Longboard Winner!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner...?

Not hungry?

How about a Longboard?

This was fun and we are definitely going to do it again!

Congratulations to Bryan Lamb who won with the name....

The Mullet 

There were a few entries with the same name, but his came fast, furious....and first:)

This board is definitely "business up front and a party in the back"  !!

We also want to thank Laura Fischer for sending in almost 50 suggestions. For this, we would like to give her a coupon for a $50 ding repair or $100 off her next Hoyte Designs longboard!:)

 

and Andrew Bennet for all of his suggestions.... which won him a Hoyte Designs T-Shirt.

We will contact you soon.

Thank you everyone and stay tuned.....more good things comin' soon!!

Happy Wednesday and keep Japan, Haiti and all those in crisis in your prayers.



Production Shaping

I have been and still am very fortunate to work for major companies as a ghost shaper.

I have been able to spend valuable time with some of the best shapers in the world honing my skills to create quality boards.

 

Production shaping is like marathon training.

It takes months and even years to cross certain hurdles.

For most shapers the first hurdle is 12-13 consistent boards a day.

16-18 boards day after day is quite a feat.

23-25 a day everyday is a marathon.

5 days a week straight for months at a time.

34 boards is my personal best.

Whew!

*sweat*

These pictures are some of what I accomplish in a day.

 

For me, the tricky part is being a production shaper for two or three different companies with different models and sizes.

These three pictures individually represent what I do in a day.

But my first love of shaping is  ......   My own designs!

This is where I get the greatest satisfaction!!

PS: Longboard contest winner will be announced tomorrow!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Keep praying for Japan. Our hearts are tender and broken for the people there.

DB and son inc. - Twynn Phynzr

An early Sunday morning meeting at Marina Park, Ventura and ...

...the along awaited Twynn-Phnzer for DB.

 

EPS Resin-X Twin with Trailer

This is Max, DB's son.

A little photo shy at first but holding the new board made him smile:)

Happy Monday everyone!

And Happy March for tomorrow!

Test Pilots Wanted!

Special one month offer for this board model below!

Because of the response we have moved this special to include March too!:)

This is a quick view of the matching logo for the twynzer phynzer.

Sweet outline and bottom concave.

Cardboard fin mock-ups.

No laughing!:)

Now for the special ... and this is no April Fools joke!

Starting April 1st -30th, order one clear polyester

 twynzer phynzer for $415.

or

EPS Epoxy: $490

or

EPS Resin-X: $550

(plus tax if you live in CA)

This is approximately 30% below retail.

For ONE MONTH only!

Details for special:

Full payment up front thru paypal or to Russ. 

Shipping:

$35 in CA

$100 outside CA

Contact Russell at:

hoytedesigns@yahoo.com

or

805-455-8435

Two For Luke - JV Grom Series

Here are two boards for Luke who lives in Florida.

They're headed east as of today!

These are part of the JV ('Junior Varsity') Grom Series.

The board to the left is 5'0"  x  17 1/8  x  2".

The board on the right is 5'1"  x  17  x  2".



Bamboo fin set up.

("Feel the Force, Luke!")

I would like to thank the crew at Diamond Glassing for their hard work and expertise.

Laminator: Raz

Finner and Hot-Coater: Knuckles

Machine Sander: Wade

Hand Sander: Pendo

Enjoy Luke and Happy Monday everyone.

PS: Still a couple of weeks left on the Longboard Contest. Check it out!

'Name It and Claim It' GiveAway!

Here's the first of many 'GiveAways' to come!

Prize:

A custom board like the one featured on each GiveAway Contest blog.

How To Win:

Come up with a model name for featured board. We will choose the winning model name.

Objective:

1. To include our customers and friends in the growing of Hoyte Designs and to make it a fun, creative process that everyone can be a part of.

2. Creative Advertising:)

Rules To Win:

 1. Become a 'Follower' of the blog. You have to sign in to do this.

2. 'Like' the Hoyte Designs Custom Surfboards Facebook page.

3. Share this blog on your Facebook page.

4. Submit your Model Name on the comments page. Please only do one at a time. But not limited to just one.

Also, submit an e-mail address that we can contact you with.

 The front 2/3 of this board is Old School 50/50 rails with a concave

bottom.

The back 1/3 is totally New School, double-winged swallow tail, single concave to double concave vee with the convertable fin set-up.

Dimensions of this board are 9'4 x 23 1/4 x 3.

All color work is done in resin; even the black pin-line is a resin pin-line...very old school.

Shaper/Laminator: Russell

Sander/ Pin-Liner/Gloss and Polisher: Jeff

Small Print: The winner of the board pays for shipping and any color work, other than clear.

Clean the Engines and start gettin' creative!

Drawing will be held March 15th.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

*If a model name is suggested by more than one person, then the first person to have sent it to the comment box will be the recepient of the prize.*

Twynn Phynzer - Super Charged

Some of you are familiar with the Twynn-Phynzer...

Here is the 2011 model.

Here is a slightly wider tail with the 'super-charger' channel.

Putting in an eliptical channel helps water flow and lift thru turns.

Here is a straight-on view.

Beautiful.

Going to glasser soon.

Happy Valentines Day all.

This was short, but sweet.

I have a movie date with my wife.

... and kids ...

at home:)