Oak Foils Custom Surfboards

Oak Foils - Roots and Branches Series

2012-01-26T11:23:00.000-08:00

Graphic designs by Mitch Meidroth

I have been wanting to start this new label for sometime now, seems like since most of my production shaping time has been spent working with other shapers and other mfgrs boards and design and it seems like the economy is slowly shifting my business to working on my own Oak Foils designs and shapes as most of the other shapers are slowly fading away or have sold their labels to large corporate over seas production staff or have completely gone out of business.

Having the opportunity to have worked with some of the most prolific shapers and designers from the top ASP high performance shapers to the classic traditional and neo traditional shapers has allowed me to gain some deep insights about designs and performance theories from a wide collective array of shapers over the past 5 decades of my shaping career.

This new label will be for the new shapes and designs from that old/new "collectiveness" and possibly some collaboration with some of the great shapers from the past present and future. Impressions of designs and shapes from the past and fused with modern design elements and construction, combination from all the roots and branches of design, shapes and theories from the past with a fusion of the modern and tradition. I have a ton of designs and ideas I would like to see come to life.

If there are any other shapers that would like to become part of this "collectivness" project feel free to contact me. At this time I would like to work with actual shapers and not "designers".

Jeff, The Pendulum is ready to swing :-)

2012-01-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

Deep purple resin tint, acrylic grey deck spray, acrylic silver pin-lines, cedar/bass/cedar t-band stringer, USblank green density foam.

Custom Double Winged Skate for Koji at Honda

2012-01-24T16:45:00.000-08:00

Graphic collage images were done by Alex Monge.

This shape was designed and shaped as a special gift for an employee from Honda of North America as a going away gift. Koji, Good luck and catch a few for me!

BB Pocket Rocket for Claudio w/ Futures Rasta Boxes

2012-01-21T18:28:00.001-08:00

Custom XXL The Blend for Damian

2012-01-21T17:22:00.000-08:00

Hukilau like son like father XXL Modern Noserider for Eric

2012-01-21T16:38:00.001-08:00

Hukilau Modern Noserider for Kahoa 2 +1

2012-01-21T15:30:00.000-08:00

Twin Skate w/ Futures 5-fin convertible for Kahoa at Hukilau

2012-01-21T13:27:00.000-08:00

"The Blend" w/ Dyna 6-Channel custom for Albert

2012-01-21T12:53:00.000-08:00

Jeffs new/old Bryd-Fish II DNA saved and recloned

2012-01-21T12:22:00.000-08:00

Same board different soul. Like a new old friend.

New Oak Foils ad in Civic Couch Jan 2012 issue

2012-01-18T15:58:00.000-08:00

Brad Jacobson at Civic Couch shot this image of Chris Wells launching his Hydroflex'd Pocket Rocket and he also did the ad layout in the Jan 2012 issue. Thanks Brad, nice job!

Check out Civic Couch Jan 2012 issue.

The Wedged Blend for Dan

2012-01-14T16:38:00.000-08:00

I prefer not to have any surprises and take the extra time to do a blueprint lay out prior to ordering custom wedge glue-ups. In this way there is no guess work and the glue ups end up exactly where you want it, that is if everyone is on the "same page". Also making a master rocker templates and indexing the rocker curve in the correct location on the blank helps insure the shape is in the correct location in the spec'd blank, makes all the difference. Love it when it all comes together. :)

The call out on this USblank is a 65A red density, red/natural/red Applecore .100" Basswood stringer, 0"-6.25" wedge cut (3.175" x 2 = 6.35" - .100" for stinger thickness = 6.25"), black glue.

New 2012 Mod/Trad LB "The Pendulum" for Jeff

2012-01-11T16:26:00.000-08:00

Double Winged Skate for Kahoa

2012-01-11T14:04:00.000-08:00

Since were ordering, I need a new shortie, Custom Double Winged Skate should do the trick!

Modern Noserider remake for Kahoa

2012-01-11T13:39:00.001-08:00

Like father like son. :-) This is a remake of the original Mod N-R that Eric owned for awhile then was adopted by his son Kahoa, the board being nearly 13 years old is holding up well but Kahoa went ahead and ordered a "fresh" version since pops is ordering a new one,... might as well!

Custom Modern Noserider for Eric

2012-01-11T12:52:00.000-08:00

This shape was originally shaped for another customer back in 1999. Eric purchased the board second hand and it has been a keeper, till his son Kahoa rode the board. Now it's with Kahoa and Eric wanted a new version exactly like the original 9'6" but wanted a new version 10' and wider. This is the new customized version of the exact shape from 1999..

Double Winged Skate 5-fin Convertible for KT

2012-01-10T14:33:00.001-08:00

Custom "The Blend" W/ Dyna 6-Channels for Albert

2012-01-10T13:47:00.000-08:00

Custom XL Pocket Rocket for Claudio

2012-01-07T17:08:00.000-08:00