Coming home from 3 months in Hawai'i is a lot easier when you know you are coming back to a brand new quiver of hero blades from Channel Islands. I have been riding Al Merrick's shapes for well over a decade now, and they are the absolute best surfboards in the world! This batch of boards includes the copies of my magic board that I dropped off at the CI factory before I left for Hawai'i, so I was really excited to see how they came out. I am so thankful not only to have the opportunity to have the best shapes ever, but also for the fact that my boards have been finished since day one by the best glassing shop in the universe, Moonlight Glassing, which prides itself in the highest quality work and produces the best surfboards ever! Without the best glass jobs my boards would disintegrate under my feet in a couple of months, but all of the boards I have had finished by Moonlight are still around and solid (some close to 10 years old), a testament to the quality of their work.
Moonlight Glassing is a North County San Diego surfing staple, a family operation that was founded in 1979 and still going strong today thanks to the hard work and efforts of the talented team in house. Peter St. Pierre is the Pinliner extraordinaire, airbrush artist to the stars, while wife Sally handles the books and phones, and son JP is responsible for the finish sanding, putting the quality touch to the finished product. JP is a busy guy, also responsible for the highly popular Surfy Surfy blog and is opening the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop in Leucadia in the next couple of months. And with Moon Kitty keeping an eye on the shop, everything keeps running smoothly around here. Thank you so much for the amazing efforts to everyone at Moonlight Glassing!
The Cali Hex board looks like a perfect copy of my magic board
JP with stickers for the new Surfy Surfy Surf Shop opening soon
Moon Kitty guarding the front door (and soaking up a little sunshine)
