Nothing like following up a day of procrastination with a day of super productivity.  An order for 4 Bottom Feeder Ply Hand planes came in last Saturday, and I finally got around to cutting and shaping them today.  It the first planes that I've shaped in over a month or so, and honestly I was going a little crazy without a serious craft to do.  Once you starting doing something and it begins fun for you, not doing it is torture.  I'd compare it to an addiction of something illegal, but that probably wouldn't be proper. 

Earlier in the afternoon, I went and got some custom Christmas cards printed for my Etsy customers, as a token of my appreciation to them throughout the year.  Customer relations and service is something I feel a lot of companies lack, and it seems that the smaller the company, the better they are with reaching out to customers to show them how much they care.  True, larger companies have more volume, so it's harder to account for everyone, but you're still never treated as an individual, just a demographic.  I'm going to do everything I can to prevent that.

Rounded out the day with Christmas tree shopping (although that isn't Points East related...) and had some wood burning done for one of the planes.  

More to come.

Enjoy the Stoke.

Some Inspiration for a Rainy Night

Rainy days suck.  Nothing drains your energy and motivation quite like an entire day of downpours.  Add to that the cold and you you're looking at a dismal day browsing the internet and wishing you could do something productive.  

But sometimes, spending some time on the internet brings you across awesome videos like this one here.

Chris Burkard is a super-talented surf photographer who's probably behind most of the amazing surf photos you see circulating around.  In this video he reminds you to stay thirsty with whatever you do, and that the search is your reward.  

Cheesy, but true.

Enjoy the Stoke.

Salutations

Welcome to our blog, which is a bit different than our Tumblr, which shares the same name.  There you can find a bunch of surfing related pictures to keep the stoke going when the waves are flat, or, like now, on the verge of winter, and you don't have enough money for a winter suit... No, this blog is going to be a little different....  A daily update of the happenings around here (here being 'the shop'), and other various tidbits that would otherwise be washed out in a sea of surfing pictures (no pun intended).

For those of you who DON'T know who we are or what we do, we are Points East Surf Craft & Apparel.  As the name implies, we make surf craft and print and dye our own apparel, keeping in mind our environmental impact and long term stokeability. You can find our current items on our Etsy shop, but stay tuned here to see the day-by-day going ons and new product information and other sweet things.  

Thanks for reading.

Enjoy the Stoke.