Stand up paddling the puget sound, down wind.

Fay Bainbridge -Indianola Beach. Down wind paddle.

Paddling the puget sound, you can expect lots of conditions. Wind changes, current flow, tide changes,.
 Down wind runs can encounter all of these including 6' and up wind swells with braking white water.
  Having gear to sustain the elements, knowledge of weather conditions and surround areas are essential to a good paddle. Elements of the long paddles can be demanding on physical awareness and mental ability.
 

Taking a small assessment of surrounding conditions.

Down wind runs have opportunities for nice long glides across the water. With a nicely placed swell, positioning of your board, paddling speed, the power of the wind at your back. All of this combined together creates  a salivating experience.

   Wind on the water has this encouraging presence, howling from a far barreling down on you. Theres comfort in the power, A almost butterfly effect of being one with the task at hand. Combing the elements around you with your own physical presence and force. Delivering you emotions assigned by your journey.

Thrown off the board after bad angling and a large wind-gust ( hold composure )  

Re Righting the board.

Arrival at final location Indinaola Beach.
Great waves at the indianola beach flats.

Washington Custom Surfboards

Building Custom Surfboards in kitsap county Washington,, Surprises People most of the time. There is a satisfaction from introducing others to the style surf riding and what goes into building a board from a foam blank. This little clip video of the Lush winged board, shows some of the different stages of building a surfboard some photos of pre fiberglassing the board and after fiberglass has been added to the foam.. All the boards From the Tight Knot Surf Shop, are all made by hand from foam blank up, custom colors, patterns, and logos. This surfboard has a couple different options of fin possibilities allows the surfboard extra versatility for turns or type of surf ridden.  Please contact me with any questions. Social media is a great way to stay up to date with any recent news at the Tight Knot Surf Shop.,., builds or adventures change constantly.. . www.facebook.com/rossjcarlson ..

Paddle Boarding Puget Sound Bays.

 Paddle Boarding and exploring in the puget sound, there are so many nooks hiding around every point. With great beautiful landscapes waiting for your gaze. Sunglasses A warm outfit something to snack on and water is always good.,,. as its always easy to cool down in the PNW. with water Temp siting in mid 42-44 deg all year.








The shallow water deep in Miller bay allows you to see fish below the surface, as you glide further into the bay the muddy bottom gurgles bubbles. Sweet calm water with still air and the warm sun relaxes your shoulders. The easy Glid slowly ending as we reach the limits of the bay.






  

The return Paddle Involved more concentration. The winds picked up, Bay turned to slop. The tide  followed us in, was trying to keep us there for a while longer. As we fought our way out, rounded the point it was 1-2' wind waves..  Hold on and dont stop.

 

Paddle Board Surfing Washington, on Custom Quad.

Some video Footage of Some more small waves on our washington coast. Great hot day to be out on the water Somewhere over 80 deg on this may afternoon.. Dip in the ocean felt like nothing temperature wise, with the hot sun pouring all over your body, your wet suit just feeling like its doubling up the heat, with no place to hide but in the water. Nothing better than just playing in the waves.!

Washington State coast.

Quad fin. FCS FUSION.

30-1/2" wide

Double concave Tail With central v Single nose concave 

8'8"

Board name : Wa Bean

Small Video Washington Coast Stand up Paddle Surf

Stand up Paddle Board Glassing video.

Short video with music from the Presidents of the United States of America. This vide shows me cutting the lap on the 8'8" x 30-1/4" x 4-1/2" Stand up Paddle Board the Wa. Bean. Taking a razor blade and cutting along the taped line underneath the setting fiberglass sheet. This particular part is the first top sheet layer overlay being cut off. This procedure is repeated twice on the bottom and twice on top deck.


Click the link for video on youtube.

Hand shaping pu foam, stand up paddle surfboard.

Part 2 video. shaping of the stand up paddle surfboard. Part 3 video will include fin install routing out etc. some rail work.
 After these videos. I might try and do some videos resin tint colors, for the glassing of the boards.

Hand shaping, pu foam. Stand up paddle surfboards.

Over time I have Taken a fond view of the stand up paddle boards. I like every one els has their own reasons. Theres a greater feeling of accomplishment pulling together the extra long lines, as if shaping a whole boat from a block..I put together a small video. The video is time shifted for times sake. Some boards take longer than others. The next video post after this one will show more detail work of finishing off the blank and final shaping,..See if I can put together couple episods.

Winter, Washington (state). Some swell from the Northwest to surf.

Jumped in the truck., Drove below to the shop,.. Grabbed the combo sup., hit the road for 2 hrs...took some quick video shots.!   video below.!

                     Greatest drive in the world, is the drive to go play in some surf.
 Every year there's more and more of us out there.. The first plan was to be able to, supply surfboards for my self and friends.
                 As time passes the opportunity's have arrived to,,, have a possible sale or two from my surfboards..  That is a great option to have.. I'm not sure if it is the love I have of the water.? or the waters ability to romance anybody's  mind and body to complete bliss. There has not been a more complete feeling inside of me> (when a board is sold, or just finished a ready.) Just like having a warm wave wash over you laying on a soft sandy beach.

Milking some small waves, on the stand up paddle board

Straight of Washington State.

Some stand up paddle surfing,,.. On a combination flat water and surf stand up paddle board. Built by Tight knot surf shop. Surfed by Ross Carlson. Built with a S.B.T. tracking chip. please visit www.surfborad-tracker.com for more information. All surfboards built by Ross Carlson at the Tight Knot Surf Shop come with a tracking unit installed for a safe and secured %100 hand crafted and designed in the state of WA. surfboard or paddle board.

Some Washington rain cloud pictures

After the rain clouds broke away.!!

Small video below of some small waves that showed their face as we arrived.

Arrived with some mini peelers looking back at us.. What a great day to grab some surf. The start of fall felt Great. Put the wet suit on not to long after this photo.  Ended up being a all day event, left around 6:00 pm..

Small Surf Washington, Point Surf.,

Small point surf in Washington.  Some big swell out on the coast.,,. Rolls swell right down our straights.  point breaks pop up here and there..If you have been on the water for some of the breaks along the straights, while the waves are pumping its a special treat. The picture below shows a small average day.. might be 6-8 ft at the coast.. With the right direction this gives us some chest high peelers seen below.. flooding tide and yum yum... This day got bigger I think,., I remember.,.?? Removing myself from the water only once that day.