AMBROSE SURFBOARDS NEWS

2010-07-21T12:39:00.000-07:00

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

NEW QUADZILLA FOR FRANCOIS

2010-07-17T07:40:00.000-07:00

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

NEW GO PRO VID FROM STEVE

2010-07-12T01:26:00.000-07:00

THE EDITS ARE GETTING BETTER AT AN ALARMING RATE FROM BENEDICTS NEW GO PRO!

Steve Benedict Go Pro from EAZY-B EDIT/ STEVE BENEDICT on Vimeo.

2010-07-10T00:20:00.000-07:00

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

STOKED RAT WITH NEW BOARD!

2010-06-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

CHECKOUT BAXTER AND HIS NEW TIGERSHARK MODEL, NOTHIN LIKE A STOKED GROM!!

FEW NEW ONES

2010-06-13T10:26:00.001-07:00

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!

2010-06-03T19:15:00.000-07:00

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

Mammoth Dave McCoy board

2010-05-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

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!

EMAIL FROM AFGANISTAN

2010-01-22T08:19:00.000-08:00

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!!!!!

new shortboard model

2009-11-30T16:42:00.000-08:00

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

steve benedict quadzilla demo video

2009-11-18T15:29:00.000-08:00

heres something to check out while were working on the site:

NEW WEBSITE ON ITS WAY

2009-11-17T16:39:00.000-08:00

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

6-10 X 21.5 X 2.7 SUPER SPUTNIK

2009-10-28T17:38:00.000-07:00

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

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

2009-07-03T16:38:00.000-07:00

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

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

2009-06-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

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!

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

2009-02-05T10:34:00.000-08:00

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

future big wave charger and hellman

kendall charging back in the day

recent indo shot on the 6-10

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

2009-02-03T16:27:00.000-08:00

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

Metal flaked resin tinted six channel

2009-01-30T18:18:00.001-08:00

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.

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2009-01-05T18:29:00.001-08:00

Merry christmas ! Hope you all are heathy and happy today

2008-12-25T18:07:00.001-08:00

9-4 single fin sled for Brooke

2008-12-21T22:03:00.001-08:00

Nice orange resin color by gary stuber at moonlight glassing

G.I. Bonzer

2008-12-19T21:50:00.001-08:00

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.

S.A. Bonzer bat

2008-12-18T20:46:00.001-08:00

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....

2008-12-18T06:49:00.001-08:00

Winged keel

2008-12-18T00:06:00.001-08:00

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.....

5'7 QUAD STRINGERLESS SURFBOARD

2008-10-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

5'7

19.6

2.55

STRINGERLESS QUAD

5'7.5 SPUTNIK

2008-10-21T12:34:00.000-07:00

Moonlight Glassin on this

5'7.5 x 19.9 x 2.45

in the shop today!

5'9.5 keel

2008-10-21T11:43:00.000-07:00

DOWN BUT NOT OUT

2008-06-18T17:41:00.000-07:00

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

FLEXDRIVE IS HERE !!

2008-04-09T21:45:00.000-07:00

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

STOKED RAT WITH NEW BOARD

2008-01-20T13:22:00.000-08:00

GROM ENERGY RULES!!!!!

DAVID AND HIS DAD CAME BY TODAY WITH HIS NEW SPUTNIK TO DISCUSS AND ADJUST HIS FINS.

GLAD I DID'NT BLOW IT BY POSTING DAD WITH HIS BOARD IN A BAG IN FRONT OF THE PANEL ON THE BLOG,BEFORE HE SURPRISED DAVID WITH IT!!!

ORANGE SCALLOPS GONE/ RESIN X IS ON !

2008-01-17T13:23:00.000-08:00

THE ORANGE SCALLOPED SPUTNIK HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! YUP OUR FAVIRITE SPUTNIK LATELY IS GONE. DON'T WORRY THOUGH S.A. AND PETER PINLINE HAVE PLENTY MORE TRICKS UP THEIR SLEEVES

AS A MATTER OF FACT GET A LOAD OF THIS RESIN X SPUTNIK , THIS BOARD IS THE FIRST EPS TO GO THROUGH MOON IN OVER A DECADE! A RECENT DEPARTURE OF A TEAMRIDER HAS LEFT THIS ONE UP FOR GRABS . IT'S 5-5 X 19.9X2.2 AND AVAILABLE AT REAL SURF SHOP

ONE LAST LOOK AT THE TANGERINE DREAM - DIG THE RESIN WORK ON THAT TAIL

HOTROD FISH & 9-0 2+1 IN STOCK @ REAL SURF

2007-12-03T18:55:00.000-08:00

getting pretty caught up on customs so there will be more stock boards coming in to real surf, heres a 5-5 quadzer fish and a 9-0 2+1 diamond tail longboard with more scallops, look closely at the fish for the silver leaf effect by peter st. pierre from moonlight glassing

maybe my bike matches this one better?

this 9-0 x 22.9 x 2.7 diamond tail 2+1 has quadzilla rocker and slightly more volume,with an awsome coke bottle green tint !

