Wood Custom Surfboards

Nose Block, Tail Block

2012-01-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

Gettin' Fancy with this one! 9'5" Micah Wood Model for Mark.

Triminy Crickets!

2012-01-24T13:39:00.000-08:00

My good friend Stickman came out to the shop the other night to help shape his girlfriend's new 8'11". The final idea came out pretty fun looking! We ended up using a Guru nose, and the Crusoe tail to come up with this trimtastic lookin' trimster of a board. 8'11" x 22 3/8" x 2 3/4"

Preston Crowell riding a 9'8" Micah Wood Model

2012-01-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

View on ExposureRoom

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2012-01-02T00:11:00.000-08:00

Kaley and I had our first surf session this evening to bring in the new year. The surf was pretty fun... little waist high peelers at good ole' Pipes. We were riding my 9'8" Hodad Model which was a great choice for the surf tonight. What is the Hodad model you ask? Well, I will have the surfboard info on my website within the next couple of weeks. It's basically a big wide noserider, with a square tail, and somewhat piggish hips, but still with a full nose. The fin template for the Hodad is quite a doozy to look at also!

Kaley was lookin' pretty slylish in trim as usual.

This was my favorite wave of the evening. I got a nice long ten to start of the New Year!

Welcome Aboard!

2011-11-28T23:30:00.000-08:00

Split Tails

2011-11-28T23:28:00.000-08:00

I've been making a few of these for Surfer's Surf Shop in Japan. They have had nothing but good things to say about em' so I made one for myself! I can't wait to get it in the water!

2011-11-28T23:25:00.001-08:00

I love painting!

2011-11-28T23:23:00.000-08:00

My New Hodad model!

2011-09-26T00:49:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to try out my new board. It's called the Hodad. No info on the details yet, but I will be putting it up on my website soon. Here are just a few sneek peeks to drool over!

5'11" Wizard

2011-09-06T00:13:00.000-07:00

Sunday Funday on my 5'11" Wizard!

Preston Crowell

2011-09-03T00:06:00.000-07:00

Here is a cool set of photos. Team rider Preston Crowell shredding at Pipes on a 9'8" Micah Wood Model. He just keeps getting better and better!

Mitch's Sale and Charity Event, this Saturday!

2011-09-02T21:06:00.000-07:00

I'll be there!

Kelp Drawing on a Surfboard

2011-08-12T09:34:00.000-07:00

I tried something a little different this time. I drew some kelp on the foam and wrapped it on to the fins... came out pretty cool!

Luke's New Micah Wood Model

2011-08-12T09:24:00.000-07:00

Lukes custom 9'6" Micah Wood Model glassed by one of the best glasser's in San Diego. Thanks Michael Miller for all of the great glass jobs! Iv'e got more on the way.

Fins Fins Fins

2011-08-12T09:20:00.002-07:00

Phil's New Missing Link, with a Diamond Tail

2011-08-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

After foiling out his fins, I handed them over and he did some pretty killer wood burning artwork on them. Check it out! The fins look great Phil!

a couple more for Surfer's Surf Shop

2011-08-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

The new Hodad Model is comin' in hot! Super fun old school rocker, with a twist of modern-ness to allow for some fun and lengthy noserides. My new Hodad model fin template is working insane too!

Greg's new Crusoe!

2011-08-12T09:12:00.000-07:00

Greg's board is done! It's always great to hear when a customer sends you an email after they have been riding their new stick to let you know how well the board is working. Thanks again Greg!

Jason's Keel Fins

2011-08-12T09:09:00.001-07:00

Finished up Jason's Keel Fins for his new 6'2" Fisherman that's on the way.

Kaley's Crusoe Model is finished!

2011-08-12T09:08:00.000-07:00

Kaley's 9'4" Crusoe Model is all finished, and it is soooo purdy!

For Surfer's Surf Shop in Japan

2011-08-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

Stolen Wood Custom Surfboard

2011-08-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

Someone stole Dey's Custom 9'8" Micah Wood Model from his backyard. This is the only Wood Custom Surfboard out there that looks like this one...notice the bands on the entire length of the bottom of this board. So, if anyone sees this board, or knows where it is. Please contact Dey, or me. It would sure be nice to see this board back home safe and sound to it's original owner, as well as seeing the thief being tarred and feathered! Shame on you Mr. thief!

Custom 7'0" Poacher for Tomokazu!

2011-06-07T16:27:00.000-07:00

Preston's New 9'8" Micah Wood Model

2011-05-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

9'8" Micah Wood Model, 3 stringer, volan glass job, nice and wide cutlaps, tinted wood fin...this board sure did come out purdy!

10'0" Micah Wood Model for Ryan

2011-04-28T16:41:00.000-07:00

Ryan was pretty stoked on his new 10'0" Micah Wood Model!

Some words of Wisdom from the Book of Matthew.

