Namaste Woodmeisters. The 8th Annual Wooden Board Day this year was a huge success. Gaia, the primal goddess of the earth was kind to us by bringing on the perfect weather with blue skies and light offshore winds. Poseiden was equally kind by providing clean shoulder to head high sets at the Alley. So with a leave pass from Mrs. Wood Buddha tucked safely in my back pocket I had a guilt free day with my fellow woodies. Now, that leave pass didn't come cheap my weathered friends. There has been a lot of dish washing, paving, lawn mowing BBQ's with the mother-in-law, performed to procure said leave pass. The sacrifices have been high.
Here are some photos of the day from my good mate and photographer Briney...and a few dodgy snaps from my good self. Enjoy.
A Grant Newby board.
Some punters enjoying the boards on display.
Stuart Bywater talking to the crowd.
Steve's Captain America special.
Nobby, came all the way from Japan.
A CNC cut board from NZ.
The Wood Buddha checking out Stuart Bywater's latest camphor laurel board. Hmmm....smells nice.
The "Yang"
Kook Box from Stuart Bywater.
A Tom Wegener Belly Board.
Amazing woodwork.
It's great to see a toothpick on display.
Some amazing (and I don't use that word lightly) pyrography.
I think I'm in love...
Ditto...no wonder the early seafarers crashed their boats into reefs with these sea sirens leading them astray.
Bad girl.
A memorial to our fallen friend and fellow board builder Geoff Moase.
Local news cameras were there to capture the stoke.
Some cool hand planes by Evan Jade.
Wooden leash plugs made from Jarrah and English Oak.