Half Moon Bay - June 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27
San Diego - July 14 – 15 – 16 – 17 - 18
Tuition is $700 per person, with materials extra, typically around $50 per foot of board length.
A “How To” CD ($100 value) and a Frame Kit ($200 value) will be included in the cost of the class.
Booking deposits of $100 will be required.
More information at: http://www.hollowsurfboards.com
The finished boards are museum quality gorgeous, but that is secondary to their ride quality. Wood boards typically feel heavier on land, but feel like a lighter board in the water. The slightly heavier weight of a hollow wood board results in a board with more drive and momentum that catches waves easily and rides well down the line, through flat spots. The design of the lightweight inner frame and the thin tensioned wood skins allow for an efficient energy transfer between the wave and the rider. These boards are not intended to be wall hangers unless the wall is six feet of moving water.
Building a Hollow Wood Surfboard is significantly more complex than building a foam board. It is more like building the wing of an airplane. The method I teach results in a hollow board that is stronger and more durable than a foam board, with a ride “feel” that is unique…resonant like a wood musical instrument
During a workshop under my guidance you will build a hollow wood board starting with the assembly of a supplied frame kit. After that you will create the deck and bottom “skins” from very thin solid wood strips, fiberglass and epoxy. Next the skins are attached and tensioned to the wood frame. You will then build the outer rails onto the board with bending plywood and cork. Finally the rails are hand shaped and the board is given a light final sanding. At the end of the class the board you have built will ready to take home to be glassed. I will also show you how to apply those epoxy and fiberglass layers when you get home. There are several to choose from.
My qualifications: I started shaping foam and fiberglass boards in 1977, and twenty five years later in 2001 I independently pioneered a completely radical new method of building Hollow Wood Surfboards. The Jensen Method of creating hollow boards has resulted in surfboards being built on every continent on Earth including Antarctica…!!!.. I have taught workshops in Australia, France, Ireland, Holland, The Isle of Jersey, Portugal and the United States…The Surfers Path magazine (issue #67)credits me with being " …the consummate craftsman of the hollow wood board genre. Jensen’s boards are quite literally ‘works of art’ and certainly the most gorgeous surfboards that are actually made to be ridden, anywhere…"…Finally, Surfing Magazine’s 2009 Shaper of the Year, Tom Wegener has honored me by calling me “the Godfather of the Hollow Surfboard renaissance”. Nice words and all, but it simply boils down to this, I know my stuff…
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