Quiver meaning surf full#
Quiver meaning surf license#

Of course surfing is nothing without a surfboard (or surfbort, as Bey would say). The word surfing entered English more than 40 years later, in the mid-1950s. It was then, says HowStuffWorks, that surfing gained popularity with renowned boardsmen Duke Kahanamoku and George Freeth, often dubbed the “father of modern surfing” (and who passed away, sadly, at 35 during the 1918 flu pandemic). The verb to surf came about much later, around 1917. Originally used to describe the coast of India, surf may come from an Indian language, or else is a variant of sough, a soft, rustling noise. While the act of surfing got its start by Polynesian fishermen thousands of years ago, the word surf is from the 17th century. Debbi and Jim live in Jacksonville Beach where, says Jim, 'I came in 1976 and never left.Since hitting the waves hit the mainstream in the early 1960s, surfing has spawned an entire culture - clothes, music, movies, and a bitchin’ lexicon. Jim's wife, Debbi, teaches kindergarten at Finnegan Elementary. He has tried both soy-based resins and foam blanks, but customers did not like the tinted foam. His resin supplier recycles the large resin drums. Jim's shop is quite neat by industry standards. They do not develop 'plastic fatigue' as quickly as polyester boards which may feel 'dead' as they succumb to 'flex and return cycles' in just a month.'Įpoxy surfboards are stronger and lighter, but the blanks take longer to shape and epoxy resin is a special challenge. Jim offers the traditional polyester and polyurethane foam boards and also specializes in the more challenging epoxy and polystyrene (Styrofoam) boards. One needs more than one board because we don't know what's around the corner,' says Jim of the reason for having a quiver of boards.

Quiver meaning surf full#

'A golfer could play a full round of golf with a five iron, but it would not be pretty. Even with that, he chooses from a quiver of eight boards to enjoy the surf before and after work. He suffers from arthritis and faces more rotator cuff surgery.

His only sponsored surfer left him when he could not produce a board for his trip because Jim was recovering from shoulder surgery. He enjoys older surfers who want to stay active and up to date. I like to make them slightly longer 'fish' shortboard designs which lets them do the things they used to do when they were kids,' Jim said. I enjoy working average people, older dedicated surfers.

'It takes about two weeks for the fiberglass to cure. Customers are invited to watch and ask questions while he shapes their board. He does fiberglass work next door and the third room with its ventilation fans is for color work and sanding.Īs a solo artist, he can keep his prices reasonable and do nicely with a limited production. You can watch him shape online in the only air-conditioned room on his web cam. The 570-square-foot work space is just three rooms. His blanks now come from former Clark workers. He was even hanging drywall at his shop when he heard the shocking news of the closure of his foam blank supplier Clark Foam in late 2005. He hand shapes, glasses, sands, and does the paint work for his handmade working sculptures. I realized I better start to save for when I retire!' says Jim of his travel cutbacks. He has surfed on the famed North Shore of Hawaii and been to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Indonesia. Jim's surfing trips used to come four or five times a year. Mystic as in that meaning and, as in the pun, 'my stic(k)' for 'my stick.'' That's another term for surfboard. Jim says, 'My friend Matt Broadus said, 'Hey, I got a name for your boards, Mystic.' He pointed out that it could have two meanings. Jim had worked for several other local surfboard makers before opening Mystic Surfboards 12 years ago. He started a dry wall construction business which he later closed as his art work for surfboards became more lucrative.

Quiver meaning surf license#

His skills led him to become an air-brush artist with a business of hand-painted license tags with a national distribution. He had scored so high on the PSATs as a high school junior that he won a National Merit Scholarship which paid for half of his JU costs.Īt UNF, Jim studied with artist-in-residence and Beaches resident Charles Charles. We rode them a while and sold them for maybe $60,' says Jim. I shaped in my dorm and in a shed at a friend's house. The total cost, with fiberglass cloth, was about $40. 'We could get blanks for $25 and a gallon of resin for $6.