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and we did it…

apologies for the long delayed ending to this particular chapter of the blog- the launch went off amazingly well, we were up against some serious surf, and so we had to be pretty careful about how we went about it, but there was a good crowd and we all had a real good time.

we travelled home safely yesterday. we are all exhausted, but glad to be home. sad, too. we made some really good friends in Malibu, and we had a lot of fun, whilst also working our tails off…

there’s a lot of debriefing and planning to do… :)

so, for now, peace and love. we’ll see you all soon.

thanks for being on this journey with us.

-suz

 

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‘this board is a piece of history’

Tim Dion, our new best friend and fin shaper extraordinaire, told us this on one of his visits. The boards that we are making, well, the design harks back to the first paddle boards to be paddled in open water, the fins reflect two distinct designs and periods in the history of surfing, and the shield design that we put on this weekend is reminiscent of shield designs from way back when too.

and yes, we blatantly stole our ideas from the great designs of the early days of surfing and paddling, with some guidance from our friends out here, and we are hopeful that the surfing and paddling community will embrace our ‘handcrafted in Malibu’ boards with all the love and care that we, collectively, have put into making them.

things are winding down here, yet they are also stepping up a notch- we’re putting on all our finishing touches, lacquer, epoxy, finish sanding, sugar coat, and that all involves a lot of waiting and drying, but at the same time, everyone here is getting pumped for this to be finished and for the boards to be launched, to actually get out and paddle them. to test their seaworthyness.

we’re pretty excited.

(here’s a little peek into the making of these boards, and where they’re at now…)

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hula pie?

so much for normality.

today was a day of learning curves.

luis in the waves with a surfboard.

jesus in the shop learning to place fins.

mike in the van planning a steep teaching curve.

me learning to let go a little, use the math that was hammered into me, accept peoples generousity.

we all had to learn to let go of our schedule, to lean a little more on each other and those around us, and to be grace-filled people.

it’s definitely getting to that point, that breaking point, that exhaustion, running on pure adrenaline, haven’t had enough time off point and so the little things get big and the big things…. phew.

but the end is in sight. this week, after the weekend, will be a delight.

the deck design is almost ready, the fins are in place, the boards are readying themselves for their unveiling. my goodness things are shaping up around here, and the conversations? well, they just make me laugh. and want to bring all these people back to camden. the things we could do. the ideas, the energy… it is marvellous. hopefully we’ll catch some more of that and you’ll get to experience it too.

until then you’ll have to make do with my witterings.

peace and love -suz

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we decided to introduce you to a few of our friends out here in malibu, so this is our first interview, Mike is the director of the youth ministry here at malibu pres, and he was the mastermind behind this whole project… enjoy.

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