Slimes Boardstore manager Mick Adam holding Darren Shone’s custom Bonzer Bat tail model. It’s 5’9″ long, 193/8″ wide & 23/8″ thick. It has a subtle Concave bottom in the center of the board which blends into… Read more »
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Slimes Boardstore manager Mick Adam holding Darren Shone’s custom Bonzer Bat tail model
Slimes Boardstore manager Mick Adam holding Darren Shone’s custom Bonzer Bat tail model. It’s 5’9″ long, 193/8″ wide & 23/8″ thick. It has a subtle Concave bottom in the center of the board which blends into…
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The Bonzer Bat Tail ,a new summer model being launched at Slimes Surf & Skate,
The Bonzer Bat Tail ,a new summer model being launched at Slimes Surf & Skate, Newcastle on Thursday night. I’ll be there from 5-8 pm, there will be a BBQ & drinks supplied, everyone welcome. Slimes manager Tim Dickson is holding one which… Read more »
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A Bat Tail on a 1980 Retro Pro
A Bat Tail on a 1980 Retro Pro. Stock tail on this model is a swallow but this was a 5’10” custom for Gavin Scott ordered through Slimes Surf & Skate in Newcastle. Color spray – squeegee art by Mono. @slimes_surf_skate @kakek_slime… Read more »
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A custom “1980 Retro Pro” Twin Fin model for Gavin Scott ordered through Slimes Surf
A custom “1980 Retro Pro” Twin Fin model for Gavin Scott ordered through Slimes Surf & Skate in Newcastle. Its 5’10”, 20″ wide & 25/8″ thick. This model comes stock with a wing swallow tail but Gavin wanted… Read more »
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Shaping Room selfie from a few days ago with a just finished Bat Tail
Shaping Room selfie from a few days ago with a just finished Bat Tail. A simple tail shape but one that’s not easy to get the combination of tail curves & depth of the bat to look good. In the background are some timber & cardboard tail templates.… Read more »
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Martin Crisp’s custom Bat Tail Retro Twin Fin
Martin Crisp’s custom Bat Tail Retro Twin Fin. The standard tail on my Twin Fins is usually a Swallow. We made quite a few stock boards with Bat Tails in the early 1980’s. Mono did the Camo spray on the bottom, the deck is fire engine red. @watchintellynothinon… Read more »
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The deck of my Bat Tail, I posted a picture of the bottom 2 days
The deck of my Bat Tail, I posted a picture of the bottom 2 days ago. I hand painted the circle design with tips from Terry Shin on how to draw a circle design onto the foam quickly & easily. Terry sprays for Matt Biolos at Lost Surfboards in San Clemente,… Read more »
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My Bat Tail
My Bat Tail. It’s 6’1″ long, 20 1/4″ wide & 25/8″ thick. I shaped it from a pre-shape of one of my “Lone Ranger” models making some slight adjustments to the outline narrowing the nose & tail. It’s… Read more »
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Some recent shaping action
Some recent shaping action. The bottom is virtually finished. The rocker is cut in & the foam has been fine sanded. In this vision I’m using a Sureform to shape in some Bonzer Concave’s. Years ago in Hawaii Pat Rawson showed me how to do this… Read more »
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Tim Dickson in front of Slimes Surf & Skate, King Street, Newcastle with his new
Tim Dickson in front of Slimes Surf & Skate, King Street, Newcastle with his new bat tail. It’s 5’5″ long, 191/4″ wide & 21/4″thick. The bottom has a subtle single concave leading into a deep double “Bonzer”… Read more »
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