some time now and each time I visit his shop I'm blown away by how foiled and well shaped all his boards are. He's constantly exploring and pushing the limits of what a surfboard can be. He really loves to make surfboards and it's inspiring.

I really enjoyed this quote a friend recently sent me.

2010-09-07T07:50:00.000-07:00

I have had a few lifetimes since Windansea, all but one of them on the soft, seaside edge of this hard planet, gazing into the boundless horizon of an undulating sea. I have witnessed the disappearance of every other wilderness I have known, on every continent I have visited. I have drawn my line in the sand. I hug the surf-swept beach, so that I may immerse myself daily in this ocean wilderness that haunts our waking dreams, electrifying me with its wild-wire connection to our genetic code, a seascape as familiar and challenging and rewarding as it was the day our ancestors first emerged from the central plains of Africa to stalk its silky shore.

No wonder we love and respect, cherish and protect our ocean. No wonder we pay millions to live beside every shoreline inch of her. No wonder we dance on her edge and feverishly shed our clothing and civilization and the crumbling world at our backs to plunge into the welcome homecoming of her cool embrace. No wonder we are surfers, till death do us part.

Surfboards are life savers, plastic-age play tools for a man overboard.

Garth Murphy

California Home and Design Article

2010-08-30T08:31:00.000-07:00

Hess Surfboards CHD Article

I'm really honored that California Home and Design came to the shop and ran a piece on Hess surfboards . Sarah Lynch wrote the article and I think she did a great job. Check the link above

Walnut Planes

2010-08-30T08:11:00.000-07:00

Built a run of salvaged Redwood, Walnut, and Cedar Handplanes last week. I love building these. I scour and search for the nicest old beams, deck boards and offcuts for weeks then glue them up into blanks that really bring to life the beautiful grain patterns of each piece. I built 12 and there are a few left for sale. Give a call or email if you're interested.

Singers For Patagonia

2010-08-19T08:02:00.001-07:00

Just sent these two Singers down to the Patagonia store in Cardiff.

Thomas Campbell drawings and color work.

Bamboo glass on fins

5'10" cream nose

6' Magenta nose

Woodshop Showroom

2010-08-19T07:54:00.000-07:00

Woodshop
A few good friends and myself have teamed up and built out a workspace and showroom in the outer sunset of SF on Ocean Beach. We've all been searching for some time for a shop space out here. Something big enough to work in and close to the surf. Take a look at the link above to see more images and find out what we're all about.

A few round tails for Mollusk

2010-07-30T07:35:00.000-07:00

Just sent a few boards to the Mollusk Surf Shops in Venice and Brooklyn. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about them.
danny@hesssurfboards.com

You can check out the Hess boards on the Mollusk site.

danepetersonphotography

2010-07-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

A few images my very talented photographer friend Dane Peterson was able to capture on a trip to Indonesia some time ago. Looking through these has helped me get through the 4 weeks of fog and crumbly surf we've been having up here in San Francisco. Enjoy
http://www.danepetersonphotography.com/

Last week in the woodshop

2010-07-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

9'9" Log

2010-07-07T07:11:00.001-07:00

This new Longboard design Has really been there for me through some rough patches of small surf around here. It's 9'9"x 22.5"x 3.25". Weighs in at 20.5. Glassed it a little heavy to get that endless glide and trim. The fin, nose and tail pieces are all from the same piece of salvaged old growth clear redwood. This one will be hanging around the shop for anyone who wants to give it a try.

Jay Nelsons Surf Escape Capsule

2010-07-06T07:40:00.000-07:00

Recently went north for a visit to my friend Jay Nelson's art studio. Jay is the Greenough of Ocean Beach. Great surfer and amazing artist. He had just completed this nautical work of art and was getting ready for the maiden voyage.

