Wednesday, July 21, 2010

SHOT THESE PICS FOR MY WEBSITE A WHILE BACK , ENDED UP GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BUT STILL LIKE THESE PHOTOS NONE THE LESS.













AND I DO MISS RIPPIN AROUND TOWN ON MY SPORTO CHOP THAT I BUILT

Saturday, July 17, 2010

NEW QUADZILLA FOR FRANCOIS

HERES A NICE LOOKING QUADZILLA FOR FRANCOIS FROM GUESS WHERE?

YOU GUESSED IT - FRANCE! HE'S OVER HERE SELLING WINE TO THE MASSES AND TEARING IT UP DOWN IN S.D.





PETER ST. PIERRE GIVER HER THE ONCE OVER TWICE





FINS BY 101, SWEET GLASS JOB BY MOONLIGHT GLASSING





Saturday, July 10, 2010

HERES A NICE QUADZILLA FOR TIM GLASSED BY THE GOOD FOLKS OVER AT MOONLIGHT GLASSING
IT'S A RED TINT WITH SOME SWEET PINLINES BY PETER ST. PIERRE



Monday, June 21, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

FEW NEW ONES

HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF OUR LATEST, A CUSTOM SPUTNIK HEADED TO NEW YORK , AN S.F.E FOR THE SHOP , AND A CUSTOM "GHETTOSIDE" KNEEBOARD FOR CHARLIE


 



THE SPUTNIK AND THE KNEEBOARD ARE RESIN COLORED EPOXY WITH HOT COAT COLOR, SWEET WORK FROM SURFCRAFT!
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

DON'T MISS THE AMBROSE SURFBOARDS/REAL SURF SHOP KICK OFF THE SUMMER PARTY IN O'SIDE



Sunday, May 23, 2010

Mammoth Dave McCoy board

Super Stoked on this Moonlight glassed board I made this year for the Mammoth Foundation ! It went for 7000.00 at auction!

It featured a fine reproduction of a famous photo that Warren Miller shot of Dave McCoy back in the day , and was signed by Dave And Warren making for a one of a kind collectors Item!

Friday, January 22, 2010

EMAIL FROM AFGANISTAN



heres a nice email I received the other day!


Shawn,
Jeff Tuggle here writing to thank you for the surfboard you provided 1st MSOB for our deployment to Afghanistan. You may not know, but we California Marines get ribbed allot from our fellow East Coast Marines about "surfing when we should be working" (jealousy). Instead of defending that, we figured we would embrace it and bring along something that reminds us all of where we'd rather be - surfing. Thanks to you, we have that reminder hanging up in our Combat Operations Center (COC) for all to see - to include all the VIPs that frequent us here in Herat, Afghanistan.
I've attached a couple of pictures of your surfboard sitting on two MRAPs and one with the SOTF 81 personnel with the Hindu Kush in the background. I'm willing to put some money down that this surfboard is the only one in all of Afghanistan...
Please let me know if you get this and again, thanks for the support. I look forward to meeting you and thanking you in person upon our return.
Cheers and Semper Fi,
Jeff

LtCol J. D. Tuggle, USMC
Commanding Officer
1st Marine Special Operations Bn
Special Operations Task Force 81





GLAD TO DO MY PART -- GO GET EM BOYS!!!!!

Monday, November 30, 2009

new shortboard model





this yet to be named shortboard model has been a hot seller lately , kind of an updated eighties model that has alot of options as far as fin config , and tails.

this ones 6-1 x 19.75 x 2.4 and a diamond tailed thruster

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

NEW WEBSITE ON ITS WAY

gonna start posting new and existing models and descriptions here as I'm working on it

in the meantime here is the new QUADZILLA I just made for Steve Benedict. This ones 8-6 x 21.9 x 2.55

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

6-10 X 21.5 X 2.7 SUPER SPUTNIK

BILLY THE KID HAS BEEN LOVING HIS SUPER SPUTNIK, GOOD FOR THAT POINT WAVE DOWN SOUTH IN THE BAJA THAT LIKE A NICE SOUTH , RIGHT BEFORE THAT ON REEF STARTS BREAKING

Friday, July 3, 2009

GIT YER NEW LOG FOR SUMMER...........

HERES MINE..............








THIS SLED MODEL IS 9-4 X 23.5 X 3 AND CRUISES LIKE NOBODIES BUSINESS!

THANKS FOR THE KILLER SPRAY PETER!

BAD ASS GLASSING BY MOONLIGHT, MY "BIG BAT " TEMPLATE WOOD FIN BY MARLIN OVER AT THE 101 FIN CO

Monday, June 22, 2009

nadafish for fish cutter.............




sweet little number for Davin over at the fish joint, dig the eighties color by peter pinliner over at moon light

5-6 x 19.35 x 2.15 with 101 bamboo fins in my quadzilla template, i guess this board was partially inspired by hobbiest shaper and nine time world champ kelly slater and his tangent boards....

hey any time those guys get the masses to open their minds it's a good thing!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

well used quiver and a bro from the past........

in the mid nineties I used to cruise mainland a bit and ended up making boards for a crew of expats hanging at an underground (well you know - not the scene puerto was )heavy beach break. These guys used to get the sickest triple stringer pintails around , pure barrelriders (brownfish circa 09 )

Made quite a few for that crew for a few years and one by one I lost touch with most of em. Figured some moved away,changed their lives ect...

