Can you cutlap carbon fiber?
Forums: General DiscussionSimilar to fiberglass?wait to gel and hit it with a razor?
View ArticleShow us your longboard pics that are NOT a noserider
Forums: General DiscussionI need some inspiration. Love to see some longboard pics & descriptions that are not a noserider. Show what you got!
View ArticleHomegrown Surfboards
Forums: General DiscussionI just did a minor restoration to a board from a builder I know nothing about...The board came from a shop in Ventura, it's a 6'8" SF pi-winger...I'm having a problem...
View ArticleBoost fins
Forums: General DiscussionThis kind of thing is getting smaller and more powerful every year , it wont be long before they will be so small that they can be embedded into the boards , times are changing .
View ArticleGlass layers for Bonzer runners
Forums: General DiscussionIm interested for those with experience how many layers of 6oz have you layed up to make glass on Bonzer runners ?Typically do 30x 6oz for FCS style fins.. was thinking of 20x...
View ArticleWetsuit tape
Forums: General DiscussionIs there any such thing as good wetsuit tape?My suit is in good shape, otherwise other than a couple spots where a seam is starting to split.I'd like to know what the best way...
View ArticleSurfboards by Don - Don Bennett RIP???
Forums: General DiscussionI got word from an old high school friend of his that Don Bennett my have passed away earlier this year. I was lucky enough to fix up one of his boards as well as talk to him...
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Gene Cooper method possible to lighten heavy old longboard???
Forums: General DiscussionI've been thinking lately: could Gene Cooper's Ultimate Craftsman method of lightening a heavy blank (chamber and filling with a lightweight foam) be used to lighten a heavy...
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Tres Hermanas
Forums: General DiscussionThis is the continuation of a topic I brought up in a previous thread.So I started off with one blank, one idea for a surfboard. I started with the idea to make a memorial...
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9'0" nose concave
Forums: General DiscussionSo this is my first time shaping a board I got a little carried away when doing my nose concave and thinned out my rails. Not really sure if this ok as I know nothing about...
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Hansen Gun Far From Home
Forums: General DiscussionA guy in New Zealand has this Hansen gun. How it got there? Damned if I know. But the shape and construction say mid 60s in a big way. The board looks like a typical Waimea...
View ArticleAnyone on Oahu have available space to shape and glass or know where to go?
Forums: General DiscussionWhat's up guys. I've shaped my 15th board today (been shaping since July) and it's very clear I need to stop shaping in my open carport tarp box setup. Quality of my work is...
View ArticleWhen to sand the plugs? after hotcoat or glosscoat?
Forums: General DiscussionHi guys, I'm building my first board and had some questions I was able to find the answers in Swaylock's so thank you all for that. There is this specific question i cannot...
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Board repair/restoration in Florida
Forums: General DiscussionPer my other thread I've been talking with a good friend of the late Don Bennett. He has the fifth board ever made under the Surfboards by Don label. The board is messed up...
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60s beater project board
Forums: General DiscussionI have to go home and explain this to my wife cuz I don't think I can sneak it past her lol9' 9" Surfboards by Challenger D-fin pig, in poor shape. Heavy as a rock.Looks like...
View ArticleRoger Hinds - SF
Forums: General DiscussionSomeone is selling one of his longboards in SF for $200. They either dont know what they have or its...
View ArticleA Notable Passing
Forums: General DiscussionTwo days from now, September 26, 2020, will mark the passing of a giant of surfing history, one Buzzy Trent. I had the good fortune to know Buzzy, share meals with him,...
View ArticleManaging volume for midlength surfed in larger waves
Forums: General DiscussionI've surfed larger waves on shortboards and longboards. With shortboards I duckdive. With longboards I turtle. Easy.Now I'm shaping myself a midlength and was wondering how...
View ArticlePossible idea Stim for Foil board experimenters
Forums: General Discussionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/science/hammerhead-sharks-cephalofoil...If you are paywall blocked, copy/paste to "Private Window"
View ArticleConcaves for a step-up
Forums: General DiscussionWanna make a little +2" step-up for east coast hurricane surf.cannot decide between a flat bottom or the industry standard single to double to V.any opinions?
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