a jacobs, and a velzy jacobs for sale.

this restored Velzy Jacobs is for sale. the owner Matt is asking $4,000 for it. call him if you are interested 916 765 3669

the (not pig, but super sweet) board below is at surfy surfy in Encinitas, CA $600 contact Jp @ (760) 452-7687

sliders point , velzy jacobs

another day, another sliders session. how did it come to this? how did i end up here, having this wave be my home break?

balance
birds, chilling out.
contrasts
nice!
ocean rocks

chrysalis

today was my maiden voyage on my velzy jacobs. i was so excited when i hit the sand, i felt i should think about my breathing. when i got to the beach i snapped a picture and then suited up. there were these aqua lines of energy transitioning to nothingness that were screaming at me. "put your board on us!"

balance.
i snapped this picture just before i waxed her up. click on it enlarge it , and look at that peeler out the back.
i was literally laughing after EVERY one of my waves today. this board surfs itself. i am entering into a new understanding of interface between surfer, board and wave.
beautiful evening.
my first wave was a head dip. strangers were commenting on the "glide" of this board. i am shocked at this board's performance. i had so much adrenaline rushing through my veins when i was first paddling out, it felt like i had just narrowly missed having a catastrophic car accident or something...that feeling lasted my entire session. hence my lack of material in this post. it was a mental gymnasium. i still can't believe i have such a board, and the board is one of the most functional and intuitive surf craft I have ever had under my feet.

a Cherry Velzy Jacobs

well, i don't know where to start. i'll try to be concise and not too lofty. perhaps i'll start with a story:

Dan Forte of Dano surfboards told me that back in the day Dale Velzy went through a 2 year period where he didn't pay for any of the wood he used to make his boards. Velzy was going to the Long Beach harbor and plucking the discarded Balsa Wood they used for packaging material out of the water and then letting it dry out. Stop signs in the beach cities were made with redwood post around this time. Allegedly Velzy would use the wood from the stop signs as stringers for some of his boards.

well, i don't know if this board is from the wood in that story, nor does this board have a stringer. i do know this... this board is AMAZING. Gene Cooper found the board at a swap meet. He called me and told me I NEEDED this board. It was at a time where I couldn't have scrounged up money for something like this no matter how many couch cushions i lifted up. there was a twinkle in his voice that had me CONCERNED. he ended up buying it. time passes, and he brings the board to my Jazz the Glass premier at Hurley. I wouldn't go near it. I didn't even want to touch it. I NEVER thought i'd have the opportunity to call something like this mine...much less have this be the board i ride. time passes, my wife buys the board off gene as a present to me. WHAT??? i can't thank her and Gene enough. the board was in great shape, considering. it only has 4 pieces of wood. it is INSANELY light. it seems about the same weight as my usual boards. it was solid when i acquired it from gene. however, it needed a little freshening up. gene said i should just grab some isotalic resin and get her done myself. he mentioned he would help me. time passes, he is super busy with various art shows and shaping sprees. i get impatient. enter john cherry. well, not only was i impatient...but not in a million years did i believe i could EVER honor this board. i do NOT have the skills required to freshen up such a significant board. yet, I know john cherry does. my buddy introduces me to John, the rest is here. I am going to be sliding this board at sliders for a while.

glass cancer removal

tail prep.
tail detail
a jig John had to build to precisely remove a horrendous ill-repaired ding.

the fin before it met John Cherry.

the fin during it's meeting with John Cherry.

the fin after it met John Cherry.

check the video!

Jacobs!

Mango Bill from lb.net brought this Jacobs to my attention. Thanks mango bill!! the ebay link. the description is below:
"a second owner 1964-65 custom ordered Jacobs surfboard signed for me by Hap Jacobs. I want to thank Hap Jacobs for taking the time to sign this surfboard and my 1950`s and 60`s surfing movie poster collection out of the back of my van. He was shaping on a balsa board when I interrupted him to sign this board. He was extremely nice and told me this was a custom ordered 9' 8" with a 2 inch balsa stringer with 1/4 inch redwood stringers on each side of the balsa stringer.. It is around 21 3/4" wide and 3 3/8" thick. Also this board has a wooden tail block with a beautiful custom wood fin. It is serial #1989 from around 1964 or 1965. This board has almost no sun fading since it was hardly ridden and stored in a garage since 1966. It has some small zippered nose damage on the bottom front nose area but none on the top. I left that alone to leave everything 100% original. Not even a buffing wheel has touched this board. It also has several small chips on the rails and tail block area, but nothing major. No bubbles or delaminating on either side of the board or anywhere. This is a perfect wall hanger for the office or your home. This board may seem more expensive than others on ebay, but its because it has custom ordered features like the wooden tail block, 3 stringer configuration with 2 inch balsa center stringer, beautiful wood fin, also its a two owner surfboard stored in a garage since 1966. Plus Hap Jacobs took time away from shaping a balsa board he was working on to autograph this one. Thanks again Hap."






this board is sick. why do these kooks say its perfect for "hanging?"  I got an idea: its perfect for SURFING.