Hi guys!
After building my first board using all the great info on here and across the web im ready to build my second.
On the first i got a bit over whelmed with the process and didnt have the mind space to do a build thread too! But its come out nicely and having surfed it a few times its quite an exciting board which im looking forwars to progressing on. 6'7 with a diamond tail and resin tint. The only thing i didnt do my self was the fin boxes. Only ridden it as a quad so far and ita good fun but i just picked up a 7' volan beyond fin and some side bita as i thing the narrow tail will suit it more.
Any how, moving on to the new build. I sold a cuatard point 7'x23x3 egg which was really the board i have learnt to surf on. It was great but it was a thin glass job and quite bulbus. I want to replace it with something similar size but more performance orientated. Looking around there were 2 midlengths that reallt stood out. One being the takayama howard mini special and the other being the 4th Time piece ( locally shaped ). Both board offered similar measurements at 7'2 and seem to surf in the style i aspire too!
So, i went to my local supplier and picked up a US Blanks 704 SP in Blue foam with an extra 1/4" nose rocker and a 1/8th inch basswood stringer
I used the blending curves templates for the Egg C @ 7'0x21.5 and added an inch in the nose with a bit of a beak (stolen from the Egg D) and added an extra inch in the centre. I also pulled the tail out to 15" withba little thumb as i felt the waves here ( only one point break and i dont surf it ) would like a little exta width.
So far ive done the tenplat and trued up the rails
