This was always my favorite thread so I’m going to try to keep it alive.
After a recent self shape that felt too buoyant I decided to try to overshape this one. Right now it’s the thinnest of all the boards I own but so far I’m liking its responsiveness. I’m also really impressed with my turnaround time: the board was shaped on Saturday and first ridden the following Friday. It was easy to stay motivated with a tropical storm predicted to form directly off our coast.
5’10"x19.8"x2.4" thruster. Epoxy over PU. For reference I’m 6’1" and around 190lbs. My usual volume is 32L but now I think I might be better off going down in size.
This was always my favorite thread so I’m going to try to keep it alive.
After a recent self shape that felt too buoyant I decided to try to overshape this one. Right now it’s the thinnest of all the boards I own but so far I’m liking its responsiveness. I’m also really impressed with my turnaround time: the board was shaped on Saturday and first ridden the following Friday. It was easy to stay motivated with a tropical storm predicted to form directly off our coast.
5’10"x19.8"x2.4" thruster. Epoxy over PU. For reference I’m 6’1" and around 190lbs. My usual volume is 32L but now I think I might be better off going down in size.
Done Right! Good job. I remember many discussions and even arguements about the “how to” of putting a snapped or buckled board back together. All sorts of recommended “staggered” cloth layups etc. They are not worth doing if you don’t put. A “splint” in. If you just lay up cloth and resin, they will snap again. People think that if they never hear from the customer again, he’s happy. The truth is, he paddled back out at “The Bay” and snapped it a second time. The reason you never heard from him again is that he swore to his bros he would never take a board back to you for ding repair. Well done. You should post up on YouTube a how to video. This is a classic textbook repair. Swaylockers; Heads up!!
Latest board - 9’6 x 23.5 x 3.25 end of summer big ole small day pig with wood block, fin patch, deck patch, and nose inlay. Trying to start learning pinlines (even if they are fat and ugly) so the inlay edge has a resin line under the gloss coat on top of the hotcoat.
Thanks! Seems like the craftmanship aspect of boardmaking gets a little better each board, so I try to cram as many lessons into each one as I can haha
the red one is my attempt at something from the transition era after Bill’s input on my wife’s board and me deciding I needed a wide point back of my own. Ha. I wanted a mid length alternative to my longboard for weaker days. So I kept it thicker at 3 1/16", wide point back and 22 1/4" wide. She’s hulled all the way from nose to tail with moderate rocker for my beach breaks. This was also my first attempt at a deck patch that many here helped me with. Learned from it that the cloth can shift so I’ll go lighter next time on the initial squeegee.
The blue one is 7/0 and a triplane hull. The design inspiration was a bigger guy stubbie and nod to greenough.
All my forecasted surf died off this weekend so their rest run will have to be later. So infuriating when the forecast goes from epic to nada.
First board i build, me and two friends decided to build surfboards with almost zero surfing experience, no local shapers around. Some unfinished artwork, no idea how its going to look after glassing.
