The First Super Bowl..............
Forums: General DiscussionIt wasn't called that, it was ''just'' The Bowl. I'm talking about the bowl at Makaha. What an experience. As I recall, it takes a big swell, and 20 foot...
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Official Lazy Person's Stupid Question Thread
Forums: General DiscussionI don't know if I'm really allowed to make something official here...but sometimes I have a stupid question and am just not in the mood to do a search... so maybe this might...
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Info on Hansen board
Forums: General DiscussionHave a 9’ 6” Hansen board hanging in the basement for many years, time to clean out the basement.. Am enjoying reading the threads here on these boards. After cleaning up the...
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Polishing issues
Topics: PolishForums: General DiscussionHello,I just polished my board, and I would like to know your opinions about some issues on the final outcome.In my case I had a lot of white points all along...
View ArticleRemoving Wax Before Epoxy
Forums: General DiscussionIn the dark ages, a credit car/drivers license followed by regular (leaded) gasoline did the trick. (When 15-16, you are still dumb enough to believe you are immortal.)But...
View Article"Edge" Boards vs Hulls/Tri Plane?
Forums: General DiscussionHi everyone, I'm new here, been reading the forum for a long time but this is my first time posting. I'm a crappy surfer and even worse shaper, but this seems like such a cool...
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Sunken fin box fix
Forums: General DiscussionHello everyone,Managed to hit myself with the fin with such a force that it sunk the fcs fin box in to the foam. Going to do a home fix, does anyone have any advice? I plan...
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Anyone ever see a short version of a Noserider or a classic style fish with...
Forums: General Discussion5’3upside railsflat deck ...F6189E06-E4CD-4DDA-AD8A-3742B48F5095.jpegCCFA5A53-3D87-4868-9459-6291DAF89725.jpeg4B9E679E-B430-4CCE-A2A4-B706592C3D9A.jpeg
View ArticleThe First Super Bowl..............
Forums: General DiscussionIt wasn't called that, it was ''just'' The Bowl. I'm talking about the bowl at Makaha. What an experience. As I recall, it takes a big swell, and 20 foot...
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Glassing epoxy channels
Forums: General DiscussionI have been doing a bit of research on glassing epoxy channels and if I’m right most people say baste the channel first and maybe the stringer let it tack off the press the...
View Articlefish tail on Aku shaper
Forums: General DiscussionI'm designing a current board I already have in order to replicate it. The board is a fish tail and after messing around with the program AKU shaper, i still am unnable to...
View ArticleBehr Low Luster on Poly board
Forums: General DiscussionHey guys! I have not been posting much in a while due to some other projects taking up lots of my time, but still been building plenty of boards....So I just glassed a board...
View ArticleFin distance to rail
Forums: General DiscussionWhat perfomance effects does changing the fin's distance to raill have? I'm talking about the trailing edge (shapers dot). Like, what would the difference in feel be changing...
View ArticleBest logo paper for opaque boards
Forums: General DiscussionAnyone have any good rice papers for opaque boards that wets out clear and does not produce a halo? My current paper you can see the ghosting of the paper. I screen my own...
View Articleinstant shaping & glassing booth
Forums: General DiscussionInteresting ideaprobably could used this for building boardshttps://youtu.be/1HyAq3tLXlw<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1HyAq3tLXlw"...
View Articlecan you paint between lamination layers?
Forums: General DiscussionThe fu**ed up painted rails saga continues. I used wrong paint but have managed to paint over the bad paint with water based paint and it did a good cover job. So I moved on...
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Shaping an EPS blank with hot wire
Forums: General DiscussionHey there,a local shaper has some EPS blanks for a real reasonable price, so it’s a rough shaped blank as you would buy off Marko. 6ft long, rough rocker cut out.just...
View Articleresin in grub screw holes
Forums: General DiscussionHowdy.I'm working on a new build. It's been slow because I've been reluctant to glass with the cold, wet weather we've had in Southern California lately.I'm using FCS fusion...
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Epoxy resin swirl advice
Forums: General DiscussionHey guys. Long time reader but just now posting. Would like to start off saying iv learned a ton reading through this forum. I thank you all. Some background. I shaped my...
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