heres one for the greenies…
this isnt really a new creation , its more a recreation…
this board is about 6 years old , late 98 , maybe early 99 …
6’-4" x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 pintail ,originally built for a guy in his 40s he just out grew it after a few years…he just wasnt a grommet anymore…got traded and sold to a late teen , he had it for nearly 2 years , then retraded to a new board …then this one gets a few dings fixed and sold to a young grom about 14 …his second board …so the grom is the 3rd owner hes had it for about 1 1/2 years …
i could see he was making progress surfing , getting good quick,
his dad comes in for some resin for a repair ,?? said his son had a comp the next day and it was an urgent …
the story is the dad damaged the board at home somehow…the fin got lifted the rail line split and he done a dodgy repair …didnt seal it …
kid keeps surfing it coz he had the comp and had to surf it …
comes back a few weeks later …
kid is almost crying coz he reckons it was his dads fault…hes looking real bummed , dad is looking real sheepish …and the board was fully water logged … the kid was keen on a new board something thinner and shorter , but i had nothing in there price range…
the board was definatly to thick for where he was at in his development…
it had hell chunky rails at 2 1/2 thick…
i made the dad an offer and they excepted…
i cut around the join line on the deck and pulled the deck shell off , left it for a week to dry out …
then i reshaped the core and knocked off 3/8 of an inch in thickness ,pulled the rail thickness right down ,
then i vacumed the deck shell back on , but at the same time i set a new rocker into it plus give it a little extra nose flip to keep him happy…
it had a heap of dings around the rails , so it worked out well coz i had to reglass a few strips around the edge to cover where i had cut the deck shell off …
cut 4" off the tail and put a new tail block on , put some boxes in , put the old fins in the spare repair box, made him some newer smaller ones …
sanded and a coat of 2 pac …
now the kid has a brand new old board , superlight again and now its 6’-1" x 18 3/4 x 2 1/8 with thin rails , square tail…
250.00 ,the kid is happy ,dad is happy coz it was within the price range …and the greenies are happy coz these boards can be rebuilt …
the shell is immune to pressure dings and it keeps its form and will always spring back…with a bit of resin and some pressure while the resin is drying you can get them to conform to new shapes…(within reason)…
had fun with this , just for the stoke on the groms face when he picked his board up …he didnt believe it was the same board , but i could see him checking out all the old marks and distiguishing signs , saying “yep its the same board alright”…
regards
BERT