My First Board

General Discussion
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Hi Guys,

Here’s a couple of photos of my first go at surfboard making. Been reading the forum for a while now picking up a few tips and would value your opinions on my first board. I’m quite happy with the results.

Cheers,

Chris.

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Looks like a great job for your first board! What’s going on with the leash cup??

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First board???

Ever???

Ouch!!!

(Maybe I’d better start doing something else…)

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There’s a decal around the leash plug. See attached photo.

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“balsa” took the words right out of my mouth … looks very clean !

What are the dimensions on that please mate /

cheers !

ben

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Thanks ks. Just couldn’t tell what was going on there from the first pics. Cool.

Great work for your first board!!

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The dimensions are 7’7 1/2"x22x2 7/8 with a nose of 17 and a tail of 14. I did have alot of problems with the first lap from the botton to the top as the resin went off real quick leaving one side with a dry section under the lap which i removed very carefully. I used just less than 2% cat but it was quite a hot day and didn’t realise the effect of heat on whether or not you put 1% or upto 2% in. Subsequently i was using 1% cat and this seemed to work fine.

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Hi Balsa, stricly speaking this is the second board i’ve ever made as the first one was a custom kitesurf waveboard. See photos. But it is my first surfboard and the design of a surfboard requires slightly diferent features than that of a kiteboard, even one that’s for waves. The kiteboard you can see is a little bit yellow due to the type of resin i used (opps, still learning lots) but i kind of like the retro look it gives but a nice clean white surfboard looks better i think.

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Some people just seem to have this feeling for the right curves. Whether it is your kite-board or your surfboard, it’s obvious that you got it. Nice work. Keep on.

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Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

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Just finished my second board, again with lots of help from the archives and the extremely useful austin videos. Could have made a better job of getting the cutlaps smooth but i hadn’t even looked in the archives for cutlaps and did them completly off my own guess work. Also the pin line isn’t exactly a pin line rather a thick marker line but i’m still pleased with the look of the board.

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Stay up Kitey!

aloha.

HAUBUSH