riding a modern long twin pin

this was back during the last huge fire in san diego. the colors are real ....

i made a blank for mandala out of some stuff i cut down with a saw

manny is done shaping and it looks like something i want to ride but i will probably never get to. its going to get some volan glass and a volan single fin flex tip ... hmmmmm fun stuff also i was lucky to watch manny shape most of it and he let me sign the stringer ! thanks !
the blank is redwood and agave with us foam


mannys creation - it is a ... mini tri plane hull, stand-up greenough spoon

5'5" x 23" x 2 3/4"

nose and tail both 19.5"

two stalks of agave and one redwood stringer

volan glass

10" volan greenough stage 4A fin - glass on

call manny or i if you need more info on the board !

it will be available for sale soon at www.wavesforever.com

anything but 3 fish fry pic

some unfinished boards i dumped on the sand for fish fry

anything but 3 fish fry 2009

what can i say ... i got there took some boards to the sand and chatted with some folks who had questions. i rode a couple boards and enjoyed the sun for the few minutes when it poked through the clouds. then i saw joe wood , previously lead singer of TSOL, went off at the fish joint restaurant in oceanside... jamming blues and old stuff and some new music, quite unreal ... took home a couple blanks from ice 9 which we won . THANK YOU ALL !

i borrowed the pics from www.surfysurfy.net see more photos there

and the text from www.anythingbut3.com check it out for more


Ice-9 Foam donated a bunch of blanks to be handed out to boardbuilders with stand out boards at the AB3/Fish Fry. This was an informal and friendly competition. A secret panel of three handsome and intelligent judges quietly walked the beach and scoped out all the boards. The judges had a tough job because of the hundreds of extremely high quality boards.

The categories and winners :

Best in Show-Dennis Murphy for a special lightweight wood board made out of a recycled water tower. Dennis also wins a berth into the Sacred Craft Shape-Off at the next Del Mar event in Fall '09.

Best Homebuild/Garage board-This guy Hans Hans Enyedi from Leucadia that nobody has ever heard of before. He made a resin swirl mini-Simmons that was a clean shape, had a tight cutlap and good resin pinline and polish. This was a tough category for shure.

Best Art-Cher Pendarvis for her groovy blue Sunfish art on one of her husband's Pendo-Flex boards. Another tough category to judge.

Best Glassjob-The judges did not know who glassed this board until after is was chosen. It was an Ian Zamora shape with a stunning multi-colored cross out of resin. Overall it was a tight board and a crowd favorite. Turns out if was glassed by Jimmy Robertson (JJR on this forum) at the Lokbox shop in Oceanside. (*note-Michael Miller from San Diego was a close runner up).

Most Original-Eli Mirandon for his trippy "Porpoise" twin fin. He also paddled out on this board and did an air on it.

Biggest Roach-This category was for the ugliest/funkiest looking board and Eli Mirandon also got this one for the same above board, hee hee.

Best Fin(s)-Daniel Partch for his beautiful marine-ply tri-fin set (oops, "anything but 3"???) with art engravings. On a Michael Miller Frye Eagle inspired board.

Furthest Traveled-Greg Griffin from Hawaii who unfortunately was sick and wasn't around much during the day. Griffin was in the running for best fins for his tight handfoiled G10 fins.

*To everyone who didn't win, you still shred and thanks for spending your Sunday at the beach with us.

Discuss this topic on the Surfer Magazine Design Forum.

Special Thanks to:

Ice-9 Foam
Shawn Ambrose from Real Surf
Destination Surf
The Fish Joint
Musician Joe Wood
Big shout out to "Boston Tony" for helping organize and print the t-shirts.

NEW COLOR WORK ON MY NEW 5'8"

SOME FUN COLOR WORK I DID A COUPLE DAYS AGO ON A PERSONAL BOARD 5'8" GOING TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING BUT 3 / FISH FRY 2009 AT OCEANSIDE THIS WEEKEND ... ILL HAVE A FEW ELI TWIN PIN BOARDS TO TRY OUT AND THE BLUE AND WHITE PORPOISE BOARD ... HOPEFULLY MY UNCLE BEAR WILL COME ALONG AND WE WILL HAVE SOME CLASSIC TWIN PINS ... http://www.anythingbut3.com/

evolution of the eli twin pin mirandon fish

Nick Mirandon, my dad, on the left and Eli on the right ... from left to right, bear 1968 twin pin, nick twin pin single fin gun 1981, nick twin pin with three fin boxes (to be ridden as a single or twin, not tri)1981, eli twin pin mirandon fish 199?, eli twin pin fish 5'8" 2009 and eli twin pin fish 5'5" 2009

LAST WEEKS PROJECT - 5' 3" ELI TWIN PIN FOR ERIK

I BUSTED OUT THIS BOARD FOR MY BUDDY ERIK. IN THREE DAYS. ITS NOW SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL AMERICA FOR A MONTH...

RIDING THE ELI TWIN PIN MIRANDON FISH

A FEW SHOTS AT SEASIDE COURTESY OF WWW.TOBYOGDEN.COM

ANOTHER NEW ELI TWIN PIN MIRANDON FISH

THIS IS ANOTHER MIRANDON SURFBOARDS, ELI TWIN PIN MIRANDON FISH. 5'5" X 20.5 X 2.5 NOSE 15.5" TAIL 14.5" TAIL WIDTH 8.5" TAIL DEPTH 8" I FINISHED THE REIN COLOR FLOW TODAY AND ITS OFF TO BE GLASSED WITH A NICE YELLOW DECK AND RAILS AND SOME FUN PINLINES. IT WILL HAVE MIRANDON TWIN FINS SINGLE FOIL BAMBOO'S BY MARLIN AT 101 FINS ... THEN GOING UP FOR SALE AT WWW.WAVESFOREVER.COM

THE ELI TWIN PIN MIRANDON FISH

THIS IS THE BOARD IN THE PHOTO BELOW FROM SURFLINE AND ALSO THE ONE IN THE VIDEO POSTED BELOW ...

this weeks surfline unidentified is ELI

heres the photo from surfline... single shot on a yellow mirandon fish 5'5" with mirandon twin fin 70/30 foil for lok-box ... 101 fins marlin made

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/a-trio-of-swells-produces-fun-surf-in-san-diego-for-a-week-sd-treated-to-week-of-waves--surfline-san-diego_22497/

shot 9 in the image gallery

eli miradon, mirandon fish video

Bag Of Tricks with Eli Mirandon from toby ogden on Vimeo.

Mirandon twin fin ... single foil or 70/30 foil...

The Bamboo Mirandon twins... now available. Single foil or 70/30. these are the template that are on the porpoise and the mirandon fish. they have a special feel ... ha ha ... 101 fins marlin makes em up right !

Mirandon Single Fin 11" shown

here is an 11" Mirandon single fin available in any size. this one is made for my 10' longboard and also used on the classic "Superboard" surfboards la jolla model which was around 9' boards and they had a bit shorter version....

New Mirandon Fins

The newest mirandon fins are now available for purchase. twin fin sets come in bamboo from marlin at 101 fins and the singles can be selected as bamboo or fiberglass. email for more info eli@rerip.com