HOTROD POLY PARABOLIC SPUTNIK

2007-10-19T18:14:00.000-07:00

Just had a few poly's done over at moonlight, not only are they great guy's but their work is flawless. And a bunch of car guys to boot. Peter pinline sure can paint some scallops!

Here's a couple of pics of a coke bottle tinted parabolic sputnik with some bitchen scallops :
I love me some scallops

WELCOME HOME!!!

2007-10-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

Here in Oceanside we definately feel the effects of the war mor than most areas. Case in point, a few years back I sold a board to a nice red faced guy , just off the turnip truck from Indiana,yup a marine.skip forward a couple of years and Andy had pretty much become a member of the family ,fast forwarding his surfing skills with many camping trips to churches and hanging with and becoming one of the boys.Before long Andy was was working in our shop on the weekends and learning how to laminate boards.
Then the reality of his job hit and he had to deploy to Iraq for the third time. This summer just was'nt the same without him around, funny but with our South gone (Andy South that is) there was also a lack of south swell activity around so cal this summer, and even when there was surf none of us really wanted to go to church without Andy, it just did'nt feel the same.

Turns out theres a happy ending to this story though, as Andy rolled into the shop yesteday, red faced and happy as ever, ready to go for a surf. heres a shot of Andy at work in the big sandbox and one back home going for his first surf in way too long
It felt good hearing some respectful friends in the water thanking him for his service,more people should take the time to thank our military,who make how we live our lives possible.

Hey maybe theres even some time for some late south's --but most of all -- welcome home bro!!

NEW TEAMRIDER

2007-09-27T09:18:00.000-07:00

ambrose surfboards is exited to announce the addition of our newest teamrider:

Madison Joan Ambrose

born: 9/24/07

stats : 19 1/2 inches 7lbs 10 oz

stance : I think shes gonna be a goofyfoot like mom AND dad

LATE SEASON DEALS ON THE AILEOITA

2007-08-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

heres another nice sequence of the Huntster, before he left part of his face on the reef.
there are some good late season deals on www.mentawaiislands.com .

make sure and tell em you want gregs boat the Aileoita

NEW SHOTS FROM THE HUNTSTER

2007-07-10T08:08:00.000-07:00

HERES A FEW NICE SHOTS OF GREG AT HT'S ON HIS 6-6 STEP UP BD FEATURING A SINGLE CONCAVE NOSE TO TAIL , 2.3 LB. EPS FOAM EPOXY GLASSED TO LAST A SEASON IN INDO!!! THIS ONE IS GREG'S DAILY DRIVER

HUNTSTER HIGHLINE'IN IT ON HIS 6'6

QUADZILLA DEMO!!!!!

2007-07-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

Hey guys Steve Benedict just traded in his 9-0 S.B. QUADZILLA -- gonna let a few of you demo it before we sell it - come by REAL SURF SHOP- fill out a rental form, and it's all you!

take it out for a spin -- it'll change your life

here's a few of Steve ridin it --

FIRST POST / kanduii report!!!

2007-06-14T10:48:00.000-07:00

For starters here's a report from Greg Hunt who is teamrider and a boat guide in the Mentawi's this year on the Aileoita outta the Kandui Island Resort

Greetings from the tropics,

Hello everyone,Sorry its taken me so long to do a surf report.Well I got lucky on this one...The last trip I guided was especially for surfline with Tom Rezvan and the No Fear team of pros..It was the biggest Mentawais ever....It was insane..I need to cut this one short but special thanks to Shawn Ambrose and Ambrose surfboards,"Rezzy" and the No fear team,Sabastian for all the killer shots,Josh Shedding for the insane video,SKM and Jordan and Aii Heuer for making all of this possible.My reports will be posted here at the Ambrose Surfboards website . For questions and answers you can e-mail me at indoguide@hotmail.com

Till next time,
Hunster

Ps.I have more photos and will include them in an upcoming report ,for now here is a shot of the boat with a prime parking spot,an epic day at lances and your friendly guide(me) gettin one for himself!!

check this link for some video footage of the swell,there is a wave of mine at the end as well as a nice wahoo i caught ( checkit it's still twitchin)

http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/video_player.cfm?id=9464