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




future big wave charger and hellman




kendall charging back in the day




recent indo shot on the 6-10

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

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.

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Merry christmas ! Hope you all are heathy and happy today

9-4 single fin sled for Brooke

Nice orange resin color by gary stuber at moonlight glassing

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.

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.....

5'7 QUAD STRINGERLESS SURFBOARD

5'7

19.6

2.55

STRINGERLESS QUAD

5'7.5 SPUTNIK

Moonlight Glassin on this

5'7.5 x 19.9 x 2.45

in the shop today!

5'9.5 keel

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

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

STOKED RAT WITH NEW BOARD

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 !

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

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

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!!!

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

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

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