I am thinking about selling my 9’4" walden and using the money to make myself 2 boards. I was thinking about a 9’ noserider glassed in 8oz bottom and 8oz with a 4oz deckpatch top. And then making something more performance oriented maybe like an 8’ mini longboard rounded pin with a flex fin. Do you guys think i will be able to afford these boards with the 400 or so i get from the walden? Any suggestions on what i should make for a classic style board and a performance board would be great.
$400 might be cutting it close for two boards, especially with that glass schedule. It depends on what tools you already own.
Soulslider------ So the glass job on your noserider makes me think that your intent is for this board to be a classic or retro? Is that right? I only ask because I hear alot of guys who post on this site referring to 9’0"s as being classic. I know alot of guys who use this site grew up in the sixties (like myself), so somebody tell if I’m wrong 9’0"s were kind of rare. Most boards were 9’2 at least. Lots of 9’6"s,9’10"s and 10’2"s. When they were smaller they dropped down to 8’10 and 8’6. I’ve thought about this quite a bit and understand that 9’0 is a common size nowadays. I guess it is also true that a 9’1Y makes a nice 9’0 and is probably the most commonly used blank for that size. I know there were a few 9’0"s in the old days, but it seems to me they were not that common. Hence the question I’m posing. Is a 9’0 really retro? Mcding
Mc Ding-
the idea is to get a retro look and vibe. I was just thinking that I dont really nead the extra foam in a 9’6" I dont intend to fallow the era exactly just going for that vibe. I also wanted to try a cutlap for the first time.
Sean- I already have everything i need to shape the boards I also think the 400 will be close, but it should be in that ball park give or take 50 bucks.
My real question is. Is it a good idea to sell my tried and true Walden in order to further my shaping skills and make 2 boards that will be on both sides of the spectrum as far as the performance board will be more performance oriented than the Walden and the Nose rider will be heavier and less responsive. So i won’t have the in between board of these shapes (the walden). I wish I had the money to make all the boards I wan’t but there are just too many!!
Soulslider--------- Just go for it. Whatever you make, your surfing and boardbuilding will both benefit. It is such a great feeling to get a board out in the water and see what it does. How it feels. What you would have done differantly etc. But do what I’ve always done with boards I really liked that others have shaped; make a template of the Walden before you get rid of it. McDing
Soulslider,
There are so many boards I sold or gave away to make room or pay for another that I wish I had kept. My advice is to keep that in mind before you sell the Walden. If you really dig the Walden I’d keep it and save the money to build another. Ride it and sell it to buy materials for the next board, etc. Mike
You get used to riding whatever board is under your feet. The two boards you are proposing, in theory, if shaped correctly will have a ditinctly diffrent feel than the Walden.
If you love the Walden, my advice is to keep the it and get a better job so you can afford to make more boards. If the boards that you make turn out halfway decent you can always sell them for a a few hundred each and make a few bucks to afford materials to make new boards.
Used longboards arre always in demand. this way you will never half to pay for a nother surfboard in your life…in theory anyway.
Drew