Simon Jones of Morning of the Earth Surfboards handcrafts and shapes the finest seventies inspired retro surfboards. He has taken single fins and twin fins and enhanced their performance with contemporary design so these surfboards are beautiful, functional and a dream to ride.
Combining retro plan shapes, fin templates, & rocker with contemporary bottom shapes & rail configurations we are producing beautiful classic shapes that you will love to surf.
All our laminating techniques revolve around the lustre and subleties that are gained when using classic tints, pigments and trimmed laps.
Airbrushed murals were a feature of this era and we have continued this tradition as you will see.
We then gloss and polish to the highest quality.
Enquire here about a custom board.
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Essentially......... from in front of the front foot..........there is no rocker at the stringer all the way to the tail............creating a massive deep concave.........a displacement hull............this leaves curve at the rail for smooth transition through turns..........an amazing feel and a total contrast to any other design format.......sounds deep but it is. |
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| Some recent laminating | |||
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Some ideas of whats possible when you put in the effort |
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| MP Modern Fang Tail | |||
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We've nearly got the range all sorted for the new web pages. Of course the Fang Tail was always going to play a part in any range of Michael's boards. This design lends itself to applying some modern thought processes....single concave through the tail, a boxier rail and the addition of side fins for punch. The design ideas for the Fang Tail are sound and will be detailed in the web page when complete, not enough room here.........but it flies and can deliver some serious hacks off the back foot. |
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| Some more new Quad work | |||
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This was from a long thought process in the middle of the night.......Anyway its been ridden to death by all sorts of people, of varying skill level and it seems to do what I visualised.......I'll go into it in detail when the Quad page is redone.........pictures for now. |
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| Albe and I, last Winter/Spring | |||
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These photos Andrew Kidman took of Albe and I. As Andrew pointed out on the day, these are rare shots of Albe surfing........and his Mr Freedom is 5'10". |
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Heres John's mural all wrapped up in mango! |
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| Autumn School Holidays | |||
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| New stock at Ho'okupu | |||
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Some boards just stand out a little more than the others, this is one. The feel, the weight, all wrapped in this almost edible colour. |
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| MP T Shirts | |||
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Heres the MP T Shirts. They are available now. As I build up the boards etc all this stuff will get it own space on the site. $45:00 includes the postage in Australia. |
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| Second Generation | |||
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Mother and 4 week old Colt |
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