We recently got a small container load of Midget Farrelly’s SURFBLANKS here on Kauai and I must say they are so much better than Clark blanks in terms of the quality of the foam. Primarily they are a lot harder with a much denser and uniform cell structure and yet miraculously they are also lighter. They all have plywood or T-band stringers which is really nice.
So far I have not seen any pour marks and only some very small blow holes in the longboard blanks, none of the shortboard blanks have had any blow holes yet.
They don’t have the variety of molds that Clark did, but the ones they have are perfectly usable. Don’t look for anything over 10’ 4" though!
There are a number of different densities, but so far I have only shaped the BLUE and the GREEN these colors are not in any way related to the equivalent Clark colors from what I can tell.
So personally I have been very pleased with these blanks. Although for the faint of heart they are a little harder to shape because the foam is so hard, so you have to put a little more into it when sanding. Shape like butter if you use a carbide barrel in your planer!
I have not had any of them glassed yet but guys around here that have say they turn out lighter and harder which is awesome. I’ll be running a few through the glass shop this week so we will see.
I just shaped a 9’ 1" today that had been profiled on a machine with the bottom and deck rockers, what a breeze that was!
I’ll be sticking with these for awhile now that I have a nice stash of them 
-Robin
Hey Troy - I recently shaped a board from a new Walker blank, it was a 7’6" blank (big guy tri type) and I enjoyed the heck out of it. Nice foam. Definitely pleased with it… density stayed constant thru the blank, the foam holds nice lines, and no air bubbles or anything nasty like that. Don’t know if you can get hold of them in your neck of the woods or not.
aloha,
Keith
Nice boards Alan.
Toronto eh? I suppose a hook up is out of the question 
Yeah French is the same guy…strange you havent heard of STs…some of the biggest fist fights on this forum were over the imported pvc/eps sandwich boards. Lots of passion on both sides. Most agree that they ride different and of course theyre not custom so they have no soul…whatever that means
As far as core foams…I have access to just about anything as long as I buy the thicker sizes 5/8, 3/4, 1 inch…not much use for that on surfboards unless you like’m real heavy…I can get 1/8 but since no one stocks it you gotta buy special order case qtys…10 pieces…$$$ ouch! Airex and corecell are sweet…also have some honeycomb on hand.
Lots of guys been baggin their boards here, myself included. This thread by Bert started it all
http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=183391#183391
a lot has happened since then (major understatement ha!).
As far as thin and paddling…Im down to 2 inches thick (and going thinner) with no probs…it just has to be really really light for it to work…and it works great. Std construction I ride 2.4 thick.
Hey gotta question: adding inserts to a KB…do you buy off the shelf parts or do you insert a more solid mat’l (polycarb or other)to insert hardware in to?
Thanks
thought you might like to see these links too. the kite board using corecell is a good setup. theres a french guy named Cole who builds kiteboards with corecell and resin infusion too who has the stuff wired too.
http://www.kitesurfing-kiel.de/story/pocket/index.html
http://www.oceanenergie.com/ancien/construction7.htm
http://www.tridentboats.com/news/17/sub/index.cfm
Thanks Craftee
Some guys install t-nuts or snowboard inserts into a block of hard pvc then glue that into the board. I like to drill 3/4" holes in the board with a hole saw then just pot the 1/4" 20 stainless steel t-nuts into the hole using s thick mixture of epoxy, milled carbon fiber, milled fiberglsss and phenolic microballoons, Then glass the deck as usual… They never pull out or even get loose, bomber install… Fiberglass supply.com sell factory made kiteboard inserts ,but I’ve never tried them, potting t-nuts in thickened resin is cheap,quick and easy… I use the same mixture to reinforce the fin mounting area…
A.P.
Dear Keith,
Walker blanks are still a little scarce around here. Even the big companys like WRV are having a tough time getting their foam. I am glad to hear Walker is again making quality blanks. We liked using them pre-clark closure.
Sincerely,
Troy