Nice work! Funny, I've been lurking on this (knife!) forum for a few years and after seeing this (surfing) thread finally joined <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. Anyway, I'm guessing you go to cal poly right? I live in CO now but grew up in Huntington Beach, went to school in Santa Barbara (and my wife's family is in Santa Maria), surfed all over SoCal, some in Mex and a little in Kauai.

Pismo is kinda mushy (funny though 'cus I just took my daughter there last week!), I'm guessing you tried Morrow and the Spit right? Ever been further south like SB or even Ventura?

The only board I ever shaped was a long board I snapped in two and tried to make a real bad fish out of it. I didn't have a plainer so I used an old sears belt sander and needless to say my rails looked nothing like yours! My board is total crap (I glassed it myself too...still have it) but it sure was fun to try and surf my own (mis)shape.

Anyway, good luck, if it were me I'd stay in the whitewash, and practice "the pop" (think a million reps:), once you have that down, then move on to trying to catch it from the get go. Have fun!