Can you glass a bodyboard...Bing Speed Square Inspired

I have some overall interest in a Bing Speed Square, but would not like to spend the money on one.  In all honesty, I am not a good shaper, and have only made two boards to date.  Sooo, I was curious, could I potentially take an existing bodyboard I have sitting in my garage (a mach 7-7), remove the slick panels, maybe rough it up, glass it, put in some fin plugs, and make something close to a speed square?  I am more confident in my glassing and sanding capabilities, but am not sure what I may encounter in terms of glass adhesion, future delam problems, etc.  Thanks in advance for any insight.

I don’t know, but I kinda doubt it, I think that foam is too flexy.

if you’ve shaped two boards already, a little thing like that shouldn’t be too hard, get a real blank and have at it!

Why?

mostly because I don’t have any blanks sitting around but I do have a bodyboard that sees zero use  the shape is there and it approximates a board I have some interest in  why not reuse something I already have before spending money and time on a blank, neither of which I have a lot of  

 

Wrong kind of foam I think. 

 

My buddy on Maui has a mean Polyester/PU glassed bodyboard though. Freaking speed demon.

I was anticipating that this was going to be the answer.  Oh well, maybe we’ll just buy a blank and make one from there.  Thanks for your time guys.

Nah fuck that, go dumpster dive and find an old soft-top or shitty longboard. Cut da fakah down and turn um into a new one!

I think it would work to some extent. As an experiment, I say go for it.

I say go for it, worth the time to experiment with it, put some thought into achieving this & it’s possible.

​try to surround myself with folk who say “why not” there more fun than the “why’s” It’s all about using what you have or can get & making what you want to make!

 

If you learn something from it, whether it truly works or not, it’s still a win…

Slanj.

Some of the cheeper supermarket bodyboards have EPS cores.  A while back I got one of these for free at a garagle sale.  The skin was starting to peel and I could see the EPS beads underneath.  A lightbulb went off in my mind and I decided to make a “timberflex” out of it.  The skin came off faily easily by just pulling and tearing.  After a little bit of sanding it was a nice white foam blank.  This was my first time vacuum bagging and I royally messed it up.  Shown below is a picture of it in the bag.

Why strip the board?  Just go with what you have.  The soft-top surfboards all use fins.  

Get a pair of these and you’re good to go.  You drill holes all the way through the board and the fin install connects from the bottom to the deck.  

http://easternlines.com/soft-surfboard-replacement-fin.html?source=googleps#.VUPC0PlVgvk

 

 

Yes you could …with right resin…then it would be a paipo , instead of just a macca tray.