Cool pencil drawings of jelly fish on both sides of the fin

Looks like he is enjoying it!

For "Hang Together"

2011-04-01T13:24:00.000-07:00

2011-04-01T13:14:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, April 2, from 6 p.m.-10 p.m., Surfindian will host a special event to benefit earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan. The fundraiser will include live and silent auctions, live music from The Red Fox Tails, food, drinks and other surprises. Surfboards, art and other items will be auctioned off from shapers, artists and businesses including Skip Frye, Michael Miller, Steven Mast, Jim Phillips, Manuel C. Caro, Mike Hynson, Koji Toyoda, Yusuke Hanai, Damian Fulton, Devon Howard, Julie Cox, Skye Walker, Jay Watson, Jamie Watson, Cher Pendarvis, Elise Kirkpatrick, Meegan Feori, Seitaku ”Tak” Aoyama, Susan Wickstrand, Christine Brailsford, Kassia Meador, Tyler Warren, Taylor Dunfee, Sam Cody and many more. All money raised from the auctions or otherwise donated will be given to the U.S.-Japan Council, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Surfindian is a surf shop and gallery located in Pacific Beach, California. Surfindian features art-driven, small batch products that reflect an individualized approach to the art of surfing.

4652/4658 Mission Blvd.
Pacific Beach, CA 92109
858-412-5334

Liquid Salt Magazine Interview

2011-03-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

Check out this cool little interview. Thanks Liquid Salt Magazine!

http://www.liquidsaltmag.com/2011/03/micah-wood/

The Crusoe

2011-03-10T22:01:00.000-08:00

Ladies and Gentlemen, announcing the first new model for 2011, the Crusoe! This year I have been experimenting with thumbtail noseriders and cannot get enough of them!

While driving all over San Diego (North County to La Jolla, to Santee, La Mesa, then back to North County) I was listening to the Robinson Crusoe book on cd. As usual, I had to keep rewinding and rewinding because my mind continually would wander on to surfboards. On this particular occasion, I was wondering how I could enjoy both the turn of a pintail but still get the stable noseride of a square tail.

The problem with square tail noseriders is that they are rather difficult to turn. The problem with pintail noseriders is that they aren't as stable while on the nose. So I decided to blend the two and give it a shot... and out came the thumbtail. The thumbtail is basically a flattened round tail, or an extra squashy squash tail. Either way you want to look at it, it has just enough width in the tail base to hold in and stablize the board while on the nose, and just enough roundness to still have that flowy eggy pintail style of turn.

I have been riding the Crusoe model now for a few months and love it! I feel like it's a great blend of clean flowy turns and stable noserides. So for those of you who want the advantages of both a pin and a square tail... here is another option to fill your surf sessions with fun and adventure. The Crusoe.

What a Whopper!

2011-03-08T22:42:00.001-08:00

My first trout for 2011. Scaled in at 4lbs!

Thanks Korduroy Tv!

2011-03-02T10:50:00.000-08:00

Micah Wood - All Yew from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

Mitch's Surf Shop (in Solana Beach) Sale This Saturday Feb 5th.

2011-02-05T00:34:00.000-08:00

Come on by and check out Billy Watson Rockin' out in the front parking lot. Free hotdogs and soda! Lots of great deals on wetsuits, surfboards, clothing, sandals, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff!

8'0" Mini Guru model for Joe

2011-02-02T00:14:00.001-08:00

JP's New Gypsy!

2011-02-02T00:12:00.001-08:00

Custom 5'8" pretty little quad fish for Mark

2011-01-11T23:36:00.000-08:00

"Four Generations"

2011-01-09T00:22:00.001-08:00

10" x 14" Watercolor Portrait. Four generations of women- mother, daughter, granddaughter, and great granddaughter. A piece for the family history book.

Kaley's New 6'2" Egg

2010-11-28T21:47:00.001-08:00

Luke Chapman Shredding on a 9'6" Micah Wood Model

2010-10-11T00:44:00.001-07:00

Belharra

2010-09-29T23:33:00.000-07:00

A watercolor of Belharra...

ARTSHOW!

2010-09-26T11:09:00.000-07:00

My next artshow will be on October 16th! I will be showing some new pieces along with a handfull of extremely talented artists. So come on down and join us for a great night of fun!

Watercolor Portraits

2010-09-23T22:25:00.000-07:00

For those who like to get an early start on Christmas shopping, I am offering custom watercolor portraits...painted by me of course. If you are interested, please send me an email for details.

Custom for Horizon Surf Team MVP, Myles Morris

2010-09-19T10:19:00.001-07:00

Custom 9'6" Swift Model for Tyler

2010-09-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

B12

2010-08-08T18:43:00.000-07:00

finished the new address sign of my shop today. Unit B12 woodburning on 1/4" plywood, sealed up with a gloss coat.

24 hours of watercoloring

2010-07-28T23:45:00.001-07:00

Measured out the size of painting that I wanted, taped it off, sketched it out... Put down the base colors. I use the color of the paper for the white in my watercolors.

Finished up the detail and signed it. 24 hours of fun, and it done!

Today's Work

2010-07-11T20:45:00.001-07:00

Handshaped

2010-07-05T23:20:00.000-07:00

Black Sea Bass

2010-07-05T23:13:00.000-07:00

Pulled out my wood burning tools and started working on this black sea bass piece.

Finished up the Art Studio

2010-07-01T23:59:00.001-07:00

Finally brought over the art desks and tools, and put up some shelves for the art supplies!

First drawing session in the new shop to test out the layout of the art studio...yup! Works great!

First set of sketches in the new shop!

Preston's New Board

2010-06-30T23:15:00.000-07:00

Custom 9'4" noserider type of board with a thumb tail...mmmmm...very nice. This is the first prototype for a new model that I am working on with my team rider Preston Crowell. Thanks to Brian Michler from 12th Floor Foam & Glass for doing such a beautiful job on the glassing. Well, time to see how it works!

Custom 5'11" Fisherman for Jeff

2010-06-30T23:07:00.000-07:00

I caught a Whopper!

2010-06-01T22:50:00.000-07:00

I caught this guy surfboard fishing off of my 9'8" Micah Wood Model...it noserides insane and helps me catch fish!

The New Shop

2010-06-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted anything for quite a while now. I have been busy building out my new shop! Here are some photos from the process. It all started with four walls and one flourescent light... I had some help from a couple wise guys (uncle Sonny and my dad)... I would probably still be figuring out how to frame a wall if it wasn't for them.

Two walls up:

Three walls up!

Time for some drywall...

Kaley stopped by and helped out with the drywall...

Woah! A hall way!

Slowly looking like the shaping room...

Getting the wiring all finished...ZAAAP!

Time to paint...

Here is the mysterious airbox...

air compressor fits in the airbox...

All boarded up and the lid...

And here it is...the mysterious airbox, and it works as a thinking chair!

Made a cool fin clamp that fits in my shaping racks.

A homemade surfboard wall rack!

And I am finished! About three weeks of hard work, and a little elbow grease and now, it's time to shape!

A Faria Adventure

2010-04-13T14:35:00.000-07:00

While taking a break after some mind boggling noserides up at Rincon Last week, Preston and I decided to go on a little adventure. We found this spooky cave that we had to go explore...
Here is the starting of our adventure. We were told to beware of Trolls and snake pits!

It was pretty dark inside...we had a sense, but never knew what was learking in the shadows...probably the trolls.

The weirdest part of this cave was that we grew larger and larger the farther in we went. We grew so big that eventually we were crawling through the long and gruesome tunnel on our hands and knees!

After jumping over snake pits and alligators, and escaping the cave trolls (they were incredibly loud, but more annoying than anything) we made it through to the other side...of the street.

And on the other side was this beautiful lagoon filled with crystal brown muddy water. Nothing better than a good adventure and some great imagination!

the end.

Workin' on Fins today...

2010-03-20T15:31:00.000-07:00

Jason's new board

2010-03-20T15:23:00.001-07:00

This custom "Solo Series" board came out beautiful! Teal greenish blue resin tint on top with a black inlay on bottom, and of course a matching wood fin with the same color of teal tint.

Sneeky Peeks for Michael Dixon

2010-03-08T23:06:00.000-08:00

I kinda had some fun with his board: abstract resin swirls, wide cutlaps, volan glass, and last but not least...ghost bands! These swirlies came out pretty cool...

A nice day off at Lake Poway

2010-02-28T21:13:00.001-08:00

Took a day off on Sunday and hung out with Kaley at good ole' Lake Poway.

Rumor had it that there were lots of trout to catch so we hit the trails...

After a couple hours of fishing I ended up with two of em. Just enough for a nice dinner for two!

Kaley and I cooked up a delicious trout dinner! Nothing like a nice day off after a long week.

Trevor Crowell on his 9'0" Competition

2010-02-18T21:56:00.000-08:00

Here is Preston's little brother Trevor Crowell. Rumor has it that he has been killing it lately on his 9'0" Competition model. Photo by Tom English.

finished this board yesterday

2010-02-18T21:45:00.000-08:00

10oz Volan, 3 cedar stringers, resin pinlines, patchwork fabric inlay, a custom wood fin and a matching tailblock, this board has all the bells and whistles! For the fin, I used zebrawood, bolivian rosewood, and maple...probably could have used a softer wood to make the fin and tailblock out of, but these types of wood just looked too pretty to pass up. The patchwork took a long time to do, but I think the outcome was well worth it.

Spindrift photos

2010-01-26T22:14:00.000-08:00

setting up for the show...

Signed Prints of "Spindrift" (collaberation artpiece of me and Skye)...

Kaley's wonderful parents...

mom and dad showed up...

and so did everyone else...

then for a quick after-show nap before the afterparty at the Bareback Bar and Grill...

the end...

Spindrift was a hit!

2010-01-26T22:00:00.000-08:00

The Spindrift art show was a total hit! Thank you very much to everyone for showing your support for "Spindrift". The Surfindian Gallery was completely packed with friends, friends of friends, and even their friends! So many people showed up that there was even a line to get in! Not too shabby for a great show opening night at the Surfindian! And for those who are still interested in checking out the show, Spindrift will be going on for another 6 weeks so stop by the Surfindian in Pacific Beach and check out some of my boards and some artwork by me and Skye Walker.

Teamrider Preston Crowell gets 2nd Place!

2010-01-15T16:58:00.000-08:00

Wood Custom Surfboards team rider Preston Crowell placed 2nd in the Mens 15-19 division. The competition was the 14th Annual D.L.S.A. Gathering Of The Tribes surf contest held at Church Beach near Trestles in San Clemente, CA. This is always a great event and a tough competition. The surf was pretty good and Preston was killing it! Good job Preston!

Spindrift collaberation artpiece by me and Skye Walker!

2010-01-12T14:24:00.000-08:00

Spindrift Collaboration from Skye Walker on Vimeo.

"SPINDRIFT"

2010-01-07T00:35:00.001-08:00

Custom 5'10" Castaway for local artist Skye Walker

2009-12-22T23:06:00.000-08:00

Castaway with a quad fin setup! Super fun...

"Solo Series" Pictures

2009-11-28T19:36:00.000-08:00

"Solo Series"

2009-11-28T19:34:00.000-08:00

I would like to introduce my new Solo Series! I am now doing everything from start to finish on my boards: shaping, glassing, sanding, resin pinlines, glossing, polishing..and so on. I will keep showing new pics along the way.

Mitch's Surf Shop New Dealer!

2009-10-30T14:51:00.000-07:00

I would like to welcome Mitch's Surf Shop in Solana Beach to my list of Dealers. Please support your local surf shop and check them out!

Mitch's Surf Shop opened for business in 1967, near WindanSea Beach, CA. Since then they have built a shop also in Solana Beach, and have strived to fulfill their customer's needs with the finest quality surfboards and surfing products available. At Mitch's, their knowledgeable staff is commited to excellent customer service.

Located on Pacific Coast Highway, between Fletcher's Cove and Swami's surf break.

365 N. Hwy 101

Solana Beach, CA 92075

(858) 481-1354

Sacred Craft Surfboard Expo 2009

2009-10-12T21:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for stopping by the Wood Custom Surfboards booth and saying hello. It was a successful weekend and a great turnout. It was nice to see so many incredible surfboard shapers and surfers all hanging out together having a good time. Congratulations to Pat Rawson for winning the Dick Brewer Shape off!

50th Anniversary Gordon & Smith Party!

2009-10-04T23:14:00.000-07:00

Had a great time at the 50th Anniversay Gordon & Smith party at the Wavehouse in Mission Beach. Many friends were there. The surfboard collection was amazing! The place was packed full of people from pro surfers to just about every shaper in San Diego, which most of them have sometime or another shaped for Gordon & Smith Surfboards in their careers of surfboard building. Once again, thank you very much to Floyd Smith, and Larry Gordon for taking so many in under their wings and teaching them how to build a surfboard. Here are some pictures of the event...enjoy!

Gone Fishin'

2009-09-29T12:01:00.000-07:00

Went fishing out at the La Jolla Kelpbeds yesterday, and I ended up catching this monster! Over 27" of Bonito! Biggest fish I have caught so far off of a surfboard!

Sneak Peak

2009-09-26T21:37:00.000-07:00

Here is a sneak peak of the boards that I will be showing at the Sacred Consumer Surfboard Expo! Take a look. I am about half way done with the resin pinlines and bands.

Preparing for Sacred Craft Surf Expo

2009-09-25T13:23:00.000-07:00

Putting the final touches on the boards to be shown at Sacred Craft Surf Expo (Del Mar Fairgrounds; Oct. 10th & 11th). Expect to see The Gypsy, Micah Wood Model and one of my newest shapes, The Wizard.

Stay tuned for a sneak peak of the boards. Now it's time to go put down some resin pinlines and bands. Only the finest on these boards.

First Blog Post

2009-09-24T19:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new blog. Here I will be posting the latest news and upcoming events for my company, Wood Custom Surfboards. To start off this blog, here is a big fat ball of wax. This is all of the wax I used for one year. In two more years I should have a nice big snowman...I mean waxman. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for news that is a little bit more interesting...but not as cool as this future waxman.