2010-07-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

I've been searching for a round tail with the get up and go of a wider tailed swallow or diamond for some time now. A combination of that quad fish speed and the tight turning raduis of a narrower round tail. This new design is a big move towards that. Rode it this morning and was able to feel that tight, in the pocket turning radius of the round tail as well as that real lift and drive of the slightly fuller outline.

Thinking of calling it the Banjo?

North Coast Handplaneing

2010-06-30T08:42:00.000-07:00

After a bit of a blog hiatus. I've decided to start it up again to share a few of the projects I've been focused on over the last year as well as some of the inspiring people I've come across. I'll start with a birthday body surfing, hand-planeing session I shared with a couple friends last week on the north coast.
Enjoy.

Hess Store

2008-12-01T08:05:00.000-08:00

Just started up the online store. I have a few new and used surfboards as well as my favorite handplane designs up. Please take a look and don't hesitate to email me with any questions.
http://www.hesssurfboards.com/

Handplanes

2008-09-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

Been having too much fun building and surfing these little handplanes. Check the Mollusk SF site for photos. http://www.mollusksurfshop.com/. I should have a few in stock as well.

Singers at Mollusk

2008-09-09T07:30:00.000-07:00

Just dropped these Two new singers of at the Mollusk in San Francisco.
Did the color work myself. Thomas Campbell artwork on both as well as glass on John cherry/ and 101 wood fins.

The Journal

2008-01-02T08:02:00.000-08:00

Very honored to have a writeup about Hess Surfboards in the current Surfers Journal.
Joni Martin put her heart into writing the article. I'm proud of it and think she captured a window into the ever-changing and diverse search for alternatives. I promise I'm not as mean as I look in the photos. Cheers.

Kunkel shots

2007-12-18T09:08:00.001-08:00

My better half snuck a few shots of my
crazy shaping room.
frames + Tmoe art
Tail block templates

Lola Five

2007-12-18T09:03:00.000-08:00

Really stoked on this five fin Lola for Dylan. Epoxy glass-on side runners.
5'11"x 19.75"x 2.5"

Giving Thanks

2007-11-27T09:01:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving day swell
We had an amazing, solid thanksgiving day swell here at Ocean beach . My friend Andy was able to get this shot of me testing out the new 9' 6" quad. Very Cat and Mouse out there that day. It was really nice to have the extra paddle to track down the bigger peaks.

Surfers Path

2007-11-07T18:31:00.000-08:00

Take a look at the Current issue of the Surfers Path. Mark Grey Wrote a very insightful and thorough look at the current state of the surfboard building industry that had a bit about Hess Surfboards. This Beautiful Shot by Todd Glasser of Dan Malloy riding his Lola quad in the cove at Rincon runs in the Article.

Very honored as well to be Nominee for this years Green Wave awards

Winter Quiver

2007-11-07T18:23:00.001-08:00

This years lineup of boards
Missing a couple but here is my current quiver
From right to left. 5'10" Pacheco Quad, 6' Singer, 6'1" Lola quad, 7'4" Quad Semi Gun, 8' Bonzer Semi Gun, 9'6" Quad Full Gun, 10' Quad Full Gun, 8'3" Alaya . Missing my 6'1" and 6'3" Quintara's. Enjoy

The original Lola Quad

2007-11-07T18:17:00.001-08:00

Lola is Our furry little Child and the inspiration for the Lola Quad.
She's super fast and incredibly maneuverable. Check it out

The Singer

2007-11-07T18:06:00.001-08:00

A friend and I are exploring some new
possibilities for the quad. Bringing in the width. Enhanced entry and tail rocker. A little less volume through the nose. Adding some color to the wood. I've been spending a lot of time on this one this Fall and really enjoying it.
Glass on John Cheery Maple quads.
6'2"x19.625"x 2.325"

Reef Board Build Off

2007-09-21T10:48:00.001-07:00

Super stoked and honored to have been part of the Reef Board Build Off for the recent ASR show. Built a 5'10" x 19.625" x 2.325" Lola quad with glass on tinted blue bamboo quads from Marlin a 101 fin Co.

