Well number one is complete. It was definately trail by fire but I sure learned a lot from this one. I surfed sunday and monday with number one and I couldn’t stop smiling and laughing. I used to think that shaping was the hardest part but glassing by far is the toughest part. The board is a quick all though it locks into a track and doesn’t want to break free. It took me a lil bit to figure out how to break it free but it sure was fun as hell to ride.
I started with a 6’‘11 blank and finished with a 5’'8. The blank is from scott shine in florida and is a 2 lb EPS blank with a pvc stringer. The next set of boards I am definately going with a a wood stringer, the pvc is a pain in the backside to mow down and the EPS is so soft that if you use a block plane to take down the stringer you end up pulling up the foam next to the stringer. I asked scott about this and he said the wooden block plane is the best bet. Being that this was my first blank I noticed that the EPS is quite mushy for lack of better words. I mean if i press hard on the blank I could leave a dent, not sure if that is supposed to be like that its just that I have nothing to compare it against. I used 3.6 OZ S Cloth and Resin Research resin. Pretty sure I could write a couple pages about the experience but I will keep it short. I had a blast, lost a couple brain cells on the account that the caninsters that were on my mask must have been old. All in all I would like to thank everyone on swaylocks. This swaylocks coupled with the carper videos helped me create number one or what I like to call Frankenstein.
