i am thinking of building an ultra flexi sand and grass riding board. I saw some people using one on an mid 70s surf movie and they were almost carving like a snowboard any ideas about shape materials etc.?
if your going to use it on dry grass don’t put any metal on the bottom. when i was a kid, during the summer, i would take my old skies and ski down a “golden” california hill by my house. one day the metal edges sparked and started a small grass fire… don’t forget to wear pads when testing it…
This is one of the links I found on google:
http://www.geocities.com/snaggers2000/
Do a little search on google yourself, there are many websites out there with sandboard-building tutorials.
Good luck!
Go to Anthonys board building site in the resource area.
Mark
local sports stores carry them…
dont sneak into concrete plants, they get picky about that kinda stuff…
How do you build a board of sand? Kind of heavy isn’t it? Will it even float? What kind of grass do you use? Burmuda? Blue Fescue is drought tolerant. Oh… do you use the kind of grass yah can smoke? Mary-Jane?
A piece of cardboard works if the grass isn’t wet and it’s really steep. Cheep, too. The fastest grass board I ever rode was a block of ice at Presideo Park. Mike
Glad I just found this thread, cause i maid a top of the range sandboard for myself only because I live near alot of uncrowded dunes.
The link someone posted on the page is how i made mine.
Basically you just get your wood and shape it, give it some rocker, and then just glue Formica/laminex on the bottom, i added straps but i dont use them…no straps gives a more surf-feel to it.
Also don’t forget sandboards work just as good on snow.
PM me if you want more info.
Josh.
I’ll bet those formica edges last really well in hardpack conditions in the mountains!
I guess if you took along your DK edge sharpenning tool with your, and resharpen the edges every 5 runs, you’d be fine.
Of course, your board would kick butt in pow, with a leash, of course.
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… then just glue Formica/laminex on the bottom,…
Make sure the laminate is smooth. Textured laminate tends to grab the sand.
BTW old mouse pads make a great base for building bindings.
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I’ll bet those formica edges last really well in hardpack conditions in the mountains!
Hey LeeDD,
Strange enough mine do! However Im not shore if you have the same type of laminex/formica in the US, but over here it does work.
Josh.
You are extremely lucky to live where hi quality accesories exist.
Here in California, I have to sharpen my snowboard edges about every 20 days of use, and they are medium carbon steel.
The really expensive and high tech snowboards need their edges tuned quite a bit more often, as they use lower quality steel. The lower quality/less carbon steel makes for sharper edges when tuned correctly, but don’t last as long.