Century Plant Wood Sources

General Discussion
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I am searching for enough raw century plant stalks to create a 9’6" blank. Does anyone know of any commercial sources? Or do I need to drive out to the high desert?

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Try Gary Linden, he makes boards out of Century (Agave) wood.

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Jim Philips is the guy…from what I saw, a boring insect of some kind really takes its toll on your yield. I’ll bet Jim hides his stash pretty well. Harvest in maximum stealth mode or the State’s greenies will get ya. “Permit? We don’ need no steeeeenkin’ permit!”

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I don’t know where you live, but in San Diego they grow all over the place, and most people hate them, dagger stickers, and itchy pulp when you chain saw them. I just go around my neighborhood looking over peoples roof tops spotting them. Most people are more than happy when you come and harvest their stalks. At anytime I can find 20-30 stalks in all degrees of it’s life cycle. The best way is to harvest them green and stack them some place cool and dry, make a little 2x4 rack to separate them and keep them off the ground where the little bugs can’t bore into em. It takes about a year to dry out, so plan ahead.

-Good luck, it’s a lot of work.

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There isn’t a day that goes by that I am not picking out a festering microscopic sliver of agave. Picking them green is way too muck work, they weigh a ton, dead on the plant, mucho better. Rattle snakes, killer bees, black widows, scorpions, you make the call

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There was a note on my door from Gary, “Jim would you be able to make some agave blanks for me”

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here in mexico agave is for tequila. tequila and surfboards doesn’t mix well. can anybody explain me how do you use agave for building a surfboard blank? what part of the plant is used?

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it’s the bloom part that shoots out from the middle and looks like a super giant asparagus. some are over 20 feet tall. there is also a smaller type of agave also called century plant that has a smaller stalk around 8 feet high.

In Australia, the century plant stalk is used to make a digerie do. in the virgin islands they use the century plant stalk for a Christmas tree