Just finished my first surfboard! It is an 8' "big guy" quad. Had lots of help from this site, fiberglass hawaii, surfersteve.com, and a few other sites. Cannot wait to give it a try.
8’2 A US Blank
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Template layout and shaped
template with #30 roofing felt and shaped with hand saw, sureform, and hand sanding blocks.
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Glassing and sanding
Glassed with 8 oz E cloth and HF slow (30 min) epoxy
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Hotcoating and glassing in fins
Hotcoat with more epoxy. Future fins quad set up.
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Rice paper image and gloss coat
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Final touches and Pau!
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Awesome job! I just finished my first board this week too (first blank is in the garage post), but I have to say yours came out better. I like the bonefish in there as well.
nice job
first board????? ,, realy?
Very nice job for # 1. All by hand...old style. You're gonna love it!
thanks guys!