I’d like to hear some of your imaginative uses for old and broken surfboards. There has been so much great discussion about how to make surfboards. It would be nice to devote a portion of that discussion to the proper disposal of the surfboards we make. Or better yet, ways to recycle the products of our labor. Every time I see a surfboard discarded on the beach or stuffed in a garbage bin, it seems like such a waste. What do you guys do with your old boards?
i read somewhere about a guy who used his leftover foam (i.e. what remains after cutting out a planshape), somehow laminated that together and then shaped a board from it.
i read somewhere about a guy who used his leftover foam (i.e. what remains > after cutting out a planshape), somehow laminated that together and then > shaped a board from it. Sometimes I bring someone’s favorite old board back to life by stripping glass off the damaged area and letting foam plugs into that section and reglassing the area. The board is always just a little heavier but it is nice to have an old friend back. Better Surfing, Rich
I’d like to hear some of your imaginative uses for old and broken > surfboards. There has been so much great discussion about how to make > surfboards. It would be nice to devote a portion of that discussion to the > proper disposal of the surfboards we make. Or better yet, ways to recycle > the products of our labor. Every time I see a surfboard discarded on the > beach or stuffed in a garbage bin, it seems like such a waste. What do you > guys do with your old boards? several years ago Linden(Chuck/Gary? can’t recall his first name)started recycling old foam/ boards and making new ones out of 'em.Like you he thought it was such a waste,so he took action!What I don’t know is how they held together or performed.ie, better, worse, different,etc.
several years ago Linden(Chuck/Gary? can’t recall his first name)started > recycling old foam/ boards and making new ones out of 'em.Like you he > thought it was such a waste,so he took action!What I don’t know is how > they held together or performed.ie, better, worse, different,etc. There is an artist down in Florida that takes old boards and paints them in all sort of wild tropical color themes (fish,Birds etc.) he sells a lot of them to Sports Bars,Restaurants etc. He also takes them to flea markets,art fairs and trade shows. They just stick em together good enough to hang on a wall. The art work is pretty primative but the form of a board is very pleasing to the eye and is a good venue for paint work. He sells em in the range of $200 or so depending on quantity. Mo Bettah than the land fill eh?
I’d like to hear some of your imaginative uses for old and broken > surfboards. There has been so much great discussion about how to make > surfboards. It would be nice to devote a portion of that discussion to the > proper disposal of the surfboards we make. Or better yet, ways to recycle > the products of our labor. Every time I see a surfboard discarded on the > beach or stuffed in a garbage bin, it seems like such a waste. What do you > guys do with your old boards? For those with the imagination, time, skills and a bit of extra money, old and broken boards are always seen as an OPPORTUNITY, and never just something to be thrown away. Aside from the obvious benefits of cannibalizing the fins, leash plugs, etc., boards can be re-assembled and re-glassed, made into resurrected surfboards, kneeboards, bellyboards, paipos, handboards for bodysurfing, the raw materials for model-making, artistic wall-hangers and unique indoor/outdoor tables and furniture… projects to be given away as cool gifts, or as an ongoing source of creative, low-investment profit. Dale
I just delivered 6 rejuvenated boards of various vintages to my sister’s church group. This is a large well funded church, they have 3 pastors, all who surf. Every summer they do a week long surf camp for underpriveledged kids who would probably never get the chance to spend time at the beach much less learn to surf. This year the boards were donated by a friend of mine who seems to dig them up at garage sales for pennies. He gave them to the church for a tax deductable donation receipt. I donated the repairs using recycled scrap cloth and odd lots of resin and that last breath of life from my sandpaper box. Everyone wins in this deal, the church, the kids and the donor who writes them off “repaired”. Some of the labels they got this year: 10’3" Hansen rental, 9’7" Sportflight (with about 4 coats of various colors of paint), 7’2" Parrish Bolt winger pin single (major deck delam and bottom reef rash) and a couple of MR-style bump rail twin-fins. Not a bad looking quiver in my book. The cool thing is that out of this program there will be one or two kids that will keep surfing. I saw one of them in the lineup last weekend, ripping it up with a stoked grin that we can all relate to. Pull those boards out of the trash and pass them on! Tom S.>>> I’d like to hear some of your imaginative uses for old and broken > surfboards. There has been so much great discussion about how to make > surfboards. It would be nice to devote a portion of that discussion to the > proper disposal of the surfboards we make. Or better yet, ways to recycle > the products of our labor. Every time I see a surfboard discarded on the > beach or stuffed in a garbage bin, it seems like such a waste. What do you > guys do with your old boards?
can never go wrong with turning old boards into chairs
can never go wrong with turning old boards into chairs . …I usually get real dusters, to far gone to be worth the major effort.I usually strip anything worth re-using,and use the rest for a tester board,until I hit my favorite desert playground.Every piece will be well used.Herb
i read somewhere about a guy who used his leftover foam (i.e. what remains > after cutting out a planshape), somehow laminated that together and then > shaped a board from it. My Hawaiian longboard is entirely made of foam that I cut out of other blanks that got wide balsa stringers added to them. The middle 2 pieces of foam are 5" wide with 3" pieces after that, there are a combination of balsa and redwood stringers between each segement of foam. I will get a picture of it for Mike to put up.
I’d like to hear some of your imaginative uses for old and broken > surfboards. There has been so much great discussion about how to make > surfboards. It would be nice to devote a portion of that discussion to the > proper disposal of the surfboards we make. Or better yet, ways to recycle > the products of our labor. Every time I see a surfboard discarded on the > beach or stuffed in a garbage bin, it seems like such a waste. What do you > guys do with your old boards? There is a company that has developed a way to recycle polyurethane foam ( but since it is a duroplast, this is difficult). But first you have to get the glass off. And recycling composite materials ( glass, polyester -/epoxy - resin) is also difficult as it is not possible to reverse the setting process. But some companies are working on grinding these materials and using them as fillers.