Email, Email, Email Red Five

Again we change.  Until  I change Web Servers I am directing all email to

REDD55IVE@YAHOO.COM

I will be up and running soon with the new server.  The web page is still operational but the service sucks!!, They have not responded to my tech emails and their live Chat is down.  I would discourage anyone from using Adaptive.net - They Friken Su___! Ok, enough of that.

Stickers, STICKERS, Stickers - Remember, send your address, po box or whatever and I will send you out some FREE STICKERS. Free is always good in todays economy.

T-shirts - T-shirts, T-shirts, - Only $15.00 dollars for the Redfive Logo T-Shirt.  Red on a White T.  Send $15 bucks to my paypal  - @ Quidate@sbcglobal.net and I will ship out a T right away.  I have XL, Med and Small.

ok for now.....

m

TWO BOARDS

2010 - I only have one of these boards left.  The Dia De Los Muertos board  was sold at auction. Hope they're having fun on it.

m

mavericks onshore flood

No words are needed, this was just CRAZY!

Mavericks Surfing Live

This is it. The premiere Nor Cal Surfing event of the year. Big Jumbotrons my be nice at PacBell and Streaming Live on Facebook, but nothing beats being there in person and just experiencing the surf. Got there at 7:30 in the Am this morning. Even with that we still had to walk at least 20min to the point. I chose, this year, to climb the mountain and not venture out onto the rocks at the Point below. And this was a good choice. There was not a good scene today on the beach. The waves came crashing in and took out the BandStand, a couple of shade tents and some people out into the water. It was pretty friken crazy. It looked super dangerous down there. Sure Hope no one got hurt.

The waves were HUGE, and the surfers took advantage. We had a great spot up on the hill with a direct line of site to the waves. I shot some video on my Flip and some Video on my Iphone so I could not zoom in very much, but you can totally see that the waves were slammin today. There was just a huge crowd, like a million people. Maybe not a Million but it was packed.

We got there early, caught some waves, got some food, picked up some merchandise, watched the Jumbotron and headed home, all before 11:00 am Today.

If you missed it, then maybe next year.............

m

Email is down on Website.

Sorry to all, but the Red5ive email is down. I am going to change providers this week. If you click on the email link on the Webpage it will direct you to Quidate@sbcglobal.net. Please send all emails here to Quidate@sbcglobal.net. The Red5ive email will be up shortly.

Thanks and write in. Let me know what you think about the Website, the blog, the boards or just about anything that is on your mind.

I printed a batch of new Red 5 Logo Shirts in XL, Med, and Small. I will post pics shortly.

see ya....

Make it Shine!! Skimboard Gloss Coat

This is it. Yous goto have skills.... I have many stories of boards going bad, fiberglass delaminating and bubbling up 4" above the board, extreme fish-eyes that look like crators, but this is it. I solved most of my issues but I still like drink till I black out....JK. Issues with the board making process and fiberglass, resin and all that stuff. Next we sand and polish then RIDE.....

SEE YA..

Skimboard Fiberglass Step #4 Glassing

Getting some good respoonse on the latest of the series, but I am still not done with the board. I am still editing the footage but the next steps to go live are the Resin Floodcoating and the finishing steps. The new resin has some new UV protection so it appears a little blue but all for the good. The UV protection will stop the board from getting yellow in the sun, Nice!! When all is said and done I will take this board out to the Beach in El Granada, right down the street from the Mavericks in HMB and try it out.

This is someting that i have not even touched on in this blog.....skimboard Wax. And yes of course, we make that too. Already have the molds in place to pour a couple of sticks whenever I need it. Lately i have been mixing it up with color an anything else I can drop in while the wax is still curing. The wax is so termed Atomic PUdding. Just don't drink it.

We had the crab feed last weekend and some lucky soul picked up one of my boards. They didn't get the board I was working on, as expected, but they got another from my collection. Along with the board they bought a stick of wax, a T-Shirt and a Red 5 Trucker Hat. I screened it with a new screen that I have not shown on the blog just yet. It's like my new line for 2010 is out and I just haven't had time to put it out there.

The apparel section on the web page is surely lacking, sorry about that. I will have images up soon and a way to purchase. Cold hard cash and paypal are alwyas the perfered methods.

Ok for now...........

Skimboard Fiberglass Step #4 Glassing

Step #4 Glassing the board. This is the fun part. Will write more later, it's late. Enjoy......