My last and maybe favourite restoration for 2023 

Appreciate it very much!

Happy holidays to you Russel, appreciate the support this year! 🤙

Haha, bit of a thriller! He got there in the end though, props to him!

You da man! Appreciate it very much!

Mahalos!

Ooo yea, I never noticed but they are kinda similar! 🤙 🤙

Chur brother!

Hey man, welcome!! Haha, theres a shaper in Maui, Hawaii named Matt Kazuma and he is constantly chasing chickens out of the back room of his factory who are always trying to eat is EPS blanks! 😂😂 Dude needs better security! Glad you enjoyed the video!

You legend 🤙

Haha, enjoy it. It's a good video and definitely some interesting boards!

Chur legend! 🤙

You legend 🤙

You're a champion, many thanks and happy holidays!

Appreciate it!

Everyone keeps saying that, it's not a competition guys... geeze 😏

Ooo, that's a can of worms! Foamies are a pain in the landfill. They cant be fixed to any real quality standard and are destined for the trash heap from the day they are built. I hate the bloody things 😂 That said, I've had some luck with "flex paste". It won't be a pretty repair, but the stuff is exactly what they advertise and o boy, do they know how to sell shit! Look um up on RU-vid!

😂 and a happy new year to you!

You da man

We missed you guys too! Gotta sort the time differences out and get on a call together! Maria wishes she could film like this 😂

Very interesting! I wonder if it depended on the era of board? He was pretty adamant that there would/should be a number if it was his. I've got a couple of Parkes boads and they've all got numbers on them, I'll ask him what the deal is next time I bump into him! Not sure Wayne ever had ghost shapers either, just his glasser as far as I was aware? Such a rich history though, I'm sure I could be wrong about that! Very cool that you've got a bolt of his! Hang onto that thing!

@@smallkinedings mate your talking to him. I'd say your way closer to the truth. I'm just getting my info second hand.

Back at ya and my pleasure!

Many thanks, onwards and upwards in 2024!

It's not a competition mate, jeeze... 😉

You too Andy! 🍻

Appreciate it mate! A happy new year to you!

Unreal man, very much appreciated and my pleasure. Eventually when I have more subscribers and comments than Mr. Beast I'll probably need to do something like that!

To you too, stay warm over there!

😲 😲 😲 😂 😂

Many thanks man!!

Shot brother, hope you had an epic day out there!

🤙 🤙 🤙

Many thanks, very happy with the balance between old and new! You too, all the best for 2024

Many thanks!

To you too, have a great holiday season! Cheers for Watching!

He was frothing, so stoked which put a smile on my dial. He brought another one in an hour later. A Graham Allen super sessions of a similar Era. Apparently he bought them both for a 24 box of bourbon 😂 it's in better knick than the bolt was thank God and has a beauty of a fin on it!

Definitely check um! Thanks for watching!

No, it’s definitely a fun video and he got to a result in the end!

Aww shux, a happy Christmas to you too!

Legend, many thanks. Glad you enjoyed 🤙

Mahalos, thanks for watching!

Appreciate it, so glad they are useful!

Haha, I don't go within 7 kilometers of glitter!

I dunno why people keep comparing videos, it's not a competition 🤔 😉

Flatteru will get you everywhere! A happy new year to you!

Whoah, that’s pretty harsh 😛

That's not a bad shout on the squeegee and poster paint. Might give that a run!

It's not a competition mate! Many thanks 🙏

Let me know if you make contact with her, I got one small kine investment opportunity for her!

Rough, it's not a competition 😂 🤙

Rough, it's not a competition mate 😉

Appreciate it! 🤙

Happy holidays mate!

You know it 😉

Harsh mate, it's not a competition 😉

Legend, chur to you 🤙

Don't we all!!

The foam is skimmed with a resin and micro balloon mix, just to fill any pin holes and help correct the shape if needed

It's not a competition mate 😂 apples to oranges

Loops are really strong and to me, aesthetically mo betta. There's a few different ways to make them but they all all tough as nails

You know it! 😁

Cheers! All of the sanding pre painting was done in 80 grit and the paint was put on pretty thin as to not fill all of the scratches. Pretty confident in the adhesion and haven't had any issues with this technique yet 🤞

I recently did a spray for a nose job. I was worried the glass would not stick and it was not resin tintable so I painted afterwards with a clear coat. I am going to try your way next time. Thank you again. @@smallkinedings

Hey hey! So very job dependant but with large paint jobs like this I try to always have cloth over the paint. The problem with paint under only resin is that theres a good chance of sanding through that resin coat in an area or 2, 3, 4 or 5 which will damage your paint work. The exception to this would be something like pin stripes where you can sand very carefully and slowly but cloth over paint is always the preference if possible. If I can't get cloth over my paint it's usually because the board is epoxy and I try not to paint beneath epoxy. In that case, clear coat is the answer like you suggested. MOLOTOW do a good gloss clear and Matt clear as well. I've never had any kind of bonding or other issues with MOLOTOW. I swear by the stuff.

great info thanks mate!@@smallkinedings

Trooper, cheers for watching!