Lyles winter quiver

2007-09-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

My Madman friend Lyle showed up the other day with these two works of art that Dick Brewer Hand shaped for him. Beautiful, scary boards that put my stomach in my throat just imagining the waves their intended for. I've put them next to my recently shaped 9'6" Mavs gun for perspective.
The big one is a 12' 1" single fin and the other is 11'6" thruster. Lyle cannot wait to put them to use.

Mollusk Shapers Video

2007-08-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

Take a Look at the Mollusk Surf Shop website. Beyond being the best shop around they are putting together really polished shapers videos. Tyler Manson is the talented eye behind the camera. They've recently posted a new video about Hess Surfboards that Tyler made over the last few months. Take a look.
http://mollusksurfshop.com/

Dan at Rincon

2007-07-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

I'm honored to have Dan Malloy riding one of my shapes on the current cover of Surfers Journal.
The photographer Steve Bissell Beautifully captured this Rincon moment and Dan's gracefull surfing style.
Enjoy

Frames

2007-07-18T09:16:00.000-07:00

A couple shots of a few of the frames I'm working on. The little one is a 5'11" Lola and the others are 9'6" and 10' Mavs Guns.

The incredible Jesus and Maria

2007-06-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

Jesus and Maria Ocaranza do all of my epoxy work. They are the true Mom and Pop operation. Maria laminates all of the boards. She is an artist and has taught me a lot. Jesus is the master sander. Their work and attention to detail is unbelievable. I am so fortunate to work with them. They are always willing and excited to experiment and try different things for me.

My current Favorite

2007-05-16T07:34:00.000-07:00

I've been really enjoying this Round-pin. Really smooth transitions through turns.
6'2"x 19.325"x 2.325"
It's setup to go as a quad/ thruster or five

A few more shots from Erin

2007-05-09T07:05:00.000-07:00

2007-04-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

My amazing photographer wife took these on our recent journey through Australia.
enjoy.

http://www.erinkunkel.com/

Dan's Lola in the new Surfing

2007-04-11T08:42:00.000-07:00

Phoresia

2007-04-11T08:09:00.000-07:00

For a unique and inspired look inside the world or sustainability and Surfing take a look at
http://www.phoresia.org.
I really appreciate the direction they are going and they have a recent interview with me as well.

Round pins and Wings

2007-04-11T08:05:00.000-07:00

A few shots from the shaping room today.

2007-03-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

A few shots of some quintarra frames and a couple of round pin quads tucked in the corner.
enjoy

7' 10" x 19.75"x 2.75" Pavel/Hess 5 fin

2007-02-27T08:00:00.000-08:00

My personal Five fin gun that I have been really enjoying this winter. Moonlight did a very nice subtle aqua tint on this one.

Dan Malloys new Lola Quad

2007-02-27T07:57:00.000-08:00

6'x 19.625"x 2.25"

Malloy Quintara Quad

2007-02-27T07:29:00.000-08:00

Dan Malloys new Quintara quad. 6'2"x19.5"x2.325"

Lola

2007-02-25T14:37:00.000-08:00

Moonlight glassed Lola Quad for Mollusk. I'll have some Lola Bonzer roundpins soon. Peter from Moonlight did some amazing black pinlines on these. Enjoy

2007-02-25T14:32:00.000-08:00

Moonlight glassed Pacheco Quad on its way to Mollusk

Pavel/ Hess Collaboration

2007-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Hess Surfboards blog. I thought I would create this to keep people updated with whats happening in the little world of Hess Surfboards. I thought a good place to begin was with some photos of the recent Collaborative Boards I did with Rich Pavel. I believe these are still over at the Green Room, so go by and take a look if you have a chance. Rich provided the design and vision for these while I built and shaped them. Moonlight worked their amazing magic with these beautiful glass jobs. Enjoy