Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild

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Happy Holidays!

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Yes, we are still here!

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Random Shots 11/9/11

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Random Images

2011-11-04T19:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween

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Ten Twenty Seven

2011-10-27T17:10:00.000-07:00

Big Board, Little Problem

2011-10-24T18:04:00.001-07:00

This 11'4" barley fits in the sanding room...

Welcome Rob

2011-10-15T17:35:00.001-07:00

Rob contacted me a few months ago about coming to work with us; relocating to Santa Cruz from England. From our emails and phone conversations, I knew he would be a perfect fit... And I was right! Rob is a talented shaper and craftsmen whom we are lucky to have here. He brings a refreshing stoke and fresh ideas for board building. Welcome Rob!!
Please check out Rob's blog and website.

The Meadows Booth

2011-10-08T11:51:00.000-07:00

The Meadows booth at the Sacred Craft Expo in Del Mar today!

Marc and Nick

2011-10-06T16:23:00.001-07:00

Marc Andreini came to pick up the rest of his boards as well! Have fun in San Diego guys!

Off To The Sacred Craft Expo

2011-10-06T16:19:00.001-07:00

CJ and Nick came by for the last of their boards for the show. I have to say it has been a very crazy couple of months around here! We are stoked to be a part of building some the most beautiful I have ever seen!

Hawaii ?

2011-10-05T20:19:00.001-07:00

We don't see rainbows like this too often in Santa Cruz!

10/4/11

2011-10-04T17:07:00.001-07:00

Boards and Tomatoes

2011-09-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

Fog Jam

2011-09-21T21:18:00.001-07:00

We have been busy building a batch of City Fog boards for the guys at the Meadow. A lot of them will be going down south to the Sacred Craft Expo in Del Mar.

Lots of Glass On's

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September 15th

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Friday

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Wall Art

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This picture has been on this wall a LONG time!

Monday

2011-09-05T21:12:00.001-07:00

Board Rescue

2011-08-22T17:57:00.001-07:00

Good friend Eric "Dog" Feiber" laminated some flyers he drew for some of our old bands on this deck to donate to Board Rescue. Note the acid swirl in the background!
This board and many others will be on display. Check it out: http://boardrescue.org/events/2nd-annual-board-rescue-art-show-fundraiser/

My little Freind

2011-08-19T18:37:00.001-07:00

If you're grinding on surfboards all day, there is no better tool for the job than this 5000 rpm Milwaukee!

Tim

2011-08-16T17:29:00.001-07:00

Our new polisher's name is Tim. He is a great craftsmen and a great guy!

Eleven Oh Andreini

2011-08-15T16:53:00.001-07:00

Custom 11 footer... Part gun and part glider.
The beautiful art is by Kevin Walsh of Seabeast.

Handcrafted By

2011-08-14T13:14:00.001-07:00

Check out this short documentary featuring SCBBG's very own Doug Fletcher!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuEk4IoYEr0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from Dave Aronovici
Info.scbbg@gmail.com

Owl 50th Anniversary

2011-08-10T10:22:00.001-07:00

This is number one in a series of fourteen!
Shaped by Marc Andreini.

One Off's

2011-08-05T18:58:00.001-07:00

We've come to the conclusion that we are making "one off" surfboards.

Small Boards In Glossing Room

2011-08-04T18:10:00.001-07:00

All Done

2011-07-30T15:49:00.001-07:00

The finished boards began to pile up this week... With a new south swell in the water I would think they will be leaving us soon!

Glossy

2011-07-23T22:06:00.001-07:00

Boards from City Fog and Owl with fresh gloss coats kicking off.

Legendary Door

2011-07-18T19:56:00.001-07:00

This is the door to a shaping room that has housed many shaping legends over the years including; Joey Thomas, Mark Angell, Mike Croteau, Ed Angulo, Rick Noe, Ward Coffey, Jeffery Devine and many others!

Foam

2011-07-13T20:53:00.001-07:00

Ernie from U.S. Blanks came by today with a whole lot of foam!

Noe Article

2011-07-10T13:24:00.001-07:00

Check this out!
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_18449859?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com
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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Thanks Felix

2011-07-07T18:26:00.000-07:00

Good friend Felix from Sand Dollar Ding Repair came by today to give us his latest shirt! Flippin sweet!!

Colors

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A Couple Of Hulls

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Marc Andreini shapes Hulls... and we glass them!

Random Images From This Week

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Boards from Coffey, Haut and City Fog!!

Floors

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Looks like it's getting about time to change the floors!

1985

2011-05-24T19:06:00.000-07:00

This Doug Fletcher board may have an 80's template, 80's paint and a full rail, but it's got a modern bottom and soft rails... A cool combo of old and new school!

Source Double Winger

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Nose Rider From Mars

2011-05-16T18:42:00.001-07:00

What can I say; this board is beautiful! Nick and CJ are creating some insane boards.

Andreini 2 plus 1

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This double winger is going to M and M Classic in Japan!

Nick and CJ

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Nick Palandrani and CJ Nelson came down to lay shoot resin panels on this City Fog Mars model.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Hess Quads

2011-04-28T19:12:00.001-07:00

We just finished three quads for Danny Hess. Thomas Campbell did the drawings.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Red Twins

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Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Noe's with Color

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Buck Noe added a bit of color to these customs!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Andreini and the Meadow

2011-04-13T17:59:00.000-07:00

We've got a bunch of cool boards we are working on for Andreini and the guys at the Meadow!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Steve's New Hull

2011-04-08T17:57:00.000-07:00

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Sick

2011-03-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

The shop has been hit hard with the Flu bug... Our apologies if your boards are finished a little off schedule. We hope we can all be at full strength for next week!

the Sacred Meadow

2011-03-24T14:04:00.001-07:00

Nick and CJ's booth was insane! The boards weren't bad either!!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

More Sacred Craft

2011-03-22T18:40:00.001-07:00

Buck Noe's booth was slammed all day! Buck, who is better known for his high performance short boards and longboards showed off his mega talent with some beautiful classic shapes!
Richard Novak, Doug Haut, Marc Andreini and Nick Palandrani go over one of the Haut Bump attempts from the shape off.

Here it is; the "Man Board" and a few other boards in the SCBBG booth.

PS. At the show we were advertising 10% of proceeds from the sales of T-shirts and Sweatshirts to go to the Red Cross; we are extending that sale until April 15!

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The Sacred Craft Show was incredible! Where do I start? Well, we all know that this show was in honor of Doug Haut and that he is celebrating his 50th anniversary shaping surfboards. But, on top of that, the city of Santa Cruz officially made March 19th Doug Haut Day!

Then there was the shape off; Steve Coletta, Bob Pearson, Mark Angel, Wayne Rich and Ward Coffey battled it out trying to replicate the Haut Bump. These are some of the best shapers on the planet and in the end it was Ward Coffey taking the trophy. We are very proud of Ward and honored to work on his boards.

Speaking of proud, we are also very proud Nick Palandrani for winning best in show with boards we built for him.

Thanks so to everyone who came to see at our booth. All the positive response to our work really makes it all worth while!

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Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild Booth! Live!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Man Board???

2011-03-16T09:50:00.000-07:00

What is Fletch working on?....it's the Man Board! It will be unveiled this weekend at the Sacred Craft Show in downtown Santa Cruz. Come check it out at our booth (upstairs by the Shape Off Booth).

City Fog Tanker

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This board is 11 feet long! Kinda hard to tell from this angle. Another board that will be at the Sacred Craft Show in the Meadow booth!

Lots of Polishing!

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Ben has some serious polishing to do in the coming days! Here is number one in the Haut 50th anniversary series. Thanks Ben, for the best polishes in the business!
This board will be at the Sacred Craft Show.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Clock is Ticking!

2011-03-10T13:52:00.000-08:00

Ya, this board already has a nice blue lam, glass on fin and leash loop, but it still needs decals, gloss and polish! Nine days and counting til this and a whole bunch of other boards will make there way to the Sacred Craft show in Santa Cruz... Better get back to work!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Sacred Glosses

2011-03-08T16:27:00.000-08:00

20 more boards to gloss, and all the Sacred Craft boards will be ready to polish!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

the Meadow

2011-03-07T17:09:00.001-08:00

Please check out the Meadow!! http://themeadowinc.blogspot.com/

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Noe Quad

2011-03-04T07:54:00.001-08:00

Buck Noe likes to challenge our skills!
Here's a six deep channel bottom with glass on quads!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

50th Anniversary Finage

2011-02-27T17:58:00.001-08:00

Custom fins for Hauts 50th anniversary boards!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Haut 50th Anniversary

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Here are the first three. Haut will do a limited collectors series; 10 Signature models (shown here) and 10 Bump models. These boards and a Bump will be at the Sacred Craft show in Santa Cruz March 19-20.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Finage

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Nine O V Hull by Source

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Mini Major Ding Repair

2011-02-09T15:48:00.001-08:00

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Nor Cal Chrome

2011-02-01T19:40:00.001-08:00

O.K. so it's not a surfboard, but it does have fins and it does move through the water very efficiently!

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Slot Tails

2011-01-23T11:04:00.000-08:00

This batch of Slot Tail Scamblers by Nick Palandrani will go M&M California Classic in Japan when they're done.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

8'4" Hess Bonzer

2011-01-18T17:11:00.000-08:00

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Bullet Stub

2011-01-13T20:06:00.001-08:00

Shaped by Marc Andreini.

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Chloe's Noserider

2011-01-11T13:42:00.001-08:00

Chloe and her friends liked the way it came out. Shape by Doug Haut. Blue tint glass job by SCBBG.
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Hess Mini Simmons

2011-01-09T14:34:00.001-08:00

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Gras Fish

2010-12-27T12:51:00.000-08:00

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Last Minute Shopping

2010-12-23T10:35:00.001-08:00

The Haut shop has a full stock of our shirts and sweatshirts. Come get em!
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Employee Lounge

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Sent from Dave at SCBBG

7' Blade Runner Hull

2010-12-15T20:17:00.001-08:00

Seven footer Nick Palandrani did for his friend Greg Cummings!

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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

The Pile...

2010-12-10T19:18:00.001-08:00

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Source Scramblers

2010-12-07T18:40:00.000-08:00

Quiver of Scamblers!

6'0" Scrambler

2010-12-03T19:45:00.001-08:00

Scrambler by Nick Palandrani! EPS/Epoxy constuction.
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Dave Aronovici
Santa Cruz Board Builders Guild
info.scbbg@gmail.com
www.SantaCruzBoardBuildersGuild.blogspot.com/

Visit from Tim Gras

2010-12-01T20:49:00.001-08:00

Tim Gras came down from the "City" with a wide variety of boards of boards for us to glass. Not only is Tim a very talented surfer/shaper he is always fun to hang out with!

Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Colors

2010-11-29T17:26:00.001-08:00

These were a few of them...
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Color

2010-11-29T17:24:00.001-08:00

How many boards did it take to get these?
Sent from Dave at SCBBG

Milo

2010-11-23T13:46:00.001-08:00

Good freind and master behind the SCBBG's graphics, Eli, got a new Ward Coffey board with Descendents inspired art. Sent from Dave at SCBBG

9' 8" Palandrani

2010-11-23T11:25:00.001-08:00

Nick came by the shop with Log for CJ Nelson... stayed tuned.

7'3" Andreini Hull

2010-11-23T06:33:00.001-08:00

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Small Car, Big Board

2010-11-21T17:19:00.001-08:00

Fin Fest.

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Fletch doing some early morning glass on's.
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Tails...

2010-11-17T10:27:00.001-08:00

Photos off center a bit... Click on photo for correct image.

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Hess Quad

2010-11-16T17:54:00.001-08:00

5'10" with "glassies". Sweet.
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Cool Car...

2010-11-12T18:05:00.001-08:00

Cool car, cool boards and cool guy! Marc Andreini stopped by to pick up a few boards today. Class act!
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Doug Haut Honored At Sacred Craft Surfboard Expo

2010-11-11T16:28:00.000-08:00

Check this out! http://www.surfboardshow.com/shape-off.html

Jeff Langston Takes Helm at the Haut Shop

2010-11-10T18:53:00.001-08:00

Long time local surfer Jeff Langston took over the retail space at the Haut surf shop. Doug Haut will still shape all the Haut boards and will be available for custom board orders. Jeff says "We will remain old school."
He will bring in a few more boards from well respected shapers Andreini, Noe and Palandrani. And continue with the Haut designed line from Santa Cruz Surfboards.

Andreini Boards at Haut

2010-11-09T15:03:00.001-08:00

Beutiful, classic boards now available at Haut Surf Shop! Much more to come.
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