Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Newest Edition--Board #3



















Here's the latest board--a 6'2 fish. It rides the best, yet. It has a little more rocker, greater width, and weighs 9 pounds. I only mention the weight because it's made of wood. I've taken it to some good point breaks and had some great rides. I'm looking forward to making some more boards possibly a long board or maybe a single fin egg next. I gave it a tobacco burst paint job. I got the idea from when I was a guitar builder. The fins are solid flame maple, foiled on the outside, flat on the inside with two layers of 4oz cloth on each side. I gave them what you call a tequila sunrise finish. Well, that's what we used to call it at the guitar shop, stain it red, sand it back, then go over it with yellow. It makes it look like fire. Since the board is hollow, it will build up air pressure in the hot sun or vacuum when you hit cold water so it has a plug at the nose, a small stainless allen head screw that lays flush with the deck. I always hear the change in pressure when I take the plug out after a session. It's a responsibility of having a hollow-wooden board.