Mahalo 🤙

This one dis gain some weight. Because of the condition of the glass and the foam I decided to laminate it with 4oz cloth as it really needed the extra reinforcement. Usually though for a job like this, I would use 2oz cloth and that doesn't add a noticeable amount of weight. If your boards in good knick in the big scheme of things (not totally rotten) then I reccomend 2oz highly

@@smallkinedings thanks mate much appreciated! Keep up the great work, love the channel

Thanks for the feedback!! I have a different question for ya- about colour matching... I'm about to start a reno for a mate and I am gonna go with molotow spray like you said previously but I dunno how to know which colour I should be choosing... Any advice much appreciated!!

@@suzukiton they have a colour book which is what I use. If it's a tough call between two colours I'll just order both but the book is pretty good!

It's not a competition, people are always trying to compare us. I dunno where it comes from 😂

Legend, appreciate it 🤙

You trooper, appreciate it! Me too haha but he got there in the end and it made for an exciting watch!

Couldn't smell anything over all the blue cheese!

Good question! Now days, to me the lightning bolt is a little bit like skateboarding. I get the same icky feeling when I see a company/brand try to use skateboarding in their advertisements or brand images when they have nothing to do with skateboarding. When I see brand new boards now days with lightning bolts on them to me it just feels like an attempt at a cash grab. It would be different if it was a replication of an old board template. A recreation and a throw back to an old pin tailed Lopez, then I get it. I get so many unrelated new boards with bolts on them in for repair now days, EPS/epoxy fish, mini mals, twin fins that have nothing to do with what lightning bolt once was. Back in the day, there was a license to produce lightning bolts. Here in NZ only Knackers and Wayne Parkes held that license (Wayne still technically has it). Wayne also holds the Atlas license too and still produces Atlas logs and on the same token it would be ick if I branded a board of mine with the atlas logo. The shapers you’ve listed are the bees knees for sure, especially unit 1. Collectibility wise, those are the signatures you’re looking for! By the end of lightning bolt there were licenses to produce all over the world and that’s probably one of the many things that lead to their eventual downfall.

Ooo, thems fighting words. A logo from the early 70s that changed surfing, surfers, surf culture and surfboard manufacturing. The lightning bolt is a visual representation of a breakthrough in surfing, what was possible to make, what was possible to surf, both waves and surfboards. The simplest of designs that embodies some of the world's greatest shapers and thinkers, surfers and locations ever known. A representation of a simpler time, a time of discovery and break throughs, a time that still dictates surfboard and surfers style and design to this day. Arguably the most sought after boards, even in 2024, the logo doesn't need to be high rez, high tech, complicated or artsy because what it represents is all those things and more. In that way, the simplest logo is the best logo. No other logo brings up so much history from almost every continent in the world with a single glance and no logo within surfing probably ever will.

@@smallkinedings however that may be, the problem with this logo & that’s what it is, isn’t because it is so simple, it’s totally unoriginal, did Gerry Lopez aka style defined like lightning bolts especially? It demonstrates a lack of thought. Idk if the examples I see regularly are leftovers from the shop here in Venice or if it’s a new batch of fools in awe of banality. People will tell you the LA Dodgers logo is great. No one owns surfing. A lot of times certain select people get credit for things. My idea of surfing, growing up land locked were surf t shirts available at the mall, gotcha etc were totally mainstream in late 80s. Derek Ho & Tom Carroll. Mostly Derek has been my idea, him on an Island Classics board. He was still riding that handmade board up until the end at 55. I have seen posts of people shit talking island classics boards for being out of date design & they had a laminated nose guard. There’s personal footage of Derek riding Pipeline for fun. His take off, he brought that to surfing. Top in my world & the ic image are surfing to me. Not selling it.

Thanks for watching! Cya in 2024

Cheers man! Yea definitely love a bit of a dive into the roots when I can!