I ended up moving to Newport, OR to work as a Fisheries Observer with NOAA, meaning that i spend ~22 days a month at sea collecting scientific data on commercial fishing boats. Our program has reduced bycatch 75% in some fisheries, so it a good thing to be a part of.
I'm not sure what species, but given that I am in the North West, I would say it's probably Douglass fir...some of the older, dryer pieces are pretty light, and other ones not so much. She’ll probably push 10-13 lbs when she’s done, but cant complain since the wood was FREE DOLLARS! There’s also a lot of driftwood on the beach up here, I am going to look into the logistics of milling some for a longboard.
....I dont know why it keeps posting "Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE"...
Man them boards are so barny I can smell the cow poop on them from here !!! To bad you are in Oregon, it was a great place to grow up in but I am sure glad that I left !!!
Will do! I've been looking for some redwood…supposedly the lumber yard by my house trashed a pallet of redwood because it got moldy & I just missed it!
Here are some more photos… going to glass with 4oz, Resin research when I get back from CA in a month…
Ive been fortunate enough to have already caught around 100 waves on her. Despite the weight (~12lbs) she paddles well and is pretty fast. its ability to turn is pretty similar to the Skip Frye and Gepheart keels I modeled the board after...just need to put a little more power into the turns, but they follow through amazingly.
Hey rhino the wood fish looks great, some good old chambered work there. Hey I’m pretty sure I follow you on Instagram… Austin Williams ?? Lol. I recognized your #woodensurfboard I’m on imstGram as frumpin_chuck haha I believe we’ve chatted before.
i recal we spoke about building parallel profile Roy Kits