Laminating a Woody

9'8'' sequoia, paulownia hollow longboard.  

Rick's Yellow Quiver

6'7'' double wing pin thruster for the juicy days, and th 9'8 two plus one when it isn't so juicy. Both these are remakes of boards he has had a couple of years.

9'0'' Single Fin

This board is for Noll. He had a Clark foam in his garage. It has been a couple of years now, since Clark has closed. The blank was yellowed and had some dents and holes in it, but it shaped out clean, Noll wanted extra glass for sturdiness. and a glass on fin (see a couple of posts back. The wood fin with black outline).

My New Years Board

I needed a bigger board here in North County due to the crowds some days. I wanted something I could paddle with against people riding noseriders, but I don't want a noserider right now. I am addicted to speed right now. Speed traveling on waves that is. This is a parabolic stringer blank, not that unlike a Bluegill. That is red foam out on the rails. The board is 8'10''. I did not want a longboard, but a progressive board. It is a wood fibreglass single fin. Single fins work better. The board has a sand finish to keep the weight down and is easier to hold on to.

This blank I have had a while. I picked it up before Walker Foam closed. I Thanked Harold and the Walker team when I shaped this board (to myself) for catalysing the movement to make quality foam. Before he began making foam again in the early 90's Clark foam was pretty crappy. A good board would delaminate in 6 months, ding, fill with water,and the board was ruined. Almost 20 years later foam is much better and I think it is Harold we must thank. The only problem now is boards last much longer and people order less surfboards (and blanks).

The board has a light double concave in the nose and the tail. I put this in to help catch waves, for close tolerance trimming and speed. This board is really fast, and to my surprise it noserides pretty good to.

Wood noserider

This is a new 9'8'' that now can be found at Icons of Surf in San Clemente. It is made of paulownia and sequia and is hollow. The wood flexes great and creates so much momentum. It weighs about 28 pounds. This is a true classic style board great for noseriding, trimming and blowing through whitwashes and getting down the line.