Fresh Air Exhaust

I've met Larry Mann of TrickBoardz / Fresh Air Exhaust at a wakesurf competition last year. We talked about the challenge of putting a FAE on the Malibu's with a wedge. He promised he was working on a design.

Last night he came over (since we both live in Austin) and he put a modified wedge on my boat for testing. The wedge is removable as we will have to keep the brackets down with the FAE installed.

I took out the prototype wedge today and it worked great.

Tomorrow he is coming by to do the install of the FAE -- can't wait!!!

4th of July surfing with the kids

We got all of my brother's kids up on a board wakesurfing with me and shay. even our 2yr old! he was a little hesitant at first, but after his first run he said "again dad! again"

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Wakeoutlaws Prize Boards

Here are a couple of wakesurf boards I built for the Wakeoutlaws Texas Wakesurf Championships Event.

I was really happy with how they came out with the airbrush!

One was won by Jeff Page of Inland Surfer for his second place finish in the Men's Masters and he actually donated it to the American Wakesurf Association for their events this year. Thanks Jeff!

Another was won by Traci (thesweetlife)! Traci's first real wakesurf board! :) Congrats on your 2nd place in the Women's Masters!

Texas Wakesurf Championships

On June 20-21, the Wakeoutlaws will be hosting the largest Wakesurfing event ever in the state of Texas and one of the largest in the World. Over $10K in cash and prizes will be up for grabs, bringing in some of the top riders from around the country. Yours truly, Smed Wakesurfing is one of the sponsors of the event. See you there!!!

The Wombat!

Same board "Wombat"
different color scheme

Blue Boards - Wombat Shape

Here's a few more boards. I've been working with a glassing house in CA to glass up some of my boards.
I asked them to surprise me with some retro-ish stripes and spray fades.

Frankenstrat Board

Another customer wanted something that would bring him back to the 80s. He's a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen.

This is in progress....

UT Longhorn

Had a customer ask for board that would let everyone know he is a big Longhorn fan.

I think it came out OK... :)

Project Rhino

I finished up an 8ft longboard recently. Got a chance to check out out behind the boat last weekend.

The hope was to get some serious noserides, but I've still got some work to do... :)

Here's a few pics of the shape coming together from the blank.










Then - getting out on the water with a short little walk to the nose sequence.








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Website up

My new site is live. www.smedwakesurfing.com
It is a work in progress, but got to start somewhere.

a couple of new boards

Made these just in time for the boat show!

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fresh pics

a few more pics --

really windy out

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Here's a few more pics on the new board. I'm so happy with it!
So amazing to build something and have it perform as intended!

Reactive Model

Here's a few shots of the new board. Finished laying down the glass on Friday and got it on the water on Saturday. I absolutely loved it!
It is fast, light and loose. Pulled a 3 right a way and felt like I was getting the fins in the air higher than before. It is a full 2lbs lighter than what I usually ride! Dims are 4'7"length, 19 1/2 w. Inset concave bottom. ey-yahhh!

Futures Fins

Here's a couple of pics of setting the fin boxes.

Stringerless EPS

I've been working on a stringerless EPS model - 4'7" x 19".
Put in an "Inset Concave" on the bottom - single to double.

Prototype Board - getting closer

Here is the traced nose rocker outline and the shaped deck and bottom.