Bing to Pig!

Bing Copeland sent me this via surfapig@live.com:
"Hi Mike,Guess I don't have enough to do. Messing around with photo shop I changed BING into a PIG. Thought you might enjoy it. Bing" If I had the creativity or the balls I might have thought to do that. THANK YOU BING!! NICE ONE!!
I am so honored to know the people I know. At times I feel like a kid in a candy store. The planet being the candy store.

Zeph Carrigg... OINK!

The ever cryptic mad craftsman sent me this via surfapig@live.com!!! 

HOP SCOTCH CITY! NICE ONE ZEPH!!

Hye Tyde is Legit!

John Hintlian of Hye Tyde sent me this:
"Maybe they're more of a proto pig? Pretty damn thick. More Quigg than Velzy, or not? They can handle some size. ... I'd love to try one - the finish on them is weird, you can feel the weave through the gloss. It's how it was done - they have an amazing satin glow to them...Thanks for all the cool work, cant wait for Jazz"

Thank you John!! GET THE LOGS READY!!!

hye tyde

The "non log" pig post.

There are elements of a Pig board in many surf craft. This piece is going to be where I post said elements.

Here is a board a guy named Tom sent me via surfapig@live.com he describes it below:
"Here is my 8' 6" X 4" X 24" Hi Performance Pig aka The Line Up Killer. It has a single concave in the front into a double concave and the tail is a rounded vee which you can see in one of the pics. I let someone try it out who weighed 240 lbs he liked so much he bought it on the spot. The rails are 50/50 at the nose blended into a 60/40 in the middle and a hard down rail the last 1/4 of the board.. Since I'm 6'4" and 225 lbs I wanted a board that could hang catching waves with the long boarders and still have that shortboard feel once in the wave. This exceeded all my expectations, I'm in the process of making more of these for my big guy surfer buddies. Thanks Mike!
Tom Mahady
Mahady Surfboards"

Takeda Yoshiro sent me this. The fin profile has me thinking.


Jim sent me this. STOKED!!!
"1980 5'5 wing swallow 12inch Nose X 19 1/4 W X 15 3/4 Tail. Tons of Fun...."
Jim Hogan

My Lance Carson Pig!

Here is my 10' Lance Carson pig!
Lance hand shaped this for me.
Thank you Lance!!!
Here are some shots of it from slider's point (thank you Jon Steele!).