Auto Vents

Introducing the Tree to Sea Auto Vent. 

Comprising of a housing and a removable Gore Tex vent they are capable of removing up to 40 litres of air a minute.
The Gore Tex material allows air to pass through but not water, therefore relieving your board from built up internal pressure, which can seriously damage your board.

Suitable for  Hollow Wooden and Polystyrene core surfboards, they're small price to pay to protect your investment, easily retro fitted to any type of board.

The Tree to Sea Auto Vent

Retro fitting some of our demo boards

The Paipo

Traditional Hawaiian belly board The Paipo.

The Paipo

Gary's been working on this new project for 2014 they will be available at a half Day Workshop in the new year. 
We have had a lot of interest from schools and community groups in this simple surf craft.

Back to Tree to Sea Day

Our Back to Tree to Sea Day at Point Leo on Saturday was a huge success with lots of people visiting throughout the day. The weather was excellent it's a shame the swell had dropped off.
Most people brought along their boards to show us and had a great time catch up with old friends.

Setting Up

Some early arrivals

Checking out the Logos

Who's is Bigger

Time for Lunch

Gary explaining how they where built in his day!! 

Ted going through how he did his colourful stain work

The Tree to Sea Family

The Tree to Sea Australia 2nd Short Film

Dave Macs 2nd Short Film

Back To Tree to Sea Day

This Saturday December 7th at Point Leo Victoria. Point Leo is located between Merricks and Shoreham on the road to Flinders.
Anyone that has made a wooden board with Tree to Sea or has an interest in wooden surfboards are welcome to come along and show us your board. We will have heaps of our own boards on display and will put on a sausage sizzle to keep you fed.
So bring the family and friends and come and say hello.

It will run from 10am until 2pm down near the lifesaving club.

The weather is expected to be around 27c and there is a small swell running.

Film Night at the Sound Bar

This Friday Night at The Sound Bar in Rosebud we are launching the short films created by Dave Mac. It kicks of at around 7pm.

Film Night at the Sound Bar

New Workshop for January 2014

After heaps of inquiries we are planning a small Workshop for January 2014.

Dates are Monday 20th - Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd.

Limited places so book early!

2nd November Workshop

A full house for this one and 8 fine looking Wooden Boards.

Bernie - Paul - Chris - Jay - Julian - Marcus - Mark
and Swellnets roving reporter for Phillip Island - Gio

1st November Workshop

Another Workshop in fine Melbourne weather, a couple of SUPs as well!

Mike - Dave - Lachlan - Simon - Jake

Tree to Sea Australia Short Film

The Tree to Sea Australia Short Film has been completed, It's been produced by our good friend Dave Mac from HM Creative. Music on the Film is by Jamroots, a group of local musicians from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.

The official launch is on Friday Night the 6th of December at Sound Bar in Rosebud Vic where Jam Roots will be playing live with the film. 

The Film shows what it's like to attend a Wooden Surfboard Workshop, the people you can meet and the buzz you get from making your our Wooden Surfboard!

October Workshop

The October Workshop

5 great looking and all different Wooden Surfboards were built at the October Workshop.

From Left-Darren Instructor- Shaun-Paul-Wally-Karen-Goren & Gary Instructor seated

100th Wooden Surfboard

 Dave Bunyan made the 100th Wooden Surfboard at the September Workshop. Dave is an Outdoor Education Instructor at the local Shoreham Camp and is the 100th person to make a Wooden Surfboard at a Tree to Sea Australia Workshop.

Dave B and his 9'1'' Splinter

The September Workshop

 From left - Dhruv - Mitchell - Dizzi - Dave S - Darren Tree to Sea Instructor squatting - Dave B - Paul - Richard - Dave T

The September Workshop was held in typical Melbourne weather, rain one day sunshine the next and plenty of wind. Eight fabulous Wooden Surfboards were made and all going home to be finished off by their very excited owners. 

Dave Tudor was the first to finish off his board and surfed it 2 days after the Workshop on the West Coast, well done Dave big effort!!

Workshops for 2014

There are only a few vacancies for the Workshops in October and November this year, so we have just announced some more Workshops for next year, details below.

WORKSHOP  DATES  FOR  2014
FEBRUARY 21-22-23 Friday-Saturday-Sunday	MARCH  21-22-23  Friday-Saturday-Sunday
APRIL  25-26-27 Friday-Saturday-Sunday

For more information about booking a Workshop visit the website www.treetosea.com.au

Rodney's Finished his Board

Rodney's Retro Pig

Robert, Gary and Darren

My Pig is finally finished and today was waxed up and had her maiden surf in clean 4' Torquay Point.  It seems a long time since the April workshop but I have squeezed in a trip to Hawaii and a 9000 klm drive to the Kimberley region but good things come to those who wait. 

