I'm going to document a few of my board building escapades, in enough detail to either bore you to tears or keep you engaged.
First off I love fantastic surfboards, kitesurfing and building things, I break EVERYTHING i own....and that is how this journey began.
This is my 4 year old board. It has been smashed on rocks, ridden into the ground. punted off waves and landed flat from 10 ft airs. ..Sadly it started life with a flaw. while trying to speed up the bottom cure of the board using a 500W halogen lamp I cooked a section of the foam in the center of the board creating a small delamination on the bottom deck. after repeated hard landings the top deck was getting pounded into this bubble and eventually the top deck delaminated. with both decks delaminated the rail cracked and let in some water. open heart surgery was required.
the construction was
12 oz deck 0-90 45/45
1/8 d cell H80
6oz 45/45
0.75lb foam
60z 45/45
1/8 d cell H80
6 oz 0/90
it was 5'11 x 18 and weighed 2900 grams with probox fin boxes installed.
I loved this board.....and I'm not done with it yet.....to be continued....
(I wanted more detail in this post but spent alot of time trying to figure out how to link images)