Got a really cool email from one of the main chargers down their the other day, you L.J. guys might remember Kendal from his days at El Pecador.

anyways I'll let Kendall do the talking here .. made my day....

Hey Shawn,

I hope I got the right guy. I'm trying to get up with Shawn Ambrose that shaped about 7 boards for Kendall Summers in the mid 90's (Mexico). If this is you email me back I want to catch up with you!!!

it's me.....s.a.

Okay cool!! Just wanted to say thanks for all the great boards you made for me over the years. I swear those were the best, strongest boards on the planet. As a matter of fact I still have 5 of them which I keep at my mother in laws house in Tecoman. They still work great and I think only the 7'7" has been broken and put back together. You made a 6'8" triple string for me that I rode in all kinds of surf for many many years that never broke. I still use it when I go down there on small days. The 7'0" was the backbone of my quiver. The first one you made for me broke and was repaired. After it broke a second time I had you make an axact copy of it which is still in great shape today. The 7'3" I never really rode that much. It came out a little narrow and thin for me and a little pinny but was still a great tube board. That 7'7" was a classic for surf up to triple overhead. I was and still am so proud of those boards and I owe it all to you. I know you did
me right back then and I really appreciate it. On another note I had you make me a 6'10" pin with one solid 3/8" or 1/2" stringer. This board was fairly light which I also rode at small Pascuales and points south. I still have this board and it's still in good shape. I took it to Indo two summers ago and got some clean barrells on it which I am going to send you pics of. I also sending you a pic of my seven year standing in front of my Ambrose quiver.If you send me your address I will send you a video that I put together from around 93' to 97'. My wife took a lot of videos back then and I put a lot of it onto DVD. Lots of barrells!!!! and good quality. Anyway it's funny, I called Mitch's about 6 months ago to get your phone # but they didn't have it. I then did Google searches but I was typing in "Sean" not "Shawn". Today I found my mistake and Bam there you are bro!!!
Anyway keep in touch and send me that address.
Thanks again, Kendall

Wow with the waves kendall was surfing down there I can't believe any of those boards are still around.....

gonna have to get together with kendall and make him some more, but only if he promises to give em such good lives!!

back then I used to say I was more proud of making boards for those guys than I would be for any pro , because they were quitely charging in some of the worlds heaviest beachbreak surf and seeking me out to build thier boards.I would get phone calls from all around the world with guys wanting to order boards "just like the crew down at ********* were riding. I definatley honed my gun craft with those guys and still use those templates and theories developed back then.

heres a few pics

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future big wave charger and hellman

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kendall charging back in the day

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recent indo shot on the 6-10
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

voice from the past............

got a nice email from Kendall S. today

if you've ever been to a certain thumpy beachbreak down mainland way you may have scene or heard of Kendall. He was one of the heavy crew down that way that were getting some seriously baddass

Friday, January 30, 2009

Metal flaked resin tinted six channel



Another sweet one found it's way back home recently. This 6-8 six channel step up was glassed at my home skunk works by my good friend mike palm of agent orange, mikes been on the road a ton the past few years but something tells me he hasn't glassed his last board.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Friday, December 19, 2008

G.I. Bonzer



This board found it's way back to the shop as a trade in. Dig the killer stencil art by local artist colin whitbread. For sale at real surf in beutiful oside ca.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

S.A. Bonzer bat



This glass on 101 bonzer setup for Loren is sik

Marlin always does a killer job with my batfin template- thanks dude!

Funny how alot of shapers used to ride these....

Winged keel



Used to ride these back in the day, Chris still does! Stoked to make one again, maybe it's time to make another one for myself.....

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

DOWN BUT NOT OUT


THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT FROM THE AMBROSE FAMILY, HEATHER, MADISON AND MYSELF.


WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH OUR PLANNED TENT SALE ON SATURDAY AND ARE FEATURING MUSIC FROM "SUPERWAVE" AS WELL AS FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS, AND MANY DEALS FROM OUR VARIOUS VENDORS

I AM STILL TAKING CUSTOM ORDERS AND SHOULD BE UP AND SHAPING AGAIN BY NEXT WEEK AT THE LATEST. IF YOU HAVE A BOARD IN PRODUCTION PLEASE EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS AND WE CAN MAKE ARAINGEMENTS FOR YOU TO PICK UP YOUR BOARD UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO RE OPEN THE STORE. SHIPPING ARAINGEMENTS WILL BE MADE THROUGH THE GLASSERS ACCORDINGLY , IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BOARD WE WILL EMAIL YOU OR CALL AS TIME PERMITS.

THANKS AGAIN






Wednesday, April 9, 2008

FLEXDRIVE IS HERE !!


Been working on stringerless dealios alot the last few months with great feedback. Doing all kinds of different glass schedules, some great, some ok and some not so good.Basically I want to take all that I have learned with my parabolic program and add tortional memory response to the equation.

What you see here is the result of alot of R&D

A 5-6 Quad Fish with the FLEXDRIVE (tm)carbon stringer system I've developed with Pedro Vasquez. These things are like catching lightning in a jar! Made to take every bit of energy you can dish out, absorb it and give it back to you at a rapid rate for a powerful and positive response.These things are flat out f***in fast. And lively as hell.

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"

So far we have been building these with eps/epoxy, but Moonlight is set to do some and I am confident that I will be able to offer them in poly as well once we dial in the glass schedule over there

This one is a custom for Mike