So here is the end result (sanded untill 400 grit):
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Quad
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Thruster
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There will be some waves wednesday, I’ll try to ride this fella!
By the way: glassing over FCS plugs makes no sense, epoxy doesn’t bond to the plugs. When you cut out the holes, the glass delams over the whole plug untill it reaches the resin.
And the weight:
(6.89 pounds)
Hahaaa
You guys thought it was over? Well it’s not, today I sewed a boardsock to protect the board against the heating sunrays. (My mother taught me how to sew today)
So here she is again:
I tested my new board yesterday.
The board waxed-up ready to go:
I took a few crappy pictures before going in the water (so this is NOT me):
These pictures were at high tide, when the tide lowered (when we went in) the waves got more hollow but same height.
We have to drive 1h10min so we can’t find anyone prepared to offer up there surfsession to take pictures 
The test:
the paddle
The
paddle was a bit floaty. The weirdest thing was when sitting on the
board, I had to sit more in front than I was used to, I think because it
has more volume in the nose than the regular potato chip style boards.
While
catching waves my friends asked if I installed a motor in it, so it
gets me into the waves really good and doesn’t slow down as hard as I’m
used to on a shortboard!
thruster FCS H2 large
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I
started with this fin setup. When I got my first couple of waves, I
realised that this is the BEST shortboard I’ve ever surfed!! I’ve surfed
+/- 10 different shortboards between 6’2" and 6’6"
(1xps/epoxy(selfmade), 1NSP and the rest all PU/PE). The volume was just
what I needed, It skimmed over the flatter sections and didn’t lose as
much speed in turns as the other boards do. It also turned way better
than the two 6’6"s I’ve owned.
I soon realised that the magic
could be partially made by the fins, the H2’s, probably the best fins
ever. So time to test another setup.
quad H2 front, longboard sidebites back
And
indeed this sucked big time compared to the previous setup! It felt
like the board was braking the whole time. I assume it is because the H2
fins have extra toe-in built in and when the front fins are more toed
in the fins generate drag (the boxes are parallel by the way). So time
to change this H2’s in front for some regular FCS fins.
**quad FCS GPR front, **longboard sidebites back
In
the mean while the waves dropped a lot in height and power. So I can’t
really make any big conclusions, caught +/-10 wave but the power was
gone. The braking was less severe than the other quad setup for sure!
But I didn’t do any nice manouvres, so next time the test continues!
Conclusion
This
board is perfectly suited for my weight and level, in small waves, with
the H2 fins it is magical. I believe it is all about the volume, todays
boards are way to thin to surf these northsea type waves. I am super
stoked and I love what I made. Tis board takes my surfing to a higher
level for sure.
By the way: I’m 6’4" (192cm), 187lbs (84kg) and 23 years old
edit: I deleted the seperate topic and moved it into this thread
Surfed this board again today with the H2 thruster setup.
After a few hours two of my friends got out of the water and decided to take some pictures!
So here they are:
Me surfing the board:
And a nice sequence:
And this is a picture of another friend going for a bigger wave (Earlier when the photographers where in the water, the waves where this size, it got smaller when the tide went down)
And a link to two other pictures of at the same spot but earlier (when the other friends were in the water too), it’s not us:
http://www.surfweer.nl/7346#comment-20178
Again: I love the board!
thanks for watching
NICE! spread the stoke
I broke the board a few weeks ago
I don’t believe that it was a bad build, the board broke very clean without any delam. On the loose glass you can see the foam being teared off.
Pictures of break and restoration will follow as soon as I find time to repair. The board was to good for the trash.
Looking forward to it!
I’m back for the repair!
I forgot to take a picture of the two seperate pieces, but who is interested in that? 
To get the rocker good again, I made a sort of rocker table. The advantage of hotwiring you blaks is that you have a rocker mold!
Notice the BBQ sticks to keep the foam together.
Then I glued the board back together with epoxy thickened with microballons. Unfortunately there is a little twist between the pieces, next time (I hope there won’t be one) I’ll use tape to hold the pieces together at the bottom of the board.
Luckily, the twist is only visible if you know it and the rocker is perfect :P. So it’s not too bad. And who knows, maybe it improves the board 
And sanded:
More to come!
QUESTION: How do you guys remove wax? When I sand the top, my sandpaper gets full with way (I took a lot of, but taking of everything is hard!).
Some more action pics of me riding this board.
These pics are taken after the snap repair, the board still rides great!
I’ll probably post pictures of the repaired board later.
Believe it or not - a wax scraper works pretty well…
but seriously, if you have lots of pressure dings its good to use a metal scraper since they can bend a bit into the dings, but otherwise a little sun, a scraper, and a towel are the way to go
After scraping the big bits off kero and a rag get rid of the rest.