After a lot of shaping and sanding, two coats of epoxy, more sanding, 5 coats of marine varnish with more sanding she is done.  I changed the fin to one with more area that I got in Hawaii.  It has a silk fabric laid up in the resin and really suits the wooden board.  The design of the logo also took some time as I had to track down the right medium, heavy glossy Japanese rice paper tissue, to print onto.  I made a treetosea leaf to cover where we miss drilled the legrope plug and had to do a patch up. 

The board goes great you can really feel the energy and momentum in the board as you paddle into a wave.  I think I could have shaped the rails better in the middle they are a bit boxy but the tail is perfect and has a little hard edge and turns beautifully off the back foot. 

I had many stuff ups with the coating of the board, applying too thick and too quick after a previous coat resulting in crazing but I sanded out all the stuff ups, ironed out all the dints I put in the board and came out with something I am very proud of. 

Thanks for showing me the method I am so very prod of what I have achieved and everyone in the water and on the beach think I have the coolest board on the coast and I made it. 

Regards

Rodney 

Rodney and his board at Torquay

Stand Up Paddle

Over the past few weeks we have been working a some new models. The first one to come through is the Stand Up Paddle. Darren's designed and build this one and its come up a treat. 9' x 30'' x 4''

Darren and his SUP

Sanding the beast

July Workshop

A small class for the July Workshop with 5 boards being built.

July Workshop

Ready for Shaping

They're queuing up !

A batch of boards waiting to be shaped and finished off outside the Shaping bay.

Waiting to be Shaped

DACE Art Show in Frankston South

Local Art Show

We displayed three of our boards in the annual DACE, the Derinya Arts & Craft Exhibition, its a local Art Show run by the Derinya Primary school and these boards generated a lot of interest.

6' 4'' Sapling

8' Retro Pig

The Retro Pig is a new size, this one we did at 8 foot and it looks good!

The Tree to Sea Australia Short Film

Over the last few weeks we have been working on a short film. Dave Macintosh from Rye attended one of our Workshops early last year and offered to create the film for us. Dave operates the Media Company HM Creative he won first prise for his short film Toast, in the Mornington Peninsula Short Film Festival.  http://www.peninsulashortfilmfestival.com.au/ 

Below are a few still shots from filming so far.

On set filming the process of shaping a Wooden Surfboard

We had a good days filming on a cold but sunny winters afternoon. 

Some of our Boards 

Getting ready

Gary on a good sized wave.

Rob duck diving a Wooden Board.

Darren going for the cover up !

My New Board

I have finally got around to making myself a new board. Its a new model for our line up, so before we offer it up as a design for Workshop participants to build, we need to be 100% confident that we have all the bugs ironed and its a proven design.
It's a 7'2" Pintail single fin, with a Retro outline but with modern rails. Its always a challenge when your working on a new design, each board has its own complexities. 
Really happy how its turned out.

7' 2" Reto Pintail

Hand drawn T2S Logo by Morgan

June Wooden Surfboard Workshop

Wooden Surfboard Workshop Group for June

Good weather for June saw 7 Great looking Wooden surfboards completed and heading home with their owners/builders for final sanding and coating.

Keep an eye out for them at your local break!

Darren showing the finer points of Wooden Board building

Father and son Jacko and Ashley

Gary and Ashley working on the rails

Rodney's New Shaping Stands

Rodney sent us this email about his shaping stands he has made.

Rob

Attached is the plan, materials and method for the Surfboard Shaping Stand I designed and built.  Feel free to distribute it to any of your woodies who might want to make one.  It is soo much easier than working off stools or benches to finish your board.  Cost about $60 worth of timber plus some fasteners and some rubber. 

Aloha

Rodney Hose

Surfboard Shaping Stands

Simon's Board

Just heard back from Simon, he attend the April Workshop and has finished his board, he sent us this email after he had his first surf on his new creation.


Hi guys,

This is my finished weapon it RIPS want to build another look out normal board timber takin over,
Can I buy another kit ?

Simon Clark
Site Manager
Metricon Homes
Love where you live.

Simons Wooden Fish

PNG Project

Wooden Surfboards for PNG

The Papua New Guinea Project is moving along well, we will soon have six beautiful wooden boards built by workshop participants to donate to the PNG Project.

Wooden Surfboard Workshop in April

Wooden Surfboard Workshop in April

We had great weather for the April Workshop. 8 terrific looking boards were created and will soon hit the like ups of the East and West Coasts of Victoria and a couple are heading back with their creators to Northern NSW.