I started out wanting a new board and after looking at all the info about I decided I might try this myself and save making it possible for me to afford.
Its been 8 boards now and I keep telling people I am trying to find the right board for me. How ever I have also figured that I just love to be able to take a piece of foam and make it into a sled to race down the waves,there is some great satisfaction in making or trying something somewhat different than the usual. And my boards are somewhat unusual. I seem to go for as much technical stuff that is proven for the situation that best suites me,with colors that can sometimes look like tye dye. A picture of the first looked like a big cucumber,lol. Thanks to everyone here that puts so much good info out,could have not been able with out you all. Rooster
it´s a great thing to do without any question. you can test and get opportunities that not many others have. The understanding for what you ride in the waves rises with your craftsman´s skills
it´s a damn good feeling after all to ride your own stick
9’5" S, squared the tail, but basically skinned it, and then sanded for weeks. Trying to keep it real simple, just wanted to learn the basics. Next up is a fish and uv resin.
Yep,surboard building can be addictive.I have been trying to kick it for 40 years.I was clean for a year and stopped by my friends little factory for a peek at what was going on.Well…I stepped in the door and smelled the resin and foam and I am going in to relapse.I can tell because when I went home I started digging through Surfers Journals and downloaded the new Clark Blank catalog.Looks like my customers waiting on furniture restoration are going to pissed again.Plus I am posting like mad on Swaylocks…its bad sign financially but I gotta have it…I gotta have foam dust on me.My voice is changing from that of a respected antique restorer(“Yes that is a wonderful Federal Chair Mrs. McGill,I feel that it is circa 1820 with a Boston Provenance”) to…(“F##kin” A thats an unreal outline Bro.It would rip with some belly in the nose") RB
yea, i can’t count the times i’ve quit in 34 years. its even harder now that there is less foam to whittle off todays blanks than there was when they were ALOT thicker. i have a pic of one somewhere, i should post it so the new meat could see what their not missing.
Hi my name is Grant I have been addicted for a few years now. I first started about 13 years ago by reshaping old boards. I was clean from foamdust till last year. Since then I have made 18 boards.
If I wanted I could quit. But why would I? It appeals to all my senses. The thinker, the logic of desiqn, the craftsmanship in shaping, the creativeness in the graphics and then there’s the first ride.
Yep.This addiction is a scourge upon society and the American family in general.I had once thought of carrying a bag of foam dust and a bottle of resin around with me to attempt to ease the withdrawal symptoms but my counselor said it would make things worse and send me in to relapse.One of my fellow recovering addicts went in to a severe Stage IV relapse by simply driving by a fiberglass boat factory and getting a whiff of resin.Later that day he had ordered 20 blanks,resin and glass,purchased a Skil planer on Ebay for $1500 dollars and signed the lease on a workshop.It was a tragedy resulting in divorce,loss of his home and a bad case of the glass itch.You youngsters better watch yourself. RB
