The best 2 hollow wood boards ever made?

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Currently at the Del Mar Fair.

Not a missed joint on the entire board. inlay work is perfect.  Agave rail band are 3 layers on the long board, and chunks on the fun shape.

While most of these wood contraptions usually look like...wood death trap. these 2 have rail, foil, and rocker outlines that would actually work.

 

I forgot to get the guys name, but he obviously has a fantastic grasp of both board function, and wood working.

 

So if you don't think these are the best ever...post up your wood outlines.

 

Very impressive.  Go see it if you are at the Del Mar Fair

 

 

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Hi Jay -

Those do look nice.

There is a guy in Hawaii named Lon Klein (Haeiwa Surfboard Co) who has been making hollow wooden boards for many years.  The designs are faithful to the Dick Brewer models used for the original patterns so I guess you could say they have rail, foil, rocker, etc that really work(?)

They have a unique hydraulic press/mold to attach the skins and their finish work is second to none. 

http://www.haleiwasurfboards.com/theprocess.html

 

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Here is a link to a video that shows some of the finished work up close.  It is largely in Japanese.

http://www.haleiwasurfboards.com/images/lon_0001.wmv

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There you are resinhead.

 

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There I is what?

There you go again.

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Those are beautiful!

I rarely see modern wood boards that have nice outlines. Most look clunky and a bit odd to my eye. Such as those from Grain and a certain other builder who I shall not name.

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Joe Larkin has been building “the best hollow surfboards ever” since the mid 50’s…very few hollow surfboard builders these days even come close…(lol)

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The best two…???..Define best…

FIGJAM…I have at least a couple I’m proud of too…

I’d love to have either a  Haiewa for appearance or a Roger Hall for the complete understanding of what a HWS is…Everyone else is playing catch up…

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My brother and I got the full tour of the Haleiwa factory from the guy who puts them together. Very intracate wood work on the skins. He had the Brewer gun and a Robert August longboard when we went there. I don’t know if they still make the Robert August shapes.

The boards are very expensive, like starting at $10,000, and are made primarily for rich families as wall hangers even though they are very rideable.

Would you buy a $10K board to ride?

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the best wood board isn’t the one hanging on a wall in a show, or a picture on the interent… its the one that’s the most fun for you!

 

The best wood board… is the one you made yourself!

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Define “catch-up”…

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 I wonder why the HWS’s look clunky?

A lot of them do…It’s not understaning wood and what you can make it do…That, and spending the time with the tools…

 

 

 

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You know, it’s that red stuff that you put on a hamburger.     Duh!

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Go Huck !!!

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I rarely see modern wood boards that have nice outlines. Most look clunky and a bit odd to my eye. Such as those from Grain and a certain other builder who I shall not name.

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 I wonder why the HWS's look clunky? Thay always look squareish and too thick, or maybe that s a design feature??

the ones in the photos above are beautiful boards indeed.