I was just clicking around the net when I came across a strange sight. It was an alaia with a cork deck.
Is cork useful in flotation and grip? if so can you use it on chambered wood boards with the same effect?
Could you even use it as a blank with stringers?
Cork?? Perhaps?? The only quark I know of, is a subatomic particle.
Sorry lol I’m sleep deprived and a very bad speller. but it looks really cool to me.
Huck
August 12, 2010, 6:29am
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Is that a yes?
dlock
August 12, 2010, 8:06am
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Met a pretty british server at a restaurant in key Largo = the name of the place was “The Quay”. All the locals including the owner called it the qway, she’d laugh her cheeks off and say bloody yanks(americans) can’t even speak English. It is “The Key” as in “Newquay.” Popped a few corks there. Great key lime pie.
Not into popping quarks. Cork should be naturally suited to water but let’s wait for the experts to chime in. Or go get some first huh.
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I am a fan of star Trek :)
But really… all mistakes aside, can it be used on a surfboard?
tblank
August 12, 2010, 2:01pm
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Yes, I’ve seen cork used in HWS or composites as rails. Don’t know about its performance or longevity.
chrisp
August 12, 2010, 4:39pm
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check this out from SynergyTodd's website:
http://www.synergysurfco.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DP%2D001
also, a while back, PaulJensen posted some flat peel and stick cork sheets that looked like they'd work for the front foot.
Cork adds traction and flotation with very little weight.
Danny Hess uses cork on the decks of his ply composite paipo/belly boards.
You could make a boat out of cork if you had enough.
http://www.corkboat.
cesar
August 13, 2010, 4:26am
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Would you really recommend it for a board yourself?
Cork should be a highly seaworthy material. But, not all cork is the same. Most cork is processed and can have different weight and density.
If you could get enough people to save their wine corks… It could be a good structural element between the deck and hull.
Be careful with your stash though… It looks as if Ferengi people may be highly fond of old wine corks as well…
While in France last year I went to a cork processing / manufacturer…Fascinating…
Go to this link > http://www.hollowsurfboards.com/France2009TripReport_000.htm < and go about 1/3 to 1/2 way down, there is a photo report of what I learned and saw…