MILLER TIME

Matt Millers 8'7'' Super Smoothie, this was mine and I loaned it to him for feed back and he would not give it back, Pinhead ! so Greg made me another.

Tailshot

Greg made 2 of these for Matt and I, they work really well, they work like a longboard when its small, but you can still crank them over on rail when its bigger. Old Liddle crew , Tom Fisher and Tony Masial worked on these templates.

Matt low tide sand speed run.

Uh-O runnin out of water, tuck and duck, jeez he can still get pretty low for an old fart.

BOJO BUST

Steve came our way for a visit and art show from his new digs in Santa Fe , New Mexico . Some one told us about this tag around Cardiff so we checked it out, then a cop pull up and wants to see ID, hands up and spread um boys.

Surfed out in front of Bongobay Albo's house and Steve snapped a few of me on my 9'1'' Vaquero.

Surfed for a few hours and played bocce ball and had a few beers , good to see them a fun time was had by all.

NEW 6'9'' LIDDLE

This just came in a 6'9'' kinda like a SH/RW for sale

Deck and Foil

Bottom

This was a custom for a guy in Wash. so Greg made another for here.

Merry Christmas to all from the ROUNDUP!!......... the photo is norcals surfer artist , #1 Vaquero Kevin Ancell with his horse Rone.

DOS KUSTOMS

2 Kustoms for Dirk a 7'0'' Death board and a 6'5'' SH/RW

Decks

S- Decks

The 7'0'' Death board template

6'5'' SH/RW in the backround I have a 6'8'' a 7'9'' and a 7'11' Liddles and some Putnam/ Hilbers also for sale. kirkripper@yahoo.com

NEW 7'0'' SHANK

This is a custom 7'0'' with extra thin rails, the template is a GL/JS very similar to the board Greg is turning in the last post.

Outline, Im still figuring out my new camera , just found a big smug print on the lens after I checked these shots .

Deck, these new us blanks with the medium weight are way stronger.

Bottom, got a nice 101 bamboo fin in GL's template to try out.

MALIBU SUPER 8

A few more snaps from the Brown Bros. super 8 's, Andy Davis cutting back, he was the glasser for Greg at this time. He used to scare me when I was younger, he laughs at me when I tell him this now 40+ Years later.

Juan Estaban Bojorquez 111 , layin down some rail, I shot these with my new cam off the TV I like the way they blur.

I think this is Andy Davis again. Weird, over time good hull surfing is kinda timeless .

This one is Krajewski on JAWS, now thats a cutback!! he made it too!

Steve agian, textbook SK turn with the stringer almost parallel with bottom of the wave. Steve was the sander and fin foiler at this time and would walkout of the back sanding room and never blow him self off and leave a white dusty fiberglass trail all over the shop, and got the nickname DIRT!! the name stuck along with the fiberglass itch he left everywhere.

LIDDLE BOTTOM TURN 101

Been seeing a few photos on blogs as of late and a lot of weak pussyfooted turns, this is Greg at Malibu around 73 or 74 and is a textbook hull turn IMO. #1 drive the board down the face with your feet parallel across the stringer.

#2 set your line and press over with even pressure with your upper body leading the way and bank that baby over on rail, loading the fin up.

#3 now the fin is laoded up and the rail is engaged and your ready to spring out of that turn and site where you want to go next. Thats a 7'0'' GL template Greg still makes. These are off a 8mm film by Mike and Ricky Brown, thanks guys!!!

Camera Ripped Off

My camera was ripped on thanksgiving day so that's what's up with the lag on the blog, gonna buy a new one tomm. I like these 6'8'' s Gregs been making.

This is one of my pencil drawings from awhile back.

And a water color of El Cap I did, inspired by artist Michel Drury from Santa Barbaras Oak group.

Punker Pat Towersly layin it over on rail.

TRES LIDDLOS PIGLOS

A 6'8'' GN order for Wetsand, this template works great in beachbreaks and points .

A 6'6'' SH/ RW

A 7'0'' Wildthing, Miller template

Uno , Dos, Tres Bottoms.

These are glassed with the same volan as the fins and with US foams med blanks the decks are way more solid. I've said it before, not 5 years or 10 or 20 not even 30 but 40 years of refining displacement hulls . These are for sale, the last ones till after the Hollow Days, cept that custom 6'8''..............? email me. kirkripper@yahoo.com

NEW ONES FROM LIDDLE

Up front is a nice 8'0'' Dirt Machine, middle is a 7'5'' KP template and last is a 7'0'' Reef Smoothie

Any ? on these , I will give you the lowdown, kirkripper@yahoo.com, note, my now 30yr old son Dustin tagged me with my first email address as a joke years ago cause he setup our first PC, and it just stayed that way , I kinda think its funny now.

As always , Liddle surfboards Hand Shaped, Laminated , Hotcoated, Sanded, and Glossed by Greg Liddle ,with a Liddle Aloha throwin in for FREE!!!

BUMBLE BIZZLE RAT CRUSER

My daughter Erin built this bike with here boyfriend Chad and rode from Olympia Wash. to San Francisco around 800 miles

They went for strength and a bikes that would carry all their camping gear.

Chad pinlined the fenders, sweet!

They both made their own leather seats and tooled them.

Erin had to rebuild the drive train about half way. They both volunteer at Olympia's only free bike shop Bike n' Bike, note, she has no crashes all the way to SF and in Alameda where my son lives she riding home from a friends and hit a lane marker and booya over the bars and on her chin, 3 stitches later and she is ok.

Marc Andreini Injured

Just found out lastnite from Peter , Marcs brother that Marc was surfing Sewer Peak at Pleasure Point and got sucked back over the falls on a huge set and slammed the bottom on his butt and compressed his L- 1 to where it fractured or burst, he can move everything so thats great news no spinal cord damage, I will find out more today , so say a prayer for him please!

REEF SMOOTHIES

This is a template made a bit more user friendly for reefs and beachbreaks.

This ones 7'0'', I really like these I've had quite a few over the years.

Good all around boards.

Still get all the FEEL of a Hull also. I have 2, 7'0''s here for sale , kirkripper@yahoo.com