hmmm
Put the leggie plug in and doing a little shallow resin dam to get a nice sharp edge on the bottom.
Showing the glitter effect and cleaning up the rust surform.
Looking good man, keep it up. Love the enthusiasm you bring to your shaping.
Filler coat the bottom today, trying to get the resin dam to work, was a little unsuccessful, got a bit of excess at the very tail but not much along the edges.
The main reason the rails are a but more rolled at the back was just the way it happened when I was shaping the pu rails and cedar stringers and trying not to harm the eps core.
“Funny thing happened” it was almost set and I put it out side in the sun for a bit to try to get it to do the last little bit of setting.
Seems the sun made the resin take on a slight yellow, the main reason I can tell is that a few Jacaranda flowers came out of the tree and landed on it and the spots where they were, are a lighter blue.
Cant wait to sand it in the next few days, then start on a few other projects;0
WHAT A SURPRISE, HAHAHA.
Caps lock was actually an accident but I like it.
Just wanted to show you the original block of foam that I made these two boards from. Saved from being melted down at the architectural moulding company.
Unfortunately the pic is taken through a fly screen hahah.
PS. Gunna try to fill up the resin dam today. Ready to sand tomorrow. Finger crossed.
~~So I decided that the board was worth putting a tail pad on it as the light foam and 6,6 to and 6 bottom was holding up and not likely to fall apart any time soon. (The board weighs in at 2.75Kg)
Interesting to see, virtually no deck damage whatsoever, some small cracks around the junction of the freelap on the back foot toe and that’s it. Compared to a 4,4 4 PU PE build that would have a bunch of little deck depressions by now. WINNING!!!
So I had the tail pad attached and new wax in the car as I left this morning but half way to work/surf on the way to work. I realised I didn’t put fins in or a towel. The towel you can handle but FINS!!!
Got a mate on the phone who lives on the way and the champion hooked me up, some DVS Quads. WINNING again.
Here is a little cut up of the yellow and blue beast next to its blue glitter recycled fraternal twin.
Well the boards goes unreal in little waves, considering its kind of performance shape, it’s a really good groveler, as soon as you can find a bit of slope in the wave. You can jam a turn. I got this rad little bit of tail release this morning in a pocket hook that had me squatting low, kinda drop kneeing out of the slide down the face the re engaging and swooping back out of it again. Bear in mind I’m only 66-67 kg so im a light weight. BUT I LOVE THE TAIL PAD
I know some of the purist’s don’t like them but having the confidence to know where your foot is as you go into a turn and knowing you can push harder is EPIC!
Board on detention in my staffroom.
The borrowed fins, I think the whole fin cluster could go back another ¼ inch towards the tail.
Hey mate,
biggest smile on my face reading your build threads. But, this post cracked me up… I here ya.
Cheers 
What, spewing…
Is that it!
Over.
That was one of the most enjoyable Sways reads/threads I have ever read…
…when was it mmm 2013.
whats new/s ?
How does it ride?
It’s funny I never realised this guy was the champion shaper that I now know him to be…
I’ve been surfing both of these and I’ve gotta say the one with the cedar stringers is rad. They are both good but there is some thing about the rail stringers that just goes awesome… What’s even funier is that I have posted other threads that get much less actin than this one and I think they have just as good quality information but echo echo echo…
Love your work yorky!!!
I do like reading your stuff,
Fiberglassing in the bathroom? Isnt that a bit unhinged?
Do you owne that place or are you renting ?
Are you expecting to get your bond back ?
This is why i dont have an investment property anymore.
Thanks…
It was my house, we had planned to refurbish the bathroom. I did have a massive tarp over the floor, most of the time;)
We ended up selling the house before redoing the bathroom, the tiles were cleaned and re grouted so you would never have know it ever happened.
I believe you.?
The entry I put into vissla for the rubbish board with a little of me surfing the board at the end, and a comedic slapper of a wave at the very end.
Pitty I dont surf better.
love this thread. Thanks for posting. you are right, we don’t have enough build threads. I’ll do one in a couple of weeks. then I will be ‘outed’ as a poser.
all the best
You’re being too modest about your surfing ability. I reckon you surf good.
Thanks guys.