Music on, friend in the wings, creative surfboard art brief. What could go wrong?
With several decades wearing the orange jump-suit, that goes with the life long sentence of being a surfboard sprayer, a few phrases are often repeated to the point of them becoming annoyingly standard.
'Could you just' / 'While you're here!' / 'Just one more thing' / 'It'll be shaped in a minute...it goes on. This flannel, I suspect, is wiped across the faces of many production (and more) industries; the linking thread being humans attempt to orchestrate the workforce and materials toward a finished product – ready for shelves, food in restaurants, or scarily, organ replacements and perhaps even Air Traffic Control.
The surfboard industry is surely on the podium for the 'Blunders Award Night'.
This is footage of a blunder and recovery of mine on a custom Pyzel surfboard. It was all going so well, especially with the amount of preparation that was put into place for this fast moving paint drag. But not tightening the lid on a ketchup dispenser bottle full of paint, was my fault.
Luckily, I have experience in recovering mishaps, an essential requirement when making surfboards, and Clive of 'Soul Jammer Surfboards' was fast to help. We did it, and after the initial alarm, I would venture to say we enjoyed it!
