What happened to 2015...?

 It's been an El Nino year, when SST's  ( that's what the weather guys call sea surface temperatures ) are higher in the northern pacific.  And because ocean temperatures affect weather, for us Californians it means we could have a very wet winter.... and maybe plenty surf. Stay tuned to that.

As far a that water temps.... I only wore my winter wet suit once all year, not counting the week spent at Secos. The water was so cold that first week in June while we were camping.... a 1 hour surf was all I could handle. As opposed to the year before? I wore a spring suit the whole week. A real head scratcher... if that's a word. The water has cooled now though, we've had wind. 

A few surfboard things this year.  I did a reissue of the very first surfboard I made as a teenager and called it the Model 50. And, added 2 more models, the T&G Slider and the Dream Bar Double "E". Both of which I'm really happy with. I made myself a Double "E", I've only gotten it in the water  a couple times so far, and a nice ride it is.

Maybe the most significant thing for D.R. Surfboards this year....?  to some anyway,  I finally entered the 21 Century late July and got myself a smart phone.... it was a business decision. And ok, I like having it, so far anyway. The nice thing about the phone is the camera. I can take pictures all the time, and amazingly enough, I think there are some 284 pics on the darn thing already.

The other thing about the phone and entering the 21st century.... I got tired of my son bugging me about the social media thing, finally gave in and started an Instagram page. I'll be posting pics there as I acclimate.        

That's 2015 in a nut shell. Thank you to all my customers through out the year and all that have followed my blog, or is it notes from the shaping bay?... If you've just surfed into this spot, come September 2016 will mark the 10th year I've been doing this, a fare amount of writing and reading fyi.

Happy New Year!

D.R.

Model 50 photo